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3c 1851-57 Issues - Railroads and Waterways

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594

3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Positions 11-13R0, horizontal strip of three, wonderful depth of color, full margins to touched or barely in at lower right, cancelled by red grid cancels with matching "U.S. Express Mail N.Y. N York 7 Nov." (1851) route agent's circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Boston, file fold slightly creases middle stamp, right stamp with some light wrinkling from application, still Very Fine, while pairs of the 3c Orange Brown on cover are sometimes encountered, strips of three or larger are very rare, particularly paying a domestic rate, we have offered only two covers in the past 22 years bearing a strip of three (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,600.00
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595

3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Two full margins, slightly in on other sides, tied by "Phila. & Baltimore R.R. Jun. 8" railroad route agent's circular datestamp on Barnabas Bates Cheap Inland and Ocean Postage Propaganda cover to Boston, marvelous design with U.S. Mail steamship, locomotive, eagle and shield, slogan and Bates imprint on back, cleaned, slight wear

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE AND SPECTACULAR BARNABAS BATES "CHEAP INLAND AND OCEAN POSTAGE" PROPAGANDA COVER.

Barnabas Bates (1785-1853) was born in England and came to the United States as a child. He became a Baptist preacher in Rhode Island, where he was also for some time collector of the port of Bristol under President Adams. He became a Unitarian and established in New York in 1825 a weekly paper called the Christian Inquirer. During the Jackson administration he received an appointment in the New York post office and was for some time acting postmaster. He became an advocate for cheap land and ocean postage and lived to see the 3c domestic rate introduced in 1851 (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,800.00
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596

3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Deep rich color, four even margins, tied by clear strike of blue "Troy & Whitehall R.R. Oct. 31" railroad route agent's circular datestamp on cover to Brandon Vt., Very Fine stamp and strike, scarce on the 3c Orange Brown (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $225.00
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597

3c Deep Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 23L0, intense shade in the deeper end of the Orange Brown color range, full margins to touched in a couple places, tied by well-struck "Mic. Central R.R. Mic. Jan. 23" railroad route agent's circular datestamp on piece, Very Fine strike, ex Hulme (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $160.00
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598

3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Positions 81-82L3, horizontal pair, large even margins, bold "Greenville & Columbia R.R. Dec. 25" railroad route agent's circular datestamp, Extremely Fine, a beautiful pair with a railroad cancel struck on Christmas Day, ex Koppersmith, 1987 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $120.00
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599

3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Horizontal pair, full margins to just in at bottom, cancelled by clear strike of "Cleveland & Pittsbh. R.R. Feb. 10" railroad route agent's circular datestamp, Fine pair and Very Fine strike (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
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600

3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Large margins to just in at left, tied by blue "Philadelphia Pa. Oct. 11" circular datestamp on buff cover with blue Camden & Amboy Rail Road Co. illustrated cameo corner card to Round Brook N.J., minor edgewear, Very Fine (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
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601

3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. II (11A). Position 2L3, three large margins, clear at left, bright shade, tied by "Richmond R.R. Va. Aug. 8" (1852) railroad route agent's circular datestamp on blue folded letter to Staunton Va., Very Fine and rare, ex "Sevenoaks" (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $180.00
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602

3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Tied by mostly clear strike of "Lou. & Fran. & Lex. & Fran. R.R. Spring Station Jun. 23" railroad route agent's circular datestamp on small piece, stamp with single short perf at upper left, Fine and rare, we have encountered this particular station cancel on a 3c entire but never before on an 1851-57 Issue stamp, the Remele catalog does not even contain a complete drawing of this marking (p. 83) (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
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603

3c Dull Red, Ty. II, Railroad Illustrated Covers (11A). Three covers, two with illustrated corner card designs and blue circular datestamps tying the stamps, first for Cincinnati Western Railroad, second a woodcut for Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, third cover with stamp tied on overall map illustrated design for Pennsylvania Railroad, with tobacco commission merchant's shield on backflap, couple tiny stamp or cover flaws, Very Fine appearing and attractive trio of illustrated railroad covers (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $475.00
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604

3c Orange Brown, Ty. I (10A). Full to clear margins all around, wonderful depth of color and proof-like impression, tied by bold dark blue "Due WAY 1c" in frame with integral grid, an extremely rare marking created to cancel the stamp and indicate the way fee in one operation, matching "Mobile Ala. Jan. 21" (1852) circular datestamp on greenish folded cover to Providence R.I., probably originated in New Orleans

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE MOBILE "DUE WAY" MARKING.

Ex Emerson and Dr. Graves ("Argentum"). (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction