| U.S. Postal History: 1851-1860 Issues on Foreign Mail |
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Lot 3274 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown (10), horizontal strip of three, pos. 8-105E, margins to touching at R., rich color, used with 12c black (17), margins to slightly in, tied together by red grids on 1851 folded cover to Lyon, France, red "New-York Aug. 23" c.d.s., ms. "Steamer Humboldt" in corner, ms. "6" decimes due, Havre and Lyon pmks., some tiny natural bleach specks not affecting stamps appearance, still a desirable and Very Fine usage which overpaid the recently introduced 20c American packet rate; it is also a rare early use of the 12c (the earliest on record is a front dated Aug. 4th).
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3275 |
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1854-55, 3¢ rose red (11), horizontal blocks of six and eight, margins to slightly in, tied together by black grids on Nov. 1855 folded cover to France paying a double 21c rate by British mail via American packet, red New Orleans and black Calais postmarks. tie l eft block with red "New York Am. Packet Nov. 14" exchange postmark. with inverted month ties right block, manuscript. "24" decimes due at B.; TR stamp with small sealed tear, bottom stamps with mild horizontal. crease, still a Very Fine usage, blocks of the 3c on transatlantic mail are rare and this may be the largest known multiple franking of the 3c on cover.
Estimate 5,000 - 6,000
Expertization: signed Ashbrook 1999 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3276 |
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1854-55, 3¢ rose red (11), large margins to cutting, tied by red grid on April 1854 folded letter with New York dateline, to St. Pierre Miquelon, carried on the Cunard packe Canada from Boston, large "5" (d) due for packet postage, though this should ha ve been rated 8d for mail going beyond Halifax, additional ms. "75 cen" at TR, Halifax backstamp, Fine, an enormously rare destination and possibly unique with this combination of due markings.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 3277 |
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1852, 3c experimental orange brown (11 var.), position. 73L1L, margins to slightly in, virtually uncanceled except for orange Paris 1852 receiving postmark. just tying at left, on cover to France, blue "Louisville Ky. Feb. 10" c.d.s. and matching "Paid" handstamp, manuscript. "5" and French due handstamp, British transit on reverse; stamp with small sealed tear at TR, Fine, a very rare usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 1997 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Simpson, Grunin
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Lot 3278 |
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1852, 3¢ experimental orange brown (11 var), pos. 47L1L, large margins at top and right, other sides barely touching to in at top left, pen canceled and tied by large bold ms. "100" (Dutch cents) due mark on Oct. 1851 folded cover to Schiedam, Holland, red " New-York Oct. 25" c.d.s. and ms. "p. Atlantic", ms. "1/4" British due, red "Art-5/ U.S. Ikt." straightline handstamp, reverse with red British Schiedam datestamps and red "Ongeland/ over Rotterdam" script-style h.s. The sender attempted to pay only the 3c domestic postage- partial payment disregarded, sent via British open mail by American packet, Fine and rare, a highly unusual usage and a very early example from Plate One Late.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3279 |
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1854-55, 3¢ rose red (11), margins to barely touched TL, tied by "New York Jan. 11" c.d.s. and "21 N. York Am. Pkt. Jan. 12" debit postmark. on 1856 cover to England, with large blind embossed corner card of Texas Western Rail Road Company with nice illustra tion of locomotive billowing smoke and Texas Star, readdressed back to the U.S. (Bristol R.I.), manuscript. "Cannot Be Found", green Birmingham postmarks. dated Jan. 27 & 29th, manuscript. shilling mark struck out, large "Boston 24" dateless circle applied at top left, a Very Fine and rare usage, espeically desirable with this seldom seen railroad corner card.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Alexander
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Lot 3280 |
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1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine (11), full margins to slightly in, tied by "Nashua N.H. Jul. 27" c.d.s. on pastel green folded letter to Constantinople, Turkey, sent via Boston's Mission House, and carried out of mails to the U.S. consul in Turkey, clear stri ke of the very rare straightline "CONSPLE. SEP 3" consular datestamp at center, manuscript. "Overland" at top left; cover with some edge splits at bottom and small gum stain opposite stamp, the latter with a small paper irregularity in BR corner, Fine and attractive, a rare usage in this period, particularly with the receiving straightline.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Gallagher
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Lot 3281 |
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1855, 3¢ orange red (11), two singles, margins to cutting, tied by blue "Louisville Ky. Jan. 10" pmks. on 1855 folded letter to St. Gallen, Switzerland, orignally intended to be sent by the 5c British open mail rate (ms. "per steamer via Liverpool") but route was changed to Prussian closed mail at 35c, black "23 New York Jan. 13" debit pmk., various ms. marks incl. reg crayon "185" (rappen) Swiss due mark, Aachen, Basel and St. Gallen backstamps, a Very Fine usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3282 |
