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Lot 1001 |
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By Steamer Rapides, perfectly struck Steamboat pictorial packetboat handstamp [Milgam 1158] on 10¢ entire (U10) cancelled straightline "Steam" and postmarked red New Orleans c.d.s.;; a fresh and choice, Extremely Fine cover.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
CONSIDERED TO BE THE FINEST RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE PACKETBOAT MARKING.
Expertization: 2002 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Klein
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Lot 1002 |
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From Steamer Judah Touro, choice strike red double-lined oval on 10¢ entire (U9) cancelled straightline "Steam" and postmarked red New Orleans c.d.s.; an Extremely Fine gem.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: 2008 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1003 |
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George Washington patriotic cover, lovely Magnus design, 1864 usage to France, franked with 3¢ rose and 12¢ black (65, 69) and postmarked red Boston c.d.s. with integral "Paid 12", red French entry c.d.s. and large boxed "P.D.", backstamped Paris; a choice, Extremely Fine cover from the Angell correspondence.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
A MAGNIFICENT PATRIOTIC USAGE.
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Lot 1004 |
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Magnus Soldier Patriotic, multicolored design on cover to Dresden, Germany, black "N. York Hamb. Pkt. '5' Dec 14" exchange c.d.s., blue "6½" h.s. due rating and various ratings, Hamburg (12.31.61) backstamp; a Very Fine Magnus patriotic use.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Expertization: 2003 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1005 |
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Magnus "Movement of the Army from Washington to Richmond" Patriotic, all-over multicolored design "No. 8", reverse bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by "Old Point Comfort Va May 18" double-circle postmark to Dunkirk, N.Y., some stained on reverse, still a Very Fine and rare used all-over Magnus design. Walcott 720.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: Walcott
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Lot 1006 |
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Lincoln - Fremont "Souvenir of Victory" patriotic cover, Magnus all-over design in gold, addressed on reverse and franked with two 3¢ rose (65); minor stamp and cover faults, but a Fine appearing example of this rare design.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 2005 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1007 |
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Patriotic cover featuring an original handwritten poem, a six-stanza patriotic poem, "The red, white and blue", with the name of the addressee worked into the poem: S.B. Champion, editor of the The Mirror in Bloomville, N.Y., franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by Meredith, N.Y. c.d.s.; minor, small tone spot at right edge of stamp, Very Fine and unique.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 2004 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Emerson
The poem begins, "There's a building up in Bloomville, striped with red & white, where Champion prints the Mirror, if I am told aright;…" Postal clerks would have had to take the time to read the poem to figure out where the letter was to be delivered!
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Lot 1008 |
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Scott and McClellan Flag Patriotic, design in gold on envelope addressed to Third Assist. Postmaster General at the P.O. Dept. to Washington, D.C., blue "Coolville Ohio Mar 22" c.d.s. and matching "Free" handstamp, endorsed "P.O. Business"; reduced slightly at right, an Extremely Fine and choice patriotic use.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1009 |
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Lincoln-Johnson Campaign cover, franked with 3¢ rose (65) tied by quartered cork cancel, Washington, D.C. to Berien, Mich., F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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(Confederate Soldiers), Letter Home from a Confederate Soldier anticipating a battle at Martinsburg, VA, four page letter from a Wm G. Cohan is dated July the 12th, 1861, Winchester Frederick Co., VA. The letter has some fading and light browning though it is almost entirely legible. Some interesting content including…."The people are expecting a fight is a few days about here. If there is any fight soon it will be at Martinsburg which is 22 miles from this place and the Federal force is said to be about 30000 strong. There several told me yesterday evening that the force of the Confederate army near Winchester was about 25000. They are waiting it is thought to get reinforcements there before General Johnson attacks them at Martinsburg. I think that each side is awaiting the attack of the other… A great many of the soldiers have been lying on the ground here without tents and nothing but thin blankets…." It is accompanied by the stampless cover with a Winchester VA. Jul 13 cds and matching two line "Paid 5" handstamp, Fine, Ex-Ken R. Lawrence.
Estimate 200 - 300
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(Confederate Soldiers), Letter from a Confederate Soldier to his sister before leaving Miss. and marching to Tenn., four page letter from H.E. Honnoll dated July 22nd 1862, Brigade Head Quarters, camp near Tupulo [sic] Miss. Fine. Interesting content with "we are going to leave here tomorrow morning for Chattanooga Tennessee the other two Regiments in our brigade is now gone they went by Railroad this morning and we go by foot road with our knapsacks on our backs it is near two hundred miles but we are a hardy race and may expect to have hard tasks but is seems hard indeed to make some march all and others none, when it is a comon[sic] cause that we are fighting for but be that as it may the bloody 24th can march as fast and far as any Regiment on the tops side of green earth, and we are as good in a fight or foot race as any of them and we will prove it before this war is over which I think will not end soon. I see no prospect for a speedy termination of the war. The Lincoln government has called for three hundred thousand mor[sis] men which call will not be filled without draft….I see no prospect of the war closing in less time than one year and perhaps it may last ten years but I hope it will not. The prospect for foreign intervention as they may seak[sic] an opportunity when both parties are worn down and crippled to pounce upon and subjugate America….I think ere long we will drive the yankees out of old Tennessee…." He also pens and eight line poem for a fallen comrade, Fine and interesting, Ex-Ken R. Lawrence.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Philadelphia Full Rigged Sailing Ship, complete strike on 1834 folded letter from Grand Bossa, Liberia to "Greenport, Southold, Long Island, N.Y.", matching "Phila, 8, May" octagonal postmark and red manuscript "14½" rate; small tear at top into ship marking, Fine.
Letter is a 2½-page ALS from Ezekiel Skinner to his wife. It is dated btn Dec 24th and 30th, and tells of an illness he is suffering from. As he recovers, he reports on conditions in Liberia among other things, "…one of the bodies of the men that drowned…drifted on shore yesterday a mere skeleton, all the flesh having been devoured by sharks…".
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Dr. Ezekiel Skinner (1777-1855), was an M.D. and Baptist minister. Upon the death of his son, the Rev. Benjamin Rush Skinner, a missionary in Liberia, Dr. Skinner decided to go to Liberia himself. He spent four years there as Colonial Physician and for more than a year, from August of 1835 until September of 1836, served as Liberia's Governor.
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