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Western Express Covers continued...
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
363   image143L1, 1861 Pony Express $2 red single, clear to large margins except touching at bottom left, tied by blue oval "PONY EXPRESS SAN FRANCISCO JUN 22" date stamp on 10¢ green on buff Star Die (Scott U33) addressed to NYC; light strike of green "St. Joseph Mo. Jul 4" transit mark at left; entire with light bend from contents at left and the stamp with a horizontal crease at top otherwise Extremely Fine and Choice; FKW census # E102; ex-Knapp (1941), Moody (H. R. Harmer, Part 1, 1960), Haas (1980), Gruys (2002), and Twigg-Smith (2009); 1980 and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $25,000) (Image1) Starting Price $20,000

SOLD for $37,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:45 PM
364   image143L3, 1861 $1 Red Pony Express single, ample to large margins, tied by large double circle "Tracy's & Co. Portland Sep 28" date stamp on 10¢ green on buff Star Die entire (Scott U33) addressed to "Hon. Andy Johnson, Senator from Tennessee, Washington City, D.C."; blue "PONY EXPRESS SACRAMENTO OCT 6" transit mark at center and black Atchison Kan Oct 19 government postal marking; red Wells, Fargo frank at top center; stamp and entire with light staining, small edge tears at top of entire; Extremely Rare usage of the Pony Express stamp from Oregon and unique, additionally a wonderful piece of Americana as it is addressed to the man who would become Lincoln's Vice President and the 17th President of the U.S.; FKW census # E174;ex-Edgar B. Jessup, illustrated on page 54 of Nathan;2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $12,500) (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $10,000

SOLD for $35,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:46 PM
365   image143L3, 1861 Pony Express $1 Red single, ample to large margins, tied by blue oval "PONY EXPRESS SAN FRANCISCO OCT 11" Running Pony handstamp and matching "PAID" in oval on 10¢ on buff Star Die (Scott U33) addressed to Washington Pa.; entire cancelled with double circle "Atchison Kan Oct 16" government transit mark; cover with light fold at center not affecting the stamp otherwise a Very Fine usage; FKW census # E169; ex-Gruys (2002), Twigg-Smith (2009);2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $12,500) (Image1) Starting Price $5,000

SOLD for $11,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:47 PM
366   image143L3, 1861 $1 Red Pony Express left margin single, large margins all around, tied by blue "PONY EXPRESS SACRAMENTO OCT 20" date stamp on 10¢ green on buff entire (Scott U40) cancelled with double circle Atchison Kan Nov 4 date stamp, addressed to Boston Mass; red Wells, Fargo frank at top center; stamp with trivial toning and entire with sealed cover tears at top center affecting the frank; FKW census # E179; illustrated in October 1961 Western Express and on page 55 of Nathan; Fine usage; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $10,000) (Image1) Starting Price $4,000

SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:48 PM
367   imageCalifornia Pony Express New-York Dec 15 greenish blue oval date stamp on 3¢ red on buff Star Die (Scott U27) addressed to Vallejo Cal and cancelled with Sacramento Cal Jan 3 1861 government postmark; dark green "PONY EXPRESS, THE CENTRAL OVERLAND CALIFORNIA & PIKES PEAK EXPRESS COMPANY ST. JOSEPH MO. DEC 20" transit hand stamp at center; entire has been torn in half and hinge rejoined and lightly soiled, still attractive; one of three recorded covers with this combination of express markings; FWK census # W30; ex-Franklin Roosevelt (H. R. Harmer (1947), 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $750

