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Philadelphia Full Rigged Ship Illustrated Postmark on Cover From China continued...

1851-1860 ISSUE continued...
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
61 c 63, 68 image#68, 10c Yellow green, vertical pair, especially well centered within large margins, tied along with 1c Blue (#63) to 1863 entire folded letter to Switzerland by black "Louisville/Ky./Jul 21" balloon c.d.s. and black grids, originally marked "per Prussian closed mail" and then changed to "via France in French mail", red "New York/Paid/12/Jul 25" foreign exchange pmk., various transits and backstamped Frauenfeld, Switzerland, very fine; a lovely transatlantic Civil War period cover; photocopy of 1987 PF certificate and 2011 PF certificate. (Image) Est. $500-750

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
62 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, tied to neat cover by fancy Shield cancel with ornate geometric border, posted to Ithaca, N.Y., black "Brooklyn/N.Y./Nov 28, 1863" c.d.s. at lower left, tiny water stain and small mended cover corner at bottom right, neither affecting the fancy cancel, otherwise very fine and an unusual fancy shield cancel. (Image) Est. $300-400

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
63 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, premium example of the very scarce and popular Devil with Pitchfork fancy pictorial cancel, stamp tied by the fancy killer of "West Meriden/May 17" duplex to pristine cover to South Barton, Vermont, very fine and pretty strike of this fancy cancel; an example from the same correspondence is illustrated in Brookman; (Image) Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
64 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, tied to attractive multicolor Charles Magnus patriotic cover from the popular Camp Scene series from photograph by "New Bedford/MS/Oct 23" c.d.s. to Amboy Center, New York, scene is fresh with bright colors showing a Zouave and several types of soldiers, cover slightly reduced at right, very fine and a beautiful cover. (Image) Est. $400-500

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
65 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, tied to an exceptionally attractive and unusual Civil War patriotic cover by strong "Williamsport/Md/Dec 6" c.d.s. to Pittsburg, Pa, the patriotic design in red, white and blue is of an attractive Eagle and Shield inscribed "Love One Another," bordered by 34 stars with the name of each state including all the Confederate states, what adds a particularly unusual character to the cover is that the red portion of the design is printed on the inside of the cover causing an attractive Eagle and Shield design to ghost through in the address area, a very unusual affect, very fine. (Image) Est. $200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
66 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, well centered and attractive, tied to impressive Lincoln mourning cover to Ann Arbor, Michigan, note at the top reads "Good Friday April 14/65" and in the same hand around Lincoln's portrait "Assassinated at Ford's Theatre Washington by J Wilkes Booth" documenting his death, stamp tied by "New York/1 May" duplex two weeks later, tiny cover scuff of no consequence, very fine; extremely rare as a mourning cover compared to the more common Lincoln patriotic and campaign covers; 2012 PF certificate. (Image) Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
67 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, tied to an exceptionally attractive all-over front and back advertising cover for Walter Gow & Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, the front advertises fire engine hose with an illustration of a horse-drawn fire engine followed by a horse-drawn hose cart, other types of hose, belting and leather advertised on the reverse, stamp tied by attractive blue "Cincinnati/O./Feb 10" duplex with target, additional docketing in address area, very fine; fire engine advertising covers with illustrations are quite scarce; ex-Knapp; 2012 PF certificate. (Image) Est. $400-500

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
68 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, clipped perfs. at right, tied to attractive allover front illustrated advertising cover to Easton, Penna. for N. & A. Middleton of Philadelphia a steel manufacturer with illustration of tandem railway car wheels showing the springs this company manufactured, stamp tied by Philadelphia duplex, a handsome railroad related cover. (Image) Est. $200-300

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
69 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, tied to ornate corner card advertising cover to Norwich, N.Y. of James Sharkey, Monumental Sculptor, advertising Vaults, Monuments, etc. at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, N.Y., stamp tied by "Brooklyn/N.Y./Oct 2?" duplex; attractive cemetery advertising cover. (Image) Est. $150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
70 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, tied to 1865 illustrated advertising cover to Alton, Ill. for Lake Side Nurseries of Madison, Wisconsin, advertising Fruit and Ornamental Trees and other products, stamp tied by "Madison/Wis/Mar 9" duplex, very fine cover; 2013 PF certificate. (Image) Est. $150-200

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
71 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, tied to allover front illustrated cover of the "Assembly Chamber/State Of New York/Albany " and Arms in lilac and orange, to Pottsville, Penna,. stamp tied by bold star in circle fancy cancel with "Green Point/N.Y./May 17" c.d.s. at left, especially fresh, very fine and attractive. (Image) Est. $150-200

