Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

United States Stamps continued...

**Locals (A thru E): continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
395		City Post/P.O./2. Red double-circle clear struck on flap of beautiful white and pink Valentine envelope with Mansell imprint, addressed to 97 Prince Street with pencil "bet Mercer & Greene" directions, love poem enclosed, Extremely Fine, one of the finest of the few recorded examples of this rare marking, believed to have been used briefly by Mead after taking over the U.S. City Despatch Post -- this is probably from the 1847 Valentine season -- ex Perry (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	2,700.00
396		(Mead's) City Despatch Post Office, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Pink Glazed (40L3). Full to large margins, lightly cancelled by red "Free" in frame, small thin spots, minor corner creases, still an Extremely Fine appearing example of this rare stamp, only eleven recorded in our census (all have faults, as best we can determine), some believe that this stamp was issued not by Mead but by his successors, Cummings and Wright (Image)	2,000.00	2,200.00
397		(Coles) City Despatch Post Office, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, "C" at Left Sideways, Ms. "C" between "Two" and "Cents" (40L5b/c var). A remarkable variety combining characteristics of 40L5b and 40L5c, left "C" entered on plate by hand (sideways) and additional "C" in ms. at bottom, ample even margins, "Paid" straightline cancel and trace of red circle, tiny thin speck, Very Fine appearance, one of two recorded examples of this variety -- the other, also off cover, realized $1,700 hammer in our November 1999 Golden sale (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,600.00
398		(Coles) City Despatch Post Office, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Yellow, "C" at Left Sideways (40L8b). A remarkable variety with left "C" entered on the plate by hand (sideways), large margins, faint pencil cancel, barest trace of small crease in lower left margin EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE SIDEWAYS "C" VARIETY ON BUFF PAPER (SCOTT 40L8b). Ex Caspary. (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	4,000.00
399		City Letter Express Mail, Newark N.J., 1c Red (45L1). Cut to heart shape, uncancelled, affixed on back and used with 3c Dull Red (11), large margins to slightly in at top, tied by "Newark N.J. Feb. 26, 1857" circular datestamp on small cover to Binghamton N.Y. VERY FINE. ONLY SEVEN EXAMPLES OF THE NEWARK CITY LETTER EXPRESS ONE-CENT STAMP ARE KNOWN ON COVERS. ONE OF THE RAREST LOCALS. The Newark Daily Advertiser carried daily advertisements for Peck & Company's City Letter Express from June 12 through September 29, 1856. Augustus L. Peck's partner in the City News Office was R. Jaques, and their office was located at 324 Broad Street. The City Letter Express provided letter delivery to the mails (1c) and within the city (2c). Their competitor, Rogers' Penny Post, only carried letters to the post office. Peck's advertisements also solicited package-express business, which may have been on behalf of the New Jersey Express Company, which had its business in Newark during the same period (reference: Elliott Perry, Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp. 405-408). Our records contain just seven examples of the 45L1 stamp on cover, including six dated in late 1856 or this February 1857 cover. The City Letter Express stamps were usually left uncancelled, but three covers have Newark datestamps tying the local. One of the tied examples realized $15,500 hammer in our November 1999 Golden sale. (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	3,000.00
400		East River Post Office, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on Green Glazed (62L4). Large margins, uncancelled, tied by gum toning thru paper, used on Feb. 9, 1858 folded letter to the Russian Consul at 260 4th Avenue, the writer is looking for work as an engineer or machinist in the "Rusuan Servace" (sic) and gives his address "near Avenue D", someone subsequently added a message regarding the application and forwarded the letter, first address crossed out and pencil "try 7 Broadway" written below, "Burns" below stamp, "U.S. Mail City Delivery/1/Feb. 10" double-circle carrier datestamp with corresponding "U.S. Mail/4 P.M./Delivery" timestamp with pencil "D" above (Station D), second 11 A.M. Station F timestamp, Very Fine, extremely rare use of the East River Post Office stamp on cover -- an unusual combination of local-post and carrier service (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	1,600.00
401		Essex Letter Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Red Glazed (65L1). Small but ample margins, uncancelled, used with 3c Dull Red (11), ample margins to touching, tied by double-struck "New-York Mar. 11" (ca. 1856) circular datestamp on buff cover to Springfield Mass., Extremely Fine, appears to be a genuine usage (but cannot be guaranteed) -- Coster's story of the Essex Letter Express basically states that three or four ex-carriers of various city posts joined together in 1856 and issued the Essex Letter Express stamps to the public, then disbanded and kept the proceeds -- if true, it is possible that some mail was carried -- ex Ferrary and Mason, a cover in our November 1999 Golden sale realized $1,700 hammer (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,600.00

