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Lot 1260 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), large margins to barely touching at bottom center, tied by manuscript cross on small embossed ladies envelope postmarked red "East Windsor Hill, Ct., Feb 14" ("4" in manuscript), fresh and Very Fine. One of only two recorded 5¢ 1847 covers from East Windsor Hill, which received no 1847 stamps of either denomenation. Includes an appropriate small lace valentine with no evidence linking it to the cover.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 1995 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1261 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), margins on three sides including full bottom sheet margin, cut just to frameline at right, tied by black grid on folded cover to New Orleans, neat manuscript "Way 1", docketed Feb 27, 1848, note indicates origin in Mobile, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1262 |
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1847, 5¢ dark brown (1a), four large margins, nice shade, tied on 1849 folded cover by red grid cancel with matching "Boston 5cts 25 Oct" c.d.s. to Wareham, Mass., Very Fine and clean.
Scott $725 on cover
Expertization: 1981 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1263 |
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1847, 5¢ dark brown (1a), ample margins, Very Fine, tied by red grids on buff envelope to Bainbridge, N.Y., clear red "Elmira, N.Y., Feb 26" c.d.s., F.-V.F.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1264 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), four margins, tied on folded cover by red grid cancel with matching "New York Jun 4" c.d.s. to Simsbury, Conn., cover has been cleaned, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1265 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), clear to oversized margins, cancelled two strike blue "5" on 1849 folded letter to hudson, N.Y., light strike blue "Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Mar 6" c.d.s., letter datelined Pine Plains, Mar 5, Very Fine, 11 5¢ 1847 covers recorded from Poughkeepsie, this is the only one with "5" cancel.
Estimate 400 - 600
Expertization: 1981 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1266 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), large to oversized margins, tied on 1850 f1 to Wilmington, Del. by blue "Philada. Pa. 5cts., Sept 2" c.d.s., stamp has barest trace of toning along top margin but is otherwise Extremely Fine, cover is Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1267 |
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1847, 10¢ black (2 var.), type B, full margins to just in at bottom left, cancelled by red grid on folded cover to Philadelphia, Pa., lightly struck red "U.S. Express Mail" c.d.s., some light cover toning, Fine and rare.
Scott $2,750 off cover
Expertization: 1993 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1268 |
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1847, 10¢ black (2), large to oversized margins, tied by black grid on 1851 folded cover from Boston to Philadelphia, bold red "Boston/10Cts/15/Jan" c.d.s.; stamp with small corner crease, Extremely Fine appearance, cover Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1269 |
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1847, 10¢ black (2), couple to oversized margins (adjacent stamp visible at top), tied on 1850 f1 to Montgomery, Ala. by one of two strikes "Philada. Pa., 10, Nov 14" c.d.s., blue grid alongside, light file fold through stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1270 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), strip of five and single on 3¢ entire (U1) to Paris, France, 1854, "Princeton, N.J., Jan 2" c.d.s.s., red "New York, Am. Packet, Jan 7", manuscript "8" and "16", backstamped London and Paris, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1271 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), irregular "c-shaped" block of eight with left sheet margin, cancelled manuscript "Berkshire Valley [N.J.], May 12" on orange 1856 cover to England, red handstamped "19" with red Liverpool and London c.d.s.s., May 24 and blue Wellingborough backstamp, May 25; right stamps extend beyond cover at right, Very Fine and most unusual. Carried on Cunard's Persia.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1272 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), irregular block of eight tied on cover to England by magenta manuscript cancels, matching manuscript "Dover, N.J., February 8th, 1856" postmark, red handstamped "3" and London receiver, Feb 25, backstamped Wellingborough; part of flap missing, F.-V.F. and scarce. Carried on the maiden voyage of Havre's Fulton.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1273 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type II (14), large margins to close at top, tied by "New-York, Nov 30" c.d.s. on cover to Mexico, handstamped "2" over "4" rate, Veracruz oval transit, 18 Dec, Very Fine. Enclosure is a chatty 4-page letter, datelined Greenwich, from a mother to her son.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1274 |
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1851, 12¢ black (17), horizontal strip of four, 3+ margins, tied by pen cancels on legal size 1857 cover to Liverpool, red "New 6 York, May 20" integral rate c.d.s., red Liverpool octagonal receiver, May 31, forwarded to London with G.B., 1p pair tied by Liverpool "466" cancels, backstamped Liverpool, June 1 and 3, and London June 4; edge wear, 1p pair faded, Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1275 |
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1857, 1¢ blue, type Ic (19b), middle stamp in a vertical strip of three with two type 111a (22) position 37-47-57L4, tied by manuscript cancels on cover to Schenevus, N.Y., matching manuscript "W. Washington, Me May 10" postmark with year date "59" apparently added later; name of addressee lightened, few defective perfs on the two type II, Fine and scarce. Plated by Ashbrook.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Expertization: 2000 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 1276 |
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1858, 5¢ Indian red, type I (28A), tied, along with 10¢ green type II (32) by "New Orleans, La., Dec 7" on 1859 folded letter to France, red "Boston, 17 Dec, Paid 6" c.d.s. and block "Et. Unis Serv. Am. A.C." French entry c.d.s., 31 Dec, multiple French backstamps; stamps with slight perf flaws, otherwise F.-V.F.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: clear 1982 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Ishikawa
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Lot 1277 |
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1859, 5¢ brown, type I (29), vertical strip of three, about Fine, tied by red grids and by "New Orleans, La., Oct 21, 1860" c.d.s. on folded letter to France, red "Boston, Oct 26, Paid 6" transit c.d.s. and black "Et. Unis Serv. Br. A.C." entry c.d.s., Nov 9 with matching boxed "P.D.", multiple French backstamps, F.-V.F>.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1278 |
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1857, 12¢ black, plate I (36), horizontal pair tied by large Boston PAID grid on small cover to England, handstamped red "19" with red London "Paid, 1858, 17 May 17, CV" receiver also tying pair, bold "Boston, Br. Pkt, 5 May" c.d.s. on reverse, redirected to Venise, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1279 |
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1857, 12¢ black, 24¢ gray lilac (36, 37), single and pair respectively, cancelled by red N.Y. foreign mail grids on cover to Rangoon, Burmah, endorsed "overland via Marseilles", reverse with red "New York Am. Pkt. Oct 13" c.d.s., red "London OC 26 '60" transit, red Calcutta and brownish "Rangoon * P. O. * 8 Dec" backstamps; one stamp removed (30¢) and cover faults, Fine usage to an exceedingly scarce destination, 90¢ British mail rate via Marseilles.
Estimate 300 - 400
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