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The Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito Collection of Independent Mails continued...

Hale & Company: Stampless Markings continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
182 c ImageForwarded by/Hale & Co./from/Norwich, Ct. Four-line handstamp with "Collect/6-1/4 Cents/for/Norwich Office" four-line handstamp on Mar. 17, 1845 blue folded letter to Dater, Miller & Co. in New York City, pencil note on back "Hale & Co. 58 Wall St., Courier & Enquirer Building" appears to have been written at the time of mailing, horizontal file fold, Very Fine, these markings are very scarce (only 10 of the Collect handstamp recorded by Gutman) and usually struck as they are on this letter, ex Schwartz (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
183 c ImageForwarded by Hale & Co. Stonington Ct. Framed four-line handstamp -- an unusual and rare type -- lightly-inked but readable strike with manuscript "6" rate on May 24, 1845 folded letter from Stonington to New Haven, file folds, Very Fine, only six recorded in Gutman census, ex Hall (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
184 c ImageForwarded by Hale & Co., 95 Merrimac St., Lowell. Clear strike of red oval handstamp with matching Collect box handstamp on Oct. 14, 1844 folded letter to Boston, sender's large directive "Hale & Co.", fresh and Very Fine, one of the scarcer Hale markings (eight recorded in Gutman census), ex Schwartz (Image)

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 E. $ 150-200

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
185 c ImageForwarded by Hale & Co. from New Bedford. Clear strikes of red oval handstamp and "Collect/Six Cents/for/New Bedford Office" framed rate handstamp on April 1, 1845 letter to Boston, file fold does not touch either marking, Extremely Fine strikes on a fresh cover (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
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186 c ImageForwarded by Hale & Co. from Springfield. Bold strikes of oval handstamp and Collect box in red and green, the former on Sep. 4, 1844 folded letter to New Haven Conn. (small tears), the latter on a front only to Hartford Conn. with pencil "8" including 2c delivery fee (toned file fold), Very Fine strikes and an attractive matching pair, Springfield was the only Hale office to use green ink (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
187 c ImageForwarded by Hale & Co. "Nantucket" in Manuscript. Red oval handstamp, modified by removing lower portion and inserting "Nantucket" by hand, matching red "Collect 6 Cents for N. Bedford Office" framed handstamp on Jan. 10, 1845 folded letter from Nantucket to Providence R.I.

EXTREMELY FINE. POSSIBLY THE FINEST OF THE FOUR RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE HALE & COMPANY OVAL HANDSTAMP WITH "NANTUCKET" MANUSCRIPT NAME.

Elliott Perry reported that "Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, the steamer Massachusetts connected at New Bedford with the train from Boston in the morning and to Boston in the evening."

Gutman records four covers with the "Nantucket" office oval marking. The manuscript "Wareham" office name was also inserted into this blank oval handstamp, which has the same break in the right side (see lot 188). It is possible that the Hale agent in New Bedford used a utility oval and inserted the originating office name in manuscript.

Ex Hall (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
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188 c ImageForwarded by Hale & Co., "Wareham" in Manuscript. Red oval handstamp, modified by removing lower portion and inserting "Wareham" by hand, matching red "Paid" handstamp on Apr. 15, 1845 folded letter from Wareham to New Bedford Mass.

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE HALE & COMPANY OVAL HANDSTAMP WITH "WAREHAM" MANUSCRIPT NAME.

In both his Hale and Independent Mails books, Gutman records this cover as the only known example of the Wareham office oval marking (illustrated in Hale book on p. 219). The manuscript "Nantucket" office name was also inserted into this blank oval handstamp, which has the same break in the right side (see lot 187). It is possible that the Hale agent in New Bedford used a utility oval and inserted the originating office name in manuscript.

Ex Chambers, Sloane, Lowe and Hahn (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
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