Charleston, South Carolina 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 | 232 |
 Honour's City Post, Charleston
S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB8). Positions 7-8 and 9, horizontal pair
and single (from position below left stamp in pair), ms. cancel in pencil,
used on large lace Valentine cover to local addressee, stamps have small
faults, addressee's name changed slightlyVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY THREE VALENTINES BEARING A MULTIPLE OF THE HONOUR'S 4LB8 STAMP ARE RECORDED. AN OUTSTANDING CARRIER USAGE. The Philatelic Foundation files contain a photograph of a Valentine cover to L. A. Mills, Line St., Charleston, bearing a vertical strip of three (Positions 5/7/9) with sheet margin. Its whereabouts today is unknown. Ex Caspary and Boker (Image) |
E. 7,500-10,000 |
| A | 233 |
 Honour's City Post, Charleston
S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB8). Positions 5/7/9, originally a vertical
strip of three, bottom pair intact, top stamp mostly torn off, ms. cancel,
used on large Valentine cover with pictorial embossing, to street address,
minor wear, other than stamp removal, condition is Very Fine, 6c carrier
fee probably required for special service, very few multiples are known, ex
Abt (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
| A | 234 |
 Honour's City Post, Charleston
S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB8). Position 1, ample margins to barely in
at upper left, ms. cancel, tied by blue "Clarksville Ga. Aug. 15"
circular datestamp, matching blue grid ties 3c Dull Red (11), margins clear
to in at bottom, paying 3c postage plus carrier fee from the post office to
addressee on cover to Charleston S.C. street address, routed by
sender "Care Honours City Post", few minor toned spotsVERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE HONOUR'S STAMP USED FROM CLARKSVILLE TO PREPAY THE CARRIER FEE IN CHARLESTON. We record only three covers to Charleston with carrier stamps accepted as prepayment. An Honour's cover bearing Scott 4LB13 from Aiken S.C. was sold in our Sale 773 (Mar. 26, 1996) for $3,750. The third cover, from Raleigh N.C. with a Kingman's stamp (name erased), is offered in lot 1263 in this sale. Ex Hessel. Unlisted in Scott (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 |
| A | 235 |
 Honour's City Post, Charleston
S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB8). Position 1, three full margins,
slightly in at left, tied by ms. cancel, used with 3c Brownish Carmine
(11), clear to ample margins, ms. cross-hatch cancel, blue "Wilmington &
Raleigh Railroad" route agent's circular datestamp with ms. "Feby 17"
(1852) date on blue folded letter to Boston, file folds, one thru carrier
stampFINE AND VERY RARE USE OF CARRIER STAMP ON MAIL GIVEN TO THE ROUTE AGENT OF THE WILMINGTON & RALEIGH RAILROAD. According to Henry Abt's album write-up, Charles Remele (who once owned this cover) speculated that the Charleston carrier department somehow ensured that this letter would reach the southern terminus of the Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad at Wilmington, 150 miles from Charleston, perhaps via a coastal vessel. Ex Remele and Abt (with album page and route map). (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 |