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United States Postal History continued...

**1857-60 Issue, 10-cent: continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2123		10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of five of 10c, well-centered, straddle-pane margin at left showing full guideline, used with 3c Dull Red, 5c Brown, Ty. I (26, 29), tied by neat strikes of "Portland Or. Aug. 17" double-circle datestamp on back of 1860 cover to Ireland, stamps also tied by blue transit and receiving backstamps, 3c additionally tied by red ink, red "38" credit and small boxed "Paid" handstamp, endorsed "Via Panama & New York" with "Panama" crossed out and "Overland" substituted, sender's note on back "J. Palliser, explorer of Rocky Mountains & writer of his journey", minor edge wear, right 10c small tear at top, cover exploded, otherwise Very Fine and colorful franking overpaying two-times 24c rate by 10c, ex Grunin, with 1988 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000
2124		1c Blue, Ty. V, 10c Green, Ty. V (24, 35). 1c s.e. at left, 10c well-centered, tied by black grids, red "N. York Brem. Pkt. Paid 7 Sep. 29" credit datestamp on direct-mail cover to Bremen, Germany, razor cut at top, otherwise fresh and Very Fine, rare combination of 10c direct-mail rate and 1c carrier fee, with 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 750-1,000
2125		1c Blue, Ty. V, 10c Green, Ty. V (24, 35). Horizontal pair of 10c, tied (between perfs) by red grids on 1861 mourning cover to Switzerland, red "New York Paid 12 Aug. 10" credit datestamp, boxed "P.D." and French transit, transit and receiving backstamps, fresh and Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 500-750
2126		10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of three, remarkably choice centering, each cancelled by small ms. "X" on buff cover to Vienna, Austria, neat "Skowhegan Me. May 23" circular datestamp with handstamp "Paid", red Boston credit datestamp, "Aachen Franco" transit handstamp ties strip, receiving backstamp, barely reduced at right, trivial cover stain spot, an Extremely Fine strip on an a pristine cover (Image)	E. 500-750
2127		10c Green, Ty. V (35). Two singles, used with horizontal strip of five of 3c Dull Red (26), tied by unusual circle of small wedges cancel on back of cover to Elsinore, Denmark, neat "Geneva Ills. Jul. 30, 1861" circular datestamp with year in ms., red "Chicago Ill. Am. Pkt. Paid Aug. 1" circular datestamp and matching "12" in circle handstamp, 10 stamps also tied by Hamburg markings, receiving backstamp, barely reduced at left, Very Fine and choice usage sent via Prussian Closed Mail thru the Chicago exchange office (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500
2128		10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of three used with 5c Brick Red (27), tied by "San Francisco Cal. Oct. 5, 1860" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Switzerland, straightline "OVERLAND" handstamp, red "12" credit, "New York Am. Pkt. Nov. 3", transit and receiving backstamps, boxed "Aachen Franco", small piece out of backflap from opening VERY FINE. EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE 5-CENT BRICK RED ON A TRANSCONTINENTAL COVER TO EUROPE WITH THE "OVERLAND" STRAIGHTLINE. Very few covers exist with the "OVERLAND" route marking applied at San Francisco. Perhaps three or four covers to foreign countries have this marking, and it is possible that this is the only one with a 5c Brick Red. Ex West (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000
2129		10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of four with straddle-pane margin at left, rich color, used with 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A), well-centered, and tied by blue "Baltimore Md. Jun. 5" datestamps on immaculate blue cover to Paris, France, red "New Paid York Jun. 6 36" credit datestamp, 1860 French transit and receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine and choice, a colorful usage triple rate usage, ex Rohloff, Haas and Kapiloff (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500
2130		10c Green, Ty. V (35). Vertical strip of three used with 3c Dull Red (26), tied by "Augusta Me. Mar. 15" datestamps on cover to the Asst. Engineer aboard the U.S.S. Mohican at St. Paul de Loando, West Coast of Africa, with original enclosure, interesting contents, missing top flap, Very Fine usage to a remote destination, in this same year the Mohican captured the slave ship Eire -- its captain, Nathaniel Gordon, was hanged in 1861, the first man condemned under an 1820 Federal law declaring slave-trading a form of piracy (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000
2131		10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of three, natural s.e., used with 3c Dull Red (26), straddle-pane margin at left, tied by three strikes of large "Paid" grid on Dec. 1860 folded cover to Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, neat "Boston Am. Pkt. Dec. 22" circular datestamp and receiving backstamps, red crayon "12" credit, bold "1d" British colonial rate handstamp, Very Fine, an attractive and rare usage from the Howland correspondence, ex Gallagher (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000

