| 1301 |  | Yakutat, Alaska Aug/28/1907, pmk with target ties #269 and 306 on registered cover mailed to Seattle, Washington, íHelbock Ty#1-R6í, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 200-300 |
| 1302 | | York, Alaska Jun/29/1901, pmk ties stamp to cover mailed to Glyndon, Minnesota, stamp and cover with faults, íHelbock Ty#1-R7í, rare marking from this small mining camp with post office only open (1900-02), Fine. (Photo) | ECV 500-750 |
| 1303 | | Kotzebue Sd & St Michael, R.P.O. Aug/12/1904/South, pmk ties #279 to birch bark PPC to Arlington, Massachusetts, íHelbock Ty#1-R7í, one of only a few reported markings from this waterway route, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 500-750 |
| 1304 | | Seattle & Kodiak, R.P.O. Jul/1909/West, pmk ties #319 to PPC mailed to Germany, íHelbock Ty#1-R6í, earliest known usage, nice waterway marking, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 200-300 |
| 1305 | | Sunrise & Seldovia, R.P.O. East/Sep/25/1910, pmk ties stamp to real photo PPC mailed to Tecopa, California, view is "Seward Street Scene", íHelbock Ty#1-R7í, one of very few reported copies from this waterway route, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 400-500 |
| 1306 | | Tanana River, R.P.O. West/13/Sep/1908, partially struck purple pmk ties stamp to PPC, couple creases, íHelbock Ty#1-R6/7í, mailed to Eagle, Alaska with unlisted Oct/2/1908 Rec'd pmk, very early, Fine. (Photo) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1307 | | Yukon River Alaska, R.P.O. Jul/27/1906, pmk ties stamp with faults to birch bark PPC mailed to Newport, Rhode Island, reverse message "A Yukon River Barque" with drawing, íHelbock Ty#1-R6í, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1308 | | Valdez & Unalaska, R.P.O. East/1/Nov/1904, pmk ties stamp to cover with printed return for the >Hotel Northern>, mailed to Seattle, Washington, sealed tears thru pmk, íHelbock Ty#1-R7í, earliest reported usage, Fine. (Photo) | ECV 200-300 |
| 1309 | | Van-Skagway R.P.O., Stmr Princess May Aug/1912, green sawtooth oval pmk ties stamp to PPC mailed to Kittitas, Washington, scarce early Canadian/Alaskan steamer, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1310 | | Van-Skagway R.P.O., Stmr Princess May Two PPCs Nov/7/191, blue-green oval pmk ties stamp to PPC mailed to Bellvue, Washington, scarce early Canadian/Alaskan steamer, with second unused real photo PPC of the íWreck of the Princess Mayí, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1311 | | Vancouver-Skagway R.P.O., Str Amur Dec/18/1906, purple oval pmk ties Canadian stamp to PPC mailed to Walton, Canada, unlisted in Helbock, rare early Canadian/Alaskan steamer, "Ludlow S-24a, RF-500", used on real photo card of Alaskan village, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 400-500 |
| 1312 | | Vancouver-Skagway R.P.O., Princess Royal Aug/19/1911, purple double oval pmk ties Canadian stamp to PPC mailed to London, England, scarce early Canadian/Alaskan steamer, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 400-500 |
| 1313 | | Yukon River Alaska, R.P.O. West/Aug/13/1929, pmk on #U436 stationery entire mailed to Prescott, Arizona, íHelbock Ty#1-R6í, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 200-300 |
| 1314 | | Alaska Flyer, Humboldt Steamship Co, Jun/9/1912, two P.P.C.'s, first "S.S. Humboldt" bold purple double oval pmk ties #374 to PPC mailed to Port Blakely, Washington, second card is unused view of steamer, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 200-300 |
| 1315 | | S.S. Alaska, to Mexico, Germany, First is Yellow cover with #150 tied by Fancy Cross roads killer. large >2>, Red 'San Francisco California, PAID Aug/5 1873" pmk, mailed to mailed to Tepic Mexico with manuscript "pr Alaska", second it U222 5cts Stationery Entire mailed to Germany with New York Aug/25/1884 pmk, also with manuscript "per S.S. Alaska", very nice pair, Very Fine. | ECV 0-0 |
