1847, 5c RED BROWN USED, #1, full margins, red grid, tiny corner creases at bottom, fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $425.00 (Image)

US$50

1847, 5c RED BROWN PAIR, #1, full margins, close at top left, red grid cancels, light staining in center of right stamp, fine-very fine, with 1994 P.F. cert., cat. $950.00 (Image)

US$50

1847, 5c BROWN USED ON COVER, #1, full margins, just a touch close at the bottom right corner, ms. cancel, tied by lightly struck red grid cancel on cover to New Haven, CT., fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $500.00 (Image)

US$50

One of Four Recorded 1847 Issue Covers with the Adams City Express Post 2c on Buff

1847, 5c RED BROWN #1, large margins, tied by large red square grid cancel, matching "New-York Jun. 10" (1851) circular d.s., used with Adams City Express Post, New York, N.Y., 2c Black on Buff, #2L2, uncancelled as usual on June 9, 1851, blue folded letter to Philadelphia, PA, senders notation "Immediately"

Very fine, local stamp with small scissors-cut in top margin, 5c with minor vertical crease, cover with some staining along bottom and small bleaching spots.

Ex, Worthington (source notation on back indicates bought from Warren H. Colson 3/2/1908), Alfred H. Caspary, Ambassador J. William Middendorf II and John R. Boker, Jr. (Image)

US$500

1847, 5c DARKBROWN - DRY PRINT - USED, #1a, full margins, right margin single, red grid cancel, very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $525.00 (Image)

US$50

1847, 10c BLACK UNUSED, #2, full margins, without gum, very fine, with 1975 P.F. cert., cat. $16,000.00 (Image)

US$500

1847, 10c BLACK USED, #2, full margins, ms. cancel, small sealed tear and crease at top right, fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $75.00 (Image)

US$50

1851, 1c BLUE TYPE II PAIR USED, #7, bottom margin pair, square grid cancels, right stamp with small scrape at bottom right, fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $325.00 (Image)

US$50

1852, 1c BLUE TYPE IV USED, #9, pos. 7R1L, double transfer at top, partial black town d.s., some non-contemporary gum on back, fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $125.00 (Image)

US$50

1852, 1c BLUE TYPE IV BLUE CANCEL, #9, pos. 91L1L, triple transfer, one inverted, very fine, wih 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $160.00 (Image)

US$50

1856, 5c RED BROWN USED, #12, full margins, grid cancel, tiny corner margin crease, very fine, with 2006 P.F. cert., cat. 750.00 (Image)

US$100

1855, 10c GREEN TYPE II-III-II SE-TENENT VERTICAL STRIP USED ON COVER, #14-15-14, tied by Richmond, VA d.s. on Dec., 1856 folded letter to Germany, red N. York Nr. Pkt 10 d.s., red Aachen/Franco transit, attractive and fine-very fine, with 2012 P.F. cert. (Image)

US$100

1851, 12c BLACK ON COVER, #17, four, three stamps tied by red exchange d.s. and black grids, fourth single missing corner and tied by ms. cancel, on large portion of 1857 folded address sheet to Liverpool, paying the double 24-cent rate to England, "38" and "48" rate markings, fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert. (Image)

US$100

1857, 3c DULL RED TYPE III BLOCK OF FOUR MINT, #26, fresh and attractive, well-centered, top pair hinged, bottom pair never hinged, very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $450.00 (Image)

US$50

1860, 5c BROWN TYPE II USED, #30A, well-centered jumbo single, town cancel, horizontal crease not mentioned on cert., very fine, with 1983 P.F. cert., cat. $375.00 (Image)

US$50

1857, 10c GREEN TYPE I HORIZONTAL STRIP OF FOUR USED ON COVER, #21, pos. 91-94L1, scissors separated at bottom leaving perfs. intact, fresh color, tied by two strikes of New Orleans, LA d.s., on Feb., 1858 folded cover to Vera Cruz, Mexico, New Orleans company backstamp, neat "5" reales due marking for Mexican postage, horizontal file fold away from stamps

VERY FINE. A RARE STRIP OF FOUR USAGE OF THE 10-CENT TYPE I ON A COVER TO VERA CRUZ

The strip of four pays the four-times 10c rate to Mexico. Noted in The United States Ten-Cent Stamps 1855-59 on page 40. Ex. Emerson, Knapp, Neinken, Ishikawa and "Sevenoaks". Signed Ashbrook and with 2020 P.F. cert. (Image)

US$500

1860, 90c BLUE USED, #39, quite well-centered with black circular grid cancel, reperfed at bottom, light creases, small tears at bottom, fine-very fine, with 1987 Jakubek BPP cert and 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $10,000.00 (Image)

US$500

1875, 5c ORANGE BROWN OFFICIAL REPRINT UNUSED, #42, fresh, without gum as issued, reperfed, fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $1,250.00 (Image)

US$200

1875, 10c BLUE GREEN OFFICIAL REPRINT UNUSED, #43, fresh, without gum as issued, reperfed at left, short perfs at right, fine-very fine, with 19xx? APS cert., cat.$2,250.00 (Image)

US$200

1861, 3c ROSE BLOCK OF FOUR MINT, #65, natural s.e. at left, mint disturbed o.g., pin holes, little tear in bottom left stamp, very good, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $700.00 (Image)

US$50

1861, 24c STEEL BLUE USED, #70b, grid cancels, reperfed, fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $825.00 (Image)

US$50

1862, 24c LILAC WITH "SPECIMEN" OVERPRINT, #78S, fresh, without gum, short perf., very fine, cat. $250.00 (Image)

US$50

1867, 3c ROSE "A" GRILL USED, #79, lightly cancelled, clearly struck grill, faults, very good, cat. $1,300.00 (Image)

US$50

1868, 10c GREEN "E" GRILL UNUSED, #89, well-centered, regummed over filled thin, very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $2,000.00 (Image)

US$100

1875, 1c BLUE RE-ISSUE MINT, #102, well-centered, disturbed o.g., fine-very fine, with 2024 William T. Crowe cert., cat. $750.00 (Image)

US$100