Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011
Category — 5c-30c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 27-38)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1505
5c Brick Red (27). Vertical strip of three, intense color, margins virtually clear all around, tied by two strikes of "New Orleans La. May 17" circular datestamp on 1859 blue folded cover to Nantes, France, red "New York Paid 12 May 25" credit datestamp, transit and receiving datestamps, bottom stamp with light wrinkling from heavy strike of cancel, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce multiple of the Brick Red on cover to France, ex Richey and signed Ashbrook, with 1982 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail as strip of three off cover
6,500
1,900
1506
5c Red Brown (28). Vertical strip of three, rich color in the same shade as the imperforate issue, perfs scissors-separated at right leaving intact perfs, tied by strikes of "New Orleans La. Sep. 22, 1857" circular datestamp on blue folded prices current to Trie, France, red "New York Paid 12 Sep. 30" credit datestamp, boxed "P.D." handstamp, transit and receiving datestamps, few perf faults middle stamp, cover with some wear incl. splits and eroded spot at bottom, appears Fine, scarce use, this September 1857 cover pre-dates the March 1858 Red Brown printing (the shade is the 1856 No. 12 shade), Scott Retail for used strip of three off cover
4,500
850
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5c Red Brown (28). Used with 1c Blue, Ty. V (24), scissors-separated into design at top but with intact perfs at bottom, tied by "New Orleans La. Jan. 19, 1858" circular datestamp on folded letter datelined "Campeche 3 de Enero de 1858" from Mexico to New York via New Orleans, horizontal file fold well away from stamps, tiny cover edge tear at top, Very Fine, scarce bootlegged use from Mexico, ex Seybold and Starnes
E. 500-750
275
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5c Brown (29). Tied by "New Orleans La. Jun. 5, 1860" double-circle datestamp on blue folded letter to Barcelona, Spain, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Jun. 12" credit datestamp, bold "8Rs" due marking, London, La Junquera and receiving backstamps, vertical file fold well away from stamp, stamp with light corner crease at bottom right, still Very Fine, signed Ashbrook
E. 200-300
325
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5c Orange Brown, Ty. II (30). Used with 1c Blue, Ty. V (24), tied by grids, indistinct strike of West Point N.Y. circular datestamp on cover to Lansing Mich., with original contents datelined July 23, 1861, and discussing the opening of an Army surgical college (scotch tape repairs along splits at folds), cover with some toned spots and edge wear, 5c stamp with small tear, otherwise Fine, ex Kapiloff, with 1980 and 2007 P.F. certificates
2,400
250
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5c Brown, Ty. II (30A). Tied by large "New Orleans La. 22 Dec." circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Barcelona, Spain, red "New York Br. Pkt. Jan. 3" transit, bold "4Rs" due marking, London, La Junquera and receiving backstamps, light vertical file fold well away from stamp, slight wear, Fine
E. 200-300
250
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5c Brown, Ty. II (30A). Used with slightly overlapping 1c Blue, Ty. V (24), stamps tied by grid cancels and "New York Mar. 14, 1861" circular datestamp on folded letter to Lafayette Ind., 5c stamp few short perfs at left, still Very Fine, a rarely-seen combination to pay double the 3c domestic rate, ex Rohloff, with 1980 P.F. certificate, also incl. single No. 9, huge margins to touching at bottom, Very Fine
E. 300-400
250
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10c Green, Ty. I (31). Horizontal strip of three, each cancelled by neat ms. "X", "Skowhegan Me. Jun. 15" with "Paid" handstamp on orange cover to Vienna, Austria, red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid 7 Jun. ? " credit datestamp also ties strip, red framed "Aachen Franco" handstamp, receiving backstamp, minor edgewear barely affecting one stamp and small cover repair at top right, still Very Fine, scarce strip of three of the Type I 1857 Issue to Austria, with 2005 P.F. certificate
E. 1,000-1,500
650
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10c Green, Ty. II (32). Stamp defective, cancelled by penstrokes on cover originating in Canada and sent to Vt., Montreal rimless handstamp with "17 Oct. 1857" date in ms., "6" due marking, top flap reattached and expertly repaired along edges, still appears Fine, scarce use, with 1983 P.F. certificate
E. 200-300
130
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10c Green, Ty. II (32). Uncancelled but "tied" by some toning around perfs on 3c Red Nesbitt entire to France, red "New York Paid 6 Feb. 13" credit datestamp, 1858 French transit, ms. "Due 2c", cover with central toned spot, appears Very Fine, unusual use as most short-paid covers were treated as completely unpaid
E. 400-500
200
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10c Green, Ty. III (33). Centered to left, used with pair 3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. I (11), tied by two strikes of blue "Columbia Cal. Dec. 19, 1857" circular datestamp on cover to Lancaster, Canada West, ms. "Paid 15c" below the stamps, transit and receiving backstamps, overall toning, still Very Fine, overpaid by 1c the 15c cross-border rate from the West Coast, ex Grunin
E. 300-400
250
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12c Black (36, 69). Three covers to England, first with Pair No. 36, partly separated and tied by Harper's Ferry Va. circular datestamps on April 1859 cover to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms in Enfield Lock, second with No. 69 used from Portland Me. to Stroud, last 1859 cover front only from Elizabeth N.J. to London (missing two 12c stamps, interesting array of paid and unpaid markings), few edge nicks and one stamp on first small flaws from affixing, otherwise Very Fine, the first a particularly interesting use which causes one to wonder if arms were ordered through the cover that became part of the target of the raid by John Brown almost exactly six months later
E. 400-500
250
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12c Black (36). Single remaining from a pair originally tied by Pa. town datestamp on orange cover to London, England, forwarded within England, forwarding postage paid by Great Britain 1p Red tied by "75" in grid over space where 12c stamp was removed, "London E. C. No 12 59" datestamp, minor edgewear, Very Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate incorrectly describing this as Scott 36b
E. 400-500
375
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30c Orange (38). Used with 12c Black, Plate 3 (36B), tied together by red "Philadelphia Pa. Paid Jan. 1, 1860" circular datestamp on blue cover to a naval address in Gibraltar, French transit including boxed "P.D.", receiving backstamp, bold blue "8Rs" due marking, slightly reduced at top and missing top flap, some ink erosion in address and from docketing, Very Fine appearance, extremely rare use to Gibraltar through the Philadelphia exchange office, the sender paid 42c for a double-weight cover sent via French Mails, ex Gallagher and Sevenoaks, with 2001 P.F. certificate
E. 1,000-1,500
1,600
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