| 1316 | | Alaska S.S. Co., Ketchikan Agency Aug/22/1920, blue double circle pmk, Seattle, Washington Aug/29/1920 transit pmk ties 1c stamp to PPC mailed to Silverton, Oregon, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 200-300 |
| 1317 | EPH | Pacific Coast Steamship Co., S.S. Ancon Jun/13/1887, purple double oval pmk on freight manifest for Voyage #348 to Portland Oregon, stained, but very scarce early Alaska Steamship marking, strike is Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 150-200 |
| 1318 | | Pacific Steam Whaling Co Apr/20/1899, Stmr. New York, purple double circle pmk ties #267 to cover mailed to San Jose, California, one of only two report copies from this company, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 1,000-1,500 |
| 1319 | | Alaska Commercial Company St, George's Island 1885, red-violet two line marking on reverse of cover mailed to Massachusetts, this company was the first to carry the mails after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, they picked up mail along the way and deposited in the mail stream at San Francisco, cover bears bold >SHIP> in circle and "U.S. Charge to Collect, 4 Cents" two line markings as well as San Francisco, CA Rec'd, Aug/13, also on reverse is Vineyard Haven, Dukes Co, MA, Aug/20/1885 receiving oval, a rare piece of early Alaskan history, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 1,500-2,000 |
| 1320 | | Alaska Commercial Co, St Michael Alaska Aug/10/1891, bold red triple oval marking on reverse of cover with #213 tied by segmented grid killer, mailed to Virgennes, Vermont where it was redirected to Ferrisburgh, some opening faults including missing paper at upper left, this company was the first to carry the mails after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, they picked up mail along the way and deposited in the mail stream at San Francisco, cover bears straight line >SHIP>, scarce 19th century Alaska use, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 1,000-1,500 |
| 1321 | | Alaska Commercial Co, Kodiak, Alaska Aug/17/1898, bold purple triple oval with stars on reverse of cover with #213 tied to address side, mailed to East Randolph, Vermont where it was redirected to Boston, opened unevenly at left, this company was the first to carry the mails after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, they picked up mail along the way and deposited in the the mail stream at San Francisco, straight line >SHIP 4> with normal San Francisco Rec'd transit, "MISSENT" applied at West Randolph, Vermont, multiple transits on reverse, scarce 19th century Alaska, Very Fine. (Photo) | ECV 1,500-2,000 |
| 1322 | | Alaska Commercial Co, Str. Alice Jun/23/1897, bold purple double oval origination marking on reverse of U311, mailed to Chicago, Illinois, this company was the first to carry the mails after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, they picked up mail along the way and deposited in the mail stream at San Francisco, with Red double oval >Alaska Commercial Co, St Michael Alaska Ty, Jun/28/1897> and San Francisco Jul/14/1897 machine transit strikes, cut at right in opening into indicia, very faulty but highly desirable as this is one of only two reported Streamer Alice covers. (Photo) | ECV 500-750 |
