1861-68 Issues (Continued) continued...
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
Prices realized...
| 161 |
|
15c Black (77). Horizontal
pair and single, tied by cork cancels, matching "New Orleans La. Aug. 19"
cds on yellow cover to Paris, France, red 36c credit ds, stamps also
tied by French transit, receiving backstamp, address crossed out, missing
top flap and clumsily repaired with scotch tape at top, otherwise Very Fine
(Image) |
E. 300-400 |
290.00 |
| 162 |
|
24c Lilac (78). Used with
horizontal pair of 3c Rose (65), tied by bold magenta segmented cork
cancels, matching "Hartford Ct. Sep. 12" double-circle datestamp on folded
letter to Paris, France, red "Boston 13 Sep. Paid 24" credit ds,
French transit, few small spots of ink erosion, Very Fine and colorful
usage (Image) |
E. 500-750 |
650.00 |
| 163 |
|
24c Gray (78b). Cancelled
by target, "Milwaukee Wis. Jun. 20, 1864" double-circle datestamp, on
attorney's gray overall lithographed advertising cover to Scotland,
red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid 19 Jul. ?" ds, receiving backstamp, trivial
edgewear, Very Fine (Image) |
E. 300-400 |
450.00 |
| 164 |
|
24c Gray (78b). Fresh
color, tied by New York Foreign Mail geometric cancel on yellow
cover to London, England, red "N. York 3 Am. Pkt. Jul. 2?" cds also
ties stamp, 1867 transit backstamps, Very Fine, one of the more distinctive
cancels of the early NYFM types (Image) |
E. 200-300 |
475.00 |
| 165 |
|
24c Grayish Lilac (78a).
Crisp color and impression, tied by grid and "Cleveland O. Jun. 21"
double-circle datestamp on yellow embossed Weddell House corner card cover
to Liverpool, England, 1866 receiving datestamp, barely reduced at
top, Very Fine (Image) |
E. 100-150 |
135.00 |
| 166 |
|
24c Gray (78b). Tied by
circle of wedges on cover to Paris, France, neat "Boston Jan. 30 6"
debit ds and matching "Short Paid" hs, French transits, 1867
receiving backstamp, minor edgewear, Fine, underpaid double rate (24c
wasted) (Image) |
E. 150-200 |
75.00 |
| 167 |
|
5c Brown, 24c Gray (76,
78b). Two 24c, tied by four-point star in circle on blue 1864 folded
letter to Shanghai, China, also tied by red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid
Jun. 25" and London transits, magenta "32" credit, endorsed "Pr. Saxonia
and overland via Marseilles", red "1" credit hs, receiving backstamp,
5c stamp missing bottom right corner, light file folds do not affect
stamps, Fine (Image) |
E. 400-500 |
450.00 |
| 168 |
|
3c Red, F. Grill (94).
Pair with bottom plate no. 53 and part imprint, clear grill points,
tied by targets on reduced legal-size yellow cover to Elizabethtown Ky.,
indistinct town ds, 1869 docketing on back, right 3c small tear at right
and light horizontal crease, otherwise Very Fine, an extremely rare plate
number pair (Image) |
E. 200-300 |
850.00 |
| 169 |
|
3c Rose, 15c Black, E. Grills
(88, 91). Cancelled slightly overlapping by grids, "Cavendish Vt. Mar.
17" cds on registered cover to Alfred Me., Shaw correspondence, fresh and
Fine (Image) |
E. 500-750 |
325.00 |
| 170 |
|
5c Brown, F. Grill (95).
Used with 10c Yellow Green (68) and 3c Ultramarine (114), tied by
cork cancels, bold "Union Mills Pa. Oct. 23" cds on orange
registered cover to Spartanburg Pa., slightly reduced at left, Very
Fine and scarce three-issue combination franking from Union Mills, whose
postmaster later created the infamous Ku Klux Klan cancellations (Image) |
E. 200-300 |
325.00 |
| 171 |
|
3c Red, 10c Yellow Green, F.
Grill (94, 96). Horizontal pair of 10c, tied by quartered cork,
"Gainesville Ala. Sep. 30" cds on orange registered cover to Alfred
Me., Shaw correspondence, fresh and Very Fine
(Image) |
E. 300-400 |
220.00 |