"Dr. C.M. Jackson, Philadelphia, PA, Proprietor of Dr. Hoofland's Celebrated German Bitters", beautiful blue cameo cover franked by two 3¢ dull red, type I (#11) singles tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Aug. 25" circular datestamp to Berryville Va., with original 1856 letter with the same cameo at top left written by Jackson stating that he wants to pay $20 for his year long run of advertisements and not $22, and returned Jackson's partially printed form that was sent to Jackson by the publisher for acknowledgement and payment; cover with small tear at top into cameo from rough opening, still Very Fine cover and letter with matching cameo (2 for the price of 1), see the 2 enclosures online. (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 80
Airmail Postal History Zeppelin Covers: Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7666
Symbol: C
Cat No: 352a
1933 (Oct 14-26) Chicago Flight, Friedrichshafen to Chicago (Michel 352a), registered cover franked with a 4m Chicago Flight Zeppelins (C35); German flight cachet but no backstamp; 352a, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 64.00
Sold...US$ 64.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 64
Zeppelin Covers: Hindenburg Flights
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7667
Symbol: C
Cat No: condor mail hindenburg co
Group of nine Brazil Condor Mail Hindenburg Flight Covers, 1936, with diverse and attractive franking; seven addressed to H.E. Sieger; fully imaged online, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $240
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 140
Confederate Civil War Postal History General
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7585
Symbol: C
1863, Obliterated "Morris' Brigade" Official Business cover, with "Morris' Brigade" and "Official Business" crossed out and franked with 10¢ blue, Die B (Scott #12) positioned as seal over tip of top backflap with manuscript "x" cancel and tied by "Taylorsville VA" circular datestamp and addressed to Mt. Clinton VA, Very Fine, "Morris' Brigade Official Business" is not listed in the C.S.A. Handbook. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 62.00
Sold...US$ 62.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 62
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7586
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Consignment Balance, consisting of 3¢ Nesbitt wtih "Elysian Falls La. May 27" (1861) Confederate State use of US Postage, and stampless cover with "Richmond VA Sep 20, 1861" and "Paid 5 Cts" handstamp (CSA Handbook "F") and embossed Commission Merchants corner card to Charlottesville VA, also includes a few reprints of stamps; both covers roughly reduced at left, Fine duo, see the other cover online. (PDF2 for this Lot) (PDF3 for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 80
Town Cancels
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7588
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1861
Augusta, Ga. Handstamped "PAID", mostly clear c.d.s., Sep 7 (1861) with small "PAID 10" (type H) on a cover to Vice President Alexander Stephens and docketed in his hand, "A. C. Bristow…wants to continue as Route Agent."; small bit of paper missing at the top edge, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $64
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Exposition Covers & Postmarks
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7604
Symbol: C
Cat No: 323, 327, 233, 285, R155
1904, Louisiana Purchase & Columbian Mixed Franking Cover with Improper Revenue Usage (Scott 285, 287, 323, 327, R155), a very attractive and unusual cover; sports six times the 2¢ letter rate and 8¢ registration fee in combination with the improper Revenue usage; additionally features a St. Louis Exposition label on back; sent from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Dunlap, Iowa. (Image)
Suggested Bid $180
Opening US$ 135.00
Sold...US$ 135.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 135
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7605
Symbol: C
Cat No: 323-327
1904, Louisiana Purchase complete on Cover with Registered Exposition Station Cancellation (Scott 323-327), set of 5, cancelled November 30, 1904; a magnificent cover that is seldom seen, with beautiful franking and cancellations; addressed to New York, New York; an absolutely superb cover. (Image)
Suggested Bid $775
Opening US$ 775.00
Sold...US$ 775.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 775
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7613
Symbol: C
Cat No: 326
1904, 5¢ Louisiana Purchase on Souvenir Cover with Exposition Station Cancel (Scott 326), cancelled November 18, 1904; features S. Cupples Co. souvenir cachet depicting the Palace of Manufacturers; addressed to Leipzig, Germany; a very attractive cover. (Image)
Suggested Bid $260
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7615
Symbol: C
Cat No: 327
1904, 1¢, 2¢, 3¢, & 5¢ Louisiana Purchase on Cover with Exposition Station Cancel (Scott 323, 324, 325, 326), cancelled June 21, 1904; addressed to London England; a beautifully franked cover. (Image)
Suggested Bid $390
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7617