| 1323 | | Alaska Commercial Company Ovals, two covers, first with Nov/5/1891 purple double oval on reverse of unfranked cover addressed to >Captain O.A.Johansen, Master, S S Bertha, Seattle Washington>, probably private company mail, second has red double oval >Alaska Commercial Co, St Michael Alaska Ty, Jul/4/1897> addressed to England with the stamp cut out, this company was the first to carry the mails after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, they picked up mail along the way and normally deposited in the mail stream at San Francisco, faulty covers but nice examples of these very scarce markings. (Photo) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1324 | | Ship, Due 2cts 1897, purple markings on U311, likely origination at St Paul Island, mailed to New York, probably carried by the Alaska Commercial Co, this company was the first to carry the mails after the puchase of Alaska from Russia, they picked up mail along the way and normally deposited in the mail stream at San Francisco, with Port Townsend Nov/28/1897 duplex where this entered the mails, pair of #J39 1c postage dues affixed in payment, New York receiving on reverse, small edge faults otherwise, Very Fine cover. (Photo) | ECV 500-750 |
| 1325 | | Northern Pacific Express Co to Juneau Alaska, printed Frank on U261 Stationery Entire, uneven at right from careless opening, with Blocksburgh California, Jan/2 ca. 1885 pmk., most of the early Express covers from Alaska originated in Juneau, Fine. | ECV 0-0 |
| 1326 | | Seely Hall Alaskan A.P.O. Collection, over 300 covers and cards APO's mostly World War II with locations from #462/999, among which include #473, #475-6, #931, #933, #982 and very scarce #999 a fantastic collection formed over a 50+ year period, includes Airmail, Official, Penalty, Free Franked, V-Mail, a few Patriotics, some Special Delivery uses, a few Real Photo PPCs, many with Alaska TyA1-A4 censors (over 20), a couple with ncie Provisional censor strikes, many cover retail $25-$75, intact as received, Fine-Very Fine. | ECV 0-0 |
| 1327 | | Seely Hall Alaskan Naval Ship Collection, over 200 covers and cards mostly 1928-1945 with USS Four Bar pmks having Alaska locations in the killer bars, a fantastic collection formed over a 50+ year period, a handful of PPCs including Real Photo of Ships, a few are an Official Government Penalty Entires including Coast Guard, great majority with cachets including Survey, some Ships include the Alwin, Bass, Bonita, Hamilton, Quail, Swan, Tarbell, well over 50 different Ships, intact as received, Fine-Very Fine. | ECV 0-0 |
| 1328 | | Seely Hall Alaskan RPO and Steamboat Collection, approximately 300 covers and cards mostly from 1907-1940, includes 30-40+ PPCs mostly Real Photo of Ships, the Railroad markings of Alaska were mostly Steamer applied for service on the waterways, there are many that were carried in or out of Canada, well over 30 with handstamped Ship names, including Alameda, Alaska, Alice, Haleakala, Norah straight line, Northwestern, Victoria, Watson, Yukon and others also some with with manuscript notations of mail ship, this is one of the largest collections ever formed and is offered either as single lots in this sale or in this group, a fantastic assembledge including collected by North, South, East and West routes, a great addition to the true collector of RPOs, Steam Service or Alaskan Mail Routes and Postal History, the route markings, too numerous to list, include stops at Cordova, Kodiak, Dawson, Juneau, Fairbanks, Seward, Skagway, Baranoff, Denali, Valdez, Tanana, Unualaska, Vancouver, etc, Helbock rarity values mostly R4-R6, many retail from $50-$200+, Fine-Very Fine. | ECV 0-0 |
| 1329 | | Seely Hall Balance, well over 1000 covers and cards, mostly from 1930-1958, includes what appears to be an alphabetical sorted group of duplicates (500-600 covers), anothers group of several hundred appear most alphabetical, but are not filed by lettered dividers, last is a few hundred miscellaneous covers, mostly larger, in which we noticed a correspondence to a Bank from the 1950's of well over 50 items, all appear to be either Registered or Certified (about 10 with FA1), Registered's include stamps up to $1 value, many with 40cts or 50cts stamps, anything coule be here, Fine-Very Fine. | ECV 0-0 |
