Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 93
Symbol: CV
Cat No: 1835 London to New York
1835 London to New York,Stampless Letter, two pages including shipping invoice regarding 25 casks of Sugar of Lead (lead acetate = a sugar substitute used at least since ancient Roman times) via the ship "Cosmo". The letter is signed by John Elliott of London and the letter discusses that the casks are different sizes to aid in sales and prices, as well as that the ship is ahead of schedule. The letter is headed with "Per Cosmo, Cap'n C.H. Lewis". Folded letter is addressed "To/Messrs. Peter Remsen & Co./New York/per Cosmo/Capn. Lewis/via Bristol".
$30
Opening US$ 42.00
Sold...US$ 44.00
Closed..Aug-08-2025, 14:00:00 EST
Sold For 44
Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 94
Symbol: CV
Cat No: 11A var.
11A,3¢ Pale Claret with Double Transfer on Cover, Ty II, Fine-Avg, tied to cover with "NEW-YORK/NOV/6" cds ccl addressed to Tivoli; NY and with red wax seal on reverse with shield imprint. DT is visible in top and bottom letters (Image)
$40
Opening US$ 14.00
Sold...US$ 14.00
Closed..Aug-08-2025, 14:00:00 EST
Sold For 14
Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 95
Symbol: CV
Cat No: 11A
11A,3¢ Deep Brownish Carmine, Ty II, two margins, just in at bottom and left, tied to cover with a "NEW-YORK/FEB/27" cds ccl. Addressed to "Reverend Henry de Koven/St. Augustine/Florida" and at lower left "paid by/stamp". Red wax seal on reverse and most of backflap missing Cat($26) (Image)
$25
Opening US$ 10.00
Sold...US$ 10.00
Closed..Aug-08-2025, 14:00:00 EST
Sold For 10
Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 96
Symbol: CV
Cat No: 184
184,3¢ Green on Advertising Cover, F-VF, tied to cover with circular blob ccl. Also, with Baltimore, MD Apr. 1 cds ccl. Overall, gray brown advertising "THE/BALTIMORE AMERICAN/AND/COMMERCIAL/ADVERTISER/DAILY & WEEKLY EDITIONS/DAILY $10.00/WEEKLY $1.50", with picture at upper left of 8 people operating a large printing press. Also, contains payment receipts from 1) the Washington Post for advertising in Jan. 1884; 2) the Baltimore Sun dated Apr. 1, 1883 for advertising thru Apr. 30, 1883; and 3) the Baltimore American for advertising Mar. 1-31, 1878. All clean and nice (Image)
$50
Opening US$ 20.00
Sold...US$ 22.00
Closed..Aug-08-2025, 14:00:00 EST
Sold For 22
Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 99
Symbol: CV
Cat No: 568
568,25¢ Yellow Green on commercial registered no. 10 cover, roughly opened and upper right corner stamp torn off. Addressed to "Edward Bernau/102, rue Lemercier/Paris France"sent from Taft, California; corner card reads "VIRGINIA PIPE LINE CONTRACTING CO./P.O. BOX 362 TAFT CALIFORNIA", with "FRED D. GRANT" typed above C/C. Reverse has (3) "TAFT CALIF./APR/21/1928/REGISTERED" registry dc ccls. Also, (2) "NEW YORK U.S.A./4.26/1928/FOREIGN" double oval ccls; and cds "PARIS---/1530/5-5/28/DISTRIBUTION. Has hand-stamped XVII/19 in circle with pencil note 'oluernt'(?) ['change']. Also, hand printed in ink "RETURNED TO TAFT/RECEIVED-MAY-24-1928". Interesting usage
$20
Opening US$ 8.00
Sold...US$ 10.00
Closed..Aug-08-2025, 14:00:00 EST
Sold For 10
Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 100
Symbol: CV
Cat No: 2384
2384,25¢ Packard Classic Automobile on Event Cover, F-VF, unaddressed, cachet by artist Robert Loomis depicting the St. Matthew Station USPS Post Office. Special event cancellation with pictorial and text "ST. MATTHEW STATION/HISTORIC DEDICATION/OCTOBER 28, 1988/SAN MATEO, CA 94401" for the dedication into the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES." Envelope mounted in program folder
$10
Opening US$ 4.00
Sold...US$ 4.00
Closed..Aug-08-2025, 14:00:00 EST
Sold For 4
Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 101
Symbol: CV
Cat No: 2421
2421,Martin Luther King Jr. event cvr commemorating his 61st birthday, VF, 1989 Bill of Rights issue tied to cover w/special pictorial ccl featuring the Liberty Bell inscribed "MLK STATION/JAN./15/1990/ARLINGTON, TX 76010" and banner reading "1929/LET FREEDOM RING/MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR./1968"; red, blue & black cachet designed by Richard McMahan depicting MLK on a US flag along w/the Texas State flag and the Arlington City flag w/inscription "IN MEMORY OF:/Martin Luther King Jr./ONE LAND/ONE PEOPLE. Contents stuffer describes the event stating cover is a limited edition of not more than 5,000 of which 100 are sba, this one not sgnd (Image)
$25
Opening US$ 6.00
Sold...US$ 8.00
Closed..Aug-08-2025, 14:00:00 EST
Sold For 8
Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 103
Symbol: CV
Cat No: FREE Mail on USS Long Bea
FREE Mail on USS Long Beach,CGN-9 Anniversary Cover "30th ANNIVERSARY/SEP/9/1991/1961-1991/USS LONG BEACH" cds and 4-bar ccl. Also, purple "U.S. NAVY/SEP/9/1991/USS LONG BEACH CGN-9" dc ccl. At left a blue, yellow and black cachet of the ship in front of setting sun with "30th Anniversary Comemmoration/161-1991/U.S.S. Long Beach CGN-9" above and below. From "C1 (SW) Gary S. Boryk USN/U.S. POST OFFICE/USS LONG BEACH (CGN-9)" and signed by him in green (possibly the cachet maker); neat typed address. Reverse with (2) identical purple hs's depicting the seal of the USS Long Beach, etc. Clean and fresh (Image)
$20
Opening US$ 4.00
Sold...US$ 4.00
Closed..Aug-08-2025, 14:00:00 EST
Sold For 4
Sale No: 3126
Lot No: 104
Symbol: CV
Cat No: U58
U58,3¢ Pink, Postal Envelope, VF, with 4-blade propellor type fancy ccl, addressed to "Mrs. Seletia Dowdle/Ft. Gates/Coryelle County/Texas". "Ft. Gates" and "Coryelle" are marked out and "St. Antonio" and "Bexar" are added. Then "St. Antonio" is marked out and "Bellmont" added. Cancels and markings including "CANTON/MISS(?)/NOV/13" cds ccl; "SAN ANTONIO/TEX/MAR/29" cds ccl; and "FORWARDED" with underline and overline hs. Late 1860's usage (probably 1866 or 67), very slow travel (4 months) and forwarded twice (Image)
