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Lot 149 |
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Canada, American Express, Dundas, C.W., vermilion Money Package label on large portion of a wrapper from a package containing "$1180.75", the package went to the Crown Land Office at Toronto, Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: Jarrett
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Lot 150 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Dunnville, Ont., vermilion label on cover to Stratford, Ont. that contained eleven Perth County Bearer Debentures in $30 denominations, Dunnville Canadian Bank of Commerce wax seals on reverse; cover tears, Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 151 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Goderich, C.W., vermilion Money Package label on cover to Clinton, C.W. with manuscript "Paid & Registered" and $135.00, docketed as received Dec 15, 1861, five red wax seals on reverse; flap tears from rough opening and some wrinkling, Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 152 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Hamilton, C.W., vermilion Money Package label on cover to Rochester, N.Y. with intact Hamilton American Express "PUBLIC" wax seal on flap, the cover contained "$22.00" and was docketed as received on Jan 7, 1858; file crease at right, Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 153 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Petrolia, Ont., vermilion Money Package label on special patented Money Package envelope to Hamilton that contained "$24.00", sealed with two black Petrolia, Ont. Am. Ex. Co. wax seals, docketed Jan 1, 1881; file crease through label, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 154 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Toronto, C.W., vermilion Money Package label on orange legal size cover to London, C.W., manuscript "pr. Express" but no notation as to content nor any wax seals on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 155 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Woodstock, C.W., vermilion Money Package label on orange cover to Patten, Me, manuscript "$30.00 Gold", cover faults, scarce, unlisted town for a type X Am. Ex. label.
Estimate 400 - 500
Normal routing for this money package would have required handling by three different divisions of American Express and final delivery by the Eastern Express Co. in Maine.
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Lot 156 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Livingston, Fargo & Co., Brantford, C.W., vermilion label featuring a dog guarding a strongbox, on reverse of a small buff cover to Hamilton containing "$20.00", five mute wax seals, reduced a bit at right, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: Jarrett
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Lot 157 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Livingston, Fargo & Co., Goderich, C.W., vermilion label on cover to Toronto that originally contained legal documents; reduced by about two inches at left and faults at bottom, scarce.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 158 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Livingston, Fargo & Co., Ingersoll, C.W., vermilion label "Canada Route" featuring train and steamboat vignettes on blue folded letter to Hamilton, endorsed "Via Express/18 Augt 1856/$100"; Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
The "Canada Route" of the Great Western Railway ran between Niagara Falls and Windsor via Hamilton and London and later Toronto.
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Lot 159 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Livingston, Fargo & Co., N. Falls, N.Y., vermilion label on blue legal size linen cover to Toronto, the cover contained "263.61 Bank Drafts & 11 shares stock of N.Y. Central R.R. Coy".and was sent "By Am Express for N.Y. Central R.R. Coy", sealed with wax seals of the N.Y. Central Railroad Treasurer's Office in Albany; soiled and reduced a bit at both ends, scarce U.S. to Canada routing.
Scott $75 Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Jarrett
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Lot 160 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Livingston, Fargo & Co., St. Catherines, C.W., vermilion label on buff legal size cover to Winchenden, Mass, the cover was handed over to Thompson & Co's Great Western Express at Albany where that company's green label was applied; minor edge faults, Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 161 |
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Canada, American Express Co., Wells, Butterfield & Co., Kingston, C.W., yellow label on folded cover to Philadelphia, manuscript "$5." and "Paid IV/this" with "2/- due" in another hand; a Very Fine and scarce usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 162 |
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Canada, American Merchants Union Express Co., Bothwell, Ont., vermilon Money Package label on a company-printed Money Package envelope to Berlin, Ont. that contained "$134.66", docketed Nov 18, 1871; part of flap missing, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 163 |
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Canada, American Merchants Union Express Co., Brantford, Ont., vermilion Money Package label on small cover to Calendonia, Ont., the cover contained "$55.00", docketed Jan 20, 1871 with five wax seals on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
In 1869, after a rate war between American Express and Merchants Union Express, the two companies merged, naming the new company the American Merchants Union Express Co. After about five years the name was changed back to American Express Co.
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Lot 164 |
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Canada, British & American Express Co., five intact red wax seals on reverse and embossed cornercard on front of legal size cover from Kingston, C.W. to Guelph, C.W. bearing a red American Express Co./Toronto, C.W. Money Package label on the front, along with manuscript "$52.00" and "Paid IV/-", the wax seals bear the name of J.C. Clark, the British & American agent in Kingston; Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 165 |
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Canada, British & American Express, Ogdensburgh, vermilion label, trimmed to fit above address on small cover to Toronto, the cover was originally carried by Cheney, Fiske & Co.'s United States and Canada Express whose green label was applied over the flap on the reverse, the cover was then sealed with four wax seals inscribed "Contents Unknown to Express Co.", Fine and rare.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 166 |
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Canada, British & American Express Companies, legal size cover from Kingston to Guelph similar to the preceding lot with the same British & American embossed cornercard but this one with American Express wax seals on reverse, also the Toronto Amex Money Package label is a different type, enclosure dated Oct 7, 1861; small repair at upper left, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 167 |
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Canada, British and American Express Company from Whitby, C.W., large vermilion label on the back, along with four wax seals, of a cover to Buffalo, from marked manuscript "$25" and "Per Express" and bears a vermilion American Express Co./Hamilton, C.W. label applied at the Hamilton American Express office when the letter was transferred from the Hamilton and Toronto branch to the main line of the Great Western Railway, Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Jarrett
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Lot 168 |
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Canada, Canadian Express Co. from Newcastle, large vermilion label on legal size cover to Toronto; reduced at right, several edge tears and back faults from removal of five wax seals, very scarce.
