Sale 108: The Westpex Sale

Lot 1586    

Boyd's Dispatch, 1881, black on pink, neatly tied by purple "Boyd's City Despatch, Feb 3, 1882, Paid" oval date stamp on fresh locally addressed corner card cover, Extremely Fine; with 2007 P.F. certificate.
Scott Nos. 20L52    $400.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1587    

City Despatch Post, 1847-50, 2¢ black on green, "C" at right inverted, roughly separated and defective, still with inverted "C" clearly visible, tied by criss-cross manuscript cancels on local street addressed cover, Fine, this being one of two known examples of the inverted "C" variety on green paper and the unique on cover example; with 2018 P.F. certificate.
Scott Nos. 40L4a    $4,000 off cover.

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Lot 1588    

Dupuy & Schenck, 1846-48 (1¢) black on gray, margins large to just into outer frameline at top left, tied by manuscript check cancel on folded letter sheet to Hampton, N.H., red "New York, 5 cts., Jun 26" cds, Very Fine.
Scott Nos. 60L2; $1,000    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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Lot 1589    

Hale & Co., 1844 (6¢) blue, horizontal pair, full margins, tied by light red "Forwarded Through, Hale & Co.'s, Letter Office, Boston" boxed handstamps on 1844 folded letter from Boston, Mass. to New York, with "Single" endorsement crossed out below, Very Fine.
Scott Nos. 75L5; $900    Estimate $250 - 350.

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Lot 1590    

Hanford's Pony Express Post, 2 Cts, clear strike of horse and rider oval handstamp on small folded letter sheet locally addressed, Very Fine, one of the small local post cover we have ever encountered.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $230

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Lot 1591    

Northern Liberties News Rooms, Sub Post Office. Type I, circular mark, incredibly detailed perfectly impressed at bottom left on folded letter datelined "Philadelphia Mar. 14, 1836" to Reverend Alexander McGill in Carlisle Penn., postmarked red "Phila 14 Mar." in octagonal frame, manuscript "Paid 12½" rate marking; trivial cover tear at top & some edge splits, Extremely Fine, ex-S. Brown, Gibson, Meroni & V. Morris; with 1999 P.F. certificate.
Estimate    $7,500 - 10,000.

A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE NORTHERN LIBERTIES NEWS ROOM MARKING, WHICH WAS APPLIED TO MAIL HANDLED BY THE SUB POST OFFICE OPERATED BY ANDREW MCMAKIN.

Realized: $9,500

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Lot 1592    

One Cent Despatch, 1856, 1¢ violet, type I, ample to large margins, tied by "City Despatch, Jun 23, 1856" cds with second strike alongside, on cover to Milford, Del. with manuscript "via Wilmington" routing directive, in combination with 1851, 3¢ dull red (11A) tied by "Washington, D.C., Free, Jun 24, 1856" cds; tiny cover tear at top, Very Fine.
Scott Nos. 112L1; $1,500    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $425

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Lot 1593    

Overton & Co., 1844 (6¢) black on greenish, full to large margins, canceled by radial manuscript and tied by file fold crease on April 3, 1845 folded letter from Jamaica, Long Island to New Haven Conn., F.-V.F. and rare use, 28 covers recorded in Bowman census.
Scott Nos. 113L1    $2,250.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1594    

Sunday School Postage (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1874, red, group of six covers bear this red "Postage" label, most addressed to Mrs Martin (Sunday school teacher) at the Sunday School Post Office, four canceled with blue circular "Sunday School, First City Baptist" handstamp, one pencil canceled and one (preprinted with matching enclosure) with black "Sunday School, Post Office" circular handstamp, also includes an additional off cover stamp, F.-V.F., a very scarce group.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $230

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