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**1857-60 Issue, 12-cent:**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2138		12c Black (36). Centered to left, tied by grid, "Buffalo N.Y. Jun. 19, 1861" circular datestamp on all-over 34-Star Flag Patriotic cover to Stockton Cal., small cover repair at top left, still Very Fine, domestic covers with the 12c are very scarce, this is an outstanding patriotic usage representing a 2c overpayment of the transcontinental rate, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000
2139		12c Black (36). Beautifully centered, tied by perfect strike of "New York Nov. 5" Ocean Mail circular datestamp with integral grid on cover to San Francisco, Extremely Fine, the 12c 1857 is rarely found on a small envelope -- this is a superb example with the Ocean Mail datestamp -- ex Gibson and Kapiloff (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000
2140		12c Black (36). Horizontal strip of five, tied by five strikes of "New Orleans La. Dec. 14, 1858" circular datestamp on folded cover to Vera Cruz, Mexico, neat "8" reales due handstamp and ms. ship endorsement "per Tennessee", strip has faint even gum toning, tiny tear at top of first stamp at left VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MULTIPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM PLATE 1, PAYING SIX TIMES THE 10-CENT RATE TO MEXICO. The vast majority of Hargous covers have 10c frankings. Ex Grunin and Klein (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000
2141		10c Green, Ty. V, 12c Black, Plate 3 (35, 36b). Grid cancels, tied by "Nantucket Mass. Nov. 19" circular datestamp on orange cover to Paita, Peru, red "12" credit handstamp, "Panama No. 30 1860 E" British transit datestamp, cover with small sealed tear at top, Very Fine (Image)	E. 500-750
2142		10c Green, Ty. V, 12c Black, Plate 3 (35, 36b). Horizontal pair of 12c, 10c straddle-pane margin at left with guideline, cancelled by grids, "Bloomsburg Pa. Oct. 4" circular datestamp on blue 1860 folded letter to Quito, Ecuador, Buckalew correspondence, red "24" credit handstamp, neat "Panama OC 22 1860 B" transit datestamp, vertical file fold away from stamps, some slight toning along right edge of right stamp, otherwise Very Fine (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500
2143		10c Green, Ty. II, 12c Black (32, 36). Vertical pair of 12c, 10c perfs in, tied by grids, "Bloomsburg Pa. Feb. 1" circular datestamp on pristine 1859 folded letter to Quito, Ecuador, Buckalew correspondence, red "24" credit handstamp, vertical file fold away from stamps, fresh and Very Fine (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500
2144		12c Black (36). Horizontal pair, tied by blue "Dubuque Iowa Jun. 21, 1861" double-circle datestamp on Lincoln Railsplitter Campaign cover to Mowbray, England, matching "Paid 24" arc handstamp, red "19" credit also ties pair, cover with small edge wear, right 12c stamp torn but not noticeably VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF A LINCOLN CAMPAIGN COVER. Another from the same correspondence brought $10,000 hammer in our 1995 Rarities sale (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500
2145		12c Black, Plate 3 (36b). Two singles arranged as a vertical pair, lower stamp has double frameline at right, tied by bold strike of "Reading Pa. Jul. 6, 1861" circular datestamp on red and blue "Nationality and Protection" Eagle, Shield and Flag Patriotic cover to Ireland, red "19" credit, receiving backstamp VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A REMARKABLY BEAUTIFUL USAGE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE ON AN IMMACULATE PATRIOTIC COVER TO IRELAND. Ex Haas and Kapiloff. Illustrated in Linn's Stamp Facts, Dec. 27, 1993 (Image)	E. 4,000-5,000
2146		12c Black, Plate 3 (36b). Vertical pair used with 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A), tied by two clear strikes of "San Francisco Cal. Mar. 29, 1861" circular datestamp, bold "Post Office Victoria V.I." oval handstamp on small cover to Cranborne, England, and forwarded to Wimborne, various British transit backstamps, with original enclosure datelined "San Juan March the 17th 1861", part of letter reads "I am on San Juan Island this last 12 months but I expect soon to have to leave here but there is no likelihood of us coming home this 3 or four years yet...", stamps have faults, cover missing part of bottom flap and some edge tears FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE COVER SENT HOME FROM A BRITISH SOLDIER DURING THE "PIG WARS". A wandering pig set off an armed confrontation between Canada and the United States, which lasted for twelve years. The incident occurred June 15, 1859, a warm summer's day on San Juan Island, just east of Victoria, British Columbia. Farmer Lyman Cutlar stepped out onto his balcony to find that a pig, owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, was once again rooting around in his garden. Enraged, he promptly shot the pig. The Hudson's Bay Company threatened to take farmer Cutlar to Victoria for trial in British Columbia, but the American government protested. The treaty of 1846 established that the international boundary line lay mid-channel in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which the Americans claimed made San Juan Island their territory. The problem was that there were at least two channels. The argument smoldered for months until the Americans called in the military. Captain George Pickett arrived on July 26, 1859, and immediately proclaimed the island U.S. territory. The following week 61 Royal Marines came ashore from a warship to assert British claim to the territory. For the next twelve years armed detachments faced each other across the western end of the long international boundary. In 1871, under the treaty of Washington, the matter was referred to Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany for arbitration. He awarded the verdict to the United States. [This synopsis comes from http://spellbinder.dowco.com/pig.html] There is a bit of irony in the fact that a British soldier fighting Americans was required to send mail via the United States post office. This is the first and only cover we have seen that has content linking it to one of the great episodes in Canadian-American relations -- the "Pig Wars." (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500

