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United States Postal History and Confederate States continued...

1869 Pictorial Issue
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2328 c Image1c Buff (112). Horizontal pair, rich color, well-centered, tied by segmented cork cancel and "Boston Mass. Apr. 13" circular datestamp on insurance company corner card cover to Gagetown, New Brunswick, pencil "2", creasing and sealed tears, otherwise Fine, very scarce franking for the printed-matter rate to New Brunswick, ex Coulter (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
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2329 c Image2c Brown (113). Horizontal pair, scissor-separated at left, cancelled by two partly clear strikes of "Paid" straightline, "South Berwick Me." circular datestamp on illustrated "King of the Earlies, The 'Fifty Dollar' Potato" cover to Milton Mills N.H., cover with light creasing and couple corner nicks, otherwise Very Fine, a striking Spud design and scarce with the 2c 1869 Issue pair, with 2009 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $275.00
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2330 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by unusual small circle of wedges cancel with Boston Mass. circular datestamp with unclear date on "George Upton's Glue Factory" illustrated cover to Townsend Mass., design depicts the factory, warehouse and smoke stacks along with a few tiny people (but no horses), Very Fine and unusual (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
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2331 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Pair and two singles, tied by targets in a watery ink, matching "Collington, Md. Jul. 29" (1869) circular datestamp on cover to Hong Kong, China, paying the 10c American packet rate via San Francisco, magenta "San Francisco Paid All Aug. 4" datestamp, address and endorsement in purple ink, Hong Kong backstamp with 1869 docketing in English and Chinese, small opening tears at left, two stamps at top with small perf faults from placement at edge, still Fine, scarce (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
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2332 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Used with 12c Black, F Grill (97) and 1870 1c Blue, Grill (134), 1c and 3c tied by targets, 12c with s.e. and uncancelled, "Northampton Ms. Nov. 3" (1871) double-circle datestamp on small cover to Calcutta, India, from the Benjamin Smith Lyman correspondence, red "Steamer Letter G.P.O. Calcutta Fe 2 71" backstamp indicating the letter arrived by private ship from Hong Kong, Very Fine, 16c postage overpays 10c American Packet rate via San Francisco, as the address indicates, Lyman was a mining engineer with the Department of Public Works in India, the Lyman correspondence was the subject of a PRA 1978 Register article, ex Wunsch and Coulter, with 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
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2333 c Image6c Ultramarine (115). Deep rich color, used with 2c Brown (113) and horizontal strip of three and single of 15c Black, F. Grill (98), tied by small circular cork cancels, "Portchester N.Y. Oct. 15" (1869) circular datestamp on cover to Lima, Peru, red "48" credit handstamp, red crayon "2" Colonial credit, receiving backstamp, slightly reduced at left, 6c few lightly toned perf tips from gum, left stamp in strip with light diagonal crease

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A COLORFUL AND SCARCE FRANKING PAYING DOUBLE THE 34-CENT RATE TO PERU. A BEAUTIFUL COVER FROM THE DAVIS CORRESPONDENCE.

The story of the "Portchester Find" was first told by Elliott Coutler in the 1982 Register and summarized by Michael Laurence in his book on the 10c 1869 Issue. Probably the most plausible explanation is that two workmen found the cache of covers in a building that was about to be demolished, and they split them equally. This theory is supported by the fact that the covers made their way to market in two batches.

The single rate to Peru was 34c up to March 1870, when the rate was lowered to 22c. The franking on the cover here pays double the 34c rate in effect at the time of sending. The letter travelled from New York to Aspinwall in Panama, then overland to the west coast of Panama and down to Lima by British Mails by way of Callao.

Ex Eubanks (Image)

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E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,600.00
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2334 c Image10c Yellow (116). Vibrant color, tied by "N. York Steamship Jun. 20" (1870) circular datestamp on blue folded letter from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, clear strike of blue "Latimer & Co., Mayaguez, P.R. Jun. 8, 1870" double-oval company datestamp, blue St. Thomas forwarder's backstamp, sender's directive "pr. Brazil Steamer", Very Fine and rare use from Puerto Rico to Philadelphia via St. Thomas, ex Knapp (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $275.00
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2335 c Image10c Yellow (116). Wide interpane margin at right, tied by circle of wedges cancel, "Manistee Mich. Dec. 20" circular datestamp on pink cover to Szalka, Hungary, red "New York Paid All Direct" and Hamburg transits, repaired opening fault at upper left, otherwise Fine, scarce destination, ex Mack (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $200.00
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2336 c Image10c Yellow (116). Intense shade, centered to left, tied by four strikes of "4" rate handstamp (three bold, one light), red "San Francisco Paid All Dec. 1" circular datestamp on cover to Hong Kong, addressed to a sergeant in the Royal Artillery, Jan. 7, 1870 receiving backstamp, opening tear in flap and top edge sealed, cover cleaned causing some feathering of address, still Fine, the only recorded 1869 cover with a stamp cancelled by this "4" handstamp, ex Kuphal (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,500.00
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2337 c Image10c Yellow (116). Vivid color, tied by two bold strikes of circle of wedges cancel, "P.O.D. U.S. Con. Genl. Shanghai Jul. 26" circular datestamp on cover to Smithfield Pa., originating in Chefoo, China, with original letter from M. S. Holmes datelined "Chefoo July 8th, 1871", with note "You can read to Grandmother that her boy is now agent at Chefoo for the largest business firm in China. Six large steamers come regularly to my consignment.", slightly reduced at right

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE USE FROM CHEFOO, CHINA TO THE UNITED STATES, SENT VIA THE U.S. POSTAL AGENCY IN SHANGHAI.

Ex Kuphal (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
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2338 c Image12c Green (117). Used with 3c Ultramarine (114) and 15c Black, F. Grill (98), each with perfs slightly in, tied by quartered cork cancel, "Greencastle Pa. Nov. 8" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Berlin, Germany, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Nov. 9" and Verviers-Cologne transits, receiving backstamp, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, an extraordinary three-stamp mixed-issue franking for the double rate, ex Kuphal (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
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