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Auction 79

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Postal History

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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		1814-65, stampless covers, a large and diverse group of approximately 98, with a variety of manuscript cancels including a few FREE's, various colored handstamps including PAID and numerals, transit markings, etc. Most all have beautiful postal strikes and are in great condition, a lovely accumulation! We have imaged only a few to give a flavor of the lot. Estimate $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $450
Lot 2		1830-54, stampless covers, a group of 10, with a nice variety of postmarks and rates, generally Fine, except for the last one. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3		1852-88, forwarded covers, a group of 14, including "MISSENT", "HELD FOR POSTAGE" and "DUE". Especially noteworthy are a c. 1870 cover from Detroit MI to Nashotah, Wi. (a scarce DPO); an 1883 advertising cover returned to writer; and an 1887 underpaid cover to London. All generally Fine to Very Fine. Fully imaged on the web, in date order. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $90
Lot 4		1856, 5¢ Jefferson, red brown (Scott 12), cut to shape prior to use, paying the 5¢ rate via British packet on a folded letter sheet from Annapolis, Md. to a surgeon on board the U.S. Steam Frigate Susquehanna, stationed at Sardinia, Italy, with Boston, Calais, Paris and Genova transit cancels. Several partly repaired edge tears, Very Good to Fine, a very scarce usage, only 8 covers are recorded from this correspondence to the Susquehanna. Scott prices #12 on a domestic cover at $1200, used to France at $1600; the much scarcer usage to Italy is unpriced. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $140
Lot 5		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic covers, a choice selection of 20 different unused designs, including several better, including a hand colored Magnus design, clever caricatures, black Americana, secession balloon and more, all in uniform Very Fine to Extremely Fine condition, unusual to find such a group in top condition. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 6		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic covers, a selection of 30 different unused designs, with a wide range, including a hand colored design, military portraits, clever caricatures, black Americana and more. A few with small flaws (mainly on the reverse), but certainly Fine to Very Fine for such a group. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 7		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic covers, a selection of 40 different unused designs, with a wide range, including very clever caricatures, black Americana, portraits, animals, male figures, flags, etc. Many with mostly small flaws and/or mounting marks on the reverse, generally Fine for these historic covers. Estimate $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 8		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic cover: Eagle, Flags and Globe (Walcott L-2422. Weiss E-R-231), an intricate and unusual design on a cover to Vermont, with an indistinct Maryland town cancel tying a 3¢ (#65); some soiling, Fine overall. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 9		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic cover: Eagle and Flags (Walcott L-2579 var. Weiss E-R-245), an elaborate almost all-over bicolor design on a cover to upstate New York, with a light cancel tying a 3¢ (#65), Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 10		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic cover: Flag (Walcott F-R-225. Weiss L-2899), an unusual design on a Connecticut cover, franked with a strip of 3 of 1¢ #24, pen canceled and tied by c.d.s.; slightly reduced at right, Fine to Very Fine, quite attractive. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 11		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic cover: Flag and Ribbon (Walcott unlisted. Weiss F-R-275), an unusual design on a neat and very attractive cover to a lady in New Hampshire, with a beautifully struck Grafton, Maine May 22 (1861) c.d.s. tying a 3¢ (#26), Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 12		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic cover: Flag and Cannon (Walcott L-2757 var. Weiss F-R-421), a handsome bi-color design on a clean and attractive cover to a lady in upstate New York, sent stampless on August 26, 1861, with unusual Fremont N.Y. circular cancels; slightly reduced at right, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300 The previous 1857-1860 issue had just been demonetized to prevent usage by the South, and the new 1861 issue had not yet arrived. A very narrow window of time. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 13		c. 1861, Civil War patriotic cover: Shield in Star (Walcott L-2659. Weiss O-S-30), an attractive bi-color design on a cover to a lady in Maine, with an indistinct c.d.s. tying a 3¢ (#65), Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 14		1861, 3¢ Washington, rose (Scott 65), a Fine example, used on an unusual cover from Santa Rosa, Cal. to Herkimer County, N.Y., with three date stamps at left, each a different day, 30 days apart. A neat and attractive cover; slightly reduced at left, Very Fine overall. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $70