Locals (A thru E): continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

395

City Post/P.O./2. Red double-circle clear struck on flap of beautiful white and pink Valentine envelope with Mansell imprint, addressed to 97 Prince Street with pencil "bet Mercer & Greene" directions, love poem enclosed, Extremely Fine, one of the finest of the few recorded examples of this rare marking, believed to have been used briefly by Mead after taking over the U.S. City Despatch Post -- this is probably from the 1847 Valentine season -- ex Perry (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

2,700.00

396

(Mead's) City Despatch Post Office, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Pink Glazed (40L3). Full to large margins, lightly cancelled by red "Free" in frame, small thin spots, minor corner creases, still an Extremely Fine appearing example of this rare stamp, only eleven recorded in our census (all have faults, as best we can determine), some believe that this stamp was issued not by Mead but by his successors, Cummings and Wright (Image)

2,000.00

2,200.00

397

(Coles) City Despatch Post Office, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, "C" at Left Sideways, Ms. "C" between "Two" and "Cents" (40L5b/c var). A remarkable variety combining characteristics of 40L5b and 40L5c, left "C" entered on plate by hand (sideways) and additional "C" in ms. at bottom, ample even margins, "Paid" straightline cancel and trace of red circle, tiny thin speck, Very Fine appearance, one of two recorded examples of this variety -- the other, also off cover, realized $1,700 hammer in our November 1999 Golden sale (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,600.00

398

(Coles) City Despatch Post Office, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Yellow, "C" at Left Sideways (40L8b). A remarkable variety with left "C" entered on the plate by hand (sideways), large margins, faint pencil cancel, barest trace of small crease in lower left margin

EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE SIDEWAYS "C" VARIETY ON BUFF PAPER (SCOTT 40L8b).

Ex Caspary. (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

4,000.00

399

City Letter Express Mail, Newark N.J., 1c Red (45L1). Cut to heart shape, uncancelled, affixed on back and used with 3c Dull Red (11), large margins to slightly in at top, tied by "Newark N.J. Feb. 26, 1857" circular datestamp on small cover to Binghamton N.Y.

VERY FINE. ONLY SEVEN EXAMPLES OF THE NEWARK CITY LETTER EXPRESS ONE-CENT STAMP ARE KNOWN ON COVERS. ONE OF THE RAREST LOCALS.

The Newark Daily Advertiser carried daily advertisements for Peck & Company's City Letter Express from June 12 through September 29, 1856. Augustus L. Peck's partner in the City News Office was R. Jaques, and their office was located at 324 Broad Street. The City Letter Express provided letter delivery to the mails (1c) and within the city (2c). Their competitor, Rogers' Penny Post, only carried letters to the post office. Peck's advertisements also solicited package-express business, which may have been on behalf of the New Jersey Express Company, which had its business in Newark during the same period (reference: Elliott Perry, Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp. 405-408).

Our records contain just seven examples of the 45L1 stamp on cover, including six dated in late 1856 or this February 1857 cover. The City Letter Express stamps were usually left uncancelled, but three covers have Newark datestamps tying the local. One of the tied examples realized $15,500 hammer in our November 1999 Golden sale. (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

3,000.00

400

East River Post Office, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on Green Glazed (62L4). Large margins, uncancelled, tied by gum toning thru paper, used on Feb. 9, 1858 folded letter to the Russian Consul at 260 4th Avenue, the writer is looking for work as an engineer or machinist in the "Rusuan Servace" (sic) and gives his address "near Avenue D", someone subsequently added a message regarding the application and forwarded the letter, first address crossed out and pencil "try 7 Broadway" written below, "Burns" below stamp, "U.S. Mail City Delivery/1/Feb. 10" double-circle carrier datestamp with corresponding "U.S. Mail/4 P.M./Delivery" timestamp with pencil "D" above (Station D), second 11 A.M. Station F timestamp, Very Fine, extremely rare use of the East River Post Office stamp on cover -- an unusual combination of local-post and carrier service (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

1,600.00

401

Essex Letter Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Red Glazed (65L1). Small but ample margins, uncancelled, used with 3c Dull Red (11), ample margins to touching, tied by double-struck "New-York Mar. 11" (ca. 1856) circular datestamp on buff cover to Springfield Mass., Extremely Fine, appears to be a genuine usage (but cannot be guaranteed) -- Coster's story of the Essex Letter Express basically states that three or four ex-carriers of various city posts joined together in 1856 and issued the Essex Letter Express stamps to the public, then disbanded and kept the proceeds -- if true, it is possible that some mail was carried -- ex Ferrary and Mason, a cover in our November 1999 Golden sale realized $1,700 hammer (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,600.00