| 1330 | | Seely Hall Alaska Postmark Collection, at least 4000-5000 covers and cards, this being the Main Collection including all of the covers, cards and PPCs that Mr. Hall has collected over the last 50+ years, they are all sorted alphabetically by Town, Type and Date, with Stations and Branches following, We noticed at least 30 from the 19th Century, many also from the 1900-1916 Gold Rush period, at least 100+, there are probably 500-1000 PPCs including All of his Unused and many used of which numerous are Real Photo (one of the larger holdings ever seen of these), there are many Earliest and Latest known dates for both Town/Village and types, many with reference letters from Mr. Hall's research over the years, Helbock types should exceed 1000 different, only items missing are those that are individual lots in this Sale, There are Advertising, Registered, Redirected, Incoming mail, Fancy cancels (i.e. Chicken, Juneau "J"), many Rarity values to at least Helbock R7 and nearly every cover with Rarity marking of R5 or lower as less than 10 of these are in the individual lots, includes over 120 of R5-R7 rarity, some unreported types, many rare Received Types, a few interesting ones include these and other Ty1's, from Afognak, Akiak, Anvik, Chignik, Comet, Doyhof, Eagle, Hadley, Hot Springs Karluk, Kalsak, Latouche, Naknek, Ruby, Sulver, Wacker, Yentna, retail values to over $300 each, a once in a Liftetime Opportunity to obtain one of the most diverse and complete holdings of Alaskan Postal ever formed, fantastic for a collector, beginning or advanced, or it will afford fantastic returns for the dealer willing to break it down and help this material find good a home with many Alaskan Collectors searching for that is now offered in this one collection, also included is his PPC collection of over 200 cards sorted by Publisher, Viewing will yield additional items of unusual interest, Fine-Very Fine. | ECV 0-0 |
| 1331 | | Seely Hall Book and Reference Collection, 24 books and 26 pamphlets or Alaskan related Auction Catalogs, nearly all relate to Alaska in some way, incl. Postmarked Alaska/J. Cavagnol, Klondike Gold and Nome Gold/ by K.Kutz, Postal History of the Yukon/by R.Woodall, two Alaskan Mailboat books and several by Richard Helbock including Mr. Hall's marked copy of "Postmarks of Territorial Alaska" with listing of all known types, dates and varieties, also several specialized Alaskan Auction catalogs including Gimelson, Persson & Matejka Sales, Fine-Very Fine. | ECV 0-0 |
| 1342 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, gem single with lavishly large margins all around, rich color and a crisp earlier impression, tied by red square grid to buff cover to Newark, N.J., matching "New-York/Oct 18" c.d.s. at right, Very Fine, the adhesive Extremely Fine; signed Holcombe and accompanied by 2000 P.F. certificate. (Photo) (1) | 650.00 |
| 1343 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, ample to large margins, tied by red square grid cancel on folded cover to Philadelphia with 1850 docketing on reverse, red New York circular datestamp, vertical file fold clear of stamp, Very Fine (Photo) (1) | 650.00 |
| 1344 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, three full to large margins, ample to close at bottom, tied by light red grid and red "Northampton Ms. Apr. 15" circular datestamp on folded letter to New York City, 1850 dateline, horizontal file fold thru address, Very Fine (Photo) (1) | 650.00 |
| 1345 | | #1a, 5c Grayish Brown, large margins to just into, tied by perfectly struck 7-bar red grid cancel, clear "New Haven Ct. Nov. 28" circular datestamp on 1848 folded cover to New London Ct., Mechanics Bank printed at top of letter, vertical file fold clear of stamp, Fine (Photo) (1a) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1346 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, large margins to just into, just tied by red square grid, matching red "New York Jun. 21" circular datestamp, on cover to New Haven Conn., Very Fine (1) | 650.00 |
