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1844-45 INDEPENDENT MAILS

American Letter Mail Company
Lot Sym. Lot Description
1004° c image"American Mail 8c". Ms. postmark on folded cover to Philadelphia with receipt docketing indicated Nov. 16, 1844 origin from New York City, Very Fine, unusual manuscript marking with 8c due (6c plus 2c local service) (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1005° c imageAmerican Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 16 State Street, Boston. Red oval handstamp and ms. "6" rate applied upon forwarding of folded letter from Philadelphia to Boston, blue "Plaquemine La. Sep. 18" (1844) originating circular datestamp and ms. "25" collect rate, street address at top provided by ALM office, Very Fine, covers showing a combination of government and Independent Mail services are scarce (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
1006° c imageAmerican Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 12 State Street, Boston. Red oval handstamp and two strikes of matching Collect box on August 1844 folded letter from Salem Mass. to Philadelphia, red Philadelphia office receiving handstamp, slight wear, Fine (Image) E. 150-200

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1007° c imageAmerican Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 16 State Street, Boston. Red oval and "6" rate handstamps, also with "Forwarded by American Mail Co. from No. 101 Chesnut St. Philada." circular handstamp on light blue folded cover to Philadelphia street address, Very Fine, attractive (Image) E. 150-200

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1008° c imageForwarded by the American Letter Mail Company, Office, 66 Wall St. N.Y. Red oval handstamp and two strikes of matching Collect box on folded cover to New York City, Nov. 8, 1844 docketing (no origin indicated), file fold and light soiling, otherwise Very Fine (Image) E. 150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
1009° TC imageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Small Eagle, Trial Color Die Proofs on India (5L1TC). Five colors: Black, Brown, Dull Blue, Green and Dull Red, each with large margins, minor hinge soaks and thins, otherwise Very Fine, each of these rare proofs shows scratches on the die, indicating a later impression (Image) E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1010° ngbl imageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Complete sheet of 20, unused (no gum), large margins, fresh and Very Fine, this sheet comes from the remainder printing on thin paper (Image) 225.00

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1011° c imageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Large even margins, cancelled by red "Paid", impression ties thru paper, red "American Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 12 State Street, Boston" oval handstamp on folded cover to Boston, Aug. 6, 1844 docketing on flap, Extremely Fine, the "Paid" cancel matches the "Paid" used on Overton & Co. covers (they frequently linked with ALM), with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1012° c imageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Large to huge margins, ms. "X" cancel, red "Forwarded by American Mail Co. Jan. 4 from No. 101 Chestnut St. Philada." circular datestamp on folded cover to New York City, fresh and Extremely Fine, the dated Philadelphia marking is scarce (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1013° c imageAmerican Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Horizontal pair, full to large margins, tied by one of two strikes of large "PAID" handstamp of Pomeroy's Letter Express, repeated at right, both strikes in a dirty red ink, used in combination with Letter Express (Wells), 10c Black on Pink Glazed, Horizontal Bisect Used as 5c (96L3a), bottom half of stamp with part of design cut into, tied across the cut by ms. "\" on folded cover to Detroit Mich., of unknown origin (possibly Philadelphia) with pencil docketing "Sept 14th, 1844", the pair has minor gum toning and the bisect is slightly oxidized (as are most examples of this rare stamp), a few period-ink splatters at left

AN OUTSTANDING CONJUNCTIVE USE OF THE AMERICAN LETTER MAIL COMPANY SMALL EAGLE ISSUE, WELLS' LETTER EXPRESS 10-CENT BISECT AND POMEROY'S LETTER EXPRESS "PAID" MARKING. THE ONLY RECORDED CONJUNCTIVE FRANKING WITH A LETTER EXPRESS BISECT.

The pair of American Letter Mail Co. 5c Small Eagle stamps pays the 10c rate to Detroit. ALM's agent in Buffalo turned the letter over to Pomeroy's Buffalo office, which linked with Letter Express for routes to Ohio, Illinois and Michigan. The Letter Express bisect (10c Black on Pink) represents half of the original postage paid to ALM, and it was probably applied by the Pomeroy agent as an accounting device to credit Letter Express for money received from ALM (what, if any, compensation Pomeroy received is not known). The two red "Paid" handstamps were applied by Pomeroy's agent in Buffalo.

With a copy of letter from Richard Schwartz (Feb. 9, 1996), describing this as one of three known combinations of American Letter Mail Co. and Letter Express stamps. Signed Costales. With 1996 P.F. certificate (Image)

 E. 10,000-15,000

SOLD for $8,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1014° c imageAmerican Letter Mail Co., (5c) Black on Gray (5L2). Large margins, blue ms. "EHB" cancel, red "American Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 12 State Street, Boston" oval handstamp on folded cover to Boston, Mar. 3, 1845 docketing, file folds, one thru stamp, still attractive and Very Fine, the "EHB" cancel is scarce (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

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