Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1080
Symbol: Cat No: 5L1
American Letter Mail Co., 5L1, 5c Black, with "FREE", Used on 1844 Folded Letter with Red Company Datestamp to Philadelphia Aug 15, 18444 folded letter with red "FOWARDED BY AMERICAN MAIL CO. NO 102 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA" handstamp. Docketed "R.R. Boyd Aug 15/44", who was a merchant in New York. The stamp heavily torn away, perhaps to prevent reuse by the addressee, and the letter with horizontal and vertical file folds. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 100 to 200US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:17:06 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1084
Symbol: Cat No: 5L1
American Letter Mail Co., 5L1, 5c Black on Thin Paper, Red "PAID" and Red Oval Handstamp on 1844 Folded Letter to Boston Folded letter addressed to Jonathan Chapman Esq., Boston. Red oval "American Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 10 State Street, Boston" handstamp. Docket notation "9-14." The stamp has a vertical file crease. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 200 to 300US$
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:19:12 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1088
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 5L1 Reprint
American Letter Mail Co., 5L1, 5c Black, Reprint Pane of 20 The reprints are easily distinguished by the rust marks on the plate. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 100 to 200US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:20:59 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1089
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 5L1 Reprint
American Letter Mail Co., 5L1 Reprint, 5c Black, Top Right Corner Margin Single, Unused, No Gum 1844 issue. Unused, no gum, top right corner margin single. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 25 to 50US$
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 25.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:21:29 EST
Sold For 25
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1091
Symbol: Cat No: 5L2
American Letter Mail Co., 5L2, 5c Black on Gray, Horizontal Pair, Large Margins, Tied by Manuscript "X" Cancels on 1844 Folded Letter to New York City Fine and Scarce Double-Rate Franking
Pair with large margins to touching at left, and manuscript "X" cancels on September 18, 1844 folded letter from "Whaling Bank" to New York City with pencil street address added. File fold through the right stamp.
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1094
Symbol: Cat No: 5L2
American Letter Mail Co., 5L2, 5c Black on Gray, Large to Huge Margins, Tied by Manuscript Line and San-Serif "Paid" on 1845 Folded Letter Very Fine and Very Rare Usage of the Sans-Serif "Paid" Marking
Stamp with Large to huge margins all around, tied by manuscript line with two strikes of red sans-serif "Paid" handstamp on March 1, 1845 folded letter from Providence, RI to Philadelphia. Slight wear along file fold.
This is a Very Fine and Rare use of the Large Eagle stamp from Providence, Rhode Island, with the distinctive sans-serif "Paid" marking used at that office. Only Four of such are recorded by Bowman in his Independent Mails book. (Image)
Estimate Range: 300 to 500US$
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:25:07 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1095
Symbol: Cat No: 5L3
American Letter Mail Co., 5L3, 5c Blue on Gray, Ample Margins, Used with Manuscript "#" Cancel on Small Piece Very Fine and Rare
The stamp with ample margins except barely in along top frameline. The stmap with unusually sharp proof-like impression on bright paper. A very attractive example on piece. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 1,000 to 1,500US$
Opening US$ 600.00
Sold...US$ 600.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:26:07 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1097
Symbol:
American Letter Mail Co., Red "Collect 1/4 Cents New York Office" on Local Philadelphia Folded Letter Manuscript "American Mail". The letter with fold separations. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 100 to 200US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:27:37 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1100
Symbol: Cat No: Collection
American Mail Co., PAL-F12 Handstamp on 1845 Stampless Folded Letter Datelined N.Y. May 6 1845
American Letter Mail Co., Red Company Forwarding Handstamp on 1844 Folded Letter, New York to Philadelphia Folded letter dated August 1, 1844, from New York. Struck with "Forwarded by American Mail Co. from No. 109 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia" handstamp (ALM-PHL-F10) and "Collect 6 1/2 cts New York Office" (C05). Addressed to commission merchant A. N. Thom, referencing an order. (Image)
Estimate Range: 50 to 75US$
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 30.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:29:00 EST
Sold For 30
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Lot No: 1102
Symbol:
American Letter Mail Co., Red Oval Handstamp, Conjunctive Use with Boyd's Brooklyn City Express on 1844 Folded Letter, Philadelphia to Brooklyn One of Only Four American Letter Mail and Boyd Conjunctive Usages
Folded letter datelined Philadelphia, September 26, 1844, with a partly clear red oval American Letter Mail Company, Office 56 Wall St., N.Y. handstamp (ALM-NYC-FO9) with matching sans-serif "PAID" as a conjunctive use with a red "Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post, Sep. 26 9 O'C" oval handstamp addressed to Brooklyn. The letter was carried by American Letter Mail in Philadelphia to Boyd's in Brooklyn, which delivered to the recipient. Only three or four American Letter Mail Co./Boyd's conjunctive covers are known, this one being a very early Boyd's usage in Brooklyn. (Image)
Estimate Range: 800 to 1,200US$
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:30:20 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1105
Symbol:
American Letter Mail Company, Philadelphia, "PAID" (ALM-PHL-P05) and "COLLECT" (ALM-PHL-C10) Cartouche Handstamps on 1844 Folded Letter to Springfield, Massachusetts Only Recorded Usage of Both Philadelphia Handstamps on a Single Cover
Folded business letter datelined Philadelphia, July 15, 1844, addressed to the well-known booksellers G. & C. Merriam at Springfield, Massachusetts. Struck with the American Letter Mail Company Philadelphia "COLLECT" cartouche handstamp (ALM-PHL-C10) and overstruck with the matching "PAID" cartouche handstamp (ALM-PHL-P05), reflecting the accepting clerk's reversal of the original collect instruction. Carried by the American Letter Mail Company only as far as New York City, where it was handed to the Post Office Department on July 16 and tied by a red New York circular datestamp; rated manuscript "12½", collected at Springfield on July 19. Endorsed manuscript "Single" at lower left.