| 1347 | | #1a, 5c Dark Brown, intense color formerly classified as the so-called "chocolate brown" shade, clear to wide margins with small part of adjacent stamp at bottom left, tied by blue Philadelphia integral rate circular datestamp, second strike at right, on 1848 folded letter to Columbia Pa., two vertical file folds clear of stamp, Very Fine (Photo) (1a) | ECV 750-1,000 |
| 1348 | | #1a, 5c Dark Brown, full to large margins except just touching at bottom left, tied by well-struck red square grid cancel, red "New York Aug. 23" circular datestamp on folded letter to Fultonville, N.Y., 1848 dateline, vertical file fold thru address, Very Fine (Photo) (1a) | 650.00 |
| 1349 | | #1b, 5c Orange Brown, large margins to just into, bold black 7-bar grid cancel on small ladies cover with embossed border to East Bridgewater Mass., red Boston circular datestamp and straightline "Paid" handstamp, cover with pencil "1851" erased and tear in top flap, otherwise Fine (Photo) (1b) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1350 | | #1b, 5c Orange Brown, full margins except just touching at bottom left, neat ms. "X" cancel, dark red "Princess ???? Apr. 18" circular datestamp on folded letter to Annapolis Md., 1850 dateline, faint vertical file fold thru address, Very Fine (Photo) (1b) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1351 | | #1b, 5c Orange Brown, large margins all around except close at top right corner, barely tied by blue cancel described by the P.F. as a grid but we are not so sure, matching "Detroit Mich. Apr. 30" circular datestamp on 1851 folded letter to the Auditor General in Sausing Mich., two light vertical file folds clear of stamp and markings, Very Fine stamp and cover; ex Brooks and Hart, 2002 P.F. certificate (Photo) (1b) | ECV 500-750 |
| 1352 | | #1b, 5c Orange Brown, huge top margin with frameline of adjacent stamp, close to into other three sides, just tied by bold 7-bar blue grid cancel, matching blue Greensburg Pa. circular datestamp on cover with embossed border to Carlisle Pa., Very Fine cover; 2004 P.F. certificate (Photo) (1b) | ECV 500-750 |
| 1353 | | #1b, 5c Brown Orange, three ample margins, close at bottom, just tied by red cancel, matching "New York Jun. 20" circular datestamp on 1851 folded cover to Philadelphia, light horizontal file fold thru address clear of stamp and markings, Very Fine cover; 2004 P.F. certificate (Photo) (1b) | ECV 750-1,000 |
| 1354 |  | #1b, 5c Orange Brown, full even margins all around, neat ms. cancel, blue "Woburn Mas. Apr. 17" circular datestamp on front only to Hallowell Maine, Very Fine, Scott catalogue for used (Photo) (1b) | 850.00 |
| 1355 | | #1, 5c Brown, full right sheet-margin single, with huge even margins on the other three sides, strong color and clear impression, tied by ms. "X" to fresh 1850 folded letter to Philadelphia, mostly clear blue "Washington Railroad/Ap 20" postmark alongside, the letter datelined at the Browns Hotel with interesting contents reading in part íI have now been at this Hotel about six weeks, and wish to leave it...I am being urged by the Landlord to settle my account, and I have not five dollars in my possession towards the amount - my Salary in the P.O. Dep't depends on Congress making an appropriation..."í, some splits, Very Fine and rare; 1980 P.F. certificate; íex-Sampson, Wyer and Craveri.í (Photo) (1) | ECV 2,000-3,000 |
| 1356 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, horizontal pair, three full to large margins, just into at top, just tied by ms. "X" cancels, ms. "Alden N.Y. Feb. 19" cancel on cover to East Bennington Vt., minor edgewear, Fine (Photo) (1) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1357 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, two folded covers, each with large margins to just into, pen cancels, on 1851 folded letters datelined "The Southern Bank of Ala, Mobile 18th Jany/4th Feby, 1851" to same New Orleans La. address, ms. "Way 1" at top , clear red New Orleans circular datestamps at left, horizontal and vertical file folds clear of stamps, Fine, interesting usages (Photo) (1) | ECV 400-500 |
