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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

1844-45 Independent Mails
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1698 ngbl ImageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Complete sheet of 20, unused (no gum), large margins, fresh and Very Fine, this sheet comes from the remainder printing on thin paper, ex Kuphal (Image)

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 $ 225.00

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1699 c ImageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Position 4, three large margins, touched at bottom, ms. cancel, used on Aug. 6, 1844 folded letter from New York City to Boston street address, Very Fine, ex Gordon N. John (Image)

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 E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
1700 c ImageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Large margins to clear, cancelled by red brush on folded letter datelined "New York Mch. 29, 1844" to Boston, vertical file folds well away from adhesive, some overall soiling, Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1701 c ImageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Black, Thin Paper (5L1). Vertical pair, large to huge margins, tied by ms. cancel, red "American Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 12 State Street, Boston" oval handstamp on folded cover to Boston, originated in New York City and postmarked on arrival, horizontal file fold thru top stamp, some ink bleed-thru, otherwise Very Fine, about a half-dozen pairs of the Small Eagle are known on cover, ex Geisler, with 2005 P.F. certificate (does not mention crease thru stamp) (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1702 ogbl ImageAmerican Letter Mail Co., (5c) Black on Gray (5L2). Positions 15-16/19-20, block of four with bottom right corner sheet margins, original gum, creases between stamps and faint diagonal crease at left, tiny pinhole at center and faint toning, Extremely Fine appearance, one of five recorded blocks of the American Letter Mail. Co. Large Eagle issue, ex Lilly, Schwartz and Gordon N. John, with 2004 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail $4,000.00 (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1703 c ImageAmerican Letter Mail Co., (5c) Black on Gray (5L2). Large margins to clear at right, sealed tear at lower left, ms. "X" cancel, used on undated folded cover addressed in blue to Howland & Aspinwall in New York City, red American Letter Mail Co. New York oval handstamp, Very Fine appearance (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1704 c ImageForwarded by Bates & Co. from New Bedford. Clear strike of red oval handstamp and Collect box on folded letter datelined Nov. 20, 1844 from New Bedford to New York City, sender's routing "P Bates & Co. Express", Very Fine, E. C. Bates operated a letter express between New Bedford, Boston and New York City in 1844 thru mid-1845, ex Knapp (Image)

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 E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
1705 c ImageForwarded by Bates & Co. from New York. Clear strike of red oval handstamp and Collect box with ms. "12" rate written over 6c on Jan. 1845 folded cover to Taunton Mass., file fold with small tear at one end, Very Fine, E. C. Bates operated a letter express between New Bedford, Boston and New York City in 1844 thru mid-1845 (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
1706 og ImageBrainard & Co., (unstated value) Black (24L1). Large margins, uncancelled, affixed to a folded letter with genuine "Forwarded by Brainard's Express, 125 Fulton St., N. York" red oval and "Collect/3/Cents" box handstamps, Fine, the greedy ignoramus who affixed the genuine Brainard & Co. stamp to the Brainard's Express cover did not realize they were two different companies, the stamp has a Scott value of $1,000 and the cover is worth $200-300 -- we leave it to the buyer to separate them (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
1707 c ImageBrainard & Co., New York-Albany-Troy, 5c Blue (24L2). Large margins to in at top, ms. "B" cancel (Albany), used on Mar. 13, 1845 folded letter to New York City street address, some splits in folds, toning ties stamp

VERY FINE. ONE OF FOURTEEN RECORDED COVERS BELIEVED TO BE GENUINE USES OF THE BRAINARD & CO. 5-CENT BLUE STAMP.

The Lyons census (The Penny Post, January 2006) reports sixteen covers with the Blue 24L2 stamp, but states that no more than fourteen of these are genuine uses.

Ex Ferrary, Golden and Geisler. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $4,500.00 (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1708 c ImageHale & Co., (5c) Light Blue on Pelure (75L1a). Positions 5/10/15, vertical strip of three, large margins to slightly in, blue ms. "X" cancels, matching ink smears on undated folded cover to New York City street address, from the Howland & Aspinwall correspondence (Boston origin), one side flap removed, stamps printed on very thin pelure paper which has creased slightly from application, middle stamp has trivial toned spots

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE VERTICAL STRIP OF THE HALE FIRST ISSUE ON PELURE PAPER USED ON COVER. VERY FEW STRIPS ARE KNOWN ON COVER, AND THIS VERTICAL ARRANGEMENT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.

The impressions show a vertical line, which is a printing flaw, not a crease in the paper.

Ex Hall and Gordon N. John. With 2004 P.F. certificate as 75L1 prior to listing of 75L1a on Pelure (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

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