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United States Stamps continued...

Local Posts and Independent Mails: American Letter thru Penny Express Co. continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1322   ImageHumboldt Express (Langton's), Nevada, 25c Brown (86L1). Large to enormous margins, beautiful color and impression, cancelled by red "Paid" straightline and Langton's Carson City oval, red is a very unusual and rare colored cancel on this stamp, negligible thin spot, Extremely Fine appearance, ex Schwartz (Image)

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 $ 1,250.00

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1323   ImageHumboldt Express (Langton's), Nevada, 25c Brown (86L1). Large margins to clear, rich color, neat strikes of blue datestamp cancel, Fine, signed Sloane (Image)

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 1,250.00

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1324 c ImageKidder's City Express Post, Brooklyn N.Y., 2c Black on Pale Blue Glazed (93L1). Initialed "IS" (Isaac Snedeker), three large margins, slightly in at top, cancelled by red "Paid", second strike and matching "Kidder's City Express Post 2 Cts." oval handstamp on small cover to local Brooklyn address, ink drop on stamp, faint toning at top right

VERY FINE COVER BEARING THE RARE KIDDER'S CITY EXPRESS "HORSE & RIDER" STAMP.

John T. Boyd discontinued his Brooklyn post on June 30, 1845, when the new postal laws made it illegal for private companies to carry mail along postal routes -- in Boyd's case, between Brooklyn and New York City. Elliott Perry suggested that Boyd's Brooklyn agent was Wellington Walton, who is listed in the 1846 city directory as an "express proprietor" at 195 Gold Street in Brooklyn. Walton & Co. City Express covers are dated as early as February 14, 1846, leaving a seven-month gap between Boyd's discontinuance and Walton's successor post -- possibly Walton did not start up until the next Valentine season. In early 1847, Walton sold out to Henry Kidder, whose "Kidder's Brooklyn City Express Post" oval handstamp is recorded as early as Mar. 11, 1847 (reference: Calvet M. Hahn, "Brooklyn City Post 1850's"). Kidder operated the post with the help of Isaac and George Snedeker, who were brothers. Kidder sold out to the Snedeckers in 1851, and the post continued under their ownership until 1854 when it was sold to others.

The Kidder's 93L1 stamp was issued during Kidder's ownership and used after the Snedekers acquired ownership. It is believed that the first Brooklyn City Express Post stamp (28L5) was issued by the Snedekers. Beginning about 1850, the Kidder's stamps were initialed "IS" (sometimes "YS") for Isaac Snedeker. The initials were applied to sheets before use and are not cancellations. (Reference: Donald S. Patton, The Private Posts of the United States, pp. 265-268). (Image)

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 $ 4,500.00

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1325 c ImageMoore's Newspaper & Parcel Express, Daily, between Cape May and Philadelphia. Black on green label with office addresses used on Quaker-dated Aug. 20, 1849 folded letter from Philadelphia to Miller's Hotel in Cape May, manuscript "pd", stamp with small knife cut at bottom not mentioned on accompanying certificate, gum staining around stamp has been expertly removed, Very Fine, very few covers are known carried by Moore's Express, which ran to and from Cape May, this is the listing example of the label and possibly the only one extant, ex Hollowbush and Hahn, with 2010 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1326   ImageOverton & Co., (5c) Black on Greenish (113L1). Cut roughly to shape with margins all around, cancelled by bold "PAID" handstamp and "tied" by horizontal crease, Very Fine appearance (Image)

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 400.00

SOLD for $160.00
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1327 ogbl Penny Express Co., 5c Blue, Red (114L2, 114L3). Complete unused sheets of 32 and blocks of 16, few faults, appear Very Fine

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 1,820.00

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

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