Sale 40: The Autumn Sale

Lot 1240    

Adams' City Express Post, 1850-51, 2¢ blue. Position 83 from the stone of 100, large margins, manuscript canceled on cover to Amity N.Y., red "New York, Paid 5cts, Apr 11" integral rate cds and manuscript "Missent & ford" notation; stamp with faults and lifted to show the manuscript cancel bleeding through to the cover, Very Fine appearance, a great local rarity with this being the unique used example of the Adams' City Express Post 2¢ Blue stamp genuinely used on cover, ex Schwartz; with 2005 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 2L5    $7,500.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 1241    

American Letter Mail Co., 1844, 5¢ black, thick paper (1st printing). Ample to mostly large margins, canceled by red brush stroke on folded letter to Philadelphia, Pa., letter datelined "Baltimore Feby 10, 1844", Very Fine; with 2009 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 5L1    $850 for tied.

Realized: $425

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Lot 1242    

American Letter Mail Co., 1844, black on gray. Ample margins to slightly in, tied by manuscript cancel on 1845 folded letter from New York to Philadelphia, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 5L2    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 1243    

Bayonne City Dispatch, 1883, 1¢ black. Full margins, tied by purple target handstamp on cover to Bergen Point N.J., matching "Bayonne City, Dispatch Paid, May 13, 1883" 3 line handstamp; few faint cover tone spots, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce on cover usage, ex Judd.
Scott No. 9L1    $750.

Realized: $375

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Lot 1244    

Philadelphia Despatch Post, 1843 (3¢) black on grayish. Large margins, light blue manuscript cancel and tied by red "3" handstamp on locally addressed folded letter sheet with the stamp tied by the ink from the address at bottom left, red "D.O. Blood & Co., City Despatch, Paid" circular handstamp at left; sheet missing sideflaps, the tying portion of the "3" handstamp has been enhanced and the manuscript docketing on reverse has been altered from "1845" to "1843", Very Fine appearance, still an extremely rare usage of the City Despatch Post striding messenger stamp on cover and the only known usage showing D.O. Blood & Co. using the predecessor Robertson & Co. adhesive and numeral handstamp, ex Kleman, Emerson, Brown; with 2010 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 15L3    $12,500 on cover.

Realized: $2,600

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Lot 1245    

Blood & Co., 1848 (2¢) gold on black. Uncanceled on cover to New York City, in combination with large margin 1847, 5¢ red brown tied by blue grid cancels, matching "Philada. Pa., 5cts, Sep 2" cds, full clear strike of Blood's Despatch circular handstamp; 5¢ stamp with minor wrinkling, Very Fine, a very scarce combination.
Scott No. 15L12+1; $2,000    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $1,150

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Lot 1246    

Blood & Co., 1854 (1¢) bronze on lilac. Acid canceled and tied by manuscript docketing on cover to Baltimore, Md., in combination with 1852, 3¢ dull red tied by Philadelphia, Pa. cds, Blood's 1856 cds below, Very Fine.
Scott No. 15L14+11    Estimate $50 - 75.

Realized: $50

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Lot 1247    

Blood & Co., 1848 (1¢) bronze on black. Tied by acid cancel and blue "Philada. Pa., 5cts, Dec 3" cds on 1849 folded letter sheet to Huntington Pa., in combination with clear to large margin 1847, 5¢ brown tied by second date stamp strike, Very Fine and choice, a very scarce combination with local tied by a handstamp.
Scott No. 15L17+1    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,350

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Lot 1248    

Boyd's City Express, 1860, 1¢ black on blue gray. Tied by "Paid" in oval handstamp on small cover to Washington Penn., in combination with 1861, 3¢ rose cancelled by "New-York Apr. 2" cds and target duplex; trivial cover soiling, Very Fine; with 1985 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 20L18+65    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $95

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Lot 1249    

Cumming's City Post, 1844, 2¢ black on rose. Margins clear to just in, manuscript canceled with ink splashes tying stamp on 1846 folded letter sheet to Catskill, N.Y., red oval "Cumming's Express, 2 Ct." locomotive handstamp and red "New York, 5cts, Nov 14" cds, Very Fine, a very rare example of the Cumming's City Post Black on Rose stamp used on cover, approximately six genuine on covers usages known, Ex Chapman, Hollowbush, Golden and Kuphal; signed G. Sloane, with 1999 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 55L1; $5,000    Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.

Realized: $2,500

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