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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Carrier Departments: Baltimore thru New York continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1670 c Image(Honour's) City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black (4LB3). Three large margins, touched at top, ms. "H" cancel, used with 3c Orange Red, Ty. II (11A), large margins, ms. cancel, gum stains around edges, both stamps tied by blue "Charleston S.C. Paid Apr. 2" (ca. 1854) circular datestamp on small cover to Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., faint toning and local with small crease at top left

VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED COVERS WITH A COMBINATION OF THE CHARLESTON "CITY POST" CARRIER STAMP AND 3-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

Larry Lyons records only nine full covers with 4LB3 (The Penny Post, October 2007). Only three of these are used in combination with a 3c stamp (all No. 11's). There are two other fronts with this combination.

Ex Lichtenstein, Golden and Geisler. Signed Bloch. With 1968 Friedl and 2009 P.F. certificates. (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1671 c ImageHonour's City Express, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB8). Large margins to clear, cancelled by manuscript, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), large margins to clear, tied by blue "Charleston S.C. 3 Paid Mar. 22" integral-rate circular datestamp on cover to Mt. Clio S.C., minor overall wear, Very Fine, ex C. E. Chapman (his purple handstamp at center), with 2001 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
1672 c ImageHonour's City Express, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB8). Full margins to just touching pearl ornaments, manuscript cancel, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), large margins to cut in at bottom, tied by blue "Charleston S.C. Paid Jun. 23" circular datestamp on buff cover to Greenville S.C., importer's blue cameo return card on flap, Fine, scarce (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1673 ng ImageMartin's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB16). Type A, unused (no gum), ample to large margins, minute and shallow thins at edges

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES OF THE MARTIN'S CARRIER STAMP ARE RECORDED, OF WHICH ONE IS SOUND. THIS CHOICE-APPEARING STAMP REALIZED $1,200 IN THE 1957 CASPARY SALE.

According to Faber's account (Pat Paragraphs, 1981 Reprint, pp. 247-248), Joseph G. Martin took over from E. J. Kingman after Kingman retired in March 1858. Martin served until retirement in 1861, but the extreme rarity of the stamps bearing his name suggests that they were not widely used. They were probably printed in 1858. We record just four stamps, all unused, listed as follows (different types are identified with letters): 1) Type A, tiny thins, ex Caspary, Lilly, Boker, Golden and D.K., the stamp offered here; 2) Type B, slight thins, ex Ferrary, Caspary, Hall (realized $7,500); 3) Type C, margins cut in, slight faults, ex Caspary, Middendorf; and 4) Type D, sound, ex Hessel, Golden, D.K.

Ex Caspary, Lilly, Boker, Golden and D.K. Collection. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $8,000.00 (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1674 ng ImageSteinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB19). Position 6, unused, gum soaked off leaving only a trace of usual translucency, full margins, wood fiber inclusion

VERY FINE. ONLY FIVE OR SIX EXAMPLES OF THIS STEINMEYER ISSUE ARE RECORDED.

Ex Caspary, Golden and D.K. Collection. With 2000 P.F. certificate as "used" (in error, as no used examples are known) (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1675 ogbl ImageSteinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Pink (4LB20). Complete pane of ten, original gum, Mint N.H. except for bottom right stamp, signed by J. F. Steinmeyer Jr. in bottom margin

EXTREMELY FINE. A GREAT RARITY IN SHEET FORM, AND ONE OF THE FEW SIGNED BY STEINMEYER.

Ex Lilly, Golden and D.K. Collection. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $2,250.00 as an unsigned pane (footnote attributes 50% premium to signature). (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1676 ngbl ImageWharton's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Bluish Green (5LB1). Complete pane of 25, unused (no gum), large margins, Pos. 16 has small hole, some slight creasing in top row (caused when gum was applied, but it has been removed), otherwise Very Fine, extremely rare, ex Golden, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1677 c ImageBrown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2). Three large margins, mostly clear at top except at upper left corner, tied by pencil, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), tied by blue "Louisville Ky. May 25, 1859" circular datestamp (also ties corner of carrier stamp) on newspaper publisher's advertising cover with overall illustrated design lithographed in green on yellow, to the "Patriot" newspaper office at Baltimore Md.

VERY FINE AND OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE BROWN & McGILL'S CARRIER STAMP TIED ON COVER. ONLY SIX OR SEVEN TIED EXAMPLES ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST.

Ex Boker, Meyersburg, Golden and Schwartz. With 1985 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1678° ogbl Image(Greig's) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (40L1). Complete sheet of 42, original gum, some very minor paper adherence along right, large margins except frameline just touched at upper right, very fresh, sound except for a small sealed tear between stamps at upper left (Positions 7 and 13), a couple of stamps lightly soiled

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF FIVE RECORDED COMPLETE SHEETS OF THE 1842 3-CENT CITY DESPATCH POST STAMP -- THE FIRST ADHESIVE STAMP ISSUED IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. AN IMPORTANT AND WELL-PEDIGREED ARTIFACT OF AMERICAN POSTAL HISTORY.

This sheet was printed from the plate of 42 subjects that produced the first adhesive stamps issued in the Western hemisphere. The same plate was modified in 1846 by changing the denomination from "Three" to "Two" cents (under Abraham Mead's ownership) and again in late 1847 or early 1848 by letter-punching (or etching) the initials "CC" on each subject (under Charles Cole's ownership). No other single plate in American philately is believed to have produced such an unusual variety of stamps over such a long period (see The City Despatch Post 1842-1852 Issues: A Study of America's First and Most Versatile Stamp-Producing Plate, Scott R. Trepel).

Our records show five complete sheets of the City Despatch Post stamp issued by Alexander M. Greig in 1842. These are 1) the sheet offered here, ex Caspary, Lilly, Boker, Klein, Golden, Gordon N. John and New Amsterdam; 2) ex Middendorf; 3) ex Kapiloff, sold in our 1995 Rarities sale; 4) ex Norvin Green; and 5) illustrated in Perry's 100 Years Ago, ex Ackerman and Hall.

Ex Caspary, Lilly, Boker, Klein, Golden, Gordon N. John and New Amsterdam. Scott Retail $27,500.00 (Image)

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 E. $ 20,000-30,000

SOLD for $32,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1679 c ImageU.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Green Glazed (6LB5). Ample to large margins, negligible corner crease, tied by partly clear red "U.S. City Despatch Post Feb. 14, 9 O'Clock" Type II circular datestamp on illustrated Valentine cover to local street address, beautifully printed design in bronze on front and back, tiny tear at bottom

VERY FINE. A FRESH AND SPECTACULAR VALENTINE COVER WITH THE UNITED STATES CITY DESPATCH POST CARRIER STAMP.

Ex Ackerman and Hall. (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1680 c ImageU.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Glazed (6LB5b). Large margins, tied by red "U.S." in frame, matching "U.S. City Despatch Post Jul. 29, -- O'Clock" circular datestamp on 1846 folded letter to local street address, Extremely Fine, ex Caspary, Golden and Mirsky, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

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