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U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
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1861-1867 Issues
 
 
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Lot 1361

1861, 3¢ rose (65), just tied by target cancel on yellow cover with blind embossed "Seneca Falls Gold Mining Co." corner card to Savannah, N.Y., matching "Fort Halleck Neb. T." circular postmark; reduced at right and some edgewear, Fine and scarce territorial use.
Estimate $500 - 750

Provenance: Rosenthal, Beals, Kramer
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Lot 1362

1861, 3¢ rose (65), tied by Jul 16, 1862 Washington, D.C. double circle datestamp on hand painted Magnus State of New Jersey Civil War patriotic cover (Weiss ST-219); stamp poorly centered and bottom perfs clipped, but a choice Very Fine cover.
Estimate $300 - 400

Expertization: clear 1999 PSE Certificate.
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Lot 1363

1861, 10¢ yellow green (68), strip of three, used with 3¢ rose (65), all tied by circular grid cancels on orange buff cover to Australia, red "Milltown Me Jan 30" c.d.s., red "Boston Br. Pkt. Paid Feb 3" exchange backstamp and matching "28" credit rating handstamp, red London (2.16) transit and manuscript "2" due rating, Melbourne (4.14) arrival backstamp; cover faulty at right, couple stamp flaws, a Fine and scarce use.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 1364

1861, 10¢ yellow green (68), corner flaw, tied by New York 1863 duplex on 10¢ green (U41) entire to Wilmington Del., blue Wells Fargo San Francisco Feb. 11 d.c.d.s. and matching oval "Paid" handstamp; reduced slightly at right and some edgewear, Fine and attractive use.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 1365

1863, 2¢ black (73), perfectly centered and showing a slight shift in "CENTS", neatly tied by small grid in Philadelphia drop letter, Extremely Fine and choice.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 1366

1862, 5¢ red brown (75), used with 10¢ green (68), both tied by paint red circular grids and matching town c.d.s. on yellow cover to Germany, "N. York Brem 'Paid 12' Mar 14" exchange c.d.s., blue Bremen transit handstamp, Very Fine.
Scott $850
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Lot 1367

1863, 5¢ brown, 10¢ green (76, 68), singles tied by reddish brown cross cancels on orange buff cover to Germany, red "N. York Hamb. Pkt. 'Paid 12' Apr 29" exchage cds, Hamburg (5.12) and Frankfurt (5.14) transit backstamps, blue pen "1" rating; some edgewear, Very Fine and unusual cancels.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 1368

1863, 24¢ gray (78b), s.e. at right, used with 1¢ blue (63), all tied by NYFM circle of wedges on 3¢ pink (U58) entire to Germany, Wells Fargo & Co. imprint and blue italic "Paid Through" straightline, red "N. York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid" exchange c.d.s., blue "Aachen 3/9 Franco" framed transit, Dresden (9.4) arrival backstamp; tiny edge tear, a Very Fine use at the 28¢ P.C.M. rate.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

A CHOICE WELLS FARGO USE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO GERMANY VIA NEW YORK CITY.

Provenance: Kramer

The blue boxed "Aachen Franco" handstamp is known used from Feb. 1865 into April 1867.

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Lot 1369

1867, 3¢ rose, Z. grill (85C), clearly impressed grill, huge margins with natural s.e. at right, pre-use lower left corner fault, tied by large circle of wedges duplexed with neat "New York Jan 29" c.d.s. on clean 1868 cover to East Fishkill, N.Y., an Extremely Fine and rare use.
Scott $4,250

THIS IS THE NEW EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE 3¢ ROSE Z. GRILL.

Expertization: 1985 P.F. Certificate.

New York City added the time of day to domestic mail postmarks starting in early October 1868. As a result, this cover surely dates to 1868.

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Lot 1370

1867, 10¢ green, E. grill (89), cancelled by manuscript "AMS, June 15, 1869" on promissory note for payment of $200 in ninety days; Very Fine and rare use as revenue.
Estimate $300 - 400
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