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 | 902 |
 Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass.,
2c Blue (37L1). Ample margin at right, touched at top and left,
scissors-cut at bottom, small repaired corner in bottom right margin,
tied by red "Towle's City Dispatch Post, 7 State St., 2 Cents" oval
handstamp with matching "Paid." on blue folded cover to local
addressee, circa 1849-50, ms. "Gone to California" indicating that
addressee had left for the Gold Rush, side panels removedVERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE ONLY RECORDED COVER WITH THE CHEEVER & TOWLE STAMP TIED BY A HANDSTAMP. Cheever & Towle's usual method of cancelling its stamps (if at all) was to apply a small "X" in manuscript, sometimes with an extra dash or two. This is the only cover in our records, the Sloane or Costales files that has the stamp cancelled and tied by the red oval marking. Ex Boker. (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
| 903 |
 Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass.,
2c Blue (37L1). Two, one cut to shape with ms. "X" cancel, other
uncancelled with square margin clipped at each corner, minor faults, Fine
appearance, very scarce (Image) |
450.00 | |
| 904 |
 Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass.,
2c Blue (37L1). Neatly cut to shape, uncancelled, affixed to Aug. 26,
1846 folded letter to New Orleans, red "Steam" straightline and ms.
"10" rate, Fine stamp, the early date for this stamp is problematic, but
the feel of the cover is right, and the post was operating as early as 1846
(stamp usages follow in 1847 -- see Stimmell article in The Penny
Post, Aug. 1991), offered on its own merits
(Image) |
E. 500-750 | |
| 905 |
 Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass.,
2c Blue (37L1). Neatly cut to shape, two small ms. "X" cancels (not
tied as usual), faint brownish gum toning, used on cover to local street
address, Very Fine and scarce (only 21 recorded covers according to
Stimmell) (Image) |
E. 750-1,000 | |
| 906 |
 Towle & Co. Letter Delivery, 7
State St., 2 Cents. Red oval handstamp on blue folded cover to local
street address, according to docketing on back it originated in New York
City Nov. 23, 1847, few bleached specks, Very Fine
(Image) |
E. 150-200 | |
| 907 |
 Towle's City Dispatch Post, 7
State St., 2 Cents. Red oval handstamp struck twice on blue folded
letter to local street address, Nov. 29 dateline without year, Very Fine (Image) |
E. 200-300 | |
| 908 |
 Towle's City Post, 10 Court
St. Red oval handstamp clearly struck on bright fresh cover to local
street address, Extremely Fine (Image) |
E. 150-200 | |
| 909 |
 Towle's City Post, 7 State
Street. Red oval handstamp clearly struck on lady's small embossed
cover to local street address, top left corner clipped and minor toned
spots, otherwise Fine (Image) |
E. 100-150 | |
| 910 |
 Cheever & Towle, Boston
Mass. Three folded letters with Towle's red ovals, two "Towle's City
Dispatch Post, 7 State St. 2 Cents", one "Towle's City Post, 7 State St.",
minor cover faults, Fine strikes (Image) |
E. 200-300 |