Symbol: *
Cat No: 1893 columbian
1893, Columbian Exposition "Goldsmith" Picture Post Cards, with Original Wrapper, Series #1, Design #1-10 complete, plus original wrapper in green, all mounted on White Ace album pages; the post cards bright and sound, the wrapper with some expected wear along edges or folds, still Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $130
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 70
Ship Covers
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7628
Symbol: C
Cat No: 3
1841, 1d red brown (Scott 3), a fresh 2-margin example, tied by a clear "675" barred numeral next to a St. Albans [Herfordshire] c.d.s., Aug 12, 1852, on a large fragment of a newspaper addressed to Bristol Centre, N.Y., Very Fine and attractive. SG 8. (Image)
Suggested Bid $40
Opening US$ 20.00
Sold...US$ 20.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 20
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7629
Symbol: C
Cat No: 12
1855, 1d red brown on bluish, Small Crown watermark, perf 14, Die II (Scott 12), tied by a bold Liverpool "466" duplex, Nov 16, 1860 on a Liverpool Prices Current to Kennebunk, Me.; printed routing, "PER ARABIA", remarkably clean and Very Fine. SG 24. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7632
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1833, incoming stampless
1833, Incoming Stampless Cover from Mexico, folded address leaf with a well struck straightline, "FRANCO EN/VERACRUZ." with manuscript rate and routing, "Reynard packet;" backstamped small dotted circle "FPO [Foreign Post Office]/ MY 18/ 1833" and large "1", Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $40
Opening US$ 26.00
Sold...US$ 26.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 26
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7633
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1833, paid ship letter/lo
1833, "PAID SHIP LETTER/LONDON", nice strike crown oval, Apr 15, 1833 on a folded business letter to Philadelphia; partial red New-York Ship c.d.s., May 29, and red manuscript rate, with manuscript routing "via Lpool & N York", Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 44.00
Sold...US$ 44.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 44
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7635
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1849, british post office
1849, British Post Office in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro to London, foled partial Prices Current with a clear "RIO-JANEIRO, MR 24, 1849" British Post Office c.d.s. and red London Crowned c.d.s., May 15; manuscript rate and routing "pr Penguin Packet"; the Prices Current is missing a page and has mended tears, otherwise Very Fine and attractive. (Image)
Suggested Bid $40
Opening US$ 24.00
Sold...US$ 24.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 24
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7636
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1849, official cover from
1849, Cover from London to Washington D.C., Post Office Notification of Postage Due, with printed "On Her Majesty's Service" and "W. L. Maberly" [P.O. Secretary]; postmarked with a red crowned circle ""PAID, 16 AP 16, 1849" and black framed "L/ AP 17/ A," bold red U.S. "PAID SHIP" and "5/CENTS" in arc, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7637
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1853-54, stampless advert
1853-54, Stampless Advertised and Returned Covers to/from the U.S., an 1853 cover from Liverpool and an 1854 cover front only from London; both handstamped "ADVERTIZED" and "SENT-BACK-TO-ENGLAND/-WITHOUT-A-REASON/ FOR-NON-DELIVERY" with appropriate rate markings; neither with a New York datestamp, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 60.00
Sold...US$ 60.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7638
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1856, 1d periodical publi
1856, 1d "Periodical Publication/Price Current" handstamp, by struck on a folded address leaf (Prices Current removed) from Liverpool to Richmond, Va.; 1d red (16, SG 29) canceled with a Liverpool "466" barred numeral; manuscript "Printed Sheet" and red "2" (sheets); docketed Dec 4, 1856, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $60
Opening US$ 30.00
Sold...US$ 30.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 30
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7640
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1870, stampless cover fro
1870, Stampless Cover from London to Mexico City by French Packet, a French backstamp (in Spanish) postmarked with a bold red "Lombard Street/Paid" c.d.s., May 15, 1870, a printed (?) straightline "PER FRENCH MEXICAN/ MAIL VIA ST. NAZAIRE," a red "PP" oval, along with a Calais French entry c.d.s. of the same date, a May 16 "LIGNE-B, PAQ FR * NO 2" c.d.s. (an additional strike on the reverse), a manuscript "1/-" British rate and a Mexican handstamped "4", exceptionally clean and Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 52.00
Sold...US$ 52.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 52
Inland Waterways
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7641
Symbol: C
Cat No: ?
