Lot
486 
1847, 5¢ dark brown, horizontal pair, ample to large margins showing large portion of left sheet margin, tied by red circular grid handstamps on 1850 folded letter to Iowa City, Iowa, matching "New York, Jan 19" cds, Very Fine; with 2009 P.S.E. certificate. Scott Nos. 1a Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $400
Lot
487
1847, 5¢ dark brown, large margins to clear at top right, early impression, dark shade described on 1993 certificate as "Scott 1a, Dark Brown, in the family of Ridgway's Sepia (XXIX 17"-m)", tied by two strikes of blue "5" in circle handstamp, additional strike at right, and by matching "Philadelphia Pa. Oct 4" cds on 1848 blue folded letter to South Lee Mass.; some bleached stains along vertical file fold at center, Very Fine example of this rare shade, ex-Saadi, Gross; with 1993 and 2020 P.F. certificates. Scott Nos. 1a Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $325
Lot
488
1847, 10¢ black, clear to large margins, detailed impression, tied by red square grid cancel, matching "New-York, Sep 23" cds on blue 1850 folded cover to Quebec, Canada East, red Montreal (9.25) exchange cds and manuscript "4½" pence due rating, red Quebec (9.6) arrival backstamp, Very Fine and scarce use; with 1998 Roumet certificate. Scott Nos. 2 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $525
Lot
489
1855, 10¢ green, type I, position 98LI, large and well balanced margins, rich color, tied on 1857 cross border cover to Canada by partial "Kenosha, Wisc. Oct. 5" C.d.s., bold red "United 6D States" oval exchange marking and Windsor split ring 10/6/57 receiving backstamp, trivial vertical file fold away from stamp, not detracting, Extremely Fine. Scott Nos. 13 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $450
Lot
490
1855, 10¢ green, type III, large well balanced margins and rich color, tied by neat blue "New Bedford, Mass., Sep 27" cds on fresh cover to Montreal, Canada, red oval United States exchange handstamp and partial receiving backstamp; cover slightly reduced at top, Very Fine, an attractive stamp and usage; with 2003 P.F. certificate. Scott Nos. 15 Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot
491
1857, 1¢ blue, type V, double vertical perforations, horizontal strip of three, full strip showing near full margin and double perfs at right as well as between stamps, tied by neat "San Francisco, Cal., Sep 28, 1861" cds's on fresh cover to Red Bluff, neat docketing at left, Very Fine and choice, a rare multiple usage of this perforation variety. Scott Nos. 24 var. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $120
Lot
492
1857, 1¢ blue, type V, in combination with 1861, 3¢ rose (65) on fresh mourning cover to Baltimore, Md., tied by "New York, Sep 30" cds and grid duplex, Extremely Fine, a choice and scarce combination usage during the demonetization process, ex-Judd & Wm. Fox. Scott Nos. 24 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $200
Lot
493
1857, 1¢ blue, type V, tied by "New York, Sep 8" cds on 1860 unsealed circular rate cover to Vernon, Vt., with original 8-page circular promoting the new book The Revelation of a Slave Smuggler being the autobiography of Capt. Richard Drake (an African Trader for 50 years from 1807 to 1857), Very Fine. Scott Nos. 24 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $280
Lot
494
1860, 5¢ brown, type II, tied by grid handstamp on gray allover American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Affairs ad cover (reduced at top) to Madrid, Spain, red "New York, Br. Pkt., Oct 24" exchange cds, with blue "4R." reales rate handstamp and receiving backstamp; small cover tear at top and horizontal file fold affecting stamp, F.-V.F. Scott Nos. 30 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $325
Lot
495
1857, 10¢ green, type II, rich color, tied by "N.Y. & BOSTON STMB & R.R.R. May 4" cds (Towle 73-C-3) on neat small cover to San Francisco, Very Fine, a rare transcontinental railroad usage; with 2000 P.S.E. certificate. Scott Nos. 32 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $300