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.

J. A. Spark's Branch Post Office (New York NY):

	Lot	Lot Description
	1472	J. A. Sparks Branch Post Office, New York N.Y. Red "Branch Post Office, J. A. Sparks, 212 Bleecker St." oval handstamp boldly struck on mourning cover to local street address, red "New Haven Ct. 25 Dec./5" integral-rate circular datestamp (ca. 1848), Very Fine, a half-dozen Sparks covers are known to us, including two (this lot and lot 1474) from post offices outside New York City and delivered by Sparks from the New York post office to the addressee, accompanied by Sloane note, who notes rarity and "exceptionally clear" strike, ex Malcolm (Image)	E. 500-750
	1473	J. A. Sparks Branch Post Office, New York N.Y. Greenish-blue "Branch Post Office, J. A. Sparks, 224 Bleecker St." oval handstamp and matching "Paid" boldly struck on May 29, 1848 folded letter to Bond Street, Very Fine, extremely rare (six known to us), the 224 Bleecker St. address appears on this 1848 marking (Image)	E. 500-750
	1474	J. A. Sparks Branch Post Office, New York N.Y. Red "Branch Post Office, J. A. Sparks, 212 Bleecker St." oval handstamp clearly struck on flap of mourning cover to local street address, red "New Milford Ct. Mar. 1" circular datestamp and ms. "5", with letter datelined Thursday (which fell on March 1st in 1849), small tear in flap just into handstamp, still Very Fine, from the same correspondence as lot 1472 and also showing unusual local-post delivery from the post office -- two other Sparks covers from this correspondence but addressed to Connecticut were in the Middendorf collection	E. 300-400

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