Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

Brooklyn City Express Post (Brooklyn NY) (Part II):

Lot

Lot Description

823

Brooklyn City Express Post, Brooklyn N.Y., 1c Black on Blue (28L1). Mostly large margins, touched at bottom right, pencil cancel, tied by "Boyd's City Express Post" oval handstamp with slugs in place of date, "Collect/1 Cent." two-line handstamp on small cover to New York City street address, couple small stain spots at upper right clear of stamp, ms. "1863" at lower left, the Boyd's rate for city delivery was 2c, therefore it is possible that a Boyd's 1c stamp was affixed at upper right and removed, Very Fine, ex Emerson, Knapp (Image)

E. 400-500

824

Brooklyn City Express Post, Brooklyn N.Y., 1c Black on Green (28L2). Large margins to just touching, pencil cancel, used with 3c Rose (65), both stamps tied by large segmented cork with "Brooklyn N.Y. Apr. 18, 1864" double-circle datestamp on cover to Peekskill N.Y., Very Fine (Image)

E. 400-500

825

Brooklyn City Express Post, Brooklyn N.Y., 2c Black on Crimson (28L3). Large margins to just clear, slight corner crease, black cancel, 1c Blue, Ty. V (24), affixed over 2c and tied by red "U.S. Mail/City Delivery/1/Mar. 31" carrier circular datestamp, delivery timestamp at right on buff cover to New York City street address, most of backflap missing, reduced at top, slight wrinkles, still a Fine cover, extremely unusual combination of Brooklyn local post and New York City carrier service, ex Malcolm (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

826

Brooklyn City Express Post, Brooklyn N.Y., 2c Black on Dark Blue (28L5). Huge margins all around, tied by red "Paid" straightline with matching partly clear "Brooklyn City Express Post" oval handstamp, used with Boyd's City Express, 2c Black on Green (20L8), three huge margins, in at top, black cancel (not tied), pencil "Paid 3 Cents" at lower left, Very Fine, colorful and rare combination for Boyd's pick-up and Brooklyn City Express delivery, ex Hollowbush (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

827

Brooklyn City Express Post, Brooklyn N.Y., 2c Black on Dark Blue (28L5). Large margins to just touching at right, black cancel, just tied, "Brooklyn N-Y. Jan. 27" circular datestamp on cover to Hanover, Germany, via Ocean Line steamship Washington, scarce "N. York U.S. Pkt. 9 Jan. 28" debit datestamp and "30" in circle, red "3-2/3 ggr/AMERICA/UBER BREMEN" two-line handstamp, red crayon rates for division of postage, sender's routing "pr U.S.M. Steamer Washington", arrived in time for Jan. 28, 1854 sailing of the Washington, which arrived in Bremerhaven on Feb. 13 (Hubbard and Winter, North Atlantic Mail Sailings 1840-75, p. 88), small multicolored patriotic seal on flap, Very Fine, an outstanding and probably unique use of the Brooklyn City Express stamp on an Ocean Line cover to Germany (which is scarce itself) (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

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