Hill & Co., Grand Ecore, Express Co. (?) blue double oval datestamp, Oct 27, 1869; mostly complete strike on a 3¢ entire (U58) to New Orleans; marked manuscript "For Freight" and likely carried outside the mails, Very Fine. From the Hoy & Co. correspondence.(Image)
Suggested Bid $56
Opening US$ 32.00
Sold...US$ 32.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 32
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7642
Symbol: C
Cat No: alice vivian
Regular Saturday Packet Alice Vivian, blue double-lined oval handstamp; excellent strike on the back of a cover franked with an uncanceled 3¢ #26; Mobile to Demopolis, Ala. Dec 11, 1858; includes the original business letter written on the back of a Mobile Prices Current; some soiling around stamp and light damp staining, otherwise Very Fine. Milgram 29. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 42.00
Sold...US$ 42.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 42
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7643
Symbol: C
Cat No: amanda
Packet Steamer Amanda (Milgram 42), blue oval handstamp; light inverted strike on a 3¢ entire (U10) to New Orleans; part of top flap missing, Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7644
Symbol: C
Cat No: camden
Steamer Camden (Milgram 167), blue double oval handstamp; to overlapping strikes (the item used for Milgram's illustration) on an ucan 3¢ entire (U58) to New Orleans; small tear at top edge, Fine to Very Fine. From the Hoy & Co. correspondence.(Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7645
Symbol: C
Cat No: cora
Steamer Cora (Milgram 291), red oval handstamp on a folded business letter to New Orleans, March 1849, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7646
Symbol: C
Cat No: f.m. streck
S.B. F.M. Streck (Milgram 463), fancy-boxed red handstamp; light but virtually complete strike on a folded business letter datelined Donaldson, Oct 16, 1849, to New Orleans, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7647
Symbol: C
Cat No: idahoe
Ouachita River Packet Idahoe (Milgram 626), blue double-lined oval handstamp; clear, not-quite-complete strike on a 3¢ entire (U58) from Monroe, La. to New Orleans with a printed Monroe Attorney's corner card; part of top flap missing, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $60
Opening US$ 32.00
Sold...US$ 32.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 32
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7648
Symbol: C
Cat No: katahdin
Steamer Katahdin (Milgram 741), blue c.d.s.; clear, complete strike ties a 3¢ rose (65) to Boston; front & back neatly rejoined, Very Fine appearance. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7650
Symbol: C
Cat No: louis d'or
Steamer Louis D'Or (Milgram 812), double-lined oval handstamp;fairly complete strike on a 3¢ entire (U58) to New Orleans, Fine to Very Fine. From the Hoy & Co. correspondence.(Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 60.00
Sold...US$ 60.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7657
Symbol: C
Cat No: peytona
Steamer Peytona (Milgram 1099), red oval handstamp; reasonably nice strike, along with a blue "STEAM" straightline and a matching "Louisville, Ky./10/Feb 7" c.d.s. on a folded address leaf to Lebanon, Ky.; light aging, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7658
Symbol: C
Cat No: r.w. powell
From Steamer R.W. Powell (Milgram 1235), blue oval handstamp; choice strike on an uncanceled 3¢ entire (U9) to New Orleans, Very Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $60
Opening US$ 32.00
Sold...US$ 32.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 32
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7659
Symbol: C
Cat No: sydonia
From Steamer Sydonia (Milgram 1342), red oval handstamp; light but complete strike with on a folded business letter from New Orleans to Barre's Landing, La., February 1854; some splitting at fold junctions, Fine. (Image)
Suggested Bid $80
Opening US$ 40.00
Sold...US$ 40.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 40
State/Territorial Postal History Alaska
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7677
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection
