Lot
1666 
1853, 3¢ red on white, entire addressed to Mainz, Germany, postmarked red "Philadelphia, Pa. Paid Aug 27" cds with red Franco and bold red "7" rate & manuscript "30", backstamped black "Boston Br Pkt Aug 31" cds, tear at top right, still Very Fine and attractive. Scott Nos. U1 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $140
Lot
1667
1853, 3¢ red on buff, entire addressed to Paris, postmarked red "Cincinnati, O. Feb 15" cds with matching "Paid 21" rate handstamp at left, sent via New York with red "New.York AM Packet Feb 25" exchange and "8" decimes French due, Very Fine and attractive. Scott Nos. U2 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $170
Lot
1668
1854, 3¢ red on buff, entire used 1855 (ca.) Belleville, Ill. to Deidesheim, Germany, bold blue "Belleville, Ill., Aug 23" cds canceling, manuscript "pr Steamer via Liverpool" routing endorsement and "30" rating, "N. York, Br. Pkt., 23, Aug 9" debit exchange cds, blue manuscript "45" kreuzer due marking and red Aachen transit cds on reverse, Very Fine. Scott Nos. U6 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $270
Lot
1669
1854, 3¢ red on white, entire to Paris and additionally franked with 1851 3¢ Dull Red strip of 5 and single tied by blue "Cincinnati, O. Jul 9 (1853)" cds's, making up the 21¢ rate to France, red "New York Am Pkt" exchange cds at bottom, strip additionally tied by large manuscript "8" decimes due marking, some minor edge wear & right stamp of strip with corner torn off, otherwise Very Fine. Scott Nos. U9 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
AN IMPORTANT COVER AS THIS IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED USAGE OF A NESBITT TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION.
Realized: $1,050
Lot
1670
1854, 3¢ red on white, entire addressed to Wansford, England, additionally franked with 1857 3¢ Dull Red (26) Block of 7, on reverse, postmarked blue "Hillsborough, N.C. Oct 1" cds and two bold strikes tying block on reverse, black New York exchange cds, who must have missed the stamps on the reverse and treated the entire as unpaid, some flaws, F.-V.F. and most attractive. Scott Nos. U9 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $375
Lot
1671
1854, 3¢ red on buff, entire addressed to The Hague, Netherlands, additionally franked with 1851 ¢ Blue, Type IV (9) horiz. pair, tied by two strikes of "Jefferson City, Mo Jun 9" (1858) cds's with manuscript "Due 16" at left in pencil, struck with bold red "New York Br Pkt Jun 15" cds, red London transit & s-Gravenhage arrival, Very Fine and most attractive. Scott Nos. U10 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $625
Lot
1672
1854, 3¢ red on white, entire addressed to Paris, additionally franked with 1851 1¢ Blue (7), horiz. pair, postmarked "Savannah Geo Jul 14 (1855)" cds with grid cancels, pair tied by "8" decimes French due marking, red New York credit cds and French entry below, Very Fine and attractive. Scott Nos. U9 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $375
Lot
1673
1854, 3¢ red on white, entire addressed to Bordeaux, France, additionally franked with 1851 3¢ Dull Red (11A), horiz. pair + 12¢ Black (17), tied by smuggy grid cancels & red "New Orleans, La. Jan 17" (1856) cds, red "New York Am. Pkt Jan 26" credit cds and French entry below, backstamped with arrival markings, adhesives cut in, Fine and attractive, paying the correct 21¢ rate via American Packet. Scott Nos. U9 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $350
Lot
1674
1854, 3¢ red on white, entire used as incoming cover from Cowes, England to New York, with blue "Cowes, Ja 25, 58" origin cds and manuscript "12" rating, red transit backstamp and "New York, Br Pkt., Feb 13" entry cds and manuscript "33" rating with original rating crossed out, Very Fine. Scott Nos. U9 Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
1675
1854, 3¢ red on white, entire addressed to Valendas, Switzerland, postmarked "Sauk City, Wis." cds with matching "Paid" handstamp at manuscript "19" rate at left, red "N.York 7 AM Packet Dec 30 Paid" credit cds with boxed Aachen Franco & matching boxed "Franco Preuss:/respectively. Vereinsl:AusgGr" handstamp (paid only to limits of German-Austrian Postal Union), minor aging and bottom right corner clipped, Fine. Scott Nos. U9 Estimate $100 - 150.