Lot 15		1867, 12¢ Washington, black, E. grill (Scott 90), centered to right, tied by circle-of-wedges cancel on an 1869 cover sent care of B.F. Stevens forwarding agents in London to an engineer on the U.S.S. Richmond, with London transit cancel and backstamp, and penciled "received May 8th, 1869 at Alexandria, Egypt", Fine to Very Fine. Scott $550. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $140
Lot 16		1867, 15¢ Lincoln, black, E. grill (Scott 91), centered to left, paying the 15¢ Closed Mail rate on an 1868 folded letter from New York to Palermo, Italy, with French and Italian backstamps, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $700. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 17		1867, 15¢ Lincoln, black, F. grill (Scott 98), centered to right, paying the 15¢ closed mail rate via England on an 1869 cover from Alma, Wisconsin to Glarus, Switzerland, with London transit cancels and Glarus backstamp; no New York transit cancel, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $325. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 18		1870, 1¢ Franklin, ultramarine, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing (Scott 145), tied by Albany, N.Y. postmark on on a colorless embossed Valentine cover, with a lovely multicolor enclosure, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $110
Lot 19		1870, 1¢ Franklin, ultramarine, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing (Scott 145), a well centered pair tied by New York postmarks on a colorless embossed Valentine cover, with a lovely multicolor enclosure. The cover has edge faults, the enclosure is in great shape, Fine overall. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 20		1872, Grant Campaign (Milgram UG-19), design in gray on cover to New Hampshire, franked with 3¢ Bank Note, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 21		1872, Grant Campaign (Milgram UG-27), design in blue on a cover to Graton, Mass., franked with pen-canceled 3¢ Bank Note; minor soiling and a repaired tear at right, the address is very faint, Fine overall. Estimate $100 - 150 Milgram notes "this is fairly scarce, even unused". View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 22		1879, 2¢ Jackson, vermilion, A.B.N.C. printing (Scott 183), paying the drop rate and tied by Lowell, Mass. postmark on a large size colorless embossed Valentine cover, with a lovely multicolor enclosure. Exceptionally clean and attractive, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $140
Lot 23		1881, 1¢ Franklin, gray blue, re-engraved (Scott 206), a group of 4 used on pioneer post cards, all showing advertising on the reverse, including: Landreth's Seed Farm with an ad for "Landreth's Extra Early Peas" in green on the reverse; Alden Book Co., with a list of books on the reverse; Marvin Safe & Scal Co., with a reply message on the reverse; and Caitlin, Brundrett & Co., with an ad for their Domestic Woolen Dept. on the reverse. Attractive items (the last card with some soiling), generally Fine to Very Fine. These are very scarce early cards with retail prices over $800. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $140
Lot 24		1883, 2¢ Washington, red brown (Scott 210), two singles tied by New Bedford, Mass. postmarks on a colorless embossed Valentine cover, with a magnificent multicolor enclosure., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 25		1890, 1¢ Franklin, dull blue (Scott 219), a group of 6 used on pioneer post cards, all with advertising, including: Special Postal Service, with an ad for bank stationery on the reverse; Telephone Mfg. Co., with a nice black & white illustration on the front and more ad on the reverse; National Harness Oil Co., with a price list on the reverse; Hudson's Garden Hose Mender, with a black & white illustration on the reverse; Akron Heating & Ventilating Co., with an elaborate illustrated ad on the reverse; and Good Accident Insurance Man, with an 1891 ad on the reverse. Attractive items, generally Fine to Very Fine. These are very scarce early cards with retail prices over $800. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 26		1890, 1¢ Franklin, dull blue and 1894, 1¢ Franklin, ultramarine, unwatermarked (Scott 219, 246), each used on magnificent fold out trade cards, the 1890 issue on a card showing a U.S. Mail pouch, with an illustrated ad in the fold out for Talcott's Belt Hooks; the 1894 issue on a card showing a clothing trunk, with an ad inside the fold out for Levando's French Dyeing and Cleansing Establishment in Boston. A very attractive and unusual pair of early cards, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $110