1857-60 Issue, 10-cent: continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

2123

10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of five of 10c, well-centered, straddle-pane margin at left showing full guideline, used with 3c Dull Red, 5c Brown, Ty. I (26, 29), tied by neat strikes of "Portland Or. Aug. 17" double-circle datestamp on back of 1860 cover to Ireland, stamps also tied by blue transit and receiving backstamps, 3c additionally tied by red ink, red "38" credit and small boxed "Paid" handstamp, endorsed "Via Panama & New York" with "Panama" crossed out and "Overland" substituted, sender's note on back "J. Palliser, explorer of Rocky Mountains & writer of his journey", minor edge wear, right 10c small tear at top, cover exploded, otherwise Very Fine and colorful franking overpaying two-times 24c rate by 10c, ex Grunin, with 1988 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

2124

1c Blue, Ty. V, 10c Green, Ty. V (24, 35). 1c s.e. at left, 10c well-centered, tied by black grids, red "N. York Brem. Pkt. Paid 7 Sep. 29" credit datestamp on direct-mail cover to Bremen, Germany, razor cut at top, otherwise fresh and Very Fine, rare combination of 10c direct-mail rate and 1c carrier fee, with 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 750-1,000

2125

1c Blue, Ty. V, 10c Green, Ty. V (24, 35). Horizontal pair of 10c, tied (between perfs) by red grids on 1861 mourning cover to Switzerland, red "New York Paid 12 Aug. 10" credit datestamp, boxed "P.D." and French transit, transit and receiving backstamps, fresh and Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 500-750

2126

10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of three, remarkably choice centering, each cancelled by small ms. "X" on buff cover to Vienna, Austria, neat "Skowhegan Me. May 23" circular datestamp with handstamp "Paid", red Boston credit datestamp, "Aachen Franco" transit handstamp ties strip, receiving backstamp, barely reduced at right, trivial cover stain spot, an Extremely Fine strip on an a pristine cover (Image)

E. 500-750

2127

10c Green, Ty. V (35). Two singles, used with horizontal strip of five of 3c Dull Red (26), tied by unusual circle of small wedges cancel on back of cover to Elsinore, Denmark, neat "Geneva Ills. Jul. 30, 1861" circular datestamp with year in ms., red "Chicago Ill. Am. Pkt. Paid Aug. 1" circular datestamp and matching "12" in circle handstamp, 10 stamps also tied by Hamburg markings, receiving backstamp, barely reduced at left, Very Fine and choice usage sent via Prussian Closed Mail thru the Chicago exchange office (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

2128

10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of three used with 5c Brick Red (27), tied by "San Francisco Cal. Oct. 5, 1860" circular datestamp on yellow cover to Switzerland, straightline "OVERLAND" handstamp, red "12" credit, "New York Am. Pkt. Nov. 3", transit and receiving backstamps, boxed "Aachen Franco", small piece out of backflap from opening

VERY FINE. EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE 5-CENT BRICK RED ON A TRANSCONTINENTAL COVER TO EUROPE WITH THE "OVERLAND" STRAIGHTLINE.

Very few covers exist with the "OVERLAND" route marking applied at San Francisco. Perhaps three or four covers to foreign countries have this marking, and it is possible that this is the only one with a 5c Brick Red.

Ex West (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

2129

10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of four with straddle-pane margin at left, rich color, used with 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A), well-centered, and tied by blue "Baltimore Md. Jun. 5" datestamps on immaculate blue cover to Paris, France, red "New Paid York Jun. 6 36" credit datestamp, 1860 French transit and receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine and choice, a colorful usage triple rate usage, ex Rohloff, Haas and Kapiloff (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

2130

10c Green, Ty. V (35). Vertical strip of three used with 3c Dull Red (26), tied by "Augusta Me. Mar. 15" datestamps on cover to the Asst. Engineer aboard the U.S.S. Mohican at St. Paul de Loando, West Coast of Africa, with original enclosure, interesting contents, missing top flap, Very Fine usage to a remote destination, in this same year the Mohican captured the slave ship Eire -- its captain, Nathaniel Gordon, was hanged in 1861, the first man condemned under an 1820 Federal law declaring slave-trading a form of piracy (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

2131

10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strip of three, natural s.e., used with 3c Dull Red (26), straddle-pane margin at left, tied by three strikes of large "Paid" grid on Dec. 1860 folded cover to Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, neat "Boston Am. Pkt. Dec. 22" circular datestamp and receiving backstamps, red crayon "12" credit, bold "1d" British colonial rate handstamp, Very Fine, an attractive and rare usage from the Howland correspondence, ex Gallagher (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000