Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Stampless Markings and Postal History by State
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2045
Jamaica Long-Island, N.Y. June 15, 1828. Perfect strike of rimless town circle with unusual "Long Island" designation, manuscript date with year, "Paid" handstamp and "18-3/4" rate on Jun. 11, 1828 folded letter to Boston, lightly toned file fold, otherwise Extremely Fine, described in Postal History Journal (Feb. 1992) by Calvet M. Hahn as "unique...the only non-county geographic marking among New York stampless...earliest handstamp marking from Queens County", ex Dunsmoor and Mayer
E. 300-400
850