The two Philadelphia cartouche handstamps were used for only a brief window in the summer of 1844: the C10 from June 1 through July 18, and the P05 from July 9 through July 18. Census data records eight or nine examples of the C10 and only three of the P05, making this the only recorded cover with both handstamps together.References:Figure 1, American Letter Mail Company Indecision at Philadelphia Creates Rarity By William W. Sammis(Image)
Estimate Range: 500 to 600US$
Opening US$ 260.00
Sold...US$ 260.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:32:07 EST
Sold For 260
Brainard & Co
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1106
Symbol:
Brainard & Co., Red Oval Company Handstamp with Matching "6" Red "FORWARDED BY BRAINARD & COMPANY/ALBANY" and red "6" handstamps on folded letter. Datelined November 5, 1844. Addressed to Rev. Daniel Wells in New York.
Brainard & Company carried mail from Albany and Troy south to New York City using steamboats since there was no railraod connection available at the time. The Hudson River was open to steamboat traffic from March 14, 1844 to December 11, 1844.References:ASCC Vol II Page 9(Image)
Estimate Range: 100 to 200US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:32:51 EST
Sold For 50
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Lot No: 1107
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Brainard & Co., Red Oval Company Forwarding Handstamp and Additional "6" Rate Handstamp on 1844 Folded Letter, Hudson River Route Folded letter dated September 6, 1844, from Troy, New York to New York City, carried on the Hudson River via steamboat. (Image)
Estimate Range: 100 to 200US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:33:11 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1108
Symbol:
Brainard & Co. and Hale & Co., Red Oval Brainard & Co. Forwarding Handstamp with Hale Collect on 1845 Stampless Folded Letter, Troy to Hartford Brainard & Co. and Hale & Co. Conjunctive Use
Folded letter privately carried entirely outside the mails via two independent companies. Entered Brainard & Co.’s office in Troy, N.Y., where an agent carried it to Albany and placed it aboard a Hudson River steamboat for New York City. From there, it was transferred to Hale & Co., which transported it via Long Island Sound and the Connecticut River to Hartford. Struck with red oval "FORWARDED / BY / BRAINARD & CO. / TROY" and boxed "COLLECT / SIX CENTS / HALE & CO." handstamps.
Not recorded in the Lyons census of Brainard covers. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate References:Brainard & Co. Clearing up Misconceptions and Presenting A Census By Larry Lyons(Image)
Estimate Range: 200 to 300US$
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:33:59 EST
Sold For 100
Hale & Co
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1115
Symbol:
Hale & Co., 1844 Stampless Folded Letter from New York to Hartford. Manuscript "8" Folded letter sheet datelined New York, October 23, 1844, carried by Hale & Co. from New York to Hartford, Connecticut. Red boxed HALE & CO’S MAIL handstamp. The recipient was charged 6c for intercity carriage and an additional 2c for local delivery, totaling 8c due. (Image)
Estimate Range: 100 to 200US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:37:36 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1116
Symbol:
Hale & Co., Red Oval New York Forwarding Mark (F-29) with "PAID" Straightline on 1845 Stampless Folded Letter to Boston "Adams & Co's Express" Crossed Out
Prepaid letter datelined "New York, Jan 30th 1845," with red "Forwarded by Hale & Co., from Courier & Enquirer Building, New York" (F-29) handstamp and red straightline "PAID" handstamps. The sender originally intended to send the letter via Adams & Co.'s Express, indicated by a crossed-out manuscript notation at lower left, but instead handed it to Hale & Co. for delivery. (Image)
Estimate Range: 100 to 200US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:38:08 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1117
Symbol:
Hale & Co., Red Oval Forwarding (F-36) and Red "6" (C-13) Handstamps on 1845 Stampless Cover, Providence to New York Folded letter datelined March 1, 1845 carried by Hale & Co. from Providence, R.I. to New York, with red "Forwarded by Hale & Co., Providence" (F-36) oval and matching red "6" collect rate handstamp (C-13), a marking unique to the Providence office. One of only 31 recorded letters with the C-13 marking. (Image)
Estimate Range: 100 to 200US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:38:36 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1118
Symbol:
Hale & Co., Black "Collect 6" (C-9) Handstamp on 1844 Folded Letter, Boston to New York Collect 6 CENTS for BOSTON OFFICE (Image)
Estimate Range: 25 to 50US$
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 25.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:39:16 EST
Sold For 25
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1119
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Hale & Co., New York to Albany, Red "PAID" Handstamp (P-8), on 1845 Stampless Folded Letter Folded letter from New York City to Albany, bearing Hale & Co.'s red straight-line "PAID" handstamp (type P-8, 20mm x 5mm), as used in New York City, with approximately 45 examples recorded by Gutman. Manuscript "Hale's Express Paid" in bottom left. (Image)
Estimate Range: 25 to 50US$
Opening US$ 20.00
Sold...US$ 20.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:39:44 EST
Sold For 20
Hartford Conn. Mail Route
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1122
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 80L1
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1122A
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 80L1
Hartford Connecticut Mail Route, 80L1, 5c Black on Yellow Glazed, Used with Manuscript "X" With two facial scrapes and light overall soiling. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 750 to 1,000US$
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:42:30 EST
Sold For 500
Overton & Co.
