Sale 19: The Autumn Sale

Lot 277    

[New Mexico Terr.] Kelley, New Mexico. Double circle postmark on 1884 cover with honey comb pattern franked with 2¢ red brown Bank Note tied by target cancel, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $80

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Lot 278    

[New Mexico Terr.] Miera, N. Mex. Cds on 1891 cover franked with 1890 2¢ red tied by target cancel, reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $75

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Lot 279    

[New Mexico Terr.] Spring Hill, N. Mex. Cds on 2¢ green Postal entire with target cancel, used in 1894, Very Fine (no photo).
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $65

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Lot 280    

[New York] 1848 retaliatory rate incoming letter to Utica, N.Y. Datelined July 24, 1848, blue "Birmingham Aug 21, 48" cds, red Boston cds and "29" rate, historically significant letter …I do not doubt for a moment that there are plenty in America who think old John Bull at the end of his tether and with most of them the wish is father to the thoughts…his Constitution is firm & as sound a rock…even the Chartists themselves (poor devils) admit that [their] opportunity is gone by…the boasted meeting of April 10, if even the Government had not prevented it would scarcely have revolutionized Sunbury let alone such a Country as this where everything depends so much upon order & confidence…as to America helping Ireland further than with a few frothy speeches it is quite out of the question…and as for fighting men old --'s parlour would hold more than will ever land in Ireland for the sake of a buffet with John Bull…indeed I suspect that Mexico has quite satisfied the appetite for war of Uncle Sam for a few years at least…if we are to have an insurrection in Ireland [it] will be before a week out…in a bill to suspend the Habeus Corpus…Ireland's bullies will be on guard…I am sorry to tell you that there are alarming reports of the probable failure of the potato crop - if it should be true & of Ireland as well as England - God help the "bogtrotters" for we will not…31st July there will be no revolution in Ireland. Cover tone spots and splitting along some folds, Fine (no photo).
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $290

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Lot 281    

[New York] Albany, N.Y., May 17. On folded letter to Boston, manuscript "17" rate, Fine (no photo).
Estimate    $20 - 30.

Realized: $20

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Lot 282    

[New York] Forwarded By Giro & Francia, New York. Three line stencil backstamp and manuscript "June 7/56" date on folded letter from Havana, Cuba to France, entered the mails with red "New York Am Pkt Jun 7" datestamp and pencil "21" rate, French entry postmark and "8" (d) due handstamp, file fold, Very Fine, one of only a couple stencil forwarding agent markings and possibly the only one from the United States.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $200

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Lot 283    

[New York] Forwarded by Slade & Lemaitre (Havre). Stencil forwarding agent handstamp on reverse of 1841 folded letter from Havre, France to Kinston, Massachusetts, carried privately and forwarded again in Liverpool with manuscript notation of Blodget & Hinrichsen, endorsed per Halifax Steamer and crossed out with "Too Late" and endorsed again per North America, entered the mails with "New York Ship" postmark and manuscript "20 ¾" rate, small cut on verso around seal, Extremely Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $100

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Lot 284    

[New York] Miss Augusta Follett Correspondence, 1822-36. Collection of 13 letters sent to Miss Augusta Follett in Milford, New York, many carried outside the mails and from various cities around New York including Onondaga Hollow, Laurens, Burlington, two from Troy with red oval postmarks, Owego Village and privately carried within Milford, one such letter with an eloquent recitation regarding Ancient Greece and the history of modern Europe, also includes an important and historical letter from brother Burley Follett (who later became the mayor of Green Bay) datelined "Fort Howard, G.B., 13th Nov 1830" (Green Bay, Michigan Territory), letter was carried to Mackinac where it entered the mails with red "Mackinac, Nov 18" cds and matching "Ship" straight line cancel (this ship handstamp predates the earliest known in ASCC by six years) and manuscript "27" rate (25¢ for over 400 miles plus 2¢ ship), Very Fine, a wonderful and rare early correspondence.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $950

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Lot 285    

[New York] New York, Jan 20. Fancy clamshell oval postmark on 1800 incoming folded letter to Philadelphia, Pa, from Port Republican (Santo Domingo), manuscript "Sh 27" rate for double 12½¢ rate plus 2¢ ship fee, enclosure from merchant complaining of duty suddenly being imposed on all cargoes by Spanish "…not even provisions are exempt from duty…I except as soon as this reaches the United States, few shipments will be made to these ports.", Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $50

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Lot 286    

[New York] Schoharie Court House, N.Y./January 15. Large size rimless cds in red on 1820 folded cover originating from Albany with light red cds, cover missent to Schoharie & forwarded to Schenectady, Very Fine, a lovely clear strike.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $100

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