Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

INDEPENDENT MAILS continued...

**Hale & Co. (Baltimore MD)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
267		Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Baltimore. Red oval and matching "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." framed handstamp on folded cover (side flaps removed) to Philadelphia with pencil street address added by Hale office, docketed May 23, 1845, file folds, Very Fine, extremely rare Hale Baltimore oval (this office in existence Apr. 24-Jun. 30, 1845) (Image)	E. 750-1,000
268		(BALTIMORE MD.) Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Courier & Enquirer Building, New York. Red oval handstamp and matching "Paid" on Jan. 13, 1845 folded letter from Baltimore to Providence R.I., fresh and Fine, Hale opened its Baltimore office on Apr. 24, 1845 (closed Jun. 30) -- this letter was evidently carried by Hale along the Baltimore-New York City route prior to the establishment of a Baltimore office (Image)	E. 300-400
269		(BALTIMORE MD.) Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co. Red framed handstamp and pencil "Collect" on Jun. 11, 1845 folded letter from Baltimore to Providence R.I., dampstained, otherwise Very Fine, very rare usage from Baltimore office (in existence Apr. 24-Jun. 30, 1845) (Image)	E. 300-400
270		Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Neatly cut to shape, cancelled by four criss-crossing strikes of red "Paid" straightline, tied by impression thru paper, matching "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Baltimore" oval handstamp on May 5, 1845 folded letter to New York City, from the Brandreth correspondence EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF SEVEN RECORDED COVERS FROM BALTIMORE WITH THE HALE STAMP -- THIS IS THE ONLY COVER KNOWN WITH THE STAMP CANCELLED BY CRISS-CROSSED PAIDS. Hale & Co. commenced service in Baltimore on April 24, 1845, and the whole letter-express operation was closed down on June 30. This cover and another 75L5 cover (dated Apr. 26, 1845) are not among the ten covers from Baltimore listed by Steven M. Roth in his published census (Chronicle, Feb. 1997 -- two Hale covers to Baltimore are included in the Roth census). Of the seven recorded covers from Baltimore with the Hale's stamp (all 75L5), this is the only one cancelled by four criss-crossed "Paid" strikes. Although active for a short time, Hale's agent in Baltimore, William Edwards, seems to have used a wide variety of cancellations -- four different cancels are found on the seven stamped covers originating in Baltimore. Ex Hollowbush. (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000

Hale & Co. (Baltimore MD)

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

267

Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Baltimore. Red oval and matching "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." framed handstamp on folded cover (side flaps removed) to Philadelphia with pencil street address added by Hale office, docketed May 23, 1845, file folds, Very Fine, extremely rare Hale Baltimore oval (this office in existence Apr. 24-Jun. 30, 1845) (Image)

E. 750-1,000

268

(BALTIMORE MD.) Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Courier & Enquirer Building, New York. Red oval handstamp and matching "Paid" on Jan. 13, 1845 folded letter from Baltimore to Providence R.I., fresh and Fine, Hale opened its Baltimore office on Apr. 24, 1845 (closed Jun. 30) -- this letter was evidently carried by Hale along the Baltimore-New York City route prior to the establishment of a Baltimore office (Image)

E. 300-400

269

(BALTIMORE MD.) Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co. Red framed handstamp and pencil "Collect" on Jun. 11, 1845 folded letter from Baltimore to Providence R.I., dampstained, otherwise Very Fine, very rare usage from Baltimore office (in existence Apr. 24-Jun. 30, 1845) (Image)

E. 300-400

270

Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Neatly cut to shape, cancelled by four criss-crossing strikes of red "Paid" straightline, tied by impression thru paper, matching "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Baltimore" oval handstamp on May 5, 1845 folded letter to New York City, from the Brandreth correspondence

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF SEVEN RECORDED COVERS FROM BALTIMORE WITH THE HALE STAMP -- THIS IS THE ONLY COVER KNOWN WITH THE STAMP CANCELLED BY CRISS-CROSSED PAIDS.

Hale & Co. commenced service in Baltimore on April 24, 1845, and the whole letter-express operation was closed down on June 30. This cover and another 75L5 cover (dated Apr. 26, 1845) are not among the ten covers from Baltimore listed by Steven M. Roth in his published census (Chronicle, Feb. 1997 -- two Hale covers to Baltimore are included in the Roth census). Of the seven recorded covers from Baltimore with the Hale's stamp (all 75L5), this is the only one cancelled by four criss-crossed "Paid" strikes. Although active for a short time, Hale's agent in Baltimore, William Edwards, seems to have used a wide variety of cancellations -- four different cancels are found on the seven stamped covers originating in Baltimore.

Ex Hollowbush. (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000