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**1851-57 Issue**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
20		1c Blue, Ty. II, Cracked Plate (7 var). Horizontal strip of nine, Positions 2-10L2, left stamp Pos. 2L with major plate crack, large margins to just in at top right incl. part of four adjoining stamps, rich color, tied by "Saint Paul M.T. Sep. 7, 1858" cds on legal-size cover to Washington C.H., Ohio, 1856 docketing, slightly reduced at sides, Position 2 with tear at bottom right, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, scarce usage of the 1c to pay the triple rate, remarkable and rare with the plate crack -- probably the largest on-cover multiple containing any of the Plate 2 Crack positions (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,500.00
21		1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 3, used with three 3c Dull Red (26), tied by "New-York Sep. 30" cds on folded cover to Kingston, Canada West, 1857 receiving backstamp, light horizontal fold, Very Fine and scarce combination (Image)	E. 150-200	250.00
22		1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Recut once at top and once at bottom, margins clear to just in, rich color, tied by "New York Sep. 14" cds on 1852 blue folded printed circular to Cooperstown N.Y., fresh and Very Fine (Image)	150.00	70.00
23		3c Orange Brown (10). Large margins to barely in incl. part of adjoining stamp at top, tied by red square grid and matching "New-York Jul. 2" (1851) cds on blue folded letter to Phelps N.Y., light file folds away from stamp, Fine and rare second-day usage (Image)	E. 300-400	280.00
24		3c Orange Brown (10). Large margins incl. part of adjoining stamp at right, in at left, tied by blue "Way 6" hs on light green 1851 folded letter to Lynchburg Va., some slight toning around stamp, Very Fine and choice, this "Way 6" marking is believed to have been used on mail received from boats operating on the Kanawha Canal (Image)	E. 300-400	325.00
25		3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to clear, cancelled by bold ms. "#" and tied by "Oskaloosa Ioa. Aug. 3" cds on 1853 folded letter to the Governor of Iowa at Iowa City and forwarded to Dubuque, bold "Paid 3" in circle and "Iowa City Iowa Aug. 12" cds, interesting contents discuss application for reward for capturing a murderer and datelined Knoxville Iowa, Very Fine and choice (Image)	E. 200-300	280.00
26		3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to clear incl. part of two adjoining stamps, bright shade, tied by bold green "Farnumsville Mass. Sept. 3" cds on cover to Phillipston Mass., Very Fine and choice, ex Moody (Image)	E. 200-300	425.00
27		3c Dull Red (11). Block of five, large margins to in, each stamp cancelled by two parallel penstrokes on orange cover to Linden Tex., ms. "Tarrant Tex. Sep. 16" pmk., 1856 receipt docketing on back, two stamps affected from placement at edge of cover, minor edgewear, Very Fine quintuple-rate cover (Image)	E. 150-200	200.00
28		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins incl. sheet margin at left and part of adjoining stamp at top, just in at upper right, tied by "New Orleans La. Dec. 8" cds on 1856 folded cover to Paris, France, also tied by neat "26" decimes due marking, red "New York Br. Pkt." credit ds, French transits, refolded at top and bottom, Fine, illustrated in Ashbrook's personal records (Image)	1,850.00	800.00
29		10c Green, Ty. II (14). Large margins to in, tied by "New-York May 6" cds on cover to Quebec, Canada East, bold strike of "Cornwall's Madison Square Post Office" oval hs, transit backstamps, 1856 receipt docketing, some overall wear incl. small repair at top right, otherwise Fine, very rare cross-border usage carried to the mails by Cornwall's local post (Image)	E. 400-500	500.00
30		1c Blue, Ty. IIIa, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (22, 26). 1c Plate 4, three 3c, tied by red "New-York Oct. 12 185?" datestamps on cover to Havana, Cuba, blue "NA" and black "1" handstamps, some overall wear, Fine, "from New Orleans" written in ink on back (Image)	E. 300-400	375.00

