Auction 40
Collector Series
1847-1863 Issues
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Lot 124 |
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 1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), large margins all around, tied on a blue cover by deep blue and nicely struck "Troy, N.Y. Jan 25" c.d.s., no other cancels, a neat 1850 cover, Extremely Fine. Scott $425. Estimate $600 - 800 This cover bearing the popular and appealing Troy, N.Y. marking would be perfect for an exhibition page . View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 125 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), used in 1851 on folded letter (with content) from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, PA, with blue grid cancel and c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine. Scott $460. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $150 |
Lot 126 |
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1847, 5¢ dark brown (Scott 1a), very large margins and crisp color, used with neat manuscript docketing of 1849 usage on a blue cover tied by a superb strike of a delicate deep blue c.d.s. "Troy, N.Y./May 4", addressed to a a lady in New Hampshire, Very Fine. Scott $500. Estimate $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 127 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown, type I (Scott 10), almost 4 margins (just touching at right), wonderful rich color, tied by blue grid cancels on a folded letter from Toledo, Ohio to Oswego, New York, Very Fine. Scott $260. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 128 |
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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 $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photos | Realized $300 |
Lot 129 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), 3½ margins (just in at top), excellent color, tied by Warren, R.I. cancel in blue on a wonderfully neat lady's cover to Peacedale, R.I., Very Fine. Scott $190. Estimate $120 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $50 |
Lot 130 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), 3½ margins, marvelous rich color, used on a neat folded letter from Concord, N.H. to a merchant in Lisbon, N.H. Contents include a complaint that there is "so little building - no one keeps an inventory of lumber", Very Fine. Scott $190. Estimate $120 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $60 |
Lot 131 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), margins all around, deep rich color, tied by neatly struck Brunswick, Me. c.d.s. on a cover to a lady in Boston. Soiling along right edge, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $190. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $50 |
Lot 132 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), ample to large margins except just touching at top but with a bit of the next stamp at right, tied by Boston PAID cancel on a neat and attractive folded letter to a lady in Maine, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $190. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $40 |
Lot 133 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red, type II, "Gents" instead of "Cents" (Scott 11A var.), position 66R2L, catalogs $55 as used off cover - not priced on cover where it is much scarcer. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 134 |
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1857, 1¢ blue, type V and 3¢ dull red, type III (Scott 24, 26), tied by neat New York duplex cancel on cover to a lady in Stafford, Conn. Cover edge faults at left, otherwise Fine, a nice carrier rate usage. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 135 |
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1857, 10¢ green, type II (Scott 32), pen canceled and tied by transit cancel on a cover from Pleasant Grove, Penn. to Canada, with a faint 1859 (?) Canada backstamp, Fine to Very Fine, a scarce usage that is unpriced in Scott. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos | Unsold |
Lot 136 |
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1859, 10¢ green, type V (Scott 35), a lovely wide margin imprint single tied by a California town cancel on a cross-continent cover to Illinois. Stamp with a couple slightly blunt perfs at top and cover slightly reduced at right, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $60 |
Lot 137 |
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1863, 2¢ black (Scott 73), two singles paying the carrier rate on a cover from Washington, D.C. to New Haven, Conn., Fine to Very Fine. Scott $130. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
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