Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The D.K. Collection of United States Carriers and Locals continued...

**Spaulding's Penny Post**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
97		Spaulding's Penny Post, Buffalo N.Y., 2c Carmine (156L2). Unused (no gum), large margins showing ornamental border and full text surrounding central design "Letters to the care of/Spaulding's Penny Post/are delivered as addressed/with dispatch", printer's ink smear at lower right, slight thin at bottom right EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS REMARKABLE STAMP, ISSUED BY SPAULDING'S PENNY POST OF BUFFALO IN 1848. THE OTHER KNOWN EXAMPLE IS USED ON COVER AND HAS NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE THROUGH A PUBLIC OFFERING. The large Letter Carrier stamp with text surrounding the border was first discovered about 1952 by Mrs. Frieda Bulger. The discovery example is used on a cover to Mrs. James Purdy in Mansfield O. with a faint Buffalo 10c integral-rate circular datestamp that appears to have "S" as the first letter of the month, which could only be September. The 10c integral-rate marking on the Purdy cover is not known used prior to December 1848 (reference: Calvet M. Hahn) and Spaulding sold the post in October 1849, so the 156L2 cover is probably a September 1849 usage. The Purdy cover was later sold to John R. Boker Jr. and never appeared at auction when the Boker collection was dispersed in the early 1970's. It is believed to reside in a European collection today. The off-cover 156L2 stamp offered here was acquired by David Golden in the Mar. 1, 1973, Robson Lowe auction, but the Lowe catalogue provides no information about its prior sales history. Ex Golden. With 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $27,500.00. (Image)	E. 25,000-35,000	37,500.00
98		Spaulding's Penny Post, "One Cent" Coin Handstamp. Bold strike in deep red with matching "Paid" straightline and ms. "10" rate on folded cover to Buffalo, sender's note "At Sizers", file fold thru marking VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF SPAULDING'S "ONE CENT" COIN HANDSTAMP AND THE ONLY COVER KNOWN FROM THE ONE-CENT RATE PERIOD. A SPECTACULAR COVER. HISTORY. Spaulding raised the letter rate from 1c to 2c on November 15, 1847. Although undated, this cover is the only "One Cent" coin strike known and obviously dates from the 1c rate period. After the rate change, the "One Cent" value was deleted from the center (one cover recorded, dated Dec. 13, 1847). This "One Cent" cover is addressed to J. Brement "at Sizers", referring to H. H. Sizer, a prominent Buffalo businessman who died on June 29, 1849. Ex Petri and Golden. Illustrated in Petri's Collectors Club Philatelist article (Vol. 32, No. 2). With 2000 P.F. certificate. (Image)	E. 7,500-10,000	9,500.00

Spaulding's Penny Post

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Lot Description

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Realized

Spaulding's Penny Post, Buffalo N.Y., 2c Carmine (156L2). Unused (no gum), large margins showing ornamental border and full text surrounding central design "Letters to the care of/Spaulding's Penny Post/are delivered as addressed/with dispatch", printer's ink smear at lower right, slight thin at bottom right

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS REMARKABLE STAMP, ISSUED BY SPAULDING'S PENNY POST OF BUFFALO IN 1848. THE OTHER KNOWN EXAMPLE IS USED ON COVER AND HAS NEVER BEEN AVAILABLE THROUGH A PUBLIC OFFERING.

The large Letter Carrier stamp with text surrounding the border was first discovered about 1952 by Mrs. Frieda Bulger. The discovery example is used on a cover to Mrs. James Purdy in Mansfield O. with a faint Buffalo 10c integral-rate circular datestamp that appears to have "S" as the first letter of the month, which could only be September. The 10c integral-rate marking on the Purdy cover is not known used prior to December 1848 (reference: Calvet M. Hahn) and Spaulding sold the post in October 1849, so the 156L2 cover is probably a September 1849 usage. The Purdy cover was later sold to John R. Boker Jr. and never appeared at auction when the Boker collection was dispersed in the early 1970's. It is believed to reside in a European collection today. The off-cover 156L2 stamp offered here was acquired by David Golden in the Mar. 1, 1973, Robson Lowe auction, but the Lowe catalogue provides no information about its prior sales history.

Ex Golden. With 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $27,500.00. (Image)

E. 25,000-35,000

37,500.00

Spaulding's Penny Post, "One Cent" Coin Handstamp. Bold strike in deep red with matching "Paid" straightline and ms. "10" rate on folded cover to Buffalo, sender's note "At Sizers", file fold thru marking

VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF SPAULDING'S "ONE CENT" COIN HANDSTAMP AND THE ONLY COVER KNOWN FROM THE ONE-CENT RATE PERIOD. A SPECTACULAR COVER.

HISTORY.

Spaulding raised the letter rate from 1c to 2c on November 15, 1847. Although undated, this cover is the only "One Cent" coin strike known and obviously dates from the 1c rate period. After the rate change, the "One Cent" value was deleted from the center (one cover recorded, dated Dec. 13, 1847). This "One Cent" cover is addressed to J. Brement "at Sizers", referring to H. H. Sizer, a prominent Buffalo businessman who died on June 29, 1849.

Ex Petri and Golden. Illustrated in Petri's Collectors Club Philatelist article (Vol. 32, No. 2). With 2000 P.F. certificate. (Image)

E. 7,500-10,000

9,500.00