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:50 PM
368   imageWells, Fargo & Co. Pony Express ($1.00) Red Type II East-to-West frank on 10¢ green on white rebacked FRONT ONLYentire (Scott U40) cancelled by New-York Sep 4 duplex and addressed to Virginia City Nevada Territory; excellent strike of "PONY EXPRESS THE CENTRAL OVERLAND CALIFORNIA & PIKES PEAK EXPRESS COMPANY ST. JOSEPH MO. SEP 12" handstamp at center; front with small edge tears and tear into the Pikes Peak marking and into the indicium; Fine and scarce usage; one of only 21 East-to-West type II entires; FWK census # W56; ex-L. H. Barkhausen (H. R. Harmer, 1955), Charles F. Meroni (1957); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image1) Starting Price $2,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:51 PM
369   image143L7, 1862 Pony Express 10¢ brown single, ample to large margins, tied by light blue oval Wells, Fargo Aurora handstamp on 3¢ on buff entire (U35) addressed to San Francisco, Wells, Fargo frank shows a nice example of nail heads; entire reduced at right into indicia, lightly soiled and small edge tear at top left into frank; Fine usage; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $5,500) (Image1) Starting Price $1,500

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:51 PM

Union and Confederate States Civil War Covers

Confederate States Handstamped Paids and Due Markings
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
370   imageRidgeway N.C. PAID 5 in box two covers, one (rebacked front) with Aug 21 and one (cover w/o backflap, small repair at top and small toned spots) with Aug 24 date stamps; Aug 24 cover with notations on the reverse by Van Dyke MacBride theorizing that this might be a postmaster provisional; both cleaned, somewhat blurring the markings; Fine (CSA 2012 Handbook $300 for a full cover) (Image1) Starting Price $100

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:52 PM
Confederate States Postmasters' Provisionals
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
371   image5X1, 1861 Athens, Ga. 5¢ purple, type I single, large margins all around, light grid cancel, on cover addressed to Macon, Ga.; Athens GA PAID Feb 4 town marking at left; cover with small edge tears at top and backflap with small repairs (possibly replacing small portions of the backflap) otherwise Very Fine usage; noted in Francis J. Crown's 1982 census; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate(Scott $2,500) (Image1) Starting Price $500

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:52 PM
372   image11X2a, 1861 Baton Rouge 5¢ green and Carmine, "McCcrmick" error single, clear to large margins except touching at upper left, tied by Baton Rouge La. Feb 20 town marking on 1862 cover addressed to Vernon, Mississippi; cover with light soiling and trivial toning along lower right edge, without backflap, otherwise Fine usage; one of only 7 covers recorded with this error, ex-Hessel (H. R. Harmer, 1975), "Stonewall" (1980); 1976 and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $15,000) (Image1) Starting Price $2,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:53 PM
373   image11X4, 1861 Baton Rouge, La. 10¢ blue, single, tied by Baton Rouge La. Dec 7 1861 town marking on legal sized orange cover addressed to Lake Charles, La.; General Land Office, Baton Rouge La corner card; cover reduced at left and with light creases, small edge tears and light soiling, reverse with hinge remnants; This is probably the unique example of this stamp on cover as Calhoun in his 2013 monograph says this is the only recorded cover and only three examples of this stamp have been recorded, two used examples off cover and this cover; illustrated in 1959 Dietz catalogue and in 2013 monograph on Baton Rouge by Richard L. Calhoun, ex-Caspary (H. R. Harmer, Sale 3, 1956), Dr. Graves, Rev. Freeland, Weill (1989); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate(Scott $75,000) (Image1) Starting Price $35,000

SOLD for $50,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:56 PM
374   image16X1, 1861 Charleston SC 5¢ blue single, large horizontal margins, touching or into frame lines at the sides, tied by double circle Charleston SC Dec 3 1861 town marking on small cover addressed to Pocotaligo So. Ca.; stamp with some toning and the cover with tears on reverse; listed in Richard L. Calhoun's 2012 census as December 8; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,500) (Image1) Starting Price $500

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:56 PM
375   image47X1, 1861 Knoxville, Tenn 5¢ brick red, horizontal pair ample margins to just touched, attractive shade, tied by manuscript cancel on small cover to New Orleans La., double circle Knoxville Ten 11 Dec 1861 town marking at right, only two covers recorded with a horizontal pair and only one pair off cover; this cover with the top backflap added and some barely noticeable cosmetic improvements; ex-Walcott, Emerson, Moody (1950), Kilbourne (1999) andDr. Agre (2002), 2002 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $7,500) (Image1) Starting Price $3,500

