Sale 998 — The Raymond Vogel Collection, Part Two
Sale Date — Tuesday, 7 December, 2010
Category — Plate Two On Cover
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
366
1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 100L2, enormous margins all around including significant portion of adjoining stamp at top and bottom right corner sheet margins, cancelled by light strike of blue "Balto. Md." circular datestamp on folded printed illustrated circular for Sugar Refinery dated June 4, 1856 and addressed to Pittsburgh Pa., light vertical file fold well away from stamp, an Extremely Fine stamp and cover, ex Knapp and Grunin
E. 500-750
325
367
1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 6L2, enormous margins all around including top sheet margin, bright color, tied by neat "New-York Jun. 3" circular datestamp on buff cover to Collinstown Va., Extremely Fine Gem, the stamp is phenomenal
E. 500-750
350
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 25R2, large even margins, deep rich color, tied by "Springfield Mass. Mar. 3" circular datestamp on locally addressed buff cover, with original 1858-dated enclosure, Extremely Fine, a beautiful drop-rate cover
E. 200-300
180
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 3R2, large margins, deep rich color, fine impression, tied by grid on lady's small embossed cover with local Whitehall (N.Y.) address, Extremely Fine, ex Haas
E. 200-300
200
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 5L2, large margins to barely touched, tied by violet "Fair Haven Vt. Sep. 16" circular datestamp on cover to West Poultney Vt., ms. "circular" at upper left, gently cleaned, Very Fine, scarce with the violet colored cancel
E. 200-300
190
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 65L2, large to huge margins including significant portions of adjoining stamps at sides, tied by large "Paid" grid and also by red "Boston Feb. 25" circular datestamp on cover to Boston post office box, Extremely Fine
E. 400-500
250
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 66R2, large margins to full including parts of adjoining stamps at top and bottom, tied by neat strike of "Hartford Ct. Sep. 20" circular datestamp on 1856 printed folded notice to local addressee, minor splitting along folds, Very Fine
E. 200-300
120
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 50R2, huge margins all around including parts of adjoining stamps at bottom and left, tied by perfect strike of "Norwich Ct. Jul. 2, 1857" circular datestamp on buff cover to Norwich Falls, Extremely Fine stamp and cover, a wonderful condition rarity
E. 300-400
650
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 67R2, huge margins to full including part of adjoining stamps at top and right, tied by "Savannah Ga. Paid" circular datestamp on blue folded wrapper to Philadelphia, light vertical file folds do not affect stamp, fresh and Very Fine
E. 200-300
160
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Large margins to barely touched at top right, tied by well-struck "Saint Louis Mo." handstamp without date on Dec. 11, 1856 prices current to New York, article at top left of front page regarding new postal arrangements for registration of mails to California and other western destinations and explaining how the system will publish a list of letters received in publications so that recipients can be made aware that they have mail regardless of their movements, fresh and Very Fine
E. 200-300
130
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 43L2, large margins to just touched at upper left, tied by red New York Carrier circular datestamp on locally addressed folded printed notice, vertical file folds do not affect stamp, Very Fine, signed by Ashbrook who thought that it might be from Plate 3
E. 200-300
120
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 2, Relief A, large margins, rich color, tied by red "Paid/U.S. Mail/City Delivery/1/May 20" carrier department circular datestamp on cover to local street address, some slight smudging in address, Very Fine
E. 200-300
130
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 11R2, large margins to full, rich color, used with two perforated 1c Blue, Ty. Va (24 var), Positions 68-69R5, each stamp affixed to different corner and each tied by neat strike of "Worcester Ms. Nov. 18" circular datestamp on cover to Troy N.Y., small restored edge tears, gently cleaned, Very Fine, scarce combination of the imperforate and scarce perforated Type Va, ex Newbury and Lehman
E. 300-400
400
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 95R2, large margins to just touched tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Oct. 13" circular datestamp and used to pay intra-city forwarding postage on orange cover, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), large margins to clear, tied by "New-York Oct. 12" circular datestamp, minor edgewear, Very Fine, attractive usage, the 3c paid the rate from New York to Philadelphia, the 1c paid the rate for forwarding within the city
E. 400-500
500
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Positions 4/14/24L2, vertical strip of three, huge margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at bottom, tied by "Oxford Miss." double-circle datestamps on University of Mississippi at Oxford illustrated cover to Burtonton Miss., endorsed "Via Galliton" at lower left, top and bottom stamps light corner creases, still Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover, with 2007 P.F. certificate
E. 500-750
950
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Horizontal strip of three, huge margins to clear showing parts of adjoining stamps at bottom, radiant color, tied by light strikes of "Oxford O. Mar. 9" circular datestamp, third strike at left, on cover to Newport R.I. with Oxford Female College blue embossed corner card, cover with faint pre-use wrinkling, Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover
E. 500-750
850
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Positions 28-30R2, horizontal strip of three, huge margins to full including part of two adjoining stamps, deep rich color, tied by "New-York Nov. 6" circular datestamp with yeardate slug on orange cover to Chicopee Falls Mass., 1856 docketing at left, Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover
E. 300-400
225
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Horizontal strip of three from Plate 2, large margins to just touched, tied by well-struck "Winona M.T. Jul. 11" Minnesota Territory circular datestamp on cover to Honesdale Pa., with original 1857-dated contents, minor edgewear, right pair in strip is Extremely Fine, ex Risvold
E. 500-750
400
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Large margins to clear, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), margins to in, 1c tied by "West Cambridge Ms. Feb. 11" circular datestamp on bluish gray cover addressed to John A. Pattee, in care of Pattee & Macfarlane in New York City, stamps used to create an elaborate hand-drawn illustration of Washington driving a horse and wagon with Franklin on back thumbing his nose at a dog, 3c light creases and few toned spotsVERY FINE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND EXTRAORDINARY OF ALL AMERICAN HAND-DRAWN COVERS, ORIGINATING FROM THE FAMOUS PATTEE CORRESPONDENCE. ONE OF ONLY TWO PATTEE COVERS EXECUTED IN COLOR, BOTH OF WHICH DEPICT WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN IN HUMOROUS CARTOONS.
