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Stampless Stories: A Postal History of America continued...

The Post Office continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
182 c ImageE. N. Zevely. Free frank on elaborate corner card cover for engraving, designs and stamps to his sister Sophia in Salem N.C., well-struck Free June 12, 1852” circular datestamp, with original enclosure, Very Fine, a beautiful cover from the premier 19th Century manufacturer of postal markings, ex Dr. Robertson (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
183 c ImageWorcester Webster, Postmaster of Boscawen N.H. and Issuer of the Unique Boscawen Provisional. Important and instructive group of four stampless covers with markings bringing together all the key elements of the unique 5c Provisional, including an 1848 cover with a straightline PAID 5 CENTS” in blue -- the Paid” and Cents” were used in the provisional; 1847 and 1849 Boscawen covers with a 5” handstamp in blue and red respectively -- in the same style (though 2mm larger) as the stamp’s 5”; 1844 folded letter in the hand of postmaster Webster with free frank and contents entirely in his hand; also included is a 1934 postcard with a photo of the unique provisional and printed message, Compliments of Frank Marquis, Inc.” (Marquis bought the cover at the 1933 Hind sale for $5,000; unable to pay for it, he dropped from sight and was found months later, an amnesiac, wandering in Helena, Montana), Fine-Very Fine, excellent collateral for the student, and a very difficult group to assemble -- the unrecorded straightline handstamp was first reported in a March 1992 article in The American Philatelist (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
184 c ImageNo. Cambridge Mass May 16. Circular datestamp with small FREE” in fancy circle handstamp, postmaster’s free frank at top on brown cover to Queeche Village Vt., fresh and Extremely Fine cover with this unusual ornamental Free” marking, with 2013 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
185 c ImageScottsburg, Oregon Territory. Two covers, first with Scottsburg O.T.” circular handstamp with manuscript April 22 Free” at center to Miss S. R. Fiske at Cambridge Mass., FREE” handstamp and signed by the postmaster (E.R. Fiske P.M.”), 1853 docketing, some edgewear, second with Scottsburg O.T. Sep. 5, 1854” manuscript postmark with printed address to Rufus Fiske in Cambridgeport Mass. with printed FREE./E.R. FISKE, P. M.” at top right, some edge flaws, Very Fine pair of Oregon Territory postmaster’s free frank covers (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
186 c ImageCharles M. Willard, Ludlow Mass. Red and black printed circular to postmaster at North Dixmont Me. from Charles M. Willard, manufacturer of postmarking devices, titled Improved Post Office Stamps...Engraved on Box Wood”, a fascinating advertisement, beginning with a citation of S. R. Hobbie’s observation of the British wooden postmarking devices -- Asst. P.M.G. Hobbie was sent to England in 1847 to study the British postal system and recommend reform measures to Congress (Willard quotes Hobbie’s discourse on the merits of wood markers vs. metal) -- Willard then knocks his former supplier (and now competitor), A. N. Zevely, criticizing Zevely’s metal devices and his refusal to supply red ink because of its higher cost; the first page shows a beautiful display of markings (3c, 5c and 10c rates, Paid”, Free”, Ludlow Mass.” etc.) reproduced in red, as well as a Ludlow Mass. Jun. 1” circular datestamp and Paid” printed in red on the address panel, slight toning along folds and couple splits reinforced with hinge, Very Fine and rare (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
187 c ImageCanandaigua, Aug. 14. Bold strike of fancy marking with floral spray at bottom, large PAID.” handstamp and manuscript 20” rate on 1803 folded letter from B. Mower to Timothy Green at New York City street address, small wax seal stain, file folds, Very Fine strike of this scarce early fancy town datestamp (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
188 c ImageCleaveland, O./MAY 23. Beautiful strike of double-line framed datestamp in red, manuscript Paid 37-1/2" for double rate to the border on cover to postmaster of Queenston, Canada, no Canadian postage due as addressed to a postmaster, letter with internal tear, still Extremely Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
189 c ImageMONSON MASS. Fancy town handstamp in so-called Baker’s Hat” frame struck in red, manuscript Dec. 22” date, matching red PAID.” in scroll handstamp and manuscript Paid 6” rate on 1836 folded letter to Springfield Mass., small tear at top center, Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
190 c ImageWATERLOO/LA/Dec 30. Ornately framed woodcut town handstamp struck in red with manuscript date inserted into shield within frame, manuscript 10 Paid” at upper right of folded letter addressed and written in French in the same hand, datelined Point Coupée 30 [Dec] 1846”, to Mademoiselle Louisa Mourain in Nantes, France, red Outre-Mer Le Havre 11 Fevr. 47” arrival datestamp and manuscript 7” decimes due marking, Nantes receiving backstamp (Feb. 13)

EXTREMELY FINE. THE FINEST OF THE FEW RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS LOUISIANA FANCY TOWN HANDSTAMP.

Pointe Coupee Parish was established in 1805 as part of the Territory of Orleans. Waterloo was a town at the upriver juncture of the False River oxbow on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Pointe Coupee Parish. Founded around 1820, Waterloo grew as an export center for cotton and sugar cane produced in the parish. After a severe flood in 1884, the town fell into disrepair and eventually all of the residents left for nearby towns. (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
191 c ImagePhiladelphia Paid 3cts. Feb. 1. Bold strike of red integral-rate circular datestamp on 1853 folded letter to Huntingdon Penn., with amusing illustration of hair of the dog that bit you” showing dog upending a person with Paid” integrated into design, vertical file fold well away from illustration, Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
192 c ImageDOVER MILLS [Va.] J. 24. Large blue handstamp with date in manuscript clearly struck on light green 1847 folded cover to Richmond Va., blue manuscript 5” rate, additional manuscript /” for carrier fee in Richmond, some minor wear, Very Fine strike, possibly the only example of this unusual marking extant, ex Knapp, with 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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