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Lot 310 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine & 12¢ green (114, 117), 12¢ with large straddle-pane margin at right, both tied by small quartered cork cancels duplexed with "Buffalo N.Y. Sep. 24" c.d.s. on 1869 Shepard correspondence cover to Paris, France, red framed "PD" handstamp, blue Calais entry c.d.s., original letter enclosed; 3¢ with small tear, a Very Fine and attractive usage.
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: Coulter
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Lot 311 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), tied on cover by split cork cancellation duplexed with Washington D.C. Dec. 18 c.d.s. on cover to Naval Officer Johson on the U.S.S. "Richmond" in care of B.F. Stevens in London, New York Dec. 21 transit, London (1.1) transit backstamp, red B.F. Stevens forwarding handstamp; reduced slightly at right, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: 1984 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Rosenthal
Illustrated in Bakers Classics, p. 280.
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Lot 312 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), tied by cork cancellation duplexed with "Cambridge Mass. Sep 20" c.d.s. on cover to U.S. Naval Officer Walker in care of B.F. Stevens at London, England, red Boston Paid (9.20) and London (10.4) transits, red B.F. Stevens 1869 forwarding handstamp, docketed as received "Gilbraltar Oct. 10, 69", Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 313 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), tied by "Washington D.C. Dec 17" duplex on 1869 Grant correspondence cover to Stourbridge, England, blurry red New York exchange c.d.s., "Stourbridge DE 29 69" arrival backstamp; accompanied by similar 1870 Grant correspondence cover at the new 6¢ rate franked with two 3¢ ultramarine (114) straight edge singles; Fine pair.
Estimate 300 - 400
Lots 314 and 340 are also from this same correspondence.
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Lot 314 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), tied by "Washington D.C. Dec 6" duplex on 1869 Grant correspondence cover to Stourbridge, England, red "New York Dec 7" exchange c.d.s., "Stourbridge DE 18 69" arrival backstamp, reduced slightly at right, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 315 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), tied by circle of wedges cancellation and additional "Insufficiently Paid" straightline on cover to Torino, Italy, black "New York Br. Transit Nov 2" c.d.s., Milan and Torino 1869 backstamps, large manuscript due marking, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
Expertization: 2001 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 316 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine, 12¢ green (114, 117), two 3¢ singles used with 12¢ straight edge, tied by segmented cork cancellations on reverse of registered cover to Bristol R.I., rimless "New-York Registered Oct 2" datestamp on address side, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Coulter
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Lot 317 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), used with two 3¢ ultramarine (114) singles, cancelled by matching targets on registered cover to Havre de Grace, Md., matching "Walworth Wis. May 4" c.d.s., Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 318 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), tied by NYFM circle of V's cancellation on cover with preprinted address to Furth, Bavaria, red "New York Paid All Br Transit Jul 29" exchange c.d.s., printed route instructions "Steamer Reihn per Closed Mail via London & Ostende" with ship name in magenta, sender's blue circular datestamp on reverse, red Verviers-Cologne transit, Furth (8.10) receiving backstamp, a Very Fine example of the 15¢ type I paying the NGU Closed Mail rate.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: Coulter
Illustrated in Rose book, p. 111.
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Lot 319 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), tied by grid cancellation duplexed with "New Orleans La. May 19" c.d.s. on blue folded letter to Rouen, France, forwarded internally to Quenilly, blue 1869 merchants handstamp, red "New York 'Paid 3' May 25" exchange c.d.s., blue Cherbourg (6.5) entry c.d.s. and red framed "PD" handstamp, French transits on reverse; couple toned perfs, Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 320 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), tied by NYFM eight-petal cancellation on cover to Paris, France, red "New York 'Paid 3' May 18" exchange c.d.s., blue Cherbourg (5.29) entry c.d.s. and red framed "PD" handstamp; small cover faults including backflap removed, some toning around stamp, Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 1968 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 321 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), tied by NYFM geometric cork cancellation and blue Cherbourg May 29 transit datestamp on cover to Paris, France, red "New York 'Paid 3' May 18" exchange datestamp overstruck with black "New York 24" debit and "Insufficiently Paid" straightline, French black "16" decimes debit handstamp; couple minor stamp faults, a Very Fine usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: Mack
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Lot 322 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), horizontal pair, tied by cork cancels and partial "New-York Oct 6" cd.s. on legal-size cover to Canajorharie N.Y., 1869 docketing on reverse; slightly reduced at right, perf stains, otherwise Very Fine and scarce use of 15¢ type I multiple.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: Mack
Illustrated in the1869 Census, page 144.
