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Auction 44

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Carriers and Locals

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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 700		o Floyd's Penny Post, 1860 (1¢) blue (Scott 68L1), margins all around, black handstamp cancel, Very Fine. Scott $125. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 701		Floyd's Penny Post, 1860 (1¢) brown (Scott 68L2), margins almost all around, brownish o.g. (gum wrinkles), small tear at top left, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, with 2021 P.F. certificate. Scott $500. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 702		() Gahagan & Howe City Express, 1849-70, 5¢ light blue (Scott 70L1), margins all around, unused without gum, faults including thins at bottom eroding a portion of the design, otherwise Fine, a very rare stamp in any condition. Scott $1,200. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 703		Gilpin's Exchange, red forwarder's handstamp on the reverse of a stampless 1839 folded letter from New York to London, Very Fine. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 704		() Grafflin's Baltimore Despatch, 1856, 1¢ black (Scott 73L1), margins all around, unused without gum, thinned, Very Fine appearance. Scott $200. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 705		() Greenslade's, Los Angeles, Cal., tête-bêche sheet, ½¢ to 10¢, unused without gum, repaired tears, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $140
Lot 706		Guy's City Despatch, 1879 (1¢) pink (Scott 74L1), block of 5, nicely centered, fresh, traces of o.g. at right, small thins at bottom, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $180. Estimate $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $45
Lot 707		Hale & Co., 1844 (6¢) light blue, on vertically laid paper (Scott 75L1), margins all around including parts of the next stamp at top, red cancel, used on small piece, light vertical wrinkle, otherwise Extremely Fine. Scott $40. Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $38
Lot 708		Hanford's Pony Express, 1845, 2¢ black on orange yellow (Scott 78L1), margins almost all around, "tied" by docketing on cover from New York to "His Excellency, James K. Polk, President U.S.", in Washington, D.C., with blue "F" ("Free") at right, Fine to Very Fine, a nice historic usage, with 2021 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,250. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,000
Lot 709		o Hussey's Post, 1856 (1¢) black (Scott 87L2), margins all around, lightly struck FREE cancel, Very Fine. Scott $200. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 710		() Hussey's Post, 1858, 1¢ brown red (Scott 87L4), large margins all around, unused without gum, couple faint creases, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $45. Estimate $30 - 40. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $40
Lot 711		/o Hussey's Post, 1862-65, interesting group of 10 (Scott 87L13//87L38), including 87L13, 87L14, 87L16, 87L18, 87L21, 87L28, 87L29, 87L30, 87L35 and 87L38, unused without gum (87L38 is lightly canceled), Fine to Very Fine. Scott $285. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $140
Lot 712		Hussey's Post, 1868, 2¢ blue (Scott 87L40), margins almost all around (just touching on one side), tied by company datestamp on an 1869 cover, Fine to Very Fine, with 2021 P.F. certificate. Scott $500. Estimate $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $350
Lot 713		Hussey's Post, 1872, blue (Scott 87L45), large margins all around, tied by Hussey's PAID cancel on a local New York City cover, Very Fine, with 2021 P.F. certificate. Scott $300. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 714		Hussey's Post, 1873, 2¢ black (Scott 87L51), margins almost all around (just touching at bottom), tied by company handstamp on a local cover. Slightly reduced at left, Fine to Very Fine, with 2021 P.F. certificate. Scott $500. Estimate $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 715		Hussey's Post, 1877, black (Scott 87L55), large margins all around, o.g., hinge remnants, Very Fine, with 2021 P.F. certificate. Scott $175. Estimate $120 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $325
Lot 716		Hussey's Post, 1879, blue (Scott 87L67), well centered, tied by company oval postmark on an 1882 cover from the Health Department of New York City, Very Fine. Scott $300. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $200
Lot 717		Hussey's Post, 1880, ultramarine, imperf (Scott 87L74a), margins all around, tied on a neat printed insurance company cover to New York, Very Fine. Scott $135. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $60
Lot 718		() Jenkins' Camden Dispatch, 1853, black (Scott 89L1), large margins all around, unused without gum, Very Fine. Scott $350. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 719		Lancaster Business College, fancy eagle in frame imprinted on envelope, used in teaching the proper preparation of mail for postal expediency, addressed to Baltimore, canceled with college handstamp, believed to have been used in 1886, with 3 business college backstamps and Molesworth's penciled notes, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 720		o Letter Express, 1844, 5¢ black on pink (Scott 96L1), 2 margins, pen canceled, small faults, Very Good to Fine, with 2019 P.F. certificate. Scott $200. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $100
Lot 721		Longley & Co. / Railroad Exchange, Boston, circular label on an 1851 folded letter sheet to Boston, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $75