1851-57 Issue

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

1c Blue, Ty. II, Cracked Plate (7 var). Horizontal strip of nine, Positions 2-10L2, left stamp Pos. 2L with major plate crack, large margins to just in at top right incl. part of four adjoining stamps, rich color, tied by "Saint Paul M.T. Sep. 7, 1858" cds on legal-size cover to Washington C.H., Ohio, 1856 docketing, slightly reduced at sides, Position 2 with tear at bottom right, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, scarce usage of the 1c to pay the triple rate, remarkable and rare with the plate crack -- probably the largest on-cover multiple containing any of the Plate 2 Crack positions (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,500.00

1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 3, used with three 3c Dull Red (26), tied by "New-York Sep. 30" cds on folded cover to Kingston, Canada West, 1857 receiving backstamp, light horizontal fold, Very Fine and scarce combination (Image)

E. 150-200

250.00

1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Recut once at top and once at bottom, margins clear to just in, rich color, tied by "New York Sep. 14" cds on 1852 blue folded printed circular to Cooperstown N.Y., fresh and Very Fine (Image)

150.00

70.00

3c Orange Brown (10). Large margins to barely in incl. part of adjoining stamp at top, tied by red square grid and matching "New-York Jul. 2" (1851) cds on blue folded letter to Phelps N.Y., light file folds away from stamp, Fine and rare second-day usage (Image)

E. 300-400

280.00

3c Orange Brown (10). Large margins incl. part of adjoining stamp at right, in at left, tied by blue "Way 6" hs on light green 1851 folded letter to Lynchburg Va., some slight toning around stamp, Very Fine and choice, this "Way 6" marking is believed to have been used on mail received from boats operating on the Kanawha Canal (Image)

E. 300-400

325.00

3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to clear, cancelled by bold ms. "#" and tied by "Oskaloosa Ioa. Aug. 3" cds on 1853 folded letter to the Governor of Iowa at Iowa City and forwarded to Dubuque, bold "Paid 3" in circle and "Iowa City Iowa Aug. 12" cds, interesting contents discuss application for reward for capturing a murderer and datelined Knoxville Iowa, Very Fine and choice (Image)

E. 200-300

280.00

3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to clear incl. part of two adjoining stamps, bright shade, tied by bold green "Farnumsville Mass. Sept. 3" cds on cover to Phillipston Mass., Very Fine and choice, ex Moody (Image)

E. 200-300

425.00

3c Dull Red (11). Block of five, large margins to in, each stamp cancelled by two parallel penstrokes on orange cover to Linden Tex., ms. "Tarrant Tex. Sep. 16" pmk., 1856 receipt docketing on back, two stamps affected from placement at edge of cover, minor edgewear, Very Fine quintuple-rate cover (Image)

E. 150-200

200.00

5c Red Brown (12). Large margins incl. sheet margin at left and part of adjoining stamp at top, just in at upper right, tied by "New Orleans La. Dec. 8" cds on 1856 folded cover to Paris, France, also tied by neat "26" decimes due marking, red "New York Br. Pkt." credit ds, French transits, refolded at top and bottom, Fine, illustrated in Ashbrook's personal records (Image)

1,850.00

800.00

10c Green, Ty. II (14). Large margins to in, tied by "New-York May 6" cds on cover to Quebec, Canada East, bold strike of "Cornwall's Madison Square Post Office" oval hs, transit backstamps, 1856 receipt docketing, some overall wear incl. small repair at top right, otherwise Fine, very rare cross-border usage carried to the mails by Cornwall's local post (Image)

E. 400-500

500.00

1c Blue, Ty. IIIa, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (22, 26). 1c Plate 4, three 3c, tied by red "New-York Oct. 12 185?" datestamps on cover to Havana, Cuba, blue "NA" and black "1" handstamps, some overall wear, Fine, "from New Orleans" written in ink on back (Image)

E. 300-400

375.00