Sale 1262 — United States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 26-28 July, 2022
Category — 1857-60 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
115
1c Blue, Ty. II (20). Plate 2, tied by strike of "Castleton Vt. Jul. 25" circular datestamp on folded printed 7-page announcement for Castleton Medical College dated 1857 to Johnson Vt., manuscript "Recd. July 26th 1857 Prof. Woodard", refolded at right, some soiling and erosion spots, stamp with diagonal crease, otherwise Fine, this is the earliest documented use of Scott 20, there is a circular known dated two days earlier but it does not have a postmark so its date of use cannot be confirmed
E. 750-1,000
1,500
116
1c Blue, Ty. IV (23). Horizontal pair and single originally forming a strip of three, deep rich color, tied by "Chicago Ill. Sep. 22" circular datestamps on Oil Manufacturer's corner card cover with printed address to Buffalo N.Y., some slight toning also affects stamps, still Very Fine
E. 300-400
550
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1c Blue, Ty. V (24). Three, plating notes for two as 91R8 and 92R8, one with perfs trimmed at left and two placed partly over top edge of cover, tied by grids, "East Bloomfield N.Y. Sep. 10" circular datestamp on cover to Wyoming N.Y. with Bloomfield House blue illustrated cameo corner card, Very Fine
E. 300-400
1,000
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1c Blue, Ty. V (24). Used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), tied by grid cancels and "Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 6" octagonal datestamp on buff cover to Arondale Pa. with Wm. Penn Hotel blue illustrated cameo corner card, stamps with few perf faults, Very Fine, spectacular cameo design and scarce carrier use of it
E. 300-400
550
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3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Rich color, cancelled by well-struck "flower petals" fancy cancel on buff cover to Hudson Wis., perfect bold strike of "Stillwater Min. Jul. 1, 1861" circular datestamp, Extremely Fine, ex "Sevenoaks", with 1982 P.F. certificate
E. 200-300
100
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3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Tied by well-struck "Saint Louis Mo. Feb. 24, 1860" circular datestamp on cover to Keokuk Iowa with Bridge, Beach & Co. metals manufacturer's blue illustrated corner card, Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover
E. 300-400
200
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3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Tied by neat "Rochester N.Y. Jul. 1?, 1859" circular datestamp on cover with Kidd's Foundry and Steam Engine Works blue embossed illustrated corner card, to New York, Very Fine and attractive
E. 300-400
450
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3c Rose, Ty. I (25). Plate 6, with left selvage with guideline, design shifted strongly to bottom and scissors-separated at top and bottom, tied by neat "Philadelphia Pa. Sep. 27" circular datestamp on buff cover to local address with William M. Shewell, Boots and Shoes dealer with Merchant's Hotel blue cameo corner card illustration, Very Fine, a pretty cover
E. 300-400
325
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3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Lovely color, tied by "Davidson College N.C. Feb. 11" circular datestamp on blue-green overall Davidson College illustrated cover to Charlotte N.C., J. W. Orr & Telfer of New York imprint on top flap, small separation fault at bottom right, still Very Fine and attractive, the perfect item for the Stephen Curry fan
E. 300-400
275
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3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Bright color, tied by blue grid, matching "Louisville Ky. Jan. 18, 1861" double-circle datestamp on overall illustrated advertising cover for seed company depicting slaves working in a field to Carroll Hoy & Co. in New Orleans, cover with pre-printing fold at left, Very Fine, very rare depiction of slaves on an advertising cover, ex Chase and Gallagher
E. 400-500
550
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3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), Tied by grid cancel with "Detroit Mich. 3 Paid Sep. 26, 1860" integral-rate circular datestamp, clear strike of red "Ward's Lake Superior Line Steamer Sea Bird Sep. 21, 1862" circular datestamp and "STEAMBOAT" straightline handstamp on yellow cover to Ellsworth O., stamp with tiny tear at top right, cover with minor opening tears at top, otherwise Very Fine, scarce marking, ex Haas and Granzow, with 2004 P.F. certificate
E. 500-750
800
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3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Bright color, corner torn at top left probably prior to use, tied by light strike of "Vicksburg Miss. ? 20" circular datestamp on green overall "Dew Drop and Roebuck Vicksburg & Greenwood Mail Packets" illustrated advertising cover to Carroll Hoy in New Orleans, also with clear strike of "Charmer & Dewdrop" oval handstamp, likely used between Nov. 1860 and Apr. 1861 (when Parisot and Dent owned the Dew Drop), usual small filing holes as seen in this correspondence, Very Fine, very rare, this is reported to be the only recorded example of a name-of-boat marking on a name-of-boat envelope from this time period, ex Dr. Chase and Warm, illustrated in Klein and Milgram
E. 300-400
375
