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United States Postal History continued...

1869-1890 Regular Issues continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1041     114 image1869, 3¢ ultramarine. Unusual late worn print, tied by green grid handstamp with matching "Limerick, Me., May 9" cds below on fresh cover to North Parsonsfield, Me.; trivial tiny cover tear at top and sealed backflap tears, Very Fine, one of the rarer green cancellation towns, with 2022 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. 114; Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1042     115 image1869, 6¢ ultramarine. Tied by circular of wedges fancy cancel on cover to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via London, England, red "Boston Paid Mar 15" foreign mail cds, carried by Guion Line Colorado from New York Mar. 16th to Queenstown arriving Mar. 27th, red London (3.28) arrival cds, sharp strike of red "B.F. Stevens, United States Despatch Agent, London, Mar 28 1870" oval handstamp and forwarded the letter to Rio de Janeiro the next day, most likely on the Royal Mail Steamship Company's Douro departing Southampton Apr. 9th to Rio de Janeiro arriving Apr. 30th, Commander Walker docketed May 11th receipt; couple small cover edge flaws, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 115; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
1043     116 image1869, 10¢ yellow. Tied by quartered cork handstamp on "U.S.S. Resaca" ship letter to Philadelphia, Pa., matching "San Francisco, Cal., Aug 24", with receiving backstamp and matching "Due 3" in circle handstamp on front; cover edge flaws and missing portion of backflap, Fine, a rare ship letter usage from Naval ship in the southwestern Pacific, with 2008 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 116; Estimate $250 - 350.

The "U.S.S. Resaca" commenced a long Pacific cruise on May 16, 1869. Sailing westward, she passed through the Marquesas, Society Friendly, and Fiji Islands before reaching New Zealand. On the return voyage she called at Tahiti on June 15, 1870. (Image1)

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Est. $250-350
Selling for...$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
1044     116 image1869, 10¢ yellow. Tied by segmented cork cancel on small cover to Freiberg, North Germany, with "Sacramento, Cal." double circle postmark, backstamped with scarce red "Chicago Paid All Direct" & German transits, Very Fine and attractive, a scarce West Coast usage.
Scott No. 116; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1045     116 image1869, 10¢ yellow. Cork cancel, used on cover to Germany, "San Buenaventura, Cal." cds and red entry marking, red "Chicago Paid All Direct" transit marking on the reverse; cover slightly reduced at top, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 116; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1046     136A image1870, 3¢ green, I. grill, N.B.N.C. printing. Couple tiny perf flaws, lightly canceled on cover to Alfred, Me. with "Suffield, Con., Mar 10" cds alongside, F.-V.F., with 2023 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. 136A; Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)

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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
1047     146 image1870, 2¢ red brown, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing. In combination with 1873, 7¢ orange vermilion (160) on 1877 folded letter sheet to France, canceled by quartered cork handstamps tying 2¢ and matching "San Francisco, Cal., Jan 30" cds tying 7¢, French transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine, an attractive and nice make up of the scarce 9¢ rate to France.
Scott No. 146; Estimate $250 - 350. (Image1)

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Est. $250-350
Selling for...$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
1048     150 image1870, 10¢ brown, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing. Singles canceled by cross roads on two Millet correspondence covers (Aug. 17, 1872 and Jun. 5, 1873) from San Francisco Cal. to San Jose, Costa Rica prepaying the 10¢ rate; later with slight overall toning, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 150; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
1049     151 image1870, 12¢ dull violet, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing. In combination with 1870, 10¢ brown (150) on cover to Lima, Peru paying the 22¢ British rate, canceled by grid handstamps tying 12¢, matching "Oakland, Cal., Apr 26" cds alongside, red "12" credit handstamp and "Lima, May 25" receiving backstamp; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 151; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
1050     152 image1870, 15¢ bright orange, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing. Used with 6¢ carmine (148), each tied by diamond grid fancy cancels on yellow cover to France, matching "Fiddletown, Cal., Oct 2" cds, red "New York Oct 10" exchange cds, blue Cherbourg (10.22.71) entry cds with matching large "10" decimes due rating handstamp, Oct. 23rd arrival backstamp; cover tear in address, edge wear, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 152; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
1051     153 image1870, 24¢ purple, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing. Cork canceled with matching "San Francisco, Cal., Nov 22" cds alongside on large cover to Coxsackie, N.Y., with "Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, Portrait and Landscape. Photographs of Every Description…San Francisco" advertising corner card; small stamp and cover flaws including tear into postmark and slight reduction at top, Fine appearance, a rare solo domestic usage of the 1870 24¢ Banknote paying eight times the rate, cover most certainly contained a cabinet photo, ex-Fosdyke-Ray, with 2000 P.F. certificate and 1929 affidavit.
Scott No. 153; Estimate $500 - 750.

