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VERY FINE. THIS DATED PIECE IS THE ONLY AVAILABLE 3-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE USAGE UNTIL THE LONG-LOST CASPARY COVER RESURFACES.
The 3c 1869 Re-Issue is extremely rare in used condition. We are aware of 12 to 15 examples, but almost all of these have faults. The only example known on cover (dated April 29, 1884) was sold to Ezra Cole in the 1956 Caspary sale, but it has not been seen again in fifty years. Although at least one other off-cover stamp shows an earlier date (same New York duplex dated "Mar 10"), this piece is the only example known to us that has a clearly-defined year date. It is arguably the EDU of the 3c 1869 Re-Issue.
With 1975 P.F. certificate. Scott Catalogue notes "Very few authenticated sound used copies of No. 125 are recorded. The used value is for an attractive fine to very fine example with minimal faults" (our emphasis) (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE TWO FINEST OF THE FOUR RECORDED 10-CENT 1869 RE-ISSUE COVERS, ALL OF WHICH WERE MAILED BY STAMP DEALERS IN THE 1880's. THIS IS THE ONLY MULREADY DESIGN AMONG THE 10-CENT RE-ISSUE COVERS.
The 10c Re-Issue and 10c multicolored Bank Note Issue franking prepay the double 5c UPU rate and 10c registry fee. The 1869 PRA Census lists three 10c 1869 Re-Issue covers, an unlisted fourth cover realized $22,000 hammer in Sale 875, lot 921. The franking and Mulready design form an incomparable piece of Philatelic Americana. This cover surfaced in Europe in a 1981 Balasse sale, described as an ordinary 10c 1869 Issue stamp. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ASTOUNDING COMBINATION OF FOUR DIFFERENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE STAMPS ON ONE REGISTERED COVER TO GERMANY. THIS MARCH 20, 1880, DATE IS THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF NO LESS THAN THREE OF THE FOUR RE-ISSUES (2-CENT, 12-CENT AND 15-CENT). WIDELY REVERED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST COVERS BEARING ANY OF THE 1875 RE-ISSUES.
With the sole exception of the 3c 1869 Pictorial Re-Issue cover pictured in the Caspary sale, which has not been seen in 50 years, this four-stamp combination cover is considered to be the most spectacular of all 1875 Re-Issue covers. As always, there was a philatelic motivation behind using the re-issued stamps. However, despite the demand for cancelled off-cover stamps to sell to European collectors, this cover survived intact. The number of known covers for each stamp is shown in parentheses following the Scott number: No. 123 (7), 2c (3), 12c (2), 15c (4).
Ex Haas and Sheriff. With 1986 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE STAMP AND COVER. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE COVERS.
The 1869 PRA Census illustrates a 15c 1869 Re-Issue cover on page 212 (Figure 3), but the cover is omitted from the listings. There is also a cover that was unknown to the compilers, which is repaired at the upper left (ex Lafayette). In total there are four covers, all mailed by stamp dealers in the 1880's.
Ex Haas. With 1983 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THREE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE COVERS USED IN THE PROPER PERIOD. THIS IS THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE STAMP AND THE ONLY 1869 RE-ISSUE COVER WITH A COLLAR AD.
There are four 24c 1869 Re-Issue covers listed in the 1869 PRA Census, including one mailed in 1926, long after the proper period of use. A pencil note on back indicates this was sold by J. C. Morganthau in October 1924 for $117.50.
Illustrated in color in 1869 PRA Census (p. 140). With 1981 P.F. certificate (Image)
A VERY FINE STRIP OF THE ONE-CENT 1880 SOFT PAPER RE-ISSUE ON A STAMP DEALER'S SPECTACULAR MULREADY-BASED ADVERTISING COVER. THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF SCOTT 133 ON COVER.
The 1869 PRA Census records eleven covers with Scott 133 or 133a. This is the largest intact multiple of any of the 1c Re-Issues (123, 133 or 133a) used on cover. It is also one of four Holton Mulready covers known to us with 1869 Re-Issue stamps. A similar Holton Mulready cover with three 1c 1875 Hard Paper Re-Issue stamps (pair and single) sold in our 2005 Rarities sale (Sale 895,lot 225) for $8,000 hammer.
With 1979 P.F. certificate (Image)