Sale 118: The Fall Sale

Lot 1112    

Blood & Co., 1855 (1¢) black, single use on 13 covers; with six solo usages, four local usages one canceled by small black grid and others by small red "1" in oval handstamp, and other with additional Philadelphia octagon date stamp and matching "Free" in circle handstamp endorsed "Post -Master" (P.F. cert.), six in combination with 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) tied by grid with matching Philadelphia date stamp, locals tied by various handstamp/date stamps and to various destinations including Washington D.C. and Louisville, Ky., also includes stampless with hotel cameo corner card on backflap; some with small flaws, otherwise Fine to Very Fine or better.
Scott No. 15L18    Estimate $500 - 750.



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Realized: $425

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Lot 1113    

Blood & Co., 1855 (1¢) black, large margin to in at right, canceled by red "1" in oval handstamp on cover to Iowa City, in combination with 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) both tied by "Philadelphia, Pa., Feb 25, 1859" octagon date stamp, "Blood's Despatch, Feb 25, 1859" cds at right, Very Fine.
Scott No. 15L18    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1114    

Blood & Co., envelope, 1848-60, red on white, locally addressed (and partially crossed out), canceled by "Blood's Despatch, June 4, 1855" cds, F.-V.F., ex-Chapman.
Scott No. 15LU5    Estimate $40 - 60.

Realized: $90

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Lot 1115    

Blood & Co., envelope, 1848-60, red on buff, locally addressed entire canceled by "Blood's Despatch May 10, 1856" cds, Very Fine, a scarce buff entire; with 2000 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 15LU6A    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $220

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Lot 1116    

Blood & Co., envelope, 1848-60, red on white, laid paper, locally addressed entire with "Blood's Penny Post, Jan 1, 1858" cds, Very Fine.
Scott No. 15LU7    Estimate $40 - 60.

Realized: $90

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Lot 1117    

Clipperton Island, 1895, 1¢-$1.00 Clipperton Island complete set, ten values, tied by purple three-ring cancels, entered mails with partial purple "San Francisco, Cal. Reg. Div., Mar 23, 1896" cds, additionally franked with 5¢ Bureau + 3¢ Columbian issues (270+232) tied by "San Francisco" registry ovals on legal-size 10¢ Columbian entire with F.M. Petersen & Co. corner card to Altona, Germany, New York transit oval backstamp and "New York" exchange label affixed over three stamps, Altona arrival backstamp; some wear and light soiling, vertical crease at center between stamps, F.-V.F., only 200 sets produced and the only cover bearing the Columbian-Clipperton Island issue combination.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

A COLORFUL AND RARE COVER WITH AN ENTIRE SET OF THE CLIPPERTON ISLAND STAMPS USED TO GERMANY, THIS NOW BEING THE THIRD COMPLETE SET ON COVER RECORDED.

The Clipperton Island stamps where produced in March 1895 in San Francisco by the local agents of the Oceanic Phosphate Co. that was operating an important guano recovery operation on Clipperton Island, an atoll in the Eastern Pacific Ocean about 1,800 miles from San Francisco. They were intend for employee mail from the island and there were about 150-200 miners there at the time of issue.

Realized: $2,100

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Lot 1118    

(Gahagan & Howe) City, G. & H. Express, 423 Washn. St. S.E. Cor., Sansome St., sharp bold blue oval handstamp on stampless envelope for local San Francisco delivery, red "F. Boilleau, San Francisco" company sender's handstamp; repaired cover nick at top and light edge wear, otherwise Very Fine, a lovely example of this short lived company which delivered mail locally in San Francisco.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Lot 1119    

Stait's Despatch, 48 So. 3rd St., Paid, red circular handstamp on locally addressed printed circular, inside with additional strike of handstamp and a black on yellow W. Stait label calling for contributions to the Cheap Postage Committee, circular calling for recognition to Barnabas Bates and asking for support to the Cheap Postage movement, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Barnabas Bates, who served as New York's assistant postmaster between 1833-36, later began working for the New York Democratic Party and the Equal Rights Party. He served as an advocate for reduced postal rates, which made public communication possible for a greater number of people. In the 1850's, Bates adopted the Elihu Blurritt practice of using illustrated envelopes to further his reform proposals for America.

Realized: $230

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Lot 1120    

One Cent Despatch, 1856, 1¢ violet, type II, clear to large margins, tied by "City Despatch, Jul 3, 1856" cds with second strike at right on cover to Milford, Del., in combination with 1851 3¢ dull red (11) tied by "Washington, D.C., Jul 3, 1856" cds; stamp with portion of bottom margin added, Very Fine appearance, a lovely combination usage; with 2024 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 112L1; $1,500    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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