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3c "Morocco Red", Ty. II (26 var). Choice centering, tied by dark gray "Meriden N.H. 2 Sep." circular datestamp on small cover to Windsor Vt., Extremely Fine and choice example of this scarce shade, ex Dr. Chase and Alexander, signed by Dr. Amonette
E. 400-500
750
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5c Brick Red (27). Vertical strip of three, some faint toning, tied by three strikes of "New Orleans La. Oct. 27" (1858) circular datestamp, also by red "New York Paid 12 Nov. 2" 12c credit datestamp on blue folded cover to Nantes, France, appropriate transit datestamps front and back, Very Fine appearance, ex Hubbard, with 1967 R.P.S. certificate noting an ironed-out crease, which is not evident, Scott value as off-cover strip of three is $6,000.00
E. 1,000-1,500
950
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5c Brown, Ty. II (30A). Rich color, tied by large "Paid" grid cancel, "Boston Br. Pkt. Jan. 23" (1861) backstamp on blue folded cover to the Ice House in Calcutta, India, endorsed "Via Marseilles", red London and Calcutta Steam Letter backstamps, manuscript "1/4" debit marking, Very Fine use sent via Open Mail
Image 2
E. 200-300
275
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10c Green, Ty. III/II/III (33/32/33). Vertical strip of three, choice centering, tied by "New Orleans La. Mar. ? 1859" circular datestamps on blue folded cover to Nantes, France, red "New York Paid 12 Mar. 12" 12c credit datestamp, appropriate transits, Extremely Fine, a fantastic quality cover, with 1995 P.F. certificate
E. 300-400
1,300
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10c Green, Ty. III (33). Two, one with right selvage, small faults, tied by "New York Nov. 5" Ocean Mail circular datestamp on oatmeal cover to San Francisco with Irving & Clark, Wholesale Furniture Manufacturer's embossed cameo corner card, small scuff in address and slight edgewear, Very Fine appearance, a scarce use with this cancel on a beautiful cameo corner card cover
E. 300-400
425
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10c Green, Ty. II, III (32, 33). Three singles, two Type III, each with left sheet selvage, tied by bold "Sweetland Cal. Apr. 2" (1859) circular datestamps on cover to London, England, red "19" credit handstamp, red "London Paid MY 10, 1859" circular datestamp, Very Fine, a scarce use overpaying by 1c the 29c transatlantic rate from the West Coast, the Sweetland cancel predates the earliest recorded date in Williams by two years, this was carried by private express via Grass Valley to Marysville, where it went by river steamer to Sacramento and then on to San Francisco, it was then carried on the Butterfield route, departing San Francisco Apr. 4 and arriving Tipton Mo. Apr. 25, then placed on the railroad to St. Louis and on to New York where carried on the Cunarder Europa, which departed New York Apr. 27 and arrived Liverpool May 9, ex Haas and "Sevenoaks"
E. 1,000-1,500
1,300
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10c Green, Ty. V (35). Horizontal strips of four and five, block of six and single, the block with interpane margin with guideline at left, one strip with selvage at right, tied by red grid cancels, matching “New-York Br. Pkt. Jun. 12” (1860) circular datestamp on folded letter to Shanghai, China, red "Forwarded by Goodhue & Co. New York" oval backstamp, magenta manuscript "“1.42" credit, manuscript "4" British Colonial credit, red London Paid datestamp (Jun. 25), Hong Kong (Aug. 17) backstamp, stamps with few small flaws including block affected by horizontal file fold, missing an additional stamp at upper left, still Very Fine and extremely unusual franking with $1.60 in postage, signed Ashbrook and illustrated in the Ashbrook file archives at The Philatelic Foundation's website, with 1976 P.F. certificate
Image 2
E. 1,000-1,500
1,700
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10c Green, Ty. V (35). Used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), each cancelled by three neat penstrokes, “Spring Bay Ill. September 23, 1861” circular datestamp with date in manuscript, on red and blue Waving Flag Patriotic cover, Tripp & Co. of Peoria Ill. imprint, to Oldenburg, Germany, sender's endorsement "Via Bremen per Steamer New York", red "N. York Brem. Pkt. Sep. (?)" circular datestamp, magenta "10" credit, blue Neuenburg and Oldenburg (Oct. 13) datestamps on back, minor soiling, Very Fine, an attractive Patriotic cover to Germany with stamps paying the rarely used 13c rate by Bremen Mail
E. 1,000-1,500
5,750
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12c Black (36). Horizontal pair, cancelled by red grids, matching "New York Am. Pkt. 3 Aug. 28" (1858) 3c credit datestamp on blue folded letter to Newton Stewart, Scotland, sender's directive "p City of Washington", red Liverpool and receiving backstamps, light horizontal file fold well clear of stamps, Very Fine
E. 200-300
200
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30c Orange (38). Used with 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A), each cancelled by neat manuscript "franco", matching "Alma Wis. March 6" (1861) manuscript postmark on buff cover to Tillis, Switzerland, red manuscript "12" credit, red boxed "Aachen Franco" datestamp also ties 5c, red manuscript "fr2" crossed out and re-rated "6", various backstamps, 5c slightly affected from placement near edge of cover, some slight wear, Very Fine, the use of the European term "franco" by the postmaster in Alma, Wisconsin, strongly suggests he was a German or Swiss German immigrant
E. 750-1,000
600
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