See lot 330 for another cover from the same correspondence.
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Lot 323 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), used with 1869 12¢ green (117) and 1873 3¢ green, 10¢ brown (158, 161), all cancelled by matching violet corks on large opened registered cover to Paris, France, matching "Registered, Feb 17 1880, Brooklyn N.Y." postmark, blue Paris (2.29) leap year entry c.d.s.; small stamp faults, Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1995 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 324 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), used with vertical pair of 3¢ ultramarine (114), tied by large NYFM segmented cork cancellations on registered cover to Buffalo, N.Y., red "New-York Registered Jun 26" rimless datestamp; trivial edge tear at left, a Very Fine and attractive combination for double rate plus 15¢ registry fee.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Mack
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Lot 325 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), tied by Three-Leaf Clover fancy cancellation duplexed with "Marshall Tex. Sep 25" c.d.s. on 1869 legal size cover to Athens, Tex., court house docketing, Fine and scarce 1869 15¢ type I fancy cancellation.
Scott $1,900
Expertization: 1984 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Juhring
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Lot 326 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), tied on registered 3¢ entire (U83) to Bartons, Ga., "Houston Tex. Jan 10" c.d.s., partial oval "Registered" handstamp; reduced at right with small corner repair, Fine.
Scott $1,900
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 327 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), two singles tied on combination with two 2¢ brown (113) singles by NYFM geometric cancellations on Davis Correspondence cover to Lima, Peru, correctly prepaid at the 34¢ rate, "Lima 3 Mzo 1870" backstamp, light cover toning and edgewear, flap tears, Fine, a scarce usage.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Expertization: "R.H. W(eill) Co." backstamp.
Provenance: Ishikawa, "Lafayette"
Illustrated in Ishikawa's Exhibit book.
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Lot 328 |
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1869, 12¢ green, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (117, 119), 15¢ with toning, tied together by NYFM rosette cancellation (Weiss TR-W5) cancellation on 1871 mourning cover to France, red "New York 'P.D. 6' Apr 29" exhange c.d.s., red London transit and circled "PD" handstamp, Calais May 11 entry c.d.s.; cover lightly soiled and top right corner reattached, Fine, a scarce NYFM use with 1869 issue.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 2007 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Juhring
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Lot 329 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), two singles, rich colors, tied by quartered cork cancellations on cover with preprinted address to Paris, France, matching "New Orleans La May 28" c.d.s., red "New-York Jun 7" c.d.s., blue Cherbourg transit, bold "32" décimes due handstamp; slight perf toning and one with small corner crease, docketing at right, mended opening tear at upper left, otherwise Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Mack
This cover was prepaid as a triple-rate letter (3 x 10¢ per ½ oz.) but was rated as a quadruple rate in France.
Illustrated in 1869 Census book, p. 163.
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Lot 330 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), well centered, tiny margin tear, used with 2¢ brown and 10¢ yellow (113, 116), all tied by circle of wedges cancellation duplexed with "New-York Sep 3 4PM" c.d.s. on 1869 legal-size cover to Canajoharie N.Y., docketed on back with 1869 year date; reduced at right, Very Fine and extremely rare 1869 three-value combination franking.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Mack
Illustrated in 1869 Census book, p. 159.
See lot 322 for another cover from the same correspondence.
