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Auction 31

U.S. Autographs, Postal History and Stamps

1847-1938 Issues

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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 58		1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), tied by red June 22 c.d.s. on an 1849 folded letter (with contents) from New York, NY to Providence, RI, margins all around; tuny scissor cut at upper right margin, Fine to Very Fine, with 2017 P.F. certificate. Scott $425. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 59		1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), well centered within huge margins including parts of the next stamp at top, tied by Boston red grid cancel on a very clean and attractive 1850 folded letter to Newport, R.I., Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Scott $425. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $190
Lot 60		1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 9), tied by Savanna, GA town cancel on an 1856 folded letter mailed to Providence RI. The contents is a "Savanna Republican Prices Current"; a handstamp identifies the sender, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, an historic piece of philately knowing that it is an early cover once held in President Roosevelt's hands, ex-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, an avid stamp collector; a red stamp on the inside reads, "From the Franklin D Roosevelt Collection Auction Feb., April, 1946 by H.R. Harmer Inc., N.Y. Scott $110. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $90
Lot 61		1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), a lovely example tied to an 1851 folded letter by a complete rounded black grid paired with a red New Orleans c.d.s.; the ink shows through the exterior page of the folded letter meaning that the exterior page was used to write the letter, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a rare 3¢ circular rate for 1,000-1,500 miles. Scott $1,000+. Estimate $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 62		1852, 3¢ dull red, type II (Scott 11A), with a huge right margin, tied by Bangor, Maine PAID c.d.s. on an 1855 folded letter sheet document dated May 30th, from the state of Maine appointing Elijah Comins to the office of Justice by the Secretary of State (Alden Jackson); an official government document of the time preprinted on the reverse of the letter sheet, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a great item with added interest! Scott $35. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $30
Lot 63		1857, 3¢ rose, type I (Scott 25), tied by blue LODI, NY, JUNE 6 c.d.s. on a lovely embossed ladies cover; back top flap is missing, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $190. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 64		1857, 3¢ dull red, type III (Scott 26), tied by a complete "Detroit, Mich. Jun 27" town cancel with a lovely book advertisement on the reverse, Very Fine. Estimate $30 - 40. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $24
Lot 65		1859, 10¢ green, type V (Scott 35), used on a cross-border cover to Canada, tied by a beautifully struck c.d.s from Otter River, MA, carried by coastal steamer from Boston (red U. States oval) to Nova Scotia (left corner handstamp); then traveled by Canadian post to Lennoxville (Quebec) reverse handstamp, and then on to Huntingville; a great cover with lovely markings, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $60
Lot 66		1861, 3¢ rose (Scott 65), used in 1866 with a socked-on-the-nose PAID cancel plus two supplemental postal markings that tell a story; one is "ADVERTISED" in an oblong frame and the other is "UNCLAIMED" in bold, the advertised marking indicates no one came to the post office to pick this letter up so it was publicly advertised, usually in the local paper; after this the letter was still not claimed, so the post office marked it as such; cover is backstamped with "Dover, N.H.", Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 67		1861, 3¢ rose (Scott 65), tied by a complete strike of "FREE" while boasting another complete strike of a discontinued post office (DPO) Groveland, Mass; this was unusual as stamp devices for free postage were reserved for specific applications, so in this case, the free stamp was probably just handy so it was used the cancel the stamp, Extremely Fine, not often seen. Estimate $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $40
Lot 68		1861, 3¢ rose (Scott 65), this superbly centered stamp is tied by a neat fancy checkerboard cancel as well as a nice strike of the c.d.s, Extremely Fine. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $28
Lot 69		1861, 10¢ yellow green (Scott 68), tied by a well struck 19mm 11 bar grill postmark paying the 10¢ rate from the West Coast to the East Coast in the year 1863; as indicated by manuscript "Via Panama" this cover traveled the Panama Route - up until 1860 this route offered the fastest method of mail travel coast to coast in the United States; a very fresh cover, Very Fine. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $38
Lot 70		1863, 2¢ black (Scott 73), tied by a beautifully struck town cancel and a light struck black grid cancel allowing the design to show through; a lovely advertising cover from the Auburn Paper Bag Mfg. Co! Very Fine. Scott $75. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 71		1863, 2¢ black (Scott 73), lovely little group of 3 covers featuring the "Black Jack" stamp all with neat cancels, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $70
Lot 72		1873, 3¢ green, C.B.N.C. printing (Scott 158), tied by a large "checker board" fancy cancel, unusually large in size, sent from Oberlin in 1875, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 73		1873, 3¢ Washington, C.B.N.C. printing (Scott 158), on a nice 1874 cover from American Association for the Advancement of Science / F. W. Putnam / Salem, Mass to William S. Vaux / Philadelphia, PA with a nice "Due 3" in a circle; a great cover from one scientist to another, Putnam was one of the earlliest anthropologists in the US and Vaux a notable mineralogist. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 74		1875, 2¢ vermilion, C.B.N.C. printing (Scott 178), tied by a duplex cancel and bearing a Boston, MA c.d.s. on a lovely embossed Valentine cover including the valentine inside; a striking combination as it is unusual to have both the envelope and its contents, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Estimate $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $40
Lot 75		1882, 5¢ Garfield (Scott 205), used on an 1886 cover from Ellsworth, Me. to the U.S. Flagship Lancaster, off London, England, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 76		1883, 4¢ Jackson, diagonal bisect (Scott 211), used to pay the 2¢ rate, tied by a well struck 1897 cancel of New York and the flag; the cancel ties the bisect to the trimmed side which lends to its authenticity as a true use of a stamps bisect actually going through the mail; rare example, Very Fine, not listed in Scott. Estimate $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $110
Lot 77		1898, 2¢ Washington, type IV, red (Scott 279B), tied by two light cancels to this large, ornate and embossed Valentine cover mailed in 1899; the cover contains a lovely and colorful card with no tears which depicts a verse and drawing in blue; indeed a lovely and rare combination in such a large format, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Estimate $40 - 60 In the 1850's "The New Yorker" published an article saying valentine cards were a very distasteful means of proclaiming your love, the article went further saying the cards were a fad and would eventually run their course; well - some 175 years later, the valentine card market is still booming! . View details and enlarged photos	Realized $30
Lot 78		1898, 5¢ Trans-Miss. (Scott 288), used in 1898 on a Spanish-American War patriotic cover from Saugatuck, Ct. to Baden, Germany, with New York and Wolfach, Germany backstamps; vertical file fold, Fine. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $60
Lot 79		1916, 3¢ Washington, S.L. watermark, horizontal rotary press coil (Scott 456), tied by Boston machine cancel on a beautifully neat 1917 cover, Very Fine. Scott $250. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 80		1938, 1¢ Washington, 2¢ Adams and 3¢ Jefferson (Scott 804b, 806b, 807a), a complete set of booklet panes on 3 unaddressed first day covers, Very Fine. Scott $45. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $30
Lot 81		1938, 18¢ Grant (Scott 823), solo use of 18¢ Presidential to pay 3¢ first class rate plus 15¢ registered rate from Saint Petersburg, FL to Buffalo, NY; nice small size cover with four registered and parcel post cancels on reverse, Fine to Very Fine, an uncommon Prexie usage. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold

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