Silver group including Mercury dimes (4); Half-Dollar (11) with 1875S, 1893 Columbian, 1993 Madison; $1 (8) with Peace x3 and Liberty x5; condition variable.
(30) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Mar-26-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 3261
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HALF CENT: 1834 ½c Classic Head KM 41, mintage 141,000, aUnc. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 280.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Mar-26-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 280
Postal History
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1341
Symbol: C
1844 large-part entire letter to Philadelphia with American Letter Mail Co No Value Indicated Eagle stamp Scott 5L2 horizontal pair with good to large margins and complete outer framelines (4mm scissor-cut between the impressions at the the top) tied at right by one of two ink-strokes, largely fine 'FORWARDED BY/AMERICAN MAIL/CO/NOV 15/1844/No 102 Chestnut St/PHILADA' (the 'D' looks like a 'B') cds in red, two vertical filing folds clear of the stamps, a previous owner's 'Uncle Sam' handstamp in red on the reverse, Scott Cat US$1200 for a pair tied to cover by a manuscript cancel. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (2007). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1342
Symbol: C
1865 (Oct 8) envelope from Indiana with Franklin 1c blue, Washington 10c green vertical pair & Washington 24c grey tied by concentric rings cancels and largely fine 'ROSSVILLE/IND' double-ring cds at upper-right, fair 'NEW YORK AM PKT/OC/14PAID' [= American Packet] transit cds in red on the face where '24'[c] accountancy mark applied also in red for credit to Great Britain and 'LONDON/PAID' alongside, Sandhurst 'JA 18/66' transit and largely very fine 'KANGAROO FLAT/JA19/66/VICTORIA' arrival backstamp, professionally restored. Ex John Barwis. The rate was 45c for a ship letter over ½oz up to 1oz via Marseilles. Per Inman Line 'City of Washington' departing New York 14.10.1865 arriving Liverpool 25.10.1865 and onwards by P&O 'Tanjore' to Alexandria, Egypt, overland to Suez then by 'Bengal' to Galle, and 'Bombay' arriving Melbourne 17.1.1866. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1343
Symbol: C
1898 (Jan 8) Frank B Peterson & Co Wholesale Grocers double-rate envelope to Fiji "Per Moana" with Baby Banknotes Webster 10c green tied by San Francisco '1' machine cancel, 'G.P.O. SUVA/28/JAN/98/FIJI' arrival backstamp, a couple of minor blemishes. The 'Moana' departed San Francisco 9.1.1898, arriving Suva 28.1.1898, and continuing on to Auckland New Zealand. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1344
Symbol: C
1940s commercial (mostly) & philatelic airmail covers all franked with Transport Series with denominations to 50c and destinations including Possessions Canal Zone, Hawaii and Puerto Rico (one Special Delivery), Asia China, Iran, Palestine and Turkey, Latin America Argentina (one from their Embassy in Washington), Brazil (one underpaid), Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, Europe Finland, all Occupied Zones of Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg and Norway, and British Commonwealth Australia, Bahamas, Cyprus, India, Jamaica, and Malaya, strong WWII censorship content, also postcards to Bolivia, Czechoslovakia, France, Britain and Sweden, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. An excellent basis for serious expansion, focussing more on the rates.
(200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1345
Symbol: C
CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE STATES: 1861 stampless yellow envelope to "Mills House/Charleston SC" endorsed at lower-left "In hast[e]" with superb strike of vertical-oval 'PO COLUMBIA SC/ 5 /PAID' postmaster's provisional handstamp in blue Scott 18XU1 with largely fine 'COLUMBIA/27/NOV/SC' cds at upper-left & 'PAID' handstamp both in the same blue ink. Stunning. Ex Alfred Caspary. Philatelic Foundation Certificate (2022). (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Mar-24-2026, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 263
Lot No: 1346
Symbol: C
CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE STATES: circa 1863 apparently handmade envelope to "Lexington Pa" with General Issues Jackson 10c blue Die A Scott 11 very fine example with large even margins tied by largely very fine 'GORDO.NSVILLE/OCT/23/Va' cds, minor blemishes on the face and light water-staining on the reverse & on the flap that does not belong. Ex Brooks and Birkinbine. (Image1)