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1123
Symbol:
Overton & Co., Red Backward-Slanting "PAID" Handstamp on 1844 Stampless Folded Cover, New York City to Albany One of Three Recorded Examples
Figure 4 in Backward-Slanting "PAID" Independent Mail Handstamp by David W Snow, John D. Bowman
The cover originated in New York City and was sent up the Hudson to Albany.
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1132
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117L3
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue on Thin Bond, Unused With a small corner crease at bottom left and a stain from an adherence on the back. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 50 to 100US$
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:49:08 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1134
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117L3
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue on Thin Bond, Manuscript "B" Cancel, Used With a light vertical crease. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 150 to 200US$
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:50:06 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1135
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117L3
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Lot No: 1137
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117L4
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L4, 5c Black, Complete Sheet of 40, Unused Without gum, mounted on Elbe page, Very Fine. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 200 to 300US$
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:52:03 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1138
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117L4
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1139
Symbol: Cat No: 117L4
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L4, 5c Black on Thin Bond, Position 4R, Full to Large Margins, Used with Framed Boyd's City Express Post on 1844 Folded Letter to New York City Desirable Example of Pomeroy and Boyd Conjunctive Service
Extremely Fine and Desirable Example of Pomeroy and Boyd Conjunctive Service, with Sloane's notes.
Stamp, position 4R, with full to large margins, cancelled by red "Cd." handstamp (impression ties through paper). Red "POMEROY'S MAIL." straightline handstamp with red "Boyd's City Express Post, Jul. 23 9 O'C" (1844) framed datestamp and matching "Paid / J.T.B." handstamp on folded letter to Miss Sarah E. Bucklin, 143 Franklin St., New York City. Stamp has very faint gum toning as often for this issue.
Provenance: Ex Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito, Schwartz (Image)
Estimate Range: 600 to 800US$
Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:54:08 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1140
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117L5
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L5, 5c Red, Unused(Image)
Estimate Range: 10 to 20US$
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 25.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:55:32 EST
Sold For 25
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1142
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117L5
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L5, 5c Red on Thin Bond, Manuscript Cancel, Used Manuscript cancel. With a tiny tear at top left. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 125 to 150US$
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:56:52 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1144
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117L6
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L6, 5c Lake on Thin Bond, Bottom Right Corner Margin, Positions 31-32 and 39-40, Block of Four, Unused Two hinge remnants and light wrinkles. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 75 to 150US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 13:58:33 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1145
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 117LVAR
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117LVAR, 5c Brown on Thin Bond, Unused
Pomeroy's Letter Express, Red "Paid" and Red "2" Handstamps, on 1844 Folded Letter, Durham to Albany Newly Discovered Pomeroy Handstamp
Illustrated and Discussed in A Newly Discovered Pomeroy Handstamp by John Bowman and William Sammis
Folded letter datelined July 10, 1844, addressed to W.H. Van Zandt, Chief Clerk, State Banking Department, Albany, New York, signed by Platt Adams of Durham, New York. Red "Paid" handstamp with lines above and below and red "2" handstamp struck upside down on front, applied by two different handstamps in differing shades of red. The red "2" is identified in Bowman and Sammis as a previously unrecorded marking, attributed to Pomeroy's Albany office as a handstamp indicating a two-cent local delivery charge. Adams is confirmed as Postmaster of Durham, New York, a town on Pomeroy's New York City to Albany route. File fold between the two markings.
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1148
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: POMX-L10
Pomeroy & Co.'s Express, Orange on Grayish White Label, Block of Six, Unused Previously hinged, the right pair with a light vertical crease. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range: 400 to 600US$
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-26-2026, 14:01:30 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 2026Icons
Lot No: 1149
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: POMX-L10
Pomeroy & Co.'s Express, Orange on Thin White Label, Complete Sheet of Twelve, Unused Very Scarce
Original gum, the crackly gum causing wrinkles. The selvage diagonally creases at bottom left, a reinforced vertical crease in the left vertical pair.