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1852-57, 3¢ claret (11), mostly large margins to clear at TR, tied by large "Paid" in grid, on Feb., 1858 folded letter from Beirut, Syria, to Tolland Conn., bold "Forwarded By/ J.B. Gordon/ Treasurer/ A.B.C.F.M. Boston" double line oval on reverse, red "Boston Mass. 22 Mar." c.d.s., usual bleed thru of contents, Very Fine usage and a superb strike of the forwarder's handstamp.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3283 |
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1854-55, 3¢ rose red (11), horizontal strip of five, margins to cutting, partial sheet margin at B., pen cancelled and tied by red New York exchange pmk. on cover to Hamburg, Germany, paying the 15c Bremen mail rate, red "Unity Maine Aug. 29" c.d.s. of orig in, ms. endorsement, "By Bremen Line"; without flap, Fine, attractive usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3284 |
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1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine (11), vertical pair, large margins except in at top left corner, tied by "Fayetteville Vt. Apr. 1" c.d.s. on folded cover to Melbourne, Australia, redirected to Beechworth, a gold mining district in Victoria, this paid a 5c private s hip letter rate, reverse with Boston Br. Pkt. pmk., Melbourne & Beechworth datestamps and faint red "Ship Letter G.P.O. Victoria/ Free" rimless oval; cover without side flaps and light wear, Fine and very scarce usage from the Kenny correspondence.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3285 |
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1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine (11), two singles, margins to slightly in, rich color, tied by large "Paid" in grid and "G B/ 1F60c" in box, on March 1857 lilac envelope with strong quadrille watermark, to Paris, paying the 5c shore to ship rate by British mail during the 3-month period, bold "8" decimes due handstamp and Calais postmark., Boston exchange c.d.s. and red British transit, Fine and handsome usage.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3286 |
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1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine (11), two singles, bright 1852 shade, left stamp with part imprint at left, large margins to touched TR, other in at R., tied together by pen strokes and partial "Philadelphia Pa. Jul. 5" blue c.d.s. on small greenish blue envelope to Wurtemberg, overpaying the 5c inland postage, manuscript. "per Steamer `Niagara'", British and French transits, manuscript. "34/9" (kreuzer) collect, etc., fresh and Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
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Lot 3287 |
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1855, 3¢ orange red (11), two singles, margins to cutting, tied by "Washington D.C. Dec. 3, 1855" c.d.s. on cover to Nicaragua, marked with "Not Paid" and red "Returned For/ Postage", manuscript. "due 62", additional stamps added along top and tied by Washington postmarks, at a later date they were removed, St. Thomas and Kingston Jamaica backstamps, Grey-Town postmark. and magenta "48" credit on face; cover with small mended nick at TR, stamps with couple of tiny tears, still a rare and exhibitable usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
Expertization: 1993 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Piller
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Lot 3288 |
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1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine (11), two singles, margins to cutting, tied together by Hartford Ct. and Calais postmarks on Dec. 1856 cover to France, 26 decimes due hs on face, black Boston Br. Pkt. c.d.s. and red British transit on reverse in addition to a Fr. ms. "3", possibly a local charge, Fine, scarce usage showing 1c overpayment of the U.S. inland postage.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3289 |
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1854-55, 3¢ rose red (11), two singles, position. 6, 7R2L, margins to slightly in, each with pen cancel, on small 1854 cover to Paris, France, clear "Cobham Va. Dec. 4" c.d.s. with manuscript. date, British and French transits but no exchange postmark., cover with small fau light strike, Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: with photocopy of 1998 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 3290 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), margins to slightly in, tied by "Cincinnati O. Jan. 18" c.d.s. on battered cover to a purser aboard the U.S. Brig Bainbridge at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, care of "Robt. Wright & Co. Baltimore Md.", magenta ms. "50" and red "Paid", reverse with ms. "Forwarded by Esliry & Alverys" but no other indication how this was handled- the rate to Brazil was 45c by British packet via England; what the Paid 50 represents is not clear but it did reach its destination: there is a large "Answered" written diagonally across the envelope which has clearly suffered over the years, nevertheless an intriguing usage worthy of further study.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3291 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), two horizontal strips of three, margins to touched except stamp at far left cut in at left, tied by four strikes of blue "Charleston S.C. 3 Paid Feb. 25" c.d.s. on rebacked front to Mexico City, via New Orleans and Vera Cruz, possibly franked for six times the overland rate, bold "Vera Cruz Mar. 20" and matching "4" due, cover extended slightly at left for appearance. Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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