| U.S. Postal History: 1851 Issue (Scott Nos. 7-17a) |
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Lot 3099 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), margins to cutting, tied by bold "Exeter N.H. Mar. 3" c.d.s. on Vt. & Boston Telegraph Line envelope in black on gray with wood engraving showing ship, horse & rider, train, turtle, etc., additional manuscript in Morse code, light edge wear, F ine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3100 |
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1852-57, 3¢ claret (11), margins to cutting, rich color, canceled by large "3" hs, matching "Rockland Me. Jan. 3" c.d.s. on Fremont campaign envelope in black on yellow, John Andrews impt., Very Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3101 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), margins to in, tied by St. Charles Mo. Dec. 16" c.d.s. on illustrated cover for the Virginia Hotel in St. Louis, stamp placed over text in frame, with Liberty at left, effectively highlighting the stamp, Very Fine usage and most attractive.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 3102 |
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1852-57, 3¢ claret (11), two singles, margins except left stamp just touched BR corner, tied by clear "Chicago Ill. Jul. 13, 1857" c.d.s. on advertising cover for Map Publisher with distinctively arranged text at left, Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 3103 |
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1857, 3¢ plum (11), horizontal strip of four, pos. 42-45R2L, large to mostly huge margins showing parts of eight adjoining stamps, handsome unmistakable color and very fine impression, tied by twice struck "New Orleans La. Mar. 7" pmks. on fresh 1857 quadruple-rated folded cover to New York, Extremely Fine, the largest known multiple of the plum (The only other multiple is an off-cover strip of three, pos. 77-79R2L, used from New Orleans, Mar. 31st, and possibly from the same sheet.) Incredible quality for this rare shade, and its use on a normal size cover something of a miracle, one of the most important 3c 1851 covers in existence, and unquestionably the finest known usage of a Plum. Signed Amonette, and offered for the first time at public auction. (2003 Scott cat. $8,000 as singles, unlisted in a multiple.).
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
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Lot 3104 |
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1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine (11), vertical block of six, large margins to cutting, pen cancllled, on 1856 folded letter to Pa. with ms. "Keswick Octo 31st" pmk., fascinating Va. contents written to a friend and autograph collector with a list of ten addition al letters or documents that were included (thus explaining the six times rate), the last being a copy of a letter from Thomas Nelson Jr. to Col. John Walker: "The undaunted tone of this letter is worthy of note as our state was then overrun by the British- but He was one main instrument in turning the tide against them, & in taking Cornwallis prisoner in his own house at Yorktown."; Fine, a rare and desirable item for the Virginia postal historian. The wife of the writer, Thos. Meriwether, was the granddaughter of Thos. Nelson Jr.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3105 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type I (13), large margins to ample at top, tied by "Trenton N.J. Feby. 2" c.d.s. with ms. date, on smallish white envelope to Dolores Mission, San Francisco, Very Fine.
Scott $900
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Lot 3106 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type II (14), margins to touched BL, tied by blue c.d.s. (Clarendon N.Y.?) on cover to Portland, Oregon Terr., Fine, scarcer East-to-West use of the 10c.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 3107 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type III (15), ample to large margins, tied by "New-York Feb. 1" c.d.s. on small lady's envelope to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Very Fine, unusual usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3108 |
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1851, 12¢ black (17), margins to touched TR, tied by partial New Orleans c.d.s. on court house cover, 1856 docketing, folded at sides, Fine appearance.
Scott $1,500
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Lot 3109 |
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1851, 12¢ black (17), single with clear to large margins except touched TL, tied by Urbana Ill. c.d.s. on large court house cover to Springfield O., some reduction at sides and folded at left, Fine appearance.
Scott $1,500
Expertization: 1979 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3110 |
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1851, 12¢ black, diagonal bisect (17a), Top left half, large margins, tied by large "Paid" in grid, on light buff cover to San Francisco with matching "Boston 10 Cts 4 Jan." c.d.s. indicating the bisect was not accepted for postage, Very Fine, ve ry rare east coast usage, probably inspired by an incoming cover from San Francisco, where a temporary shortage of 3c stamps made bisects acceptable.
Scott $2,500
Expertization: 1992 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Haas
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Lot 3111 |
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Sabine City Tex. Dec. 1, clear c.d.s. with inverted day struck twice on cover, one tying twice-used stamp (#26) with perfs trimmed on all sides and piece of cover it was removed from still adhering, Fine, scarce town and an interesting illegal usage.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 3112 |
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1854, 3¢ red, die 5, illegal "cut-out" (U9), cut to shape, affixed to immaculate white envelope and tied by blue "Pittsford Vt. Apr. 13" c.d.s., Extremely Fine example of this prohibited use.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3113 |
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1853, 3¢ red on buff, die 1, illegal "cut-out" (U2), cut to shape and tied by "Albany N.Y. Aug. 3" c.d.s. on 1854 folded cover to Guilford, Conn., Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Jarrett
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Lot 3114 |
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1853, 3¢ red on buff, die 1, illegal "cut-out" (U2), cut to shape and well tied by New York c.d.s. on gray Aug. 8, 1853 printed circularfrom Sheffield, England, a so-called "boot-legged" cover and in effect a double fraud. An early use of a Nesbitt there is no attempt to conceal the use of the Nesbitt- presumably the sender thought this was perfectly acceptable and the post office complied. Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Jarrett
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Lot 3115 |
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1854-55, 3¢ rose red (11), margins to touched, pos. 62R2L, canceled by "5" rate hs, on buff cover to Selma with clear strike of tiny "STEAM" Very Fine usage, scarce marking. Chase's notes on reverse state this was the finest of three examples he had acquir ed from the correspondence.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3116 |
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1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine (11), ample to large margins, tied by "STEAMBOAT" straightline struck in criss-cross fashion, on folded cover with light matching "Baltimore Md. Sep. 1" c.d.s. Extremely Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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