"Striking Gold" Impressive Alaska Postal History and Postcard Collection, 1900-2010, an extensive collection held in two boxes, one binder, and one large envelope encompassing primarily Alaska postal history with some Yukon Territory items; hundreds of Alaska covers, including cachets, flights, Alaska Collector's Club commemoratives, and more; an impressive assortment of early Alaska and Yukon postcards also included, with some very nice real photo postcards showing town scenes - and even a bear cub doing tricks for prospectors; a desirable collection with strong resale potential, worthy of in-person inspection. Shipping charges apply - weight 18 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Suggested Bid $210
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 140
Union Civil War Postal History Groups & Collections
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7580
Symbol: C
Cat No: 65
U.S.S. Canandaigua, 1864 cover while serving as a South Atlantic Blockading Vessel, manuscript endorsement at top left, three 3¢ 1861 (#65) tied by 2 strikes of "Port Royal S.C. Jul 25, 1864" and target cancels, from Joseph W. Congdon, Canandaigua's Captain, to his wife in Wickford, R.I.; damaged corners (affecting one stamp) and roughly opened at the left, just Fine, ex "Patrick". (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 60.00
Sold...US$ 60.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Patriotic Covers: Famous People
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7581
Symbol: C
Cat No: 65
Lieut. Greble Monument, lovely full-color Kimmel design, the column reading "In Memory of Lieut. Greble/Fell at the battle of Great Bethel" with "June 10th, 1861" on lower plaque, Kimmel imprint below; franked by 3¢ rose Washington (#65), tied by double-ring "Concord/Sep/4/N.H." postmark and addressed to Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa.; a near-pristine cover, Very Fine, Weiss #NW-9; penciled note on reverse states "Walcott & Bischel unlisted". (Image)
Suggested Bid $500
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7582
Symbol: C
Cat No: 65
Johnson's Island, Incoming Cover, U.S. 3¢ 1861 (#65) with straddle margin at left including part of adjacent stamp, tied by "Nashville Ten. Sep. 11, 1864" double circular datestamp and target on small cover addressed to "Capt. Wm. J. Robinson Johnson's Island, Ohio" with manuscript "Care Col. Hill, Block No. 9" at bottom left and "Ex T.O.C." (Theodore O. Castle, used this Aug. 23 to Nov. 3, 1864); top backflap removed, still Very Fine, signed Trish Kaufmann and with her description. (Image)
Suggested Bid $120
Opening US$ 165.00
Sold...US$ 165.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 165
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7583
Symbol: C
Cat No: 65
Camp Chase "Examined, Camp Chase, Lieut. Col" circular examiners mark (Harrison Type Ib), at top left, with U.S. 3¢ 1861 (#65) tied by target cancel and adjacent "Columbus O. May 5" double circular datestamp, addressed to "Jacob Baker, Esq., Winchester, Care Philip Diffenderfer (sic) Martinsburg VA (now West Virginia)" and with forwarding instructions at lower left "Mr. D. will forward this as soon as possible and oblige C.S. Baker"; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, according to Harrison (page 181) this examiners mark was first created by Lt. Col. Poten and first appears in mid January 1864. When Poten was replaced in March 1864, "Poten" was removed from the handstamp, and this altered cancel is known to have been used from Mar. 25 to Jul. 29, 1864., signed Trish Kaufmann. (Image)
Suggested Bid $160
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Jun-07-2026, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 5325
Lot No: 7584
Symbol: C
Cat No: 7
City Point via Petersburg Va., cover with "C.E. Barringer, City Point Via Petersburg, Va., Care of Lt. Duggan" in pencil on back of small (probably an inner) cover franked with 1862, 5¢ blue, Archer & Daly printing (#7; 2 poorly printed singles; one worse) tied by "Richmond Va. Feb. 15" circular datestamp (where it entered C.S.A. mail), addressed to Miss Molly E. Walker, Mt. Pleasant S.C.", Fine to Very Fine, typed copy of his bio and soldier record accompanies. For the purposes of this cover, he was taken prisoner at Roanoke Island N.C. on Feb. 8, 1862, paroled Feb. 21 and exchanged in mid August 1862., signed Trish Kaufmann (PAK). (Image)
