Postal History Advertising/Illustrated Covers Gun Covers
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9638
Symbol: C
Cat No: 301
Hunter Arms Co., beautiful image of brown and white dog with a light blue background, additional text at bottom center and on reverse (reverse also with an image of a rifle), franked with #530 tied by "Fulton N.Y. May 5, 1919" wavy line machine cancel, addressed to Syracuse NY; light creasing at left, still Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $250
Opening US$ 125.00
Sold...US$ 125.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9639
Symbol: C
Cat No: 301
Remington Guns & Rifles, multicolor image of a woman holding a rifle at left, plus red & blue text at top center and covering the reverse, franked with #301 tied by "Lowell Mass. Jul. 13, 1903" wavy line machine cancel, locally addressed, Very Fine and attractive. (Image)
Suggested Bid $250
Opening US$ 125.00
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Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Airmail Postal History Zeppelin Covers: Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9741
Symbol: C
Cat No: 222 I
1931 (Oct 17-28), Third South America Flight, Friedrichshafen to Recife & Return (Michel 222 I), card franked with 3.50s Airmail postage tied by an Sep 16 Vienna c.d.s., with Berlin connecting flight cachet; Brazilian postage added and canceled Sep 24 with a red bi-lingual Return Flight cachet, Very Fine. Scarce originating in Austria.(Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9742
Symbol: C
Cat No: 229 var.
1931 (Oct 17-28), Third South America Flight, Friedrichshafen to Recife & Return (Michel 229 var.), card franked with 3.50s Airmail postage tied by an Oct 14 Vienna c.d.s., with Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on Oct 17 (departure) & Oct 28 (return), Oct 2o Pernambuco backstamp; then, during the flight, franked with a pair of 1m German Zeppelins (C35) canceled by an Oct 27 onboard, the day before landing; also bears a red Zeppelin/Condor bi-lingual Return Flight cachet, Very Fine and most unusual. (Image)
Suggested Bid $300
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Zeppelin Covers: Worldwide Lighter-than-Air
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9745
Symbol: C
Cat No: uss akron covers
Group of five USS Akron Cachet Covers, 1932-1933, with three covers carried by the Akron on flights; fully imaged online, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Civil War Postal History
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9605
Symbol:
U.S. Colored Troops Sept. 1864 "Monthly Return of Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage" form, 7¾ x 9¾ inch 8 page booklet, for Company E of the 28th Regiment of U.S. Colored Troops commanded by Lt. Adelbert C. Sherman, located at "Camp in the field near Petersburg Va.", also includes 6 statement sized page article cut from a journal "The Colored Troops at Petersburg" by Henry Goddard Thomas, According to the American Civil War Research Database, Sherman enlisted as a 1st Lt. on April 30, 1864, was mustered into "E" co. of the US CT 28th Infantry and mustered out on Nov. 8, 1865. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Confederate Civil War Postal History Adversity Covers
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9629
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1
1861, 5¢ green, turned cover (Scott 1), irregularly cut from sheet with complete margin and portion of adjacent stamp at right and cut well in at left, tied by "Halifax N.C. Feb. 8" circular datestamp on manila cover to Petersburg Va. where a different #1 with full margins at left and bottom to into at right, small tear, was affixed and tied by blue "Petersburg Va. Feb. 14" circular datestamp and sent back to Halifax, Fine appearance, ex Tate, signed Trish Kaufmann (PAK). (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Advertising Covers
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9630
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1861
Petersburg Va. "PAID" & "10" in circle handstamps on Cameo cover, R.A. Young & Bro. Grocers & Genl. Commission Merchants embossed cameo corner card in blue on stampless cover with blue "Petersburg Va. Aug. 16 5cts." (1861) Type B integral rate circular datestamp, matching "PAID" and "10" in circle handstamps, to Carroll Hoy & Co. of New Orleans; usual staple holes as always with the Carroll Hoy correspondence, Very Fine, signed Kimbrough. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9631
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1861
