Sale 45: The Winter Sale

Lot 1495    

Jenkins' Camden Dispatch, 1853, black. Large top and bottom margins, just touching or slightly in at sides, tied by two red crayon strokes on small blue cover to "Hudson Sheeve, Engineer at West Jersey Ferry", Very Fine, One of Eleven Recorded Covers with Jenkins' Camden Dispatch Lithograph Stamp, ex Ferrary, Hall; with 2001 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 89L1; $3,500    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,100

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Lot 1496    

Jenkins' Camden Dispatch, 1853, black. Large margins to just in, uncancelled and affixed to embossed cover addressed locally, Fine; with 1998 P.F. certificate declining opinion as to its usage, but specialists have accepted this item for many years.
Scott No. 89L1    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $240

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Lot 1497    

Letter Express, 1844, 5¢ black on pink. Cut to shape, manuscript canceled on 1844 folded letter from Detroit, Mich. to Buffalo, N.Y.; file fold affecting stamp and some splitting along folds, otherwise F.-V.F., very scarce; signed Frajola, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. 96L1    $1,000.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1498    

Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co., 1855, 1¢ red orange. Cut to shape, minor oxidation and slight surface wear at upper left, tied by boxed "Paid" handstamp on cover to Brooklyn, Conn., in combination with 1851, 3¢ dull red tied by New York cds, F.-V.F.; with 2001 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. 107L1+11; $900    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $425

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Lot 1499    

Metropolitan Post Office, 1852-53 (2¢) red. Cut to shape as always, tied by partly readable "Metropolitan P.O." circular datestamp with "Paid/W. H. Laws" framed handstamp on locally addressed cove; cover with small edge tears at top and stamp with light crease at top (basically a wrinkle near the edge), Very Fine, a beautiful tied example of the rare "W. H. Law" Metropolitan Post Office stamp, of which only seven covers are recorded., ex Schenck, Hall; with 2001 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 108L3; $3,750    Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 1500    

New Jersey Express Co., Newark N.J. Blue embossed cameo on buff entire to New York, faint "1" handstamp at top right, Extremely Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1501    

New Jersey Express Co., Newark N.J. Blue embossed cameo on entire to Merwinesburgh Pa., manuscript. "in haste" at top, small faults at top, large part of backflap removed, otherwise Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $220

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Lot 1502    

New Jersey Express Co., Newark N.J. Blue embossed cameo on orange entire, locally-addressed, with original company lettersheet datelined "Newark Feb. 20/63", Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $240

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Lot 1503    

New Jersey Express Co., Newark N.J. New Jersey Express Co., Newark N.J. Blue belt-type embossed oval on entire to New York City, no markings, Very Fine, accompanied by a second entire with plain oval (faults), Very Fine, accompanied by a second entire with plain oval (faults).
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $140

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Lot 1504 ()   

Priest's Despatch, 1851 (2¢) black on rose. Margins slightly cutting in, uncancelled as usual, used on front only to Henry Seybert at 11th and Chestnut Streets, F.-V.F., one of only nine Priest's Despatch black-on-pink usages, ex Golden; with 1999 P.F. certificate stating that the stamp has been removed and replaced on this front of origin.
Scott No. 121L4    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $675

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