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:57 PM
376   image47XU1, 1861 Knoxville Tenn 5¢ blue on white entire without postmark, addressed to Clinton Tennessee; light soiling or toning; the 2012 CSA Handbook notes that "All recorded examples of the full envelope are addressed, but bear no postmark. All are considered postally used"; Fine usage; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,500) (Image 2) (Image1) Starting Price $750

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:57 PM
377   image49X1, 1861 Lenoir NC 5¢ blue and orange single, showing parts of frame lines on three sides, pencil "X" cancel, blue Lenoir N.C, Mar 25 town marking at center, boxed Davenport Female College Lenoir, N.C. corner card at upper left, addressed to "Talorsville N. C." (the sender probably meant Taylorville), cover lightly soiled and trivial edge toned spot, illustrated in 1986 Dietz catalogue and thought to be the finer of the two recorded college covers franked with the Lenoir postmaster provisional, ex-Hart, Rev. Freeland, Dr. Agre (2002), Weill (1989), 2003 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $15,000) (Image1) Starting Price $5,000

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:58 PM
378   image52X1, 1861, Lynchburg Va. 5¢ blue single, clear to large margins except touching or into at top right and lower left, tied by dark blue Lynchburg Va Mar 30 town marking on homemade cover addressed to Bedford Va; cover with light vertical crease through address (not affecting the stamp); Calhoun's census records 25 covers with single frankings; ex-Seybold (1910), Emerson, and Caspary (H. R. Harmer, Sale3, 1956); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $7,000) (Image1) Starting Price $1,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 03:59 PM
379   image52XU1, 1861 Lynchburg Va 5¢ black on white entire uncancelled, indicia at top left of entire, addressed to Pamplin's Depot Va, manuscript "Original R. M. Glass P.M., 1861" inside entire under backflap bleeds through lightly to the front of the cover; entire without a portion of the backflap and minor ink spotting; there is a portion of a possible Virginia postmark on the reverse and a stamp may have been removed; fifteen or less examples of this provisional are thought to exist, Fine usage; ex-"Stonewall" (1980); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate which states that it is a genuine usage (Scott $4,000 as used, $700 as unused) (Image1) Starting Price $300

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 04:00 PM
380   image56X2, 1861 Memphis Tenn 5¢ red horizontal pair tied by Memphis Ten town marking on 7 star Confederate Flag patriotic cover showing flagstaff with liberty cap, addressed to Berryville Va, cover with light soiling, an 8mm diagonal tear at bottom right and slightly reduced at right, otherwise Fine usage; ex-"Stonewall" (1980); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $15,000) (Image1) Starting Price $5,000

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 04:00 PM
381   image56X2, 1861 Memphis Tenn 5¢ red two singles, large margins at left and top, into at right and bottom, tied by "Memphis Ten. Nov 6" town marking on 11 star Confederate Flag and Verse patriotic cover (CSA handbook F11-8) showing "T" at the center of the flag to honor Tennessee's admission to the Confederacy, addressed to Texas; left stamp with a small margin tear, right stamp with faint diagonal crease and cover with age spotting; ex-Dr. Agre (2002); 1991 Confederate Stamp Alliance and 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificates (Scott $9,000 for single on patriotic and $15,000 for pair on patriotic) (Image1) Starting Price $3,000

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 04:01 PM
382   image56X2, 1861 Memphis Tenn 5¢ red single overlaps 5¢ red on orange Memphis Tenn entire (Scott 56XU3) addressed to Littleton NC, both cancelled with Memphis Ten town marking, the stamp with tears at upper left and lower right, the entire reduced at left, one of only a handful of covers known with this combination usage, only 3 Confederate post offices issued both adhesives and entires; ex-Caspary (H. R. Harmer, Sale 3, 1956), Matz, "Stonewall" (1980); 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $6,000) (Image1) Starting Price $2,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-03, 04:04 PM

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