Petersburg Va. "PAID" & "5" handstamps on Cameo cover, Peebles, Plummer & Co. Commission Merchants & Grocers embossed cameo corner card cover in blue with blue "Petersburg Va. Jun. 26" (1861)Type A circular datestamp with matching "PAID" and "5" handstamps addressed to Ridgway N.C. upper left corner repair and large part of top backflap, some aging, Fine and scarce Confederate cameo. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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General
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9622
Symbol: C
Group of Six Stampless Covers, Crawfordsville, Ga., Wilmington, N.C., Charleston S.C., Horse Pasture, Richmond and Winchester, Va.; the Horse Pasture with manuscript "Paid 5¢", the rest with handstamped "PAID"; few faults, generally Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9623
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Confederate Lt. John Grimball Postal History, 41 covers mostly addressed to him, beginning with a cover addressed to Grimball while at the Naval Academy (graduated in 1858) then 5 to him while serving on the Confederate States Steamer Baltic, then a cover to the Baltic but forwarded to Charleston after he left the Baltic waiting for arrangements to avoid the blockade and travel to England where he would remain until being assigned to the CSS Shenandoah in Oct. 1864 where it began working to disrupt US shipping, even after the war ended (!), and the remaining covers are sent to Grimball while in Europe and then Mexico as many of the Shenandoah crew feared they would be arrested and tried for piracy upon return to the US, which he did in 1868 to his hometown of Charleston and later to New York City to practice law, while the collection includes 2 covers with the scarce "Spartanburg R.R." circular datestamp, but, sadly, the covers have had the stamps removed or damaged, otherwise Fine collection demonstrating what postal history is all about, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9624
Symbol:
Cat No: 2
Howell Cobb correspondence covers, 1850-60's, 4 prewar and 2 postwar covers/entires sent to Cobb (2) or from Cobb to his wife (2), son and brother-in-law, mostly within Georgia, 2 better --a legal sized stampless "Post Office Department / Official Business" cover to "Hon. Howell Cobb / House of Representatives" and a Macon Ga. cross fancy cancel on 3¢ entre from Cobb to his son, generally Very Fine, fully imaged online. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 105.00
Sold...US$ 105.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Independent State Covers
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9625
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1861
Paris Texas Apr. 22 (1861), circular datestamp cancels 3¢ star die entire (Scott U27) addressed to Carroll Hoy & Co. of New Orleans with embossed "I.W. Wells & Bro, General Dealers in all Kinds Merchandise, Paris & Dallas, Texas on top backflap; top flap with gum stains, tiny sealed tear at top left corner, usual pin holes found on this correspondence, still Very Fine and very attractive, Jack E. Molesworth description at bottom of reverse, this is the only such ad design recorded, ex Vince King, signed Trish Kaufmann. C.S.A. Catalog $500 (no premium for ad). (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Slavery-Related
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9632
Symbol: C
Cat No: Wofford
June 20, 1864 soldiers letter discussing the Siege of Petersburg, letter reads in part, "Everything is remarkably quiet this monring, only been threee shots fired from the enemy's guns. I think we will be able to hold Petersburg. I thought when we first came here it was rather doubtful but we have strengthened our breastworks until it will be almost impossible for them to be taken. The enemy are close enough to shell them in the city which they have been doing since yesterday morning but have not done a great deal of damage yet. The people are very composed and confident that our army will be able to save them. Very few families have left their homes yet only those in the part of the city nearest the fortifications. Great many think the enemy are moving this morning but in what direction, no one seems to have any idea….Genl. W. (Wofford) has just sent for me so I will have to close," accompanied by original cover franked with #11 with wide even margins all around and tied by blue "Petersburg Va. Jun. 23" Type C circular datestamp addressed to Box 1520 in Richmond, accompannied by note that thish was written by Georgia soldier John Taylor Hackett; cover opened roughly at right, Very Fine cover and letter. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 94.00
Sold...US$ 94.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9633
Symbol: C