Estimate 500 - 750
This was a money package containing $299.53, as indicated by docketing on reverse and by manuscript "$300.(00)" on front. The envelope was originally intended for a "Printed Circular".
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Lot 169 |
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Canada, Cheney, Rice & Co. Express, green pictorial label featuring a dog guarding the key to a nearby strong box, on a folded letter from Montreal to Boston datelined June 13, 1852, manuscript $10 and "37½" (¢) rate; file crease through label and cover faults at upper right covered by a paper "patch", scarce cross-border usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: Jarrett
Montreal and Boston were the terminal cities of Cheney, Rice & Co's Express, which operated over the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad, and the Vermont & Canada Railway meeting at Rouse's Point, N.Y.
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Lot 170 |
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Canada, Cheney, Fiske & Co's United States and Canada Express, large green label on reverse of a cover from Champlain, Que. to Burlington, VT., with manuscript "$50" and "Pd 2/-"; opened roughly on three sides with edge tears, scarce, enclosed letter dated Oct 23, 1861, mentions that "all business is all most (sic) to a stand except soldiering and war contracts".
Estimate 300 - 400
See also lot #155.
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Lot 171 |
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Canada, Pullen, Virgil & Co's Northern Express, vermilion label featuring small steamboat and train vignettes on folded cover from Montreal to Rouse's Point, N.Y., manuscript "$67" and "Ex 2/-" docketed Nov 15, 1853; file crease through label, Very Fine and rare, one of only two recorded.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: Jarrett
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Lot 172 |
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Canada, Victer's North-Western Express, vermilion label on large blue cover from Toronto to Barrie, manuscript "by Express/deeds (etc.)"; brown stain around label from the adhesive used to apply it, few minor edge flaws of no consequence considering the size of the cover, Very Fine and very scarce.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 173 |
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Canada, Barnard's British Columbia Express, printed envelope with Barnard's stagecoach vignette, sent Oct 28, 1887 from the Victoria Transfer Co. at Ashcroft for collection of $7.50 from an L. English at Soda Creak, returned unsealed and uncollected as "B.F. English says he does not owe bill", docketed Nov 22, indicating a 25 day round-trip by stagecoach; file folds, Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 174 |
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Canada, Group of Cross-Border Money-Letters, Collection of 25 stampless money-letters, 1843-1854, including three from the U.S. to Canada, nice range of rates and markings, still mounted and written up on Harrison's exhibition pages, generally Very Fine.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,500
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Lot 175 |
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Canada, Balance of the Harrison Money-Letter Collection, about 150 stampless covers spanning the period from 1803 to 1855 and tracing the evolution of postal rates and the refinement of the money-letter system as it grew into what became registered mail. Present is a wide array of markings, both manuscript and handstamped, the latter of which includes an extensive assortment of both government supplied and locally manufactured handstamps. The collection is still on Harrison's meticulously researched and written-up exhibition pages. A tremendous lot and one that, needless to say, would be virtually impossible to put together today.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
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Lot 176 |
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Canada, Group of Cross-Border Registered Covers, six covers, 1871-75, including an 1859 10¢ #17, three small queen covers, and two stampless usages; Fine-Very Fine on Harrison's exhibition pages.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 177 |
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Canada, Balance of the Harrison Registered Cover Collection, about 65 domestic registered covers, spanning the period from 1855 to 1877. Included among the stamped covers are three 3d beavers, 9 covers bearing various values of the first decimal issue, three covers bearing a 2¢ large queen and a 3¢ small queen, 12 small queen covers, and four 3¢ Nesbitt entires, all tracing the evolution of postal rates up until 1875 when the use of the registered letter stamp became mandatory on all registered mail. The collection is mounted and painstakingly written-up on about 50 pages as taken from Harrison's exhibit. A tremendous lot for the student or exhibitor.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
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Lot 178 |
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Canada, Balance of the Harrison Express Company Collection, about 25 covers, 8 labels or franks, and a few miscellaneous printed forms documenting the operation of the early express companies in Quebec and Ontario as they competed with the Post Office from the 1850s to the 1890s. A fascinating group.
Estimate 3,500 - 5,000
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