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 | ||
| A | 866 |
 California Penny Post Co., San
Francisco, 2c Blue (34L1). Bottom sheet margin block of six, unused (no
gum), large margins all around, vertical crease thru center stamps, selvage
has slight diagonal crease and thin spot, couple tiny tears in upper left
stampEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THIS SCARCE STAMP. AN IMPRESSIVE EXHIBITION ITEM. Ex Lilly and Boker. Scott value for unused block of four is $1,300.00. (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
| A | 867 |
 California Penny Post Co., San
Francisco, 5c Blue (34L2). Block of 20 comprising two panes of ten,
unused (no gum), sheet margins at sides, large margins all around, slight
crease and tiny thin at lower rightEXTREMELY FINE MULTIPLE. PROBABLY THE LARGEST EXISTING BLOCK OF THIS CALIFORNIA PENNY POST ISSUE. Ex Lilly and Boker. (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 |
| 868 | California Penny Post Co., San Francisco, 5c Blue, 10c Blue (34L2, 34L3). Unused (no gum), large margins, accompanied by blue slip with printed Rates of Penny Postage, Extremely Fine stamps (Scott Retail $400.00) and scarce collateral item | E. 400-500 | |
| A | 869 |
 California Penny Post Co., San
Francisco, 3c Blue (34L1A). Ample to large margins, uncancelled, used
on 10c Green Nesbitt entire to Brooklyn N.Y., blue "Marysville Cal. Aug. 9"
circular datestamp and matching 5-Point Shadow StarEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED COVERS WITH THE RARE CALIFORNIA PENNY POST 3-CENT STAMP. A MAJOR RARITY OF WESTERN POSTAL HISTORY. The 3c is the rarest stamp of the California Penny Post, with only three examples known, each on cover, plus two others on very thick paper (possibly proofs). None of the 3c stamps on the three recorded covers are cancelled. They were mailed at Downieville (two) and Marysville and entered the post offices in those locations. Without a tying cancellation, it is difficult to be certain that the 3c stamps originated on these entires. However, strongly in this example's favor is the position of the sender's route instruction "Overland", which is written far in from the upper left corner. From this we may infer that the stamp was affixed before the sender addressed the envelope. Ex Lilly. Signed Sloane. (Image) |
E. 7,500-10,000 |
| A | 870 |
 California Penny Post Co., San
Francisco, 5c Blue (34L4). Ample margins to just touching, minor
faults, ms. "X" cancel, used with 10c Green, Ty. III (15), ample margins,
tied by "San Francisco Oct. 5, 1857" circular datestamp on blue folded
letter to Newark N.J., file fold, some pieces missing from back and minor
corner fault, otherwise Fine, a very rare franking, ex Middendorf (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 |
| A | 871 |
 California Penny Post Co., San
Francisco, 5c Blue (34L4). Margins slightly in as usual, bold "Penny
Post Co. San Francisco" double-line circular handstamp, part of New
York ocean mail circular datestamp at right, internal tears reinforced with
hinge, still Fine and extremely rare with any form of cancellation (Image) |
E. 750-1,000 |
| A | 872 |
 California Penny Post Co., San
Francisco, 2c Black Entire (34LU1). Printed local-post frank with
instructions for users, 3c Brownish Carmine (11), large margins including
top sheet margin, cancelled in ms. "1855 Feb. 21", clear strike of "Penny
Post Co. San Francisco" double-line circular handstamp on entire to
Sacramento street address, some light soilingVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PENNY POST 2-CENT FRANK AND 3-CENT 1851 ISSUE. This inter-city express and local post operated for about one year in 1855 and 1856. Examples of its 2c printed envelopes, which paid the rate for delivery to the post office, are extremely rare. In this instance, it appears that the letter was taken to Sacramento by the Penny Post outside of the regular mails, inasmuch as there is no San Francisco government postmark. The 3c stamp was always required on inter-city Penny Post mail, and the manuscript marking was probably applied by the Penny Post agent. Ex Chapman, Jessup, Pearce, Haas and "Edwards". Illustrated in Nathan book and Coburn's Letters of Gold. (Image) |
E. 4,000-5,000 |