Dec. 15, 1865, Letter about Contracting Former Slaves, letter reads, "I have just received a letter from my wife. She writes me word something about somebody making complaint about (now former slave) Archer not being clothed. I did not hire him this year at all. I received a message from you last spring that he would be sold …I do not consider it my business to give him his winter clothes. He had good clothes at that time and I made assignments for his shoes before I left. I have no use for him but I will keep (now former slave) Matilda. I would like to hire her by the month until I can see what i can do as I need a nurse. I am in the 4th division, Gen. Hospital in Farmville & when you come here to see me about the matter." and is accompanied by the original cover franked with #12, When the war ended and the slaves were released, many of them had no place to go. So they became hired help. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Town Cancels
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9628
Symbol: C
Norfolk, Va. Handstamped "PAID", two covers: blue "Paid 5" & "Paid 10," types D & F, with matching c.d.s.s, Sep 10, 1861 & Sep 18, 1861, respectively; the latter reduced slightly at top, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 70
Wallpaper Covers
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9634
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Velasco Texas, blue Wallpaper Cover, "Velasco Tex. May 21" (1861) circular datestamp and "Paid 10" in circle, addressed to Huntsville Texas; few small toning specks, still Very Fine, Jack E. Molesworth description on reverse; there are other covers from this correspondence, ex "Jefferson Collection". (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 64.00
Sold...US$ 64.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Exposition Covers & Postmarks
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9664
Symbol: C
Cat No: 327
1905, 10¢ Louisiana Purchase on Cover with Bullseye Cancel (Scott 327), cancelled May 1, 1905; sent from Orphance, South Carolina to Richmond, Virginia; a fine example. (Image)
Suggested Bid $125
Opening US$ 64.00
Sold...US$ 64.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9667
Symbol: *
Cat No: 1893 columbian postal car
1893, Group of Columbian Exposition Official Souvenir Postal Cards, Set 6-12 Designs, 20 postal cards in total, all unused except one; features no complete sets; various attractive designs in fair to excellent condition. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9671
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1933 chicago gibbons cach
1933, "A Century of Progress" Cachet Signed by Floyd Gibbons, mailed from Chicago, Illinois; signed by famed aviator Flloyd Gibbons; attractive and clean. (Image)
Suggested Bid $32
Opening US$ 16.00
Sold...US$ 16.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9673
Symbol:
Cat No: 397
United States, Fairs, Expositions, and Conventions, 400+ picture postcards (many official) from early World's Fairs and Expositions; cancels observed include 1904 St Louis World's Fair, 1905 Portland World's Fair, 1907 Jamestown Exposition, 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific, 1915 International Farming Conference, 1915 Panama Pacific (San Francisco), 1916 Panama California (San Diego), 1922 Cleveland Exposition, 1923 American Legion National Convention, 1923 Los Angeles Historical Revue, 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition, 1929 National Council Traveling Salesmen, and 1939 Golden Gate International; numerous 1¢ Panama-Pacific Exposition Issue (#397) with Expo cancel noted; tremendous value here. Shipping charges apply - weight 7.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $950
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9676
Symbol:
Cat No: EX12, EX13
1893, Group of Columbian Exposition Type I Postal Cards (UPSS EX12, EX13), features three postcards, all unused; one of the Woman's Building and two of the Fisheries Building; good to very fine, with two having hinge stains; an attractive group. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $32
Opening US$ 18.00
Sold...US$ 18.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9677
Symbol: *
Cat No: EX15a-24a
1893, Group of Columbian Exposition Official Souvenir Postal Cards (UPSS EX15a-24a), 32 postal cards in total, all unused; features no complete sets; various attractive designs in good to excellent condition. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $320
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9678
Symbol: *
Cat No: EX25-34
1893, Group of Columbian Exposition Souvenir Postal Card Set 3 (UPSS EX25-34), 23 postal cards in total; no complete sets; all unused and in varying condition, with many better examples. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9679
Symbol: *
Cat No: EX31, EX33
