Part II - LOCALS A - G continued...
SPECIAL NOTE: Lot Numbers with an "A" preceding them will be offered in three special sessions. Please refer to the Arrangement of the Sale web page for the schedule.
| Lot | Lot Description | ||
| 795 |
 Harriott's Broadway Post
Office. Cor. Canal St. New-York. Red oval handstamp clearly struck on
embossed Valentine cover to local street address, with original Valentine
enclosure -- embossed illustration of romantic couple, gilt and enamel
decorations -- circa 1849, faint and very minor staining, still Very Fine,
this is the first handstamp used by James C. Harriott's Broadway Post
Office in 1849, scarce (Image) |
E. 500-750 | |
| 796 |
 Harriott's Broadway Post
Office. Cor. Canal St. New-York. Red oval handstamp with matching
"Paid" straightline on cover to local street address, circa 1849, some
light wrinkles and soiling, still Very Fine, scarce example of the first
Broadway Post Office marking (Image) |
E. 200-300 | |
| 797 |
 Harriott's Broadway Post
Office. Cor. Canal St. New-York. Red oval handstamp on folded cover to
local street address, circa 1849, Fine, scarce example of the first
Broadway Post Office marking (Image) |
E. 150-200 | |
| 798 |
 Broadway Post Office, Sept.
12, Cor. Canal St. New York. Red double-line oval datestamp with "418
Broadway" address deleted, mostly clear strike on 1849 folded water-rent
notice from Croton Aquaduct Dept. with printed "To the Water Taker" and ms.
street address, Very Fine, extremely scarce Harriott marking (Image) |
E. 200-300 | |
| A | 799 |
 Broadway Post Office, New York
N.Y., (1c) Gold on Black Glazed (26L1). Ample to large margins except
touched at right, uncancelled, some colored-in scrapes in surface at left,
affixed to Mar. 24, 1849 folded letter with "Harriott's Broadway Post
Office. Cor. Canal St. New-York" oval handstamp and "Paid" to local street
address, the Broadway Post Office stamps were used beginning in 1852 --
there are two recorded genuine 26L1 covers and they do not have the early
large oval handstamp (see Stimmell Penny Post article, Jul. 1995,
where this cover is listed and described as "unusually early") -- still an
extremely rare stamp, of which some very clever counterfeits exist (Caspary
had a counterfeit on cover), offered as a genuine off-cover stamp, ex
Sloane (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
| A | 800 |
 Broadway Post Office, New York
N.Y., (1c) Black (26L2). Top sheet margin block of eleven, original
gum, a few stamps lightly hinged, vertical crease between stamps,
horizontal crease across bottom edge, couple faint toned spot, pencil note
in margin "Very scarce. The last to be had at the office."VERY FINE APPEARANCE. REPORTED TO BE THE LARGEST SURVIVING MULTIPLE OF THE BROADWAY POST OFFICE STAMP. AN OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION ITEM. The largest recorded block -- the ex-Jarrett block of 32 -- was divided into eight blocks of four (confirmed by photo). The next largest multiple is the block of 25 found in a desk during the early 1900's and reported in 1955 by Marie F. Craig, who was given the block by her uncle. Its current whereabouts (if intact) is unknown. This block of eleven has been considered the largest known for many years. Ex Lilly and Boker. (Image) |
E. 5,000-7,500 |
| A | 801 |
 Broadway Post Office, New York
N.Y., (1c) Black (26L2). Huge top margin, ample at right and slightly
in at bottom, left side touched but covered by 3c Dull Red (11), three
large margins, in at right, both stamps tied by "New-York Nov. 30" circular
datestamp on blue 1853 folded letter to Ezra Cornell at Ithaca, small tear
at top, Fine, a rare usage and interesting letter -- Cornell, who later
became a principal in Western Union Telegraph and amassed a fortune (which
helped to create Cornell University), is being dunned for money during a
difficult period in his financial life -- ex Abt
(Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
| A | 802 |
 Broadway Post Office, New York
N.Y., (1c) Black (26L2). Three large margins, clear at right, tear at
bottom, used with 3c Dull Red (11), ample margins, both stamps tied by
"New-York Nov. 11" circular datestamp on blue 1853 folded letter to Ezra
Cornell at Ithaca, file fold thru 3c stamp, otherwise Fine, another rare
usage from the Cornell correspondence -- ex Abt
(Image) |
E. 750-1,000 |
| 803 |
 Broadway Post-Office City
Express 2 Cts. Oval handstamp with "Paid" in wide arc and "Paid/Swarts"
in frame on Apr. 1855 auction catalogue of machinery equipment to
local street address, minor faults along spine as is to be expected, Very
Fine, rare example of auction catalogue handled by Broadway/Swarts (Image) |
E. 300-400 | |
| 804 |
 Broadway Post-Office City
Express 2 Cts. Oval handstamp with "Paid" in wide arc and "Paid/Swarts"
in frame on cover to local street address, pencil "3 Ct", Fine (Image) |
E. 200-300 | |
| 805 |
 Broadway Post-Office City
Express 2 Cts. Oval handstamp with "Paid" in wide arc on cover to
editor of Ledger of Romance, bold but blurry strike, Fine (Image) |
E. 200-300 | |
| 806 |
 Broadway Post-Office City
Express 2 Cts. Oval handstamp with "Paid" in wide arc and "Paid/Swarts"
in frame on blue cover to local street address, attractive blue embossed
return card on flap, a 2c Swarts stamp has been added and some of the oval
strengthened to "tie" it, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce and attractive
cover without the enhancement (Image) |
E. 200-300 | |
| 807 |
 Broadway Post-Office City
Express 2 Cts. Red oval handstamp on brown cover to local street
address, light but readable strike, Very Fine and scarce (Image) |
E. 200-300 | |
| 808 | Broadway Post-Office City Express 2 Cts. Oval datestamp, struck in red with "Paid" on cover and in black on two covers and one front only, Fine readable strikes | E. 200-300 |