| 1358 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, horizontal pair, ample to full margins all around, tied by bold neat pen cancel on 1851 folded letter datelined "The Southern Bank of Ala, Mobile 28th Jany, 1851" to New Orleans La., ms. "Way 1" at top , clear red New Orleans circular datestamp at left, horizontal and vertical file folds with one vertical fold thru pair, Fine (Photo) (1) | ECV 400-500 |
| 1359 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, horizontal pair, clear to full margins all around, fresh color and sharp impression, blue cork cancel, on cover to New Orleans, matching "Cambridge Ms. Mar. 22" circular datestamp, Very Fine; 1979 P.F. certificate (Photo) (1) | 1,300 |
| 1360 | | #1, 5c Red Brown, four folded letters, most with four margins, each tied by red grid cancel, usages incl. Boston to Vermont towns (two), New York City to Utica N.Y. and Providence R.I. to Bristol R.I., 1848-1849, Fine group (1) | 2,600 |
| 1361 | | #2, 10c Black, pos. 55R, large to huge margins all around, intense color and prooflike impression, cancelled by ms. "#" and tied by clean blue "Washington Railroad/Ap 21" postmark to 1849 folded cover to Lansingburgh, New York, stamp affixed over ms. "Paid", Very Fine and rare, being one of only two examples recorded; 2000 P.F. certificate; íex-Knapp, Craveri.í (Photo) (2) | ECV 2,000-3,000 |
| 1362 | | #2, 10c Black, ample to mostly very large margins all around, striking intense color and deeply etched impression, tied by red quare grid and matching "New-York/Mar 30" datestamp to fresh folded cover to Kingston, Canada West, ms. "3" due, faint 1850 Canadian transit backstamp, Extremely Fine; 1965 Hunzike certificate (Photo) (2) | 2,000.00 |
| 1363 | | #2, 10c Black, large to very large margins all around, deep rich color and strong impression, tied by red "St. Louis Mo./May 29" c.d.s. with integral "10" rate to 1850 Whelen correspondence folded letter to Philadelphia, postmark repeated at right, marvelously fresh, Extremely Fine. (Photo) (2) | 1,750.00 |
| 1364 | | #2, 10c Black, choice single with large margins all around, deep rich color and a prooflike impression, tied by vivid red "St. Louis, Mo./Sep 18/" c.d.s. with integral "10" rate to 1850 Whelen correspondence folded letter to Philadelpia, postmark repeated at lower right, fresh and Extremely Fine. (Photo) (2) | 1,750.00 |
| 1365 | | #2, 10c Black, four large to huge margins, intense color and strong impression, tied by partial blue "Philada Pa./Oct 5" c.d.s. with integral "10" rate to pre-printed David Jayne M.D. Wholesale Druggist two page invoice to Elamsville, Va., postmark repeated at right, also includes a similar stampless usage to Ohio; fresh and Extremely Fine; 1997 P.F. certificate. (Photo) (2) | 1,750.00 |
| 1366 | | #2, 10c Black, mostly large margins to just touching outer frame line at lower right, strong color and impression, tied to cover to Auburn, N.Y. by blue "Philada. Pa./10 cts/Feb 28" integral rate c.d.s., cover with small bit of erosion at bottom left and slight edge stain at right, Very Fine usage. (Photo) (2) | 1,750.00 |
| 1373 | | #22, 1c Blue, Ty. IIIa, Plate 11, rich color, grid cancel, on orange cover to Mercersburg, Pa., fresh and Very Fine; 1988 A.P.S. certificate. (Photo) (22) | 625.00 |
| 1374 | | #26, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II, intense color, tied by bold "New-York/Apr 20" postmark to eye-catching red, white and blue multicolored advertising cover for Carhart, Needham & Co. Melodeons, addressed to Athens, Pa., Extremely Fine and striking; íex-Gabriel.í (Photo) (26) | ECV 750-1,000 |