Lot 27		1894, 2¢ Washington, type I, pink; 1895, 1¢ Franklin, blue; and 1898, 1¢ Franklin, deep green (Scott 248, 264, 279), used on 6 different pioneer post cards, all with advertising on the reverse, including publishing, school books, Municipal League, self-closing oily waste cans, The International Sprinkler Co., and Wheeler Patent Paste Wood Filler. The lot also contains 7 unused multicolor ad cards. A generally Fine to Very Fine lot. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 28		1917, 2¢ Washington, type Ia, deep rose, perf. 11 (Scott 500), well centered, tied by South Paris, Maine machine cancel on a neat and attractive 1920 local cover, Very Fine, with 2014 P.S.A.G. certificate. Scott $650. Estimate $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $350
Lot 29		1923, 14¢ American Indian, FDC (Scott 565), addressed to famous cachet maker Edward C. Worden, Very Fine. Scott $400. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $65
Lot 30		1923, 14¢ American Indian, FDC (Scott 565), addressed to famous cachet maker Edward C. Worden, Very Fine. Scott $400. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $65
Lot 31		1923-38, a group of 9 early FDC's (Scott 619), including 1923, 8¢ Grant (addressed to famous cachet maker Edward G. Worden); 1923, 12¢ Grover Cleveland; 1926, 7¢ McKinley, rotary press printing, perf. 10 (also addressed to famous cachet maker Edward G. Worden); 1925, 5¢ Lexington-Concord (to/from Edward G. Worden); 1925, Norse-American complete; 1925 Norse-American 2¢; 1928, Hawaii complete in blocks of 4 on each cover; and 1938, $5 Coolidge, a wonderful group of early First Day Covers, Very Fine. Scott $760. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $130
Lot 32		1925, Norse-American complete (Scott 620-621), set of 2, on E.J. Weschcke cachet First Day Cover from St. Paul, Minn; according to Planty only 200 of these were made, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 33		1925, 2¢ Norse-American (Scott 620), plate block of 8 used on the first day May 18, 1925; slightly wrinkled, Fine to Very Fine, a rare large multiple usage. Scott catalog value is $450 for unused off cover. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 34		1925, 2¢ Norse-American (Scott 620), prepared for a June 6-9 flight aboard the USS Los Angeles; Luff #4280 listed as RARE, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200 Many dealers and collectors wanted to send mail on this flight but were turned down. Joseph Steinmetz, a collector and a major, by rank, found a way to get his prepared envelope with a Norse American stamp on it on the flight. The scheduled flight lift off was for June 6th but a helium malfunction caused a delay. On June 7th at 1:30 p.m. it lifted off. One hour later it was forced to land because of mechanical problems. It never left again for this particular trip so likely this cover made its way by regular mail service. The Steinmetz cover arrived at the federal Reserve Bank on June 12, 1925. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 35		1925, 5¢ Norse-American (Scott 621), a wonderfully well centered plate block of 8 used on a Nickles first day cover, Extremely Fine. A mint plate block of 8 catalogs $450. Planty values a single stamp on a Nickles FDC at $60. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $190
Lot 36		1925, 5¢ Norse-American (Scott 621), centerline block of 4 on a First Day Cover from Benson, Minn., Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 37		1949-53, a selection of approximately 100 covers to Dean Acheson, the 51st U.S. Secretary of State, from all over the world, with a wide variety of frankings, foreign and domestic. An interesting lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. A small selection has been imaged. Estimate $75 - 100 Acheson was Secretary of State under Truman, and had helped frame the Marshall Plan and NATO. The lot is accompanied by a lengthy biographical article about Atcheson. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $90
Lot 38		1977-81, a group of 16 first day covers with humorous cachets, signed "Jim Riggs", all unique cachets and all personally signed by the artist, one of which is hand drawn and another is a limited edition no. 52/100, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 39		Airmail, 1918, 6¢ Jenny (Scott C1), well centered, tied by lightly struck Washington-NY-Philadelphia cancel in purple on a first flight cover to Philadelphia. A tiny edge tear at right, Fine to Very Fine overall. Scott $2,000. Estimate $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 40		Airmail, 1918, 16¢ Jenny (Scott C2), tied by Washington-NY-Philadelphia cancel in purple on a first flight cover to New York City. A couple light vertical file folds, Fine to Very Fine overall. Scott $800. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 41		Airmail, 1923, 8¢ Propeller (Scott C4), a beautifully well centered jumbo block of 4 on an FDC - wow! Extremely Fine. Scott $400. Estimate $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $200

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