1893, Pair of Columbian Exposition Official Souvenir Postal Cards with Messages: Buffalo Bill & Electric Fountains (UPSS EX31, EX33), postcards are in good condition with minor wear; beautiful descriptions of the Exposition are written on these cards, with one speaking about Buffalo Bill's Wild West and the other talking about the electric fountains; two superb pieces of postal history perfect for any Columbian Exposition collector. (Image)
Suggested Bid $32
Opening US$ 22.00
Sold...US$ 22.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9681
Symbol: *
Cat No: EX62-73
1893, Kuehler Columbian Exposition Souvenir Postal Cards (UPSS EX62-73), 10 postal cards in total, missing three designs; all unused in fair condition. (Image)
Suggested Bid $125
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Fancy Cancels Covers
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9753
Symbol:
Cat No: cvr pict
Pictorial Cancels on 3¢ 1861s, Group of 10 covers, includes a Padlock, a "Mummer's" Fez, Leaves, a Shamrock, etc.; mostly nice strikes and clean covers, generally Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $205
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Geometrics
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9748
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
Geometric Cancels Balance of Collection, 95 covers from across the country with the exceptions of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont, which were lotted separatelt; in a small cover album; lots of small towns, outstanding strikes, and clean covers, generally Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $625
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Groups & Collections
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9747
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
United States, Banknote Fancy Cancels 1870-1882, 65 pages of 1¢-6¢ Banknotes (with a single delicious page of #65) with all manner cancels; they include Target, Grid, Station letters, Ovals, Station numbers, Geometric designs, Iron Cross, Stars, Maltese Cross, Bullseye, Color cancels, Negative star, Negative letter, Negative number, and much more; thousands on black stock pages or hinged on black pages; worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $775
Opening US$ 650.00
Sold...US$ 650.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Pictorial Designs
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9749
Symbol: C
Hingham, Mass. "Bat", perfect strike on a 3¢ rose with a clear Hingham c.d.s. on a cover to Peru, Ill.; small tear at the left, stamp with a straight edge at the left, Very Fine. Skinner-Eno PA-Bt-1. (Image)
Suggested Bid $50
Opening US$ 35.00
Sold...US$ 35.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Military-/War-Related Covers Mexican-American War
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9682
Symbol: C
VERA CRUZ, July 1, Very Fine strike of a framed handstamp with large "10" rate on a folded address leaf to Alton, Ill., Fine to Very Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate: "Mexican War, AASC Vol. 1, Page 390 possible example." (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9683
Symbol: C
Cat No: texas brazos/nov 21
[Texas] "BRAZOS/NOV 21", mostly clear straightline handstamp on a folded letter datelined Camp Buenavista Mexico, Nov 3, 1847; the letter from a recent Army recruit from Kentucky to two of his Representatives in Congress, requesting that he be transfered from his regiment, the 2nd Mississipp, to a regiment from Kentucky, which he understands is being sent to Mexico; rated with a handstamped "10" which has been crossed out, Very Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate. (Image)
Suggested Bid $250
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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World War II
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9685
Symbol: C
Cat No: 5a-9
1945, KGVI 1d-2s6d M.E.F. Overprints (Scott 5a-9), tied by 5 strikes of Rhodes June 11, 1945 circular datestamp on locally addressed cover from the early days of British Administration of the Dodecanese Islands, Very Fine, Believed to be the First Day that the M.E.F. overprints were available on Rhodes. SG M11-M19. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Railroad Covers
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9738
Symbol: C
Cat No: NY
"RAILROAD" straightline on ex Towle cover, in red at top left with manuscript "18¾" at top left on stampless FL datelined "Albany (NY) 2nd Feby. 1839" to C. Masten in Penn Yan NY, business contents regarding financing; central vertical file fold, still Very Fine, ex Towle with his reference card. Towle 114-B-2. Remele R4b. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 84.00
Sold...US$ 84.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9739
Symbol: C
Cat No: housatonic kent r.r.
