Part III - Locals H-Z 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 | ||
| 1449 |
 Prince's Letter Dispatch,
Portland Me., (unstated value) Black (122L1). Complete sheet of 40,
original gum, most stamps Mint N.H., couple slight creases in margin, still
Very Fine (Image) |
400.00 | |
| 1450 | Prince's Letter Dispatch, Portland Me., (unstated value) Black (122L1). Three, including one o.g., one cancelled by ms. and Boston circular datestamp, third tied by Boston circular datestamp and Star fancy cancel on piece with 3c 1861, faults, but a very scarce group | 157.00 | |
| A | 1451 |
 Prince's Letter Dispatch,
Portland Me., (unstated value) Black (122L1). Large margins all around,
ms. cancel, used with 3c Rose (65), both stamps tied by "Boston
Mass. Sep. 11" circular datestamp and quartered cork on cover to Albany
N.Y., 1865 receipt docketing, sealed tear in 3c stamp, backflap
removedONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL INDEPENDENT MAIL USAGES FROM THE ONLY STEAMBOAT CARRIER TO ISSUE STAMPS. Prince's Letter Dispatch was established by J. H. Prince of Portland Me. and carried mail by steamboat to Boston, which is probably why it continued to function without government interference as late as 1869. The pictorial stamps used by Prince were engraved and printed by Lowell & Brett of Boston (Lowell's imprint appears below the steamboat vignette). Although an abundant supply of unused stamps reached philatelic hands, genuinely used stamps are extremely rare, and only four or five complete covers are known. This is one of the earliest of the recorded covers (an Aug. 1864 cancel on an off-cover stamp is known). Some of the later usages are known with a blue oval company handstamp. With 1982 P.F. certificate (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 |
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