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**Carriers and Locals continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
840		(Mead's) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (40L2). Large to huge margins, cancelled by neat strike of red "Free" in octagon handstamp on gray folded cover to local address, red "P.O. City Despatch Post, Dec. 9, 4 O'Clock" circular datestamp, 1846 docketing on back, light vertical file fold away from stamp, small cover tear at bottom, otherwise Very Fine, Mead's 2c stamps were delivered Dec. 6 and the earliest documented use is Dec. 8 (this cover is one day later) (Image)	400.00	270.00
841		Eagle City Post, Philadelphia Pa. Yellow label "tied" by smudge of red ink, red "2" handstamp on folded printed notice to local address, small nick in bottom of label, Very Fine, scarce tied (Image)	E. 150-200	80.00
842		Eagle City Post, Philadelphia Pa. Cover with yellow label to local address, large "Paid" handstamp and printed "From the Office of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Company, Merchant's Exchange, Phila.", pencil "Not open" at left, fresh and Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300	375.00
843		Eagle City Post, Philadelphia Pa. 1847 cover with oval "Magnetic Telegraph Office Phila." handstamp and "Z" and "2" handstamps to local address, with original enclosure bearing yellow label, fresh and Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300	210.00
844		Eagle City Post, Philadelphia Pa. Ten folded letters or covers, incl. two with red "Eagle" City Post at Adams Express handstamps, two with "Stait's Despatch Post" (one with integral rate), two with labels, Fine-Very Fine, varied group	E. 300-400	280.00
845		Hanford's Pony Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Orange Yellow (78L1). Full to large margins, uncancelled, on back of folded letter to Hamburg, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany, red New York and French transit datestamps on front, Hamburg receiving backstamp, Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate stating "genuine stamp, but decline opinion as to whether the stamp originated on this folded letter" -- in our opinion the stamp originated (Image)	E. 300-400	220.00
846		Gordon's City Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (72L3). Full to large margins, uncancelled, on 1850 folded letter to Germany, red New York and French transit datestamps, different French transit and receiving backstamps, Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate stating "It is a genuine stamp but decline opinion as the whether it originated on this folded letter" -- in our opinion the stamp originated (Image)	E. 500-750	250.00
847		Hale & Co., (6c) Blue (75L1, 75L5) Each cut to shape on separate folded letter to N.Y.C., 75L1 tied by red "Paid" (May 9, 1845), 75L5 with ms. "NY" (Nov. 22, 1844), different types of Boston ovals, Very Fine	E. 150-200	160.00
848		Hale & Co. Three stampless folded letters, each with red oval handstamp incl. one from New Bedford with ms. "Bates & Co." at bottom left (conjunctive use), other two from New York incl. one dated June 26, 1845, four days before end of independent mail service, few light file folds, Very Fine	E. 200-300	180.00
849		Hussey's Post, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black, Handstamped Wrapper (87LUP1). Complete strike with "Paid/G. Hussey" two-line handstamp on folded wrapper, Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300	270.00
850		One Cent City Despatch, Baltimore Md. Printed circular by John Wiley, address at top crossed out and with "41 Pa Ave." in ms. at bottom, minor edgewear, Very Fine, important and very rare collateral item (Image)	E. 200-300	270.00

Carriers and Locals continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

840

(Mead's) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (40L2). Large to huge margins, cancelled by neat strike of red "Free" in octagon handstamp on gray folded cover to local address, red "P.O. City Despatch Post, Dec. 9, 4 O'Clock" circular datestamp, 1846 docketing on back, light vertical file fold away from stamp, small cover tear at bottom, otherwise Very Fine, Mead's 2c stamps were delivered Dec. 6 and the earliest documented use is Dec. 8 (this cover is one day later) (Image)

400.00

270.00

841

Eagle City Post, Philadelphia Pa. Yellow label "tied" by smudge of red ink, red "2" handstamp on folded printed notice to local address, small nick in bottom of label, Very Fine, scarce tied (Image)

E. 150-200

80.00

842

Eagle City Post, Philadelphia Pa. Cover with yellow label to local address, large "Paid" handstamp and printed "From the Office of the Atlantic & Ohio Telegraph Company, Merchant's Exchange, Phila.", pencil "Not open" at left, fresh and Very Fine (Image)

E. 200-300

375.00

843

Eagle City Post, Philadelphia Pa. 1847 cover with oval "Magnetic Telegraph Office Phila." handstamp and "Z" and "2" handstamps to local address, with original enclosure bearing yellow label, fresh and Very Fine (Image)

E. 200-300

210.00

844

Eagle City Post, Philadelphia Pa. Ten folded letters or covers, incl. two with red "Eagle" City Post at Adams Express handstamps, two with "Stait's Despatch Post" (one with integral rate), two with labels, Fine-Very Fine, varied group

E. 300-400

280.00

845

Hanford's Pony Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Orange Yellow (78L1). Full to large margins, uncancelled, on back of folded letter to Hamburg, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany, red New York and French transit datestamps on front, Hamburg receiving backstamp, Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate stating "genuine stamp, but decline opinion as to whether the stamp originated on this folded letter" -- in our opinion the stamp originated (Image)

E. 300-400

220.00

846

Gordon's City Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (72L3). Full to large margins, uncancelled, on 1850 folded letter to Germany, red New York and French transit datestamps, different French transit and receiving backstamps, Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate stating "It is a genuine stamp but decline opinion as the whether it originated on this folded letter" -- in our opinion the stamp originated (Image)

E. 500-750

250.00

847

Hale & Co., (6c) Blue (75L1, 75L5) Each cut to shape on separate folded letter to N.Y.C., 75L1 tied by red "Paid" (May 9, 1845), 75L5 with ms. "NY" (Nov. 22, 1844), different types of Boston ovals, Very Fine

E. 150-200

160.00

848

Hale & Co. Three stampless folded letters, each with red oval handstamp incl. one from New Bedford with ms. "Bates & Co." at bottom left (conjunctive use), other two from New York incl. one dated June 26, 1845, four days before end of independent mail service, few light file folds, Very Fine

E. 200-300

180.00

849

Hussey's Post, New York N.Y., (unstated value) Black, Handstamped Wrapper (87LUP1). Complete strike with "Paid/G. Hussey" two-line handstamp on folded wrapper, Very Fine (Image)

E. 200-300

270.00

850

One Cent City Despatch, Baltimore Md. Printed circular by John Wiley, address at top crossed out and with "41 Pa Ave." in ms. at bottom, minor edgewear, Very Fine, important and very rare collateral item (Image)

E. 200-300

270.00