Carleton E. Watkins is considered one of the greatest photographers of the American West. Born in New York, he moved to California and quickly became interested in photography. He focused mainly on landscape photography and Yosemite Valley was a favorite subject of his. His photographs of the valley significantly influenced the United States Congress' decision to preserve it as a National Park. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$240.00
Will close during Public Auction
1052     154 image1870, 30¢ black, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing, two singles. S.e.'s at left, tied by light crossroads cancels on legal size cover to Melbourne, Australia, red "San Francisco, Cal., Paid, Jun 21" cds and receiving backstamp; right stamp with faults, Fine appearance, with 1996 A.P.S. certificate.
Scott No. 154; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)

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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
1053     155 image1870, 90¢ carmine, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing. In combination with 1870, 12¢ dull violet (151) on large cloth wrapper to Delaware City, Del., canceled by blue cork with matching "San Diego, Cal., Oct 31" cds alongside; with stamp missing between other two which have flaws, Fine appearance, one of only four known on cover usages of the 90¢ National Bank Note issue, with 2014 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 155; Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1054     158 image1873, 3¢ green, C.B.N.C. printing. Natural s.e. at left, in combination with 1875, 2¢ vermilion (178) on 1877 cover to London, England, canceled and tied by two strikes of fancy Star in Cogwheel foreign mail cancels, red "San Francisco, Cal., May 1" cds and reverse with London entry cds; light crease in 2¢ stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 158; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1055     160 image1873, 7¢ orange vermilion, C.B.N.C. printing. Tied by grid handstamp on 1873 cover to Chaumont, France, "Salinas City, Cal., Sep 10" origin cds, red New York exchange and London transit cds's, receiving backstamp, Very Fine, this being the Earliest Known Usage of the 1873 7¢ Banknote Issue .
Scott No. 160; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$240.00
Will close during Public Auction
1056     161 image1873, 10¢ brown, C.B.N.C. printing. Nicely centered, tied by crossroads cancel on 1874 folded letter to San Jose, Costa Rica, red "San Francisco, Cal., Paid, Oct 3" cds and blue company cds, Extremely Fine, one of the finest examples to Costa Rica from the Millet correspondence, ex-Del Campo.
Scott No. 161; Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
1057     163 image1873, 15¢ yellow orange, C.B.N.C. printing. Well centered, tied by cork handstamp on linen lined cover to Napagedl, Moravia (now Czech Republic) with matching San Francisco, Cal., Apr 13 cds, red "New York, Apr 29" transit cds and clear receiving backstamp; slight cover soiling, Very Fine, a very rare destination.
Scott No. 163; Estimate $250 - 350. (Image1)

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Est. $250-350
Selling for...$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
1058     165 image1873, 30¢ gray black, C.B.N.C. printing. Used with 2¢ vermilion + 5¢ blue (178, 179), each tied by diamond grid cancels, purple "San Francisco, Nov 1 1877, Registered" three-line registry postmark on courthouse cover to Sacramento City Cal.; reduced and refolded, 1877 docketing, Fine and scarce three-color franking at nine-times the 3¢ letter rate plus 10¢ registry fee.
Scott No. 165; Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1059     165 image1873, 30¢ gray black, C.B.N.C. printing. Natural s.e. at left, used with 1879, 2¢ vermilion, two singles (183), tied by matching cork cancels and purple "San Francisco, Cal., Oct 17 1881, Registered." four-line postmark on court house cover to Los Angeles, Cal., clerk case docketing on face, reverse with three large green seals; some edgewear and right 2¢ light crease, Fine and rare high-value use, correctly prepaid for eight-times the 3¢ first class rate plus 10¢ registry fee, with 1996 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 165; Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1060     178 image1875, 2¢ vermilion, C.B.N.C. printing, horizontal pair. In combination with 1879, 1¢ gray blue (182) on cover addressed to U.S. Navy Ensign aboard the U.S.C.G. Survey Steamer "Hassler" near Smith's Ranch, Cal. off the coast in "Bodega Bay", all tied by grid handstamps with matching "San Francisco, Cal., Nov 12" cds alongside; cover reduced at right into 1¢, Fine, the "Hassler", a United States Coast Survey schooner, was the first iron-hulled steamship used in the service of the U.S. Coast Survey.
Scott No. 178; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)

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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$70.00
Will close during Public Auction

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