1857-60 Issue, 12-cent:

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

2138

12c Black (36). Centered to left, tied by grid, "Buffalo N.Y. Jun. 19, 1861" circular datestamp on all-over 34-Star Flag Patriotic cover to Stockton Cal., small cover repair at top left, still Very Fine, domestic covers with the 12c are very scarce, this is an outstanding patriotic usage representing a 2c overpayment of the transcontinental rate, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

2139

12c Black (36). Beautifully centered, tied by perfect strike of "New York Nov. 5" Ocean Mail circular datestamp with integral grid on cover to San Francisco, Extremely Fine, the 12c 1857 is rarely found on a small envelope -- this is a superb example with the Ocean Mail datestamp -- ex Gibson and Kapiloff (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

2140

12c Black (36). Horizontal strip of five, tied by five strikes of "New Orleans La. Dec. 14, 1858" circular datestamp on folded cover to Vera Cruz, Mexico, neat "8" reales due handstamp and ms. ship endorsement "per Tennessee", strip has faint even gum toning, tiny tear at top of first stamp at left

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MULTIPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM PLATE 1, PAYING SIX TIMES THE 10-CENT RATE TO MEXICO.

The vast majority of Hargous covers have 10c frankings. Ex Grunin and Klein (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

2141

10c Green, Ty. V, 12c Black, Plate 3 (35, 36b). Grid cancels, tied by "Nantucket Mass. Nov. 19" circular datestamp on orange cover to Paita, Peru, red "12" credit handstamp, "Panama No. 30 1860 E" British transit datestamp, cover with small sealed tear at top, Very Fine (Image)

E. 500-750

2142

10c Green, Ty. V, 12c Black, Plate 3 (35, 36b). Horizontal pair of 12c, 10c straddle-pane margin at left with guideline, cancelled by grids, "Bloomsburg Pa. Oct. 4" circular datestamp on blue 1860 folded letter to Quito, Ecuador, Buckalew correspondence, red "24" credit handstamp, neat "Panama OC 22 1860 B" transit datestamp, vertical file fold away from stamps, some slight toning along right edge of right stamp, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

2143

10c Green, Ty. II, 12c Black (32, 36). Vertical pair of 12c, 10c perfs in, tied by grids, "Bloomsburg Pa. Feb. 1" circular datestamp on pristine 1859 folded letter to Quito, Ecuador, Buckalew correspondence, red "24" credit handstamp, vertical file fold away from stamps, fresh and Very Fine (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

2144

12c Black (36). Horizontal pair, tied by blue "Dubuque Iowa Jun. 21, 1861" double-circle datestamp on Lincoln Railsplitter Campaign cover to Mowbray, England, matching "Paid 24" arc handstamp, red "19" credit also ties pair, cover with small edge wear, right 12c stamp torn but not noticeably

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF A LINCOLN CAMPAIGN COVER.

Another from the same correspondence brought $10,000 hammer in our 1995 Rarities sale (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

2145

12c Black, Plate 3 (36b). Two singles arranged as a vertical pair, lower stamp has double frameline at right, tied by bold strike of "Reading Pa. Jul. 6, 1861" circular datestamp on red and blue "Nationality and Protection" Eagle, Shield and Flag Patriotic cover to Ireland, red "19" credit, receiving backstamp

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A REMARKABLY BEAUTIFUL USAGE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE ON AN IMMACULATE PATRIOTIC COVER TO IRELAND.

Ex Haas and Kapiloff. Illustrated in Linn's Stamp Facts, Dec. 27, 1993 (Image)

E. 4,000-5,000

2146

12c Black, Plate 3 (36b). Vertical pair used with 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A), tied by two clear strikes of "San Francisco Cal. Mar. 29, 1861" circular datestamp, bold "Post Office Victoria V.I." oval handstamp on small cover to Cranborne, England, and forwarded to Wimborne, various British transit backstamps, with original enclosure datelined "San Juan March the 17th 1861", part of letter reads "I am on San Juan Island this last 12 months but I expect soon to have to leave here but there is no likelihood of us coming home this 3 or four years yet...", stamps have faults, cover missing part of bottom flap and some edge tears

FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE COVER SENT HOME FROM A BRITISH SOLDIER DURING THE "PIG WARS".

A wandering pig set off an armed confrontation between Canada and the United States, which lasted for twelve years. The incident occurred June 15, 1859, a warm summer's day on San Juan Island, just east of Victoria, British Columbia. Farmer Lyman Cutlar stepped out onto his balcony to find that a pig, owned by the Hudson's Bay Company, was once again rooting around in his garden. Enraged, he promptly shot the pig. The Hudson's Bay Company threatened to take farmer Cutlar to Victoria for trial in British Columbia, but the American government protested. The treaty of 1846 established that the international boundary line lay mid-channel in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which the Americans claimed made San Juan Island their territory. The problem was that there were at least two channels. The argument smoldered for months until the Americans called in the military. Captain George Pickett arrived on July 26, 1859, and immediately proclaimed the island U.S. territory. The following week 61 Royal Marines came ashore from a warship to assert British claim to the territory. For the next twelve years armed detachments faced each other across the western end of the long international boundary. In 1871, under the treaty of Washington, the matter was referred to Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany for arbitration. He awarded the verdict to the United States. [This synopsis comes from http://spellbinder.dowco.com/pig.html]

There is a bit of irony in the fact that a British soldier fighting Americans was required to send mail via the United States post office. This is the first and only cover we have seen that has content linking it to one of the great episodes in Canadian-American relations -- the "Pig Wars." (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500