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UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY continued...

FREE FRANKS OF OTHER NOTABLE AMERICANS continued...
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
21 c   imageJohn Hancock (1737-1793), signer of the Declaration of Independence from Massachusetts, large stylish "Congress Philada, John Hancock" autographed free frank on outer address sheet addressed entirely in his hand to "Joseph Trumbull Esq., Commissary General &c &c at New York" and with "On Public Service" at top right, verso with neat 31st July, 1776 docket, cover opened out and expertly silked at the folds, very fine; an eye-catching example of this popular and distinctive signature. (Image) Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
22 c   imageSam Houston (1793-1863), 1st and 3rd President of the Republic of Texas, Senator and Governor of the State of Texas, large bold "Sam Houston" autographed free frank on buff cover addressed in his hand to Annapolis, Md., bottom flap missing, very fine. (Image) Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
23 c   imageDolley Madison (1768-1849), First Lady of the U.S., petite meticulous "Free D.P. Madison" autographed free frank on cover addressed in another hand to Philadelphia, red "Richmond, Va./Dec 20" datestamp, fresh and extremely fine. (Image) Est. $300-400

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

1711 Queen Anne Broadside Proclamation

Introducing Standard Rates of Postage for the British Isles and Overseas Colonies
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
24   image1711 Queen Anne (1665-1714) broadside proclamation with Royal Coat of Arms at top, the notification of an act of the British Parliament for the establishment of a foreign section of the British Post Office, printed by the Assigns of Thomas Newcombe, and Henry Hills, deceas'd, Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty. 1711.(405 x 475 mm)It is the only example in private hands.The relevance of the act, and the important document stating it, was that it revolutionized communications not just in Great Britain but also farther afield, between the United Kingdom and British dominions and territories. This new post office act was highly important as it introduced standard rates for the calculation of postage in the British Isles, as well as setting out the rates to be charged in the colonies. With only minor changes, the principal structure of these rates remained unchanged until the great postal reforms of 1837.The proclamation states, "..That from and after the First Day of this instant June, there be One General Letter Office and Post Office Established in the City of London, from whence all Letters and Packets may be with speed and expedition sent into any Part of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or to North America, the West Indies, or to any other of Our Dominions or Territories, or to any other Kingdom or Country beyond the Seas; at which said Office all Returns and Answers may be Received." A full transcription accompanies.This act also stated that the post office had to pay £700 each week into the Exchequer to "carry on and finish the present war." These payments continued for many decades after the death of Queen Anne. The War of Spanish Succession lasted for virtually all of Queen Anne's reign, explaining the demand for additional funds from the post office. The document is of huge historical importance, not just purely philatelic history but of British history. The document is in a very fine state of preservation, gem museum quality and should be an important acquisition for a postal museum on either side of the Atlantic ocean. (Image) Est. $20,000-25,000

SOLD for $16,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

Philadelphia Full Rigged Ship Illustrated Postmark on Cover From China

A New Discovery and One of Only Two Reported Examples From China
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
25 c   imageFull Rigged Ship illustrated postmark, fresh folded letter with integral address leaf datelined "Whampoa (China) April 5, 1834" to Capt. William Allen at Salem, Mass. and endorsed "pr Globe," entered the mails with red octagonal "Phila/6/Oct" datestamp and manuscript "39" rate, plus a mostly clear strike of full rigged ship postmark, very fine; a new discovery, being one of only two "full rigged ship" handstamps applied to a cover from China, the other being the example sold by us as lot 1172 in the auction of the Floyd Risvold collection on 27-29 January, 2010, which realized an impressive $62,500.00 plus the buyer's premium.The Globe was an early American merchant sailing vessel and a predecessor of the Clippers, with an average speed of not over three knots per hour. A "slow boat to China" in other words. It is said that the Globe "would beat her head three times against a billow and then fall off and sail around it." This cover arrived in Philadelphia after a long and tedious journey of almost six months and was carried on the same trip as the Risvold example. (Image) Est. $2,000-3,000

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
26 c   image"Fairhaven/Vermont/Dec 4"dotted oval with ornaments at sides of date and ms. "4," a very pretty marking on 1824 entire folded letter to Vergennes, Vt., postmaster frank, very fine. (Image) Est. $100-150

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction
27 c   image "Middlebury/Vt" arc pmk. with ms. "Nov. 21" date, beautiful strike of this very rare marking on 1810 entire folded letter to Burlinton, Vt., matching light strike of "Paid" h.s. that has been enhanced and ms. "8" rate and "Mail Paid" a bottom right, vitriolic letter relating to thievery of lumber, very fine and rare Vermont marking. (Image) Est. $150-200

SOLD for $65.00
Will close during Public Auction
28 c   image"Saratoga Springs/N.Y./July 31" blue postmark on petite stampless cover overstriking a lovely oval red "Union Hall/Saratoga/Springs" hotel marking, ms. "5" rate marking, to New York, N.Y., very fine and exceptionally pretty; there is some question whether this hotel marking served a postal purpose whereby the hotel provided a service to the post office for its patrons. (Image) Est. $150-200

