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U.S. and Confederate States Postal History continued...

1869 Pictorial Issue
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
4111 c Image1c Buff (112). Bright shade, cancelled by deep green cork cancel, matching "Murfreesborough Tenn. Jan. 29" circular datestamp on square cover to local addressee, some minor soiling, Very Fine, the Murfreesborough green is one of the richest of green inks used to cancel stamps, it is rare on the 1c 1869, ex Coulter (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
4112   Image1c Buff (112). Balance of five covers, first tied by blue segmented cork cancel with matching "Lexington Ky. Feb. 9" (1870) circular datestamp on large piece of U.S. Internal Revenue printed tax form to local addressee, Very Fine, ex Wunsch, second used with 2c Red Brown (146), "Clarendon Springs Vt. Jul. 25" circular datestamp on orange cover to Highgate Vt., slightly reduced at right, Fine and scarce, ex "Mercedes", two local uses incl. one with Salt Lake City rimless circular datestamp, finally one used with No. 77 to Germany but 1c stamp defective, otherwise Fine, overall an attractive and worthwile group (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
4113 c Image2c Brown (113). Used with 3c Green and 10c Brown (147, 150), cancelled by quartered corks, "Stillwater Min. Oct. 14" circular datestamp on orange cover to Switzerland, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Oct. 19" circular datestamp, transit and receiving backstamps, 1870 docketing at left, Fine use sent by Swiss Closed Mail via England, ex "Mercedes" (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
4114 c Image2c Brown (113). Balance of four covers, first with single 2c and horizontal pair 10c Yellow Green, F. Grill (96) on cover to Callao, Peru, neat "Bath Me. May 17" backstamp, 2c stamp clipped top right corner prior to use, still Fine mixed franking paying the 22c rate, second vertical pair on small cover to Paris, France, "GB/40c" Anglo-French accountancy marking, stamps slightly affected from placement near edge of cover, appears Very Fine, other two are domestic uses incl. pair from South Bethlehem Pa. and single on Scientific American illustrated advertising cover, overall Fine and desirable group (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

CLOSED
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4115 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Cancelled by bold "R" fancy cancel, "Rochester N.Y. Aug. 30" circular datestamp on American Agriculturist illustrated advertising cover to Egypt N.Y., Very Fine, a marvelous combination of fancy cancel and advertising cover, ex Knapp and Forster, with 1979 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
4116 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by quartered cork cancel, part strike of town circular datestamp (most likely Poughkeepsie N.Y.) on multicolored illustrated advertising cover for Eastman's Penmans Assistant, addressed in beautiful Spencerian script to La Porto Indiana, stamp with 5mm tear at top, still Very Fine appearance, a spectacular early multicolor advertising design, especially desirable with the 1869 issue franking, with 2015 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
4117 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Two covers, first tied by odd cork in circle cancel and "Willimantic Ct. Nov. 30" circular datestamp on Seymour and Blair Campaign cover to Green R.I., with original 1869 enclosure, slightly reduced at right, stamp with nearly invisible small edge tear, otherwise Very Fine, ex Baker, second tied by boldly struck geometric cancel, matching "Winthrop Con. Jan. 18" circular datestamp on Grant and Colfax Campaign cover to North Killingworth Conn., slightly reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine, ex Juhring, a wonderful matched pair of 1868 Presidential Campaign covers and highly exhibitable, Grant and Colfax were elected with 72% of the electoral vote (including Connecticut and Rhode Island) and 52.7% of the popular vote in 1868 (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
4118 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by green circle of wedges cancel with matching "(Owego) N.Y. Aug. 5" double-circle datestamp on cover to Van Hornesville N.Y., Very Fine scarce with the green cancel, with 2007 P.F. certificate, Scott assigns a premium of $400.00 for off-cover with a green cancel (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
4119 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Bright color, cancelled by green cork cancel, matching "Murfeesborough Tenn. Apr. 6" circular datestamp on cover to Clarksville Tex., minor perf flaw at top right, Very Fine and quite scarce with the green cancel, especially addressed to Texas, Scott assigns a premium of $400.00 for off-cover with a green cancel (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
4120 c Image3c Ultramarine, Advertising Covers (114). Three, first tied by target cancel with "Oneida N.Y. Sep. 3" double-circle datestamp on coffin and casket maker's illustrated corner card cover to Turin N.Y., Very Fine, unusual theme, second with Ann Arbor Mich. double-circle datestamp on buff "Dr. Chase's Steam Printing House" illustrated cover to Chelsea Mich., Very Fine, third on illustrated cover for "Prang's American Chromos" of Boston, to Andover Ohio, some slight wear, Fine, ex Gibson (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

CLOSED
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4121 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Used with 1c Ultramarine (145), tied by target cancels, "Northampton Ms. Nov. 18" (1870) double-circle datestamp on cover to Benjamin Smith Lyman in Calcutta, India, backstamped "New-York Nov. 19" and "Insufficiently Paid" (in black) with blue crayon "6", changed to "4" (also in blue crayon) and annotated "Ret. for postage", red "New-York Dec. 15" datestamp and matching "Insufficiently Paid" straightline handstamp, red London transit (Dec. 27), "PAID-ONLY/TO ENGLAND" two-line handstamp, routed via Brindisi with blue Verviers-Cologne transit (Jan. 12) on back, Bombay and Calcutta backstamps, "St. Bo. A-P 8-8" due handstamp (8 annas--8 pie, or 26c U.S.), with original enclosure, 3c stamp with small tear, cover with sealed tear at top affecting postmark and minor repair along top left edge

VERY FINE. A SPECTACULAR 1869 AND BANK NOTE MIXED-ISSUE USE DEMONSTRATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF FOREIGN-MAIL RATES DURING THE 1869-70 PERIOD.

According to the PRA 1978 Register article on the Lyman correspondence, this cover was franked for the 4c British Open Mail rate, but the foreign mail clerk in New York rejected the prepayment. It evidently cleared New York on Dec. 15 (1870) and arrived in England after the route to India via Marseilles was terminated due to the Franco-Prussian War. It was sent via Ostende (Belgium), Coeln (Germany) and Brindisi, but the surcharge for this route was not charged in India, thus they applied the 8a-8p due marking for the old via Marseilles route (30c less 4c because of the "Paid Only to England" marking). The Via Brindisi route was in use for less than nine months.

Benjamin Smith Lyman was a mining engineer for the Department of Public Works in India. The small Lyman correspondence is a challenge to postal historians, each cover presenting a peculiar franking and complex array of markings. Elliott Coulter always considered this cover the "pick of the litter" of the Lyman group.

Ex Coulter. With 2014 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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