• Login (enter your user name) and Password
    Please Login. You are NOT Logged in.

    Quick Search:

  • To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork news in your Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!

Login to Use StampAuctionNetwork.
New Member? Click "Register".

StampAuctionNetwork Extended Features
 
You are not logged in. Please Login so that we can determine your registration status with this firm. If you have never registered, please register by pressing the [Quick Signup (New to StampAuctionNetwork)] button. Then Login. Listen to Live Audio!


 
logo

United States Classics, Featuring Select 1851-56 Issues offered by Gordon and Ronda Eubanks for the continued...

1851-56 Postal History: Railroad & Waterway Markings continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
203 c ImageSTEAM. Bold straightline handstamp ties stamps on two covers, first with 1c Blue, Ty. II (7), margins to in, on blue folded cover to St. Louis Mo. with manuscript "Virginia" at lower left (probably name of ship), second with 3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. II (11A), large margins to just in at bottom right on buff cover to St. Louis Mo., Fine-Very Fine and highly exhibitable (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
204 c ImageSteamer 10. Well-struck red oval handstamp on folded letter datelined "Boston, April 21st 1847" to Philadelphia, faint pressed-out file folds, Very Fine, outstanding quality, believed to be one of nine examples of this marking on the Stonington-New York westward sailing, ex Malcolm, Jarrett and Goldberg, donated by Mark Schwartz (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
205 c Image1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Position 31R1L, three huge margins, just in at top, tied by "Louisville & Cincinnati Mail Line, ? 28" route agent's circular datestamp on ca. 1854 folded "Prospectus of the Comic Pictorial Life and Adventures of a Telegrapher", published by G. V. Rutherford in Louisville, addressed to Wells River Vt., Very Fine and attractive use, the 1c 1851 is scarce with this route agent datestamp, with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
206 c Image3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Large margins to in, tied by red grid, matching "Lou. & Cin. S.B. Mail Line 6 May" route agent's circular datestamp on 1852 folded letter to Louisville Ky., merchant's embossed marking at lower left, vertical file folds not affecting stamp, Very Fine, ex Judd (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
207 c Image1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Position 50R1L, recut once at top and bottom, large margins to in, tied by circle of wedges cancel, matching "Louisville & St. Louis S.B. Apr. 16" route agent's circular datestamp on blue 1853 folded printed crop summary datelined in New Orleans and addressed to Indianapolis Ind., light file fold well away from stamp, Very Fine, scarce steamboat usage of a circular, ex Neinken, Wagshal and Feldman (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
208 c Image1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Plate 1L, horizontal strip of three, each recut once at top and bottom, three large margins, in at top, vertical crease between right stamps from light file fold, cancelled by "WAY" handstamp struck three times on blue folded letter to New Orleans, blue "Memphis & New Orleans Monday Packet, Nebraska" oval name-of-boat handstamp, "New Orleans La. Sep. 11, 1857" circular datestamp, cover with faint embossing, Very Fine and scarce, ex Caspary (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
209 c Image3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Large margins to in at right, tied by "WAY" in frame handstamp, red "New Orleans La. Mar. 21" circular datestamp and blue "STEAMER CHARLES BELCHER" in sawtooth frame name-of-boat handstamp on cover to Buchannon Carroll & Co. in New Orleans, usual small filing holes, Very Fine strike of this rare Mississippi River steamboat marking, on Feb. 4, 1854 the Belcher caught fire just after its arrival in New Orleans from Tennessee, the fire spread to several other steamers including the Natchez, Cairo and Sultana and several smaller boats, resulting in the loss of 25 lives (mostly slaves) and one million dollars, ex Dr. Chase, Klein and Simmons (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
210 c Image3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Large margins to in, tied by "Memphis Tenn. Nov. 8" circular datestamp on blue 1852 folded letter datelined "New Orleans La. Nov. 3rd 1852" to Bolivar Tenn., clear strike of red "STEAMER GEO. COLLIER, J.W. GOSLER" oval name-of-boat handstamp, Very Fine, illustrated in Milgram book on p. 299, ex Middendorf and Simmons (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
211 c Image3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. II (11A). Large margins to clear including part of adjoining stamp at bottom, deep rich color, tied by "WAY" handstamp on buff cover to Buchannon Carroll & Co. in New Orleans, red "New Orleans La. Jan. 18" circular datestamp, clear strike of "NEW ORLEANS, ALEXANDRIA & NATCHITOCHES PACKET, P. DALMAU" oval name-of-boat handstamp, usual small filing holes, Very Fine and desirable example of this Red River packet marking (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
212 c Image3c Claret, Ty. II (11A). Large to huge margins including part of adjoining stamp at top and bottom sheet margin, cancelled by "WAY" handstamp on buff cover to Buchannon Carroll & Co. in New Orleans, light strike of "New Orleans La. Mar. 2, 1857" circular datestamp, clear strike of "St. Louis & New Orleans Passenger Steamer Falls City, H.W. Smith, Master, Leaves New Orleans For...St. Louis Mar. 4, 1857" in ornate frame name-of-boat handstamp, usual small filing holes, Very Fine, a scarce marking, on April 14, 1858, just after leaving New Orleans, the boiler of the Falls City blew out, resulting in the loss of seven lives and severe damage to the John Simmonds, which it was passing by at the time, ex Simmons (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
213 c Image3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Ample margins to in, tied by blue "STEAMBOAT" straightline handstamp on cover to Memphis Tenn., clear strike of "Memphis & New Orleans Packet, H.R.W. Hill, T.H. Newell Master" ornate ribbons in double-oval frame name-of-boat handstamp, Very Fine and rare marking, On Dec. 23, 1852 the H.R.W. Hill struck and sunk the steamer Western World just outside of New Orleans with the loss of 10-15 lives, according to http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/csn/h.txt , "was built in 1852 at New Albany, Ind., and employed by the Confederates as a transport in the Mississippi River area. Under Captain Newell she participated in the Battle of Belmont, Mo., on 7 November 1861. As part of the force under Maj. Gen. L. Polk, CSA, she stood fearlessly at her post while under heavy Union fire ready to transport troops back and forth across the river in the course of the battle. H. R. W. Hill fell into Union hands at the Battle of Memphis on 6 June, 1862." -- ex Simmons (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork are
Copyright © 1994-2022 Droege Computing Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Mailing Address: 20 West Colony Place
Suite 120, Durham NC 27705
Back to Top of Page