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The Wilson Born Collection of U.S. Telegraphs continued...

Quincy thru U.S. Military
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1237 c ImageQuincy Telegraphery (Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Company). Black straightline handstamp on buff cover to Alton Ill, entered mails with "Quincy Ills. Mar 27" (1849) circular datestamp, matching "5" rate handstamp, original contents refer to fatal cases of cholera, cover with some splits at folds from thick enclosure, few nicks and small stain, still Fine and extremely rare, the listing example and illustrated in 1993 ASCC, No. 241, rarity 9, though incorrectly showing the date as May 25, meaning the earliest known use should be moved back two months, ex Hahn (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1238 c ImageRailroad Telegraph Offices. Collection of more than 40 covers, each with a railroad in the name and some with train designs, several companies and lines represented with the largest number from New York & Erie Railroad, a few sent through the mails, flaws to be found and a handful are defective but many are Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1239 c ImageRhode Island Magnetic Telegraph Company. Printed design with small eagle at top, Providence R.I. office, addressed locally, fresh and Very Fine, scarce design, ASCC No. 44, rarity 7, illustrated on page 30 (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $130.00
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1240 c ImageSan Juan & Santa Cruz Telegraph Company. Red imprint and illustration of Zeus enthroned on top of a globe, with eagle staff and lightning bolts in his hands, "To all Parts of the State", addressed to Sheriff of Santa Cruz, some minor edgewear, Fine and scarce California company cover, ASCC No. 277, rarity 7, illustrated on page 137 (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $425.00
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1241 c ImageScioto Telegraph Co. Five covers and five letters from this company which ran a canal and a telegraph line from Columbus to Portsmouth O., all three designs listed in 1993 ASCC (pp. 114-115, each rarity 6), incl. Zeus enthroned on a globe with lightning bolts, printed corner card and albino embossed corner cards, each of the letters also with the albino embossed design, Zeus cover with horizontal file fold, one other cover with edge fault, still a Fine-Very Fine and scarce group, each of the three illustrated examples in ASCC is included here (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
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1242 c ImageStebbins Line (St. Louis and Missouri Telegraph Company). Orange-buff cover to Liberty Mo. with "TELEGRAM BY THE STEBBINS LINE." imprint at top, 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), slight oxidation, tied by "Lexington Mo. Jul. 11, 1859" circular datestamp, slightly reduced at left, appears Very Fine, accompanied by a Very Fine second cover of the same design that did not go through the mails, this telegraph company (which was leased in Sep. 1860 to the Missouri & Western Telegraph Co.) with its line over the Central Route was closely linked to the Pony Express, one of the most famous Pony Express covers -- free franked by William H. Russell and addressed to Ben Holladay -- is on the same Stebbins Line envelope, ASCC No. 265, rarity 7, the second cover illustrated on page 131 (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $375.00
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1243 c ImageSpeed's Telegraph Lines. 11 covers and six telegrams, designs cover Speed's Erie & Michigan Telegraph Lines, Speed's Telegraph Office Detroit (different types), Speed's Western Telegraph Office and Speed's Buffalo to Milwaukee, three sent through mails with 3c 1851 issues (11-11A), one with bottom sheet margin, some wear on a couple, Fine-Very Fine group, two illustrated in 1993 ASCC (see pp. 126-127), at least one other is unlisted (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $400.00
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1244 c ImageTroy & Canada Junction Telegraph. Three covers and eight telegrams from this side line of the New York, Albany & Buffalo Co., incl. the ASCC-listed example on page 82 (this the illustrated example), the other two covers unlisted, one with albino embossed corner card, sent through mails with 3c 1851 (11) tied by Burlington Vt. circular datestamp, original 1855 letter enclosure, the other unlisted design similar to ASCC No. 225, Very Fine and scarce group (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
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1245 c ImageUnited States and Mexico Telegraph Company. Imprint on orange-buff cover addressed to Denver, no postal markings, fresh and Very Fine, a rare design which is unlisted in the 1993 ASCC, according to The Telegraph Age (Vol. 24, 1906), B. F. Woodward of Denver organized the United States and Mexico Telegraph Company and built the line from Denver to Santa Fe, although it was projected to extend to Mexico City the line was sold to Western Union before completion (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
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1246 c ImageUnited States Military Telegraph. Large imprint at top, 3c Rose (65) tied by target and and blue "Baldwin's Southern La. Express M.R. 8154" circular handstamp on yellow cover to New Orleans, slightly reduced at left, Very Fine and scarce, U.S. mail route 8154 on the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad line between New Orleans (Algiers) and Brashear La. was under U.S. military control from July 1, 1862, until February 1, 1866; its operation, with a steamboat connection between Berwicks Bay and Galveston, was essential to mail service; the U.S. mail contract with Baldwin as agent was awarded to the NOO&GW on May 26, 1866, at $100 per mile per year, the circular handstamp is found on covers carried on the NOO&GW line between January and May 1866 (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $650.00
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1247 c ImageU.S. Military Telegraph. Thick binder of mostly telegrams plus about a dozen covers, mostly from the Civil War, many are mundane but a few better telegrams or names incl. one from Brig. Gen. Andrews, another from Commodore A. A. Harwood to Secretary of the Navy, two telegrams with red U.S. Military Telegraph oval datestamp incl. one from Rear Admiral Charles H. Davis, mixed condition and some are a bit war torn, overall an interesting group (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

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