The partnership of Pattee & Macfarlane, dealers in hardware and cutlery, was announced on February 1, 1855, in the New York Evening Post. The partnership announcement allows us to narrow the date range in which this cover was mailed to February 1855-57. We are aware of approximately eight to ten covers from the Pattee correspondence. Five of these were offered in the Matthies sale, at the same time as the majority of covers from the famous Angell correspondence of Union Patriotics to Europe. Of the Pattee covers, two stand out from the rest -- the cover offered here, and one of Washington and Franklin seated at a table (ex Grunin). These are the only two drawn in color.
Ex Matthies (Siegel Sale 353, May 20-21, 1969)
E. 10,000-15,000
30,000
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 2, large to full margins, tied by square grid on "The San Francisco News Letter" illustrated newspaper depicting Eagle, Steamship, Train, etc. and addressed to New York City, printed "P.M.S.S. Sonora July 4th 1857" at upper left, newsletter contains many stories covering period from June 20 thru July 4, pristine conditionEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE AND BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A SINGLE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE STAMP USED ON THE ILLUSTRATED SAN FRANCISCO NEWSLETTER. THIS IS THE FINEST OF ONLY THREE RECORDED WITH THE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE.
The "San Francisco News Letter" was sold by all Wells, Fargo & Co. agents throughout the state of California and was sent on each sailing of the Pacific Mail Steamship to Panama.
Ex Polland and Haas
E. 7,500-10,000
11,000
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Positions 80/90/99-100L2, irregular block of four, right straddle-pane margin and large margins all around, used with two 3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11), margins to in, one with light corner crease, tied by blue "Southport Ct. Jul. 5" circular datestamp on cover to Volcano Cal., some slight edgewear, missing small part of top flap, Very Fine, a very unusual franking to pay the 10c transcontinental rate from east to west
E. 750-1,000
800
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Large margins to clear, used with horizontal strip of three of 3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11), tied by "Santa Clara Cal. Aug. 19" circular datestamps on immaculate cover to Rochester N.Y., Very Fine and choice, a beautiful cover paying the 10c transcontinental rate
E. 400-500
750
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Large margins all around, used with 1c Blue, Ty. II (7), Positions 67-68R2, tied by "San Francisco Cal. 5 Jan." (1857) circular datestamps on cover originating in Hawaii and addressed to Wolcott Vt., mostly clear strike of red "Honolulu * U.S. Postage Paid * Dec. 6" (1856) circular datestamp, bright and freshVERY FINE. A COLORFUL AND RARE FRANKING PAYING THE 10-CENT TRANSCONTINENTAL POSTAGE AND 2-CENT SHIP CAPTAIN'S FEE ON A COVER FROM HAWAII TO THE UNITED STATES.
This cover was carried on the L. P. Foster, departing Honolulu on Dec. 6, 1856, and arriving in San Francisco on Dec. 22. It was datestamped by the San Francisco post office on Jan. 5, 1857, when the mails were prepared for the next sailing via Panama. The 12c United States postage on covers from Hawaii was usually paid with a single 12c stamp. Very few covers are known with 1c 1851 and 10c 1855 Issue frankings.
Ex Hollowbush
E. 15,000-20,000
18,000
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 8L2, large margins to clear, used with three 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), large margins to barely in including straddle-pane margin and centerline on one, tied by large grids, "Norwich Ct. Oct. 4, 1856" circular datestamp on cover to Buckingham, Canada East, Montreal backstamp, trivial edgewear including small pieces restored at corners, Very Fine, colorful and unusual franking to pay the 10c rate to Canada
E. 300-400
300
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1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Positions 68-69R2, two singles, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11), tied by "New Orleans La. Mar. 24, 1857" circular datestamps on blue 1857 folded letter to Bordeaux, France, neat strike of "GB/1F60c" Anglo-French accountancy marking, also with "8" decimes due marking, Boston, London and Bordeaux backstamps, vertical file fold does not affect stamps, light toning, otherwise Very Fine, choice "Three Months" cover to France, ex Judd
E. 500-750
1,500
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10c Green, Ty. I (13). Horizontal pair, large margins at sides, ample at top and just touched at bottom, used with 1c Blue, Ty. II (7), Plate 2, ample margins, tied by "Portsmouth Va. Nov. 17" circular datestamp on 1856 cover to Stockholm, Sweden, red "New-York Am. Pkt. Nov. 22" transit datestamp, "U.S. PKT." straightline handstamp, transit backstamps including Royal Danish Postal Agency and Royal Swedish Postal Agency double-circles of Hamburg offices, slight wear at edgesVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE 10-CENT TYPE I TO PREPAY THE AMERICAN PACKET RATE TO SWEDEN.
Ex White and Sevenoaks. With 1980 P.F. certificate
E. 7,500-10,000
10,500
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