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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 4129 |
 Long's Varieties, 756 So. 3rd St. Philadelphia. Imprint on two small, thick stamp-size cards, each with 1c Blue (63) affixed to the
reverse, one stamp fairly heavily toned at top and slightly at bottom right, otherwise Fine, these were used as fractional currency pieces during the Civil War to help conserve metals for weapons and armament (Image Magnifier) |
E. 500-750 | 2,300.00 | |
| 4130 |
 William Newton & Co., 5c Fractional Currency with Postage Stamps. 110 x 59mm with two 1c Blue (63) and one 3c (65) stamps affixed in
spaces, all with trimmed perfs and 1c slightly discolored, imprint at bottom reads "Unless kept clean these Stamps will be useless for circulation and Post Office purposes.", printed dateline "Newport, July 24, 1862", several creases, still handsome
and very rare, due to a shortage of coins and distrust of paper currency, some private firms used stamps to increase their business, much along the same lines as encased postage, unfortunately due to the fragile nature of the paper many are defective
or were destroyed -- this note realized $2,900 hammer in our 2003 Mitchell sale (Sale 859), ex Mitchell (Image
Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 5,750.00 | |
| 4131 |
 William Newton & Co., 5c Fractional Currency with Postage Stamps. 110 x 59mm with two 1c (63) and one 3c (65) stamps affixed in
spaces, all with trimmed perfs, in contrast to previous lot there is no imprint at bottom, printed dateline "Newport, July 4, 1862", Very Fine and rare use of postage stamps to create fractional currency (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 7,000.00 | |
| 4132 |
 1861 New Orleans Stamp Money, "One Cent", "Two Cents" and "Five Cents". Group of five: three of "One Cent" in light brown and black on yellow
card, one signed "J. L. Riddell" (in his hand) and postal clerk "Ed. S. Rapier", other two signed by postal clerks "L. S. Riddell" (his son, Sanford) and "Ed. S. Rapier", "Two Cents" in olive and black on yellow card,
signed by postal clerk "Ed. S. Rapier", "Five Cents" in brown and black on pink card, signed "J. L. Riddell" (in his hand) and postal clerk "Ed. S. Rapier", each card has the blind impression of the "J. L. RIDDELL" silver mark,
each is lightly creased, 2c has rounded corners, 5c has thins on backA REMARKABLE GROUP OF NEW ORLEANS STAMP MONEY CARDS, ISSUED BY POSTMASTER RIDDELL TO MAKE CHANGE AT THE POST OFFICE DURING A SHORTAGE OF COINS. VERY FEW EXIST. Ex Brown, Knapp, Grant, Freeland, Weill Brothers and Skinner. (Image Magnifier) |
E. 4,000-5,000 | 5,250.00 | |
| 4133 |
 1861 New Orleans Stamp Money, "One Cent". 64 x 38mm black and olive on yellow card with blind impression of the "J. L. RIDDELL" silver mark (highlighted in
red), signed by Edward S. Rapier, post office clerk, Fine and rare (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 1,500.00 | |
| 4134 |
 Joseph Bryan, Clothing Establishment, 214 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. 65 x 33mm violet envelope, "U.S. Postage Stamps. } 15 cts."
above with "T.R. Dawley, Manufact'r. Reade and Centre Sts., N.Y." imprint and "15" on back, Krause-Lemke 9-15, Drowne 1918 listed, small bit of greenish blue mounting material on back, the front is cleanEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE POSTAGE ENVELOPE ISSUED BY JOSEPH BRYAN, A BROOKLYN CLOTHING MERCHANT. The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 10/11/2007, lot 9) reported "The issuer missing from all collections we have surveyed." The Ford specimen in nearly identical condition realized $3,600 hammer (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,000-3,000 | 2,400.00 | |
| 4135 |
 Joseph Bryan, Clothing Establishment, 214 Fulton Street, Brooklyn. 65 x 33mm yellow envelope, "U.S. Postage Stamps. } 50 cts."
above with "T.R. Dawley, Manufact'r. Reade and Centre Sts., N.Y." and "15" on flap, Krause-Lemke 9-50, Drowne 1918 listed, a few insignificant toning specks and small bit of greenish blue mounting material on backEXTREMELY FINE. ONLY THREE EXAMPLES OF THIS BROOKLYN ISSUER'S 50-CENT POSTAGE ENVELOPE ARE REPORTED KNOWN. The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 10/11/2007, lot 10) reports "at least three are known." There were two specimens in the Ford collection (the one in comparable condition realized $2,200 hammer) (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 1,500.00 | |
| 4136 |
 S. W. Chubbuck, Utica N.Y., 2c Fractional Currency. 84 x 46mm, woodcut design, "Will pay the bearer, TWO CENTS, in Postage Currency, at this
store." and dated "Utica, April 1, 1864," large Roman numeral "II" encircled by large "C" at left, Very Fine and rare (Image Magnifier) |
E. 300-400 | 375.00 | |
| 4137 |
 Manufact'd by T.R. Dawley, Reade & Centre Sts., N.Y. Imprint at bottom of 65 x 32mm envelope, "U.S. Postage Stamps. 15 cents." in three
lines, negligible soiling, otherwise Very Fine and rare Dawley envelope, accompanied by 3c and 12c 1861 stamps for exhibit purposes (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 750.00 | |
| 4138 |
 J. Jones and A.H. Sawyer 25c Fractional Currency. 100 x 52mm, numbered in ms. "495", promises to pay bearer 25c on demand in sums
of one dollar or more, dated "Alton, Oct. 18. 1862" signed on back by Daniel Sawyer and with Alton N.H. Nov 13 circular datestamp possibly indicating date of redemption, light creases, Very Fine appearance and rare (Image Magnifier) |
E. 300-400 | 350.00 | |
| 4139 |
 J. LEACH, Writing Paper Envelopes and Blank Books, Cheap, 86 Nassau St., N.Y., 15 CENTS, U.S. Postage Stamps. Blue on white 69
x 34mm envelope, Krause-Lemke 60-15, Drowne 1918 listed, a bit of greenish blue mounting paper on back, Extremely Fine, rare (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 900.00 |