Sale 1291 — United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 25-26 July, 2023
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
228
3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by target cancel with "Malden Ill. Jun. 7" circular datestamp on purple Grant-Colfax Campaign cover to Tully Valley N.Y., edgewear and prior mounting adhesive on back, Very Fine appearance and a colorful use
E. 300-400
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3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by rosette cancel with "New York Apr. 21" circular datestamp on gray Peddie & Morrison Trunk Manufacturer's overall lithographed advertising cover to Erie Pa., J.W. Orr imprint, fresh and Very Fine, a gorgeous advertising cover with illustrations of buildings and pedestrians
E. 200-300
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3c Ultramarine (114). Cancelled by green segmented cork with matching "Owego N.Y. Dec. 28" circular datestamp on small cover to Little Rock Ark., slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, scarce with a green cancel and particularly with such clear strikes
E. 300-400
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3c Ultramarine (114). Massive margins all around, natural straight edge at right, tied by target cancel with "Tremont Pa. Aug. 31" circular datestamp on cover to Potterville Pa., missing backflap, Extremely Fine Gem stamp on a fresh cover
E. 300-400
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3c Ultramarine (114). Dark color, tied by dotted grid cancel with "Waterbury Ct. Jun. 7" (1869) circular datestamp on bright buff cover to Colchester Conn., neat docketing at left, fresh and Very Fine
E. 200-300
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3c Ultramarine (114). Four covers with singles showing captured plate no. or part imprint, one with plate "No. 12" at top on a dry goods corner card cover from Augusta to Crawfordville Ga., backflap tears, Very Fine, other three with part top imprint, Fine and scarce assemblage on covers
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E. 400-500
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3c Ultramarine, Gray Paper (114 var). Singles on three separate covers, each with the distinctive color and shade of the Gray Paper variety, first cancelled by bold strike of cork, "Boston Mass. May 13" circular datestamp on orange cover to Guildhall Vt., slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, with 1993 and 2007 P.F. certificates, second tied by target cancel, "Milford Me. Jul. 11" circular datestamp on bright buff cover to West Bridgewater Vt., reduced at right, Fine, ex Coulter, with 2006 P.F. certificate, third tied by target cancel with "East Sumner Me." circular datestamp on buff cover to East Deerfield Me., Fine, with 1996 and 2014 P.F. certificates
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2,250
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6c Ultramarine (115). Tied by segmented cork cancel with "New York 9 Sep. 25" (1869) debit datestamp on cover to General C. B. Norton, care of U.S. Legation, Paris France, blue French entry datestamp, "Insufficiently Paid" handstamp and "8" decimes due, Very Fine, ex Emerson
E. 200-300
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10c Yellow (116). Used with 2c Red Brown (146) and two 3c Green (147), affixed slightly overlapping, tied by octagonal "Pleasanton Kans. Jan 17 1871" datestamp on buff registered cover to Knightstown Indiana, docketing at left, small ink stain at bottom right edge is inconsequential, Very Fine and scarce combination of a mixed-issue franking and registered, from our 1989 Rarities sale, with 1983 P.F. certificate
E. 750-1,000
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10c Yellow (116). Intense color and beautifully centered, lightly struck quartered cork cancel, magenta "San Francisco Paid All Jan. 1" (1870) circular datestamp on folded cover to Yokohama, Japan, from the Thorel correspondence with docketing indicating it originated in New York City on Nov. 24, 1869, and arrived in Yokohama on Jan. 31, 1870, "Barron & Co. San Francisco Dec. 2, 1869" forwarder's backstamp, sender's directive "p Pacific Mail", cleaned to remove some gum stains, still Extremely Fine, this was carried outside the mails to a San Francisco forwarder and sent by Pacific Mail Steamship Co. contract sailing to Japan (probably the China, arriving Yokohama Jan. 31, 1870), ex Wunsch and Coulter
E. 1,000-1,500
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10c Yellow (116). Vivid color, tied by quartered cork cancel with duplex "Auburn N.Y. Jul. 25" circular datestamp on small cover to Rev. S. R. Brown in Niigata, Japan, via Yokohama, trivial perf flaws from overlapping at edge, tiny nick in bottom left corner of cover, otherwise Very Fine -- the addressee, Rev. Samuel Robbins Brown, was one of five foreign residents permitted to live in Niigata, a port city on Honshu, which was established in 1858, but not opened until January 1, 1869 -- ex Coulter
E. 500-750
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10c Yellow (116). Superbly centered and vivid shade, tied red circular cork foreign mail cancel with matching "Baltimore Md. Oct. 29" (1869) circular datestamp on buff cover to Herstelle, Germany, red "New York Paid All Direct Nov. 2" circular datestamp and red "Paid all" italic straightline handstamp also struck in Baltimore, red framed "Hamburg Franco" transit, receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine stamp and markings, a beautiful example of the distinctive red Baltimore cancels on foreign-bound mail, ex Grunin and Coulter, with 1972 P.F. certificate
E. 500-750
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12c Green (117). Tied by red Dot in Circle foreign mail cancel with matching "Baltimore Md. Sep. 10" (1869) circular datestamp on orange-buff cover to Oxford, England, red "New York Sep. 11" transit datestamp, docketing on back, barely reduced at top, Very Fine and extremely rare use of this cancel on the 12c Adriatic, the Baltimore post office used this distinctive red cancel on foreign-bound mail for only approximately three weeks, with only eight covers recorded, postmarked between August 18 and September 10, 1869 (this is the latest recorded use), ex Drucker and Dr. Skinner, P.F. certificate no. 59291 no longer accompanies
E. 500-750
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15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Tied by circle of wedges cancel, "New Orleans La. Nov. 8" (1869) circular datestamp on bright buff cover to Metz, France, red "New York Paid 12 Nov. 13" 12c credit datestamp, red "Etats-Unis Paq. Fr. H No. 3 13 Nov 69" Ligne H octagonal datestamp and red "PD" framed handstamp, receiving backstamps, stamp with small corner creases, vertical file fold at center, still Very Fine and attractive use of the 15c Type I to France, signed Ashbrook, with 1974 P.F. certificate
E. 400-500
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15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Used with 3c Green (147) with natural straight edge at right, bright colors, both cancelled by rosette, "Taunton Ms. Aug. 27, 1870" circular datestamp in greenish blue on registered cover to Alfred Me., fresh and Very Fine
E. 500-750
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15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Tied by cork cancel, "Key West Fla. Jul. 20, 1870" circular datestamp on buff cover to Geneva, Switzerland, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Jul. 27" circular datestamp, receiving backstamp, reduced at left, Fine and scarce use from Florida to Switzerland
E. 300-400
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