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
ADHESIVES ON COVER
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
29 c 1 image#1, 5c Red brown, single with ample to large margins all around, tied by red paint grid to 1851 folded letter to Montgomery, matching "Mobile, Ala/Jan 27" datestamp, very fine; ex-Sinkler. (Image) $525.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
30 c 1 image#1, 5c Red brown, ample to large margins all around showing a bit of the next stamp at right, tied to 1850 folded cover to Philadelphia by red circular grid with matching "Richmond/Va/(Apr) 3" c.d.s. below, very fine. (Image) $525.00

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction
31 c 1 image#1, 5c Red brown, well margined single with intense dark color and strong impression, tied to entire folded letter to Wrentham, Mass by blue circular grid with "Philada./Pa/5/Sep 6" c.d.s. at right, fresh and very fine. (Image) $560.00

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction
32 p 1 var. image#1 var., 5c Brown, dot in "S" variety, handsome vertical pair with large balanced margins, both stamps showing the dot in "S" variety, tied to large portion of the address sheet of an 1849 folded cover (missing the destination and the bottom flap) by red circular grid cancels, red "Calais/Me./Dec 14" c.d.s. at left, extremely fine; the dot in "S" variety itself is not that scarce a variety but to have a pair with both stamps showing it is highly unusual and very scarce; 1996 PF certificate. (Image) $1,000.00+

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction
33 c 2 image#2, 10c Black, lovely singe with large margins all around, exceptionally fresh with strong color and razor sharp impression tied to immaculate1847 entire folded letter to Iowa City, Iowa by red diamond grid with matching "New York/Qct 11" red c.d.s at right, letter datelined "New York, Oct 11, 1847", extremely fine; an uncommonly choice early usage of this stamp on cover; 1994 PSE certificate. (Image) $1,400.00

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
34 c 9 image#9, 1c Blue, Ty. IV, pos. 46R1L, lovely four margin single tied by neat "Northhampton/Ms./Aug 4" c.d.s. postmark to fresh locally run cover, extremely fine and very pretty. (Image) Est. $200-300

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
35 c 9, 11,15 image#15, 10c Green, Ty. III, choice horiz. pair with large margins along with singles of 1c Blue, Ty. IV and 3c Dull red, Ty. I (#9, 11), also with mostly large margins, tied by two strikes of black "Mount Kisco/N.Y./Feb 15" c.d.s. pmks. to transatlantic cover to Leipzig, Saxony, "New York/Br. Pkt./Feb 16" foreign exchange marking but then with a seldom seen black "U.S. Pkt." straightline h.s. by which the cover actually went according to the accounting, red London transit, red Aachen entry c.d.s. and black city post c.d.s. of Leipzig all on the reverse, very fine and scarce cover. (Image) Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
36 c 10 image#10, 3c Orange brown, lovely four-margin single with brilliant color tied to attractive cover neatly addressed to Philadelphia by perfect brick red "Lancaster/Pa./Oct 10" c.d.s., two small pieces out of back, otherwise extremely fine and a pretty little gem; ex-Grunin; 2010 PF certificate. (Image) Est. $400-500

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
37 c 10, 10A image#10, 10A 3c Orange brown, Type I and II, two select singles with clear to mostly large margins all around, from the recutting undoubtedly from plate 1 as the right stamp has the right inner line only recut and the other with neither inner line recut, tied to folded cover to Philadelphia by small Boston "Paid" cancels (only used for six months in the orange brown period), red "Boston/Mass Aug 1" c.d.s. at right, attractive and choice very fine; a wonderful early "3c Orange brown usage; 2013 PF certificate. (Image) Est. $400-500

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
38 c 10A image#10A, 3c Orange brown, Type II, mostly well clear margins, just into frame at top left, on beautifully fresh cover to Boston, Mass. with full central strike of unusual blue waffle cancel, matching "Westerfield/Ct./Jul 18" c.d.s., very fine and handsome early cover. (Image) Est. $200-300

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
39 c 10A image#10A, 3c Orange brown, Type II, right margin single with double centerline from plate 2e, other margins extra-large to just touching at top, marvelously rich color and detailed impression tied to entire folded letter to Clinton, New York by "Pekin/IL/Nov 21" c.d.s., very fine and nice position piece; in describing the color a note of Wilbur F. Amonette, authority on the color of this issue, states; "The color doesn't fit anywhere and defies description. ...It is an between shade - between pale copperish - reddish - med deep OB. Whatever color it is, it is nice.". (Image) Est. $200-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
40 c 10A image#10A, 3c Orange brown, Type II, ample to large margins all around, rich color and razor sharp impression, cancelled by two neat pen strokes to printed corner card advertising cover to New York of H.L. Spencer, Bookseller and Stationer of Rutland, Vermont, light red "Rutland/Vt./Oct 15" c.d.s. at right, light corner crease to cover at right of no consequence, otherwise very fine and early advertising cover. (Image) Est. $100-150

SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction

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