Kent/Housatonic R.R. (Towle 88-S-6a), bold oval handstamp ties a 3¢ rose (65) on a buff cover to New York; reduced a bit irregularly at the right klipping the perfs of the stamp, otherwise Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 84.00
Sold...US$ 84.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Ship Covers
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9688
Symbol: C
Cat No: 11A
STEAM BOAT, Detroit, Mich., beautifully struck ribbon handstamp on a cover franked with a right sheet margin 3¢ orange red (11A) tied by a strong Nov 30 Detroit c.d.s. on a cover to Albion, Mich.; some toning an light damp staining, otherwise Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9697
Symbol: C
Cat No: 36
1857, 12¢ black, plate I (Scott 36), horizontal pair, tied by one of 2 bold strikes of blue "Petersburg Va Dec 27" circular datestamp and red London Paid 30 Oct. 58" receiving cancel, red "19" credit handstamp, and "per steamer Persia via New York" instructions across top, on folded letter datelined "Petersburg Va. 28th Sept. 1858" addressed to London, letter explains the cold and wet weather has caused a good deal of sickness amonst the factory hands, causing nearly half to miss time; horizontal file fold passes under stamps, stamps lightly toned and with very tiny damage to bottom right corner of bottom right stamp, The Persia sailed from New York on Sept. 29 and arrived in Liverpool on October 12, 1858. Scott $850. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 105.00
Sold...US$ 105.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9698
Symbol: C
Cat No: 36
1857, 12¢ black, plate I (Scott 36), horizontal pair, tied by light strike of blue Petersburg Va postmark, red "19" credit handstamp and with routing instructions "per Cunard Steamer N. York" at top left, on folded letter datelined 14 June 1860 & addressed to Glasgow, Scotland, backstamped "Glasgow JY 2 '60"; central vertical file fold, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $850. (Image)
Suggested Bid $150
Opening US$ 105.00
Sold...US$ 105.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Inland Waterways
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9726
Symbol: C
Cat No: patrick henry
Steamer Patrick Henry (Milgram 1057), red oval handstamp; Very Fine strike with a manuscript "5" on a folded business letter from Baton Rouge to Donaldsonville, La., October 1850, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $100
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9727
Symbol: C
Cat No: perry
Steamer Perry (Milgram 1090), red circlel handstamp; light strike on a cover franked with a 3¢ #26 tied by a bold red Providence, R.I. c.d.s. with an additional red "STEAM BOAT" straightline; to Gardner, Mass.; damp staining, otherwise Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9730
Symbol: C
Cat No: st. charles
Red River Packet St. Charles (Milgram 1302), red oval handstamp; strong, nearly complete strike with a straightline "STEAM" and a bit of a red New Orleans c.d.s. on a 3¢ entire (U4) to New Orleans, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9731
Symbol: C
Cat No: sydonia
From Steamer Sydonia (Milgram 1342), red oval handstamp; strong strike with on a cover to New Orleans; franked with a 3¢ dull red (11A) tied by a straightline "WAY" beside a bright red New Orleans c.d.s., Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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State/Territorial Postal History Groups & Collections
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9756
Symbol: C
Cat No: nevada washoe city
[Nevada] Washoe City, Jan 1 (1865) double circle datestamp tied a 3¢ rose (65) on an orange cover sent via Virginia City, N.T. (clear Jan 2 c.d.s.) to Santa Clara, Cal.; docketed as written on Dec 31, 1864; reduced a bit at the right, clipping part of stamp, otherwise Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $50
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 25.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Northwest Territory
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9759
Symbol: C
Cat No: northwest terr marietta
Marietta (Northwest Territory) June 22 (1802) Free, manuscript on folded letter to "M. Silas Bent, Post Master Charlestown Brooke C.H." (Virginia; now West Virginia), in the hand of Marietta postmaster Griffin Greene Sr., Very Fine and very scarce and desirable, ex Devol (left in a balance lot). ASCC $1,750.
According to an accompanying typed letter from an April 1978 typed letter from Robert L. Lisbeth, Silas Bent was appointed postmaster of "Brook [without the "e" at the end of Brook] C.H., Va., sometime between April 1 and July 1, 1801. (and) was replaced by Robert Colwel sometime between january 1 and April 1, 1803." Also accompanying is a photocopy of a bill of sale signed by Griffin Greene, proving that Greene addressed and sent this letter, which is unfortunately without contents.(Image)
Suggested Bid $380
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Apr-26-2026, 21:00:00 EST
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Union Civil War Postal History Groups & Collections
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9606
Symbol: C