Lot 722		Mercantile Library Association, 1870-75, 5¢ black on maroon (Scott 105L1), margins almost all around, o.g., hinge remnant, Fine. Scott $250. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 723		Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co., 1855, 1¢ red orange (Scott 107L1), margins all around, tied by PAID cancel on a Christmas Day, 1855 folded letter sheet, with Hinkley & Co.'s Express pmkj at right, file folds through the stamp and the postmark at right, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $600. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $200
Lot 724		Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co., 1855, 20¢ blue, reprint (Scott 107L4), block of 25, o.g., hinge remnant, horizontal creases and small tear between rows 3 & 4, otherwise Very Fine, the largest recorded multiple, with 2017 P.F. certificate. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 725		Metropolitan Post Office, 1852-53 (2¢) red (Scott 108L3), cut to shape, margins almost all around, small faults, Very Good to Fine. Scott $275. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 726		N.O.U.S. City Post, local handstamp in black on an 1859 cover from Paris, France to New Orleans, with postage paid by French 80c Napoleon III imperf (21) tied by dotted lozenge cancel, with red New York transit cancel below, Le Havre backstamp, Fine to Very Fine, an extremely rare usage. The local carrier delivery fee was 2¢, paid by the recipient. Estimate $750 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 727		N.O.U.S. City Post, local handstamp on an 1856 folded letter to New Orleans, franked with 3¢ (11) tied by red Boston cancel, vertical file fold affects the 3¢, Fine to Very Fine overall. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 728		() Penny Express Co., 1866, 5¢ blue and 5¢ red (Scott 114L2-114L3), top margin blocks of 4, margins all around, unused without gum, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Scott $130. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 729		() Pips Daily Mail, 1862, 1¢ black on buff (Scott 116L2), large margins all around, unused without gum, small thins and tiny pinholes, otherwise Very Fine, with 2019 P.F. certificate, very scarce. Scott $375. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $300
Lot 730		Spark's Post Office, New York, N.Y., local handstamped postmark on an 1848 folded letter to Lockport, upstate New York. Well worn, Very Good to Fine, a scarce local handstamp, listed but not priced by Scott. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $36
Lot 731		Stringer & Morton's City Despatch, 1850 (1¢) gold on black (Scott 134L1), margins all around, used on cover to Baltimore, stamp with small faults, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, with 2019 P.F. certificate. Scott $650. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 732		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 733		() Teese & Co. Penny Post, 1852 (1¢) blue on bluish, tête-bêche pair (Scott 137L1a), margins all around including sheet margin at top (or is it at bottom? - depends on how you view it), unused without gum, Extremely Fine. Scott $100. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $65
Lot 734		() Teese & Co. Penny Post, 1852 (1¢) blue on bluish, tête-bêche pair (Scott 137L1a), margins all around, unused without gum, small surface scrape on bottom stamp, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $100. Estimate $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 735		o Wells Fargo & Co., 1861, $2 red (Scott 143L1), margins in places, blue cancel, small faults, Very Good, with 2022 P.S.A.G. certificate. Scott $1,100. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 736		() Wells Fargo & Co., 1861, $1 red (Scott 143L3), ample to large margins, unused without gum, small thin at bottom, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Scott $150. Estimate $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $45
Lot 737		() Wells Fargo & Co., 1861, $2 green (Scott 143L4), margins all around, good color, without gum as issued, Very Fine, with 2022 P.S.A.G. certificate. Scott $475. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 738		Wells Fargo & Co., 1861, $2 green (Scott 143L4), margins all around, o.g., tiny hinge remnant, Fine to Very Fine, with 2021 P.F. certificate. Scott $475. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $400
Lot 739		() Wells Fargo & Co., 1861, $4 black (Scott 143L5), margins all around, unused without gum, Fine to Very Fine, with 2022 P.S.A.G. certificate. Scott $275. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $170
Lot 740		() Wells Fargo & Co., Newspaper Stamp, 1861-70, blue (Scott 143LP3), block of 4, margins all around, unused without gum, couple light creases, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $200. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 741		Wells Fargo & Co., Newspaper Stamp, 1883-88, blue, imperf vertically (Scott 143LP9b), horizontal pair (plus a bit), o.g., hinged, Very Fine, with 2010 P.F. certificate. Scott $350. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 742		Westtown, 1853-67 (2¢) gold (Scott 145L2), applied (uncanceled) to back of envelope, with 3¢ (#65) on front tied by West Chester, PA cancel, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $60 - 80 Established in 1799 by Quakers in Chester, PA, authorities at the Westtown School decided in 1853 that all outgoing letters carried by stagecoach should require a fee of 2 cents. Prepaid stamps were placed on sale at the school and revenue from the sale of these stamps was used to pay a fee to students or community mail carriers who delivered letters to or from the nearest post office . View details and enlarged photos	Realized $65
Lot 743		F Local Post forgery collection, 551 stamps + 1 entire. Excellent for reference. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $350

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