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Lot 331 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), two singles, used with 1870 2¢ red brown (146) and 3¢ green (147), tied by matching targets on cover to Switzerland, "Fillmore Mo. Dec 16" c.d.s. and red New York Paid All exchange c.d.s., reverse with Bern receiver; minor cover repair, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 332 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), deep rich color, tied by cork cancellation duplexed with "Washington D.C. May 13" c.d.s. on small cover to Geneva, Switzerland, Geneva (5.26) arrival backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: Stiss
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Lot 333 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), tied by quartered cork cancel duplexed with "Washington D.C. Apr 11" c.d.s. on 1870 cover to Clara Barton in Geneva, Switzerland, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Apr 12" exchange c.d.s., Basel and Geneva backstamps; minor toning around stamp, otherwise Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: Coulter
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Lot 334 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), well centered, single short perf, cancelled by quartered cork duplexed with "Philad'a, Pa Mar 1" c.d.s. on 1870 cover to Piacenza, Italy, red "New York Paid All Br Transit Mar 2" exchange c.d.s., reverse with 1870 transits including Milano (3.16) and Piacenza arrival, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 335 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), used with two 3¢ ultramarine (114) singles, cancelled by matching segmented cork cancellations on 1870 cover to Sweden, "Helena Montano" territorial c.d.s., red transit handstamps, Swedish Mar. 18 arrival backstamp; cover reduced slightly at bottom and left, still Very Fine, an exceptionally rare territorial usage to Sweden at the 21¢ N.G.U. closed mail rate.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED 1869 15¢ TYPE II TERRITORIAL USAGES.
Expertization: 1986 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 336 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), used along with 3¢ ultramarine (114), strip of four and two singles, all tied by grid cancellations on large blue cover to Baltimore, Md., red "New York, Registered Oct 16" rimless datestamp; some stamp and cover flaws, Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 337 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), corner missing, used with 3¢ green (147), all cancelled by corks and additional manuscript on registered cover to Sterling, Montana Terr., "Virginia City, Montana" territorial origin c.d.s., registry control number, original 1874 letter accompanies; edge tear and envelope faulty from opening at right, pen "1873" docketing, Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED 1869 15¢ TYPE II TERRITORIAL USAGES.
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Lot 338 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), used with 3¢ ultramarine (114), both tied by manuscript on yellow registered cover to H.B. Shaw in Alfred, Me., matching manusript "New Hope Mo July 26 1870" postmark and registry control, opened on bottom, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: 1993 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 339 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), used with 3¢ ultramarine (114), both tied by circular grid cancellations on registered cover to Suffield, Ct., matching "Moodus Con Jun 29" origin duplex, upon receipt returned to Moodus with "Suffield Con. Jul 2" c.d.s. and "Forwarded" oval handstamp, reduced at ends and upper right corner repair, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 340 |
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1869, 24¢ green & violet (120), tied by quartered cork cancellation duplexed with "Washington D.C. Nov 2" c.d.s. on 1869 Grant correspondence cover to Stourbridge, England, red New York exchange c.d.s., Birmingham (11.13) and Stourbridge (11.14) backstamps; cover faults including sealed edge tears, reverse cut at center, reduced slightly at right; Fine.
Scott $20,000
A RARE 1869 24¢ USAGE TO ENGLAND AT DOUBLE THE 12¢ RATE.
Expertization: 1957 and 1988 P.F. Certificates.
Provenance: Krug
See lots 313-314 for covers from the same correspondence.
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Lot 341 |
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1869, 24¢ green & violet (120), used with badly misperfed 3¢ ultramarine (114) pair, tied by matching strikes of circular cancellation on slightly reduced 1870 courthouse cover to Salem, Ill., typical docketing states the cover originally contained courthouse depositions, docketed and filed on April 20, 1870 from Hamilton County, Ill., Fine and scarce domestic franking at ten-times the 3¢ domestic letter rate. Unlisted in the 1869 Census.
Scott $20,000
Expertization: 1959 A.P.S. and 1994 P.S.E. Certificates.
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Lot 342 |
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1869 (1875 Re-issue), 1¢ buff (123), defective, tied by "Mad Sq" barred oval and "Madison Square" machine cancellation on 1¢ postal card (UX3) to San Jose, Cal., Very Fine, quite possibly the latest recorded usage of the 1¢ re-issue.
Scott $3,000
Expertization: 1988 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 343 |
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1869 (1880 Re-issue), 1¢ brown orange (133a), horizontal pair, tied by two strikes of "Hartford Conn. Dec 29 83" duplexes on locally addressed cover, minor stain at top edge, Fine and exceedingly rare brown orange usage.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1979 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Sheriff, Hawley
Illustrated in Jon Rose’s 1869 Census.
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