Soldier's Letter discussing building a bomb proof while in the trenches at Petersburg Va. July 17, 1864, begins at the bottom of page 1 "…I have been positioned the front line of works for the past two days. We have been building a bomb proof to protect ourselves from morter shells. Built it about 20 ft. long 8ft wide & 3 feet deep into the ground & ? feet above ground covered with logs from a foot to 16 inches through that covered with three feet of dirt. I think that we shall feel pretty safe under it…The great raid into MD … has played out & the Jonnies have returned into VA. they made a bold dash & got pretty near Washington, probably they will get away without being punished. ????? was to draw Grant's army away from Petersburg but they failed to do so., Very Fine letter, The writer is William "Wib" Merrill of the 44th NY Infantry (the famous "Ellsworth's Avengers"). Accompanied by cover in which it was sent (stamp removed). (Image)
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9607
Symbol: C
Oct. 1863, Union Soldier's Letter Camp near Van Buren Arkansas, begins with complaints of no outside news leading to rumors being spread, most of which are false, best part begins at the halfway point, "We are encamped on the meanest campground at present that we have ever had. The soil (or rather what ought to be soil) is nothing but a fine quicksand… We heard today that the rebel Genl. Shelby attacked the town of Fayetteville a few days ago and got beautifully whipped, losing 500 men. I hope this is true. Our Gen'l McNeil gave this same rebel a dub drubbing a short time since, and captured all his artillery. Shelby seems to be in a bad streak of luck, but I hope he will never get out of it till an ounce of lead takes him out of it….Direct your letters via Springfield MO instead of Fort Scott.", accompanied by cover with 3¢ 1861 (Scott 65) with geometric cancel and "Springfield MO Oct. 30 (?) 1863" double circle datestamp to Peoria City Iowa, Very Fine letter, see the rest of the letter online. (Image)
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Patriotic Covers: Eagles
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9609
Symbol: C
Eagle and "The Union Forever" with letter on PA Regimental Letterhead, 1862, in red, blue and brown, with #65 tied by large "Washington D.C. Dec. 8. 186 " circular datestamp to Elk Lake PA., Magee imprint at bottom of reverse and with original letter on Regimental Letterhead showing the U.S. Capitol building and text "162d Regt. Pa. Vols. (17th Pa. Cavalry), Col. Jos. H. Kellogg" all in blue, from a soldier in Company B datelined "Dec. the 7th, 1862" mentioning that "all the men are now in Washington" after receiving marching orders to take their stuff and horses and ride the train to Baltimore through the night for a breakfast prepared by the citizens, then a parade through the city on their horses then the train back to DC arriving at 1AM, and now has "got the rheumatis", Very Fine cover and letter, see the letter online. (Image)
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Patriotic Covers: Male Designs
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9611
Symbol: C
Cat No: M-F 39/41 var.
"Liberty and Union" (Weiss M-F 39/41 var.), Soldier with Flag in red & blue franked with an 1857 3¢ rose (26 var.) tied by a light "Washington D.C./Free" c.d.s., Jul 8, 1861; includes the original tiny 3-page letter, datelined Arlington Heights, Va., July 3, in which the writer notes, "I saw the great comet last night"; cover with a small repair at the bottom, otherwise Very Fine. (Image)
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Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons
Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9612
Symbol: C
Cat No: 65
Camp Chase "Examnd, E.L. Webber, Capt. Comdg. Prisons", at top center adjacent to U.S. 3¢ bright rose 1861 (#65) tied by prison-bars grid cancel, "Columbus O. Feb. 16" double circular datestamp and manuscript "from a rebel prisoner" at left, on unsealed cover addressed to "Col. Frank Farrington Brandon VT"; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, according to Harrison (page 181) this examiners mark was used from Jan. 30 to Oct. 20, 1863. With manuscript "J.K.P. Campbell / Letter Feb. 3rd '63", who was in the Confederate Commissary Dept., CS Infantry., ex Roger Ballard, signed Trish Kaufmann and with her description. (Image)
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Sale No: 5319
Lot No: 9615
Symbol: C
Cat No: 65
Camp Chase, Incoming Cover "Ex Gray" (used from Jun. 25 to Oct. 1862), with letter to a probably political prisoner, with U.S. 3¢ 1861 (#65) canceled by circular 7-bar grid and "Harrodsburg Ky. June 30" circular datestamp at top left, addressed to "M.N. Harris, Camp Chase Ohio No. 3, ???? 55" with manuscript "Paroled" in blue crayon, with letter from affectionate female cousin; stamp with faults including perfs trimmed at right from opening by the censor, Very Fine, Harrison notes on page 180 of his book that Camp Chase was originally political prisoners, then officers in early 1862, privates, noncommissioned officers and political prisoners in spring 1862. Harris was probably a political prisoner, obviously from Kentucky., signed Trish Kaufmann and with her description. (Image)