| 1375 | | #26, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II, tied by "New Hampton, N.H./Dec 14" c.d.s. to fresh Buchanan campaign cover to Boston engraved by John Andrew (Milgram #JB-1, N-#256), Extremely Fine; íex-Gabriel.í (Photo) (26) | ECV 150-200 |
| 1376 | | #26, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II, tied by indestinct town cancel to beardless Lincoln campaign cover to Mount Pleasant, Ohio depicting Lincoln, split rail fence and "Honest Abe lincoln" on his flat boat, published by Rufus Biakcealt, Chicago (Milgram #N-344, W-184 var.), fresh and Very Fine; the only redorded example by this printer; íec-Chase.í (Photo) (26) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1377 | | #26, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II, tied by "New-York/Aug 7" duplex postmark to handsome multicolored illustrated cover depicting a sailing ship flying a flag to Yaphank, Long Island, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine and rare design. (Photo) (26) | ECV 500-750 |
| 1378 | | #26, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II, light horizontal creases, tied by mostly clear "Washington, D.C./Jul 28, 1861" postmark to multicolored Magnus patriotic cover depicting a colonial officer riding a horse, addresssed to Oswego, N.Y., flap faults, Very Fine and rare design. (Photo) (26) | ECV 500-750 |
| 1379 | | #26, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II, tied by bold strike of rare "Lville & Cin/Mail Line/Aug 4" steamboat postmark in blue to multicolored patriotic cover to Whitneyville, Ct., cover a bit reduced at left and with portion of back missing, Fine usage and the only recorded example. (Photo) (26) | ECV 200-300 |
| 1380 | | #26, 3c Dull Red, Ty. II, scissor separated at top to include value tablet of the adjacent stamp, tied by grid to gorgeous all-over gilt phonography advertising cover to Worcester, Vt., bold "Worcester, Mass./Aug 5" datestamp, fresh and Extremely Fine; 1988 P.F. certificate. (Photo) (26) | ECV 300-400 |
| 1381 | | #28, 5c Red Brown, Ty. I, well centered, prooflike color and impression, tied by grid to buff cover to France, clear "New 3 York/Jun 26" exchange office c.d.s., "Et. Unis Serv. Br. A. C./E/9 Juil 60" entry postmark and "8" decimes due, backstamps, portion of backflap missing, fresh and Very Fine. (Photo) (28) | 1,300.00 |
| 1382 | | #28A, 5c Indian Red, Ty. I, well centered, small stain removed at top left, tied along with 10c Green, Ty. V (#35), trimmed perforations at top, by Boston "Paid" in grid to cover to France, red "Boston/Sep 27/Paid 12" exchange office c.d.s. and 1859 French entry postmark, three backstamps, a bit reduced at right, Very Fine usage; 1998 P.F. certificate. (Photo) (28A) | ECV 1,500-2,000 |
| 1383 | | #29, 5c Brown, Ty. I, horizontal pair with deep rich color, tied along with horizontal pair of 10c Green, Ty. V (#35), pos. 76-77R2, intense color, by clear strikes of "New Orleans, La./May 16, 1860" datestamps to folded letter to Paris, France, red "New Paid York/May 24/24" exchange office c.d.s. also ties the 10c stamps, endorsed "pr first steamer" and carried aboard the Cunard íAsia,í clear "Et. Unis Serv. Br. A.C./F/4 Juin 60" entry postmark and matching boxed "P.D.", Paris arrival backstamp, Very Fine and handsome double rate usage; 1980 P.F. certificate. (Photo) (29) | ECV 400-500 |
| 1384 | | #30A, 5c Brown, Ty. II, intense shade, tied along with 10c Green, Ty. V (#35) , pos. 57L2, excellent centering, by red open grids to fresh folded cover to Marburg, Germany, red "New Paid York/Feb 1/10" exchange office c.d.s. and endorsed "pr Steamer Teutonia" , three 1861 backstamps, Very Fine; a scarce usage paying the 15c rate to Germany under the Hamburg convention. (Photo) (30A) | ECV 300-400 |
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