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
72 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, tied to illustrated front and back advertising cover to Bellevue, Iowa for "Prang's American Chromos/L. Prang &Co/Art publishers/Boston, Mass.", chromos are expensive lithographic prints of art works and on the reverse is a list of works as of March 1, 1868 that were available in "all Picture Stores", stamp tied by Boston duplex, two small edge tears not affecting any elements of the cover, attractive. (Image) Est. $150-200

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
73 c 65 image#65, 3c Rose, interesting cover with unusual "step" franking of five singles overlapped to make the 15c rate to France and tied to 1863 folded cover to Paris by five strikes of black target cancels and the red French maritime entry marking at Calais, black "New Orleans/LA/May 13, 1863" double-circle c.d.s. at left and red "New York/Paid/12/Jun 3" foreign exchange pmk. below. backstamped Paris, very fine and interesting usage; step franking are more common (and highly prized) on European postings but are seldom found from the United States. (Image) Est. $400-500

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction
74 c 70a image#70a, 24c Brown lilac, a lovely stamp with incredibly rich color, neatly tied by black circular grid cancel to remarkable1862 anti-slavery patriotic cover inscribed at bottom "Today the slave asks God for a sight of this banner, and counts it the the pledge of his redemption.," (Image) Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $8,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
75 c 71, 78 image#71, 78, 30c Orange and 24 Lilac, both with excellent color and tied to attractive 1865 cover addressed to Hong Kong by bold four-bar grid as well as the red "London/Paid/JY 8 65" transit c.d.s., also on the front are two bold red rate handstamps "48" and "1d", on the reverse across flaps is a clear "Boston Br. Pkt./Paid/27 Jun" foreign exchange marking and backstamped Hong Kong, but in addition there is a pencil docketing "Rec. Aug. 29 65/Nagasaki" indicating that it was privately forwarded to the recipient in Japan, includes eight-page enclosure, small mend to the right side of the cover not affecting the stamps or markings, otherwise very fine; the 54c franking was a 1c overpayment of the British mail rate to China via Marseilles; a rare and colorful usage. (Image) Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
76 c 73 image#73, 2c Black, attractive single tied to fresh locally run cover by black double-circle "Detroit Mich/Apr 25" c.d.s. and target, address consists of just the name, city and state so on the reverse is the rare somewhat blurry black "Have Your/Letters Directed/to your/Street Number" oval handstamp, cover slightly reduced at left of no consequence, very fine (Image) Est. $100-150

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
77 c 77 image#77, 15c Black, virtually perfectly centered single with proof-like impression tied to fresh orange cover to Kusel, Germany by blue "Cincinnati/O./Nov 24" duplex with target, red "New York Paid All/Br. Transit" exchange office c.d.s. and red "Verviers/8 12 68/Coeln/Franco" entry pmk, backstamped, extremely fine and very pretty cover; ex-Krug, Barwis; 2008 PF certificate. (Image) Est. $300-400

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
78 c 83 image#83, 3c Rose, "C" grill, beautifully centered single with central fancy Shield cancel and tied to neat oval corner-card cover of "Geo. F. Knott/Manufactures of Ladies/Gaiters, Boots & Balmorals,/Pittsburg, Pa." by "Pittsburg/Pa./Nov 21" c.d.s, to Uniontown. Pa, very fine and attractive; a very early usage being only six days after the earliest known usage; 2004 PF certificate. (Image) $1,300.00

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
79 c 88 image#65, 3c Rose, natural s.e. at right, tied to remarkably handsome illustrated cover to Branford, Ct. of "Monitor/Mower and Reaper Works" of Brooklyn, N.Y., illustration shows a mowing machine to be pulled by horses, stamp tied by bold five-point star fancy cancel with "Williamsburgh/N.Y. /Aug 7" c.d.s. at left, very fine; 2013 PF certificate. (Image) Est. $150-200

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
80 c 94 image#94, 3c Rose, "F" Grill, tied to illustrated 1868 campaign cover in blue with pictures of the candidates, General Grant and Hon Schuyler Colfax, in ornate frame with crossed flags and shield below, quotes by each at right, stamp tied by "Susquehanna Depot/PA./Nov 12" duplex with eight-wedge killer, stamp has unobtrusive closed tear and minor stains in address area of cover, an attractive and scarce campaign cover. (Image) Est. $150-200

SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction

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