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 | ||
| A | 1481 |
 Spence & Brown Express Post,
Philadelphia Pa., 2c Black on Bluish (159L1). Manuscript "Paid"
cancel below "2 Cts.", large margins all around, tiny insignificant
scissors cut in lower right marginEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE SPENCE & BROWN TYPESET STAMP. THIS IS THE FINER OF THE TWO AND THE ONLY ONE CANCELLED. A MAJOR PHILADELPHIA LOCAL POST RARITY. Elliott Perry located two likely candidates for ownership of the mysterious Spence & Brown's Express Post of Philadelphia (see Pat Paragraphs reprint, p. 463, see also Steven M. Roth, Penny Post, Oct. 1993). City directories cited by Perry show James K. Spence as a "collector" (e.g. bill collector) at 48 South 6th Street from 1846-48 and Emmanuel D. Brown, also a "collector" at 21 South 7th Street in 1846 and at different addresses each year through 1850. One of the two recorded stampless covers with the stencil marking is dated July 21, 1848, and the 159L2 cover is dated Jan. 28, 1848. Of the typeset stamp, only two examples are recorded: 1) unused, creases, ex Lilly, and 2) "Paid" ms. cancel, ex Boker, the stamp offered here. It is not known on cover. Signed Sloane. Ex Boker. (Image) |
E. 10,000-15,000 |
| A | 1482 |
 Spence & Brown Express Post,
Philadelphia Pa., (2c) Black (159L2). Top sheet margin block of four,
original gum, stains and faults including skinned area on bottom left
stamp, creases and thinsA PRESENTABLE AND EXTREMELY RARE MULTIPLE. PRIOR TO THE DISCOVERY OF A BLOCK OF 25, ONLY A FEW SPENCE & BROWN HORSE-AND-RIDER STAMPS WERE KNOWN. The block of 25 from which this block was cut is reproduced here from a photocopy. Although creased and faulty, this remarkable surviving artifact of Spence & Brown's Express Post shows that the sheet was five rows tall and at least five columns wide. With 1975 P.F. certificate. (Image) |
E. 5,000-7,500 |