Lot
1616 
3¢ Blue Green, Re-Engraved, used with 1879, 1¢ dark ultramarine and 1881, 1¢ gray blue singles, tied by cork cancels on cover to Burma, matching "Sandy Hill N.Y. Feb 9, 1882" cds, endorsed "through Italy", reverse with Brindisi (2.26), Sea Post Office (3.7) and Mandalay (3.30) transits; some light soiling, Fine, ex-Stever, Mercedes., Fine, This is a very scarce mixed 1¢ bank note franking with the 1879 and 1881 issues. ex-Stever, Mercedes. Scott No. 207 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
1617
2¢ Red Brown, strip of three, pair and single, all tied by "Troy N.Y. May 30, 1885" duplexes on cover to New Zealand, reverse with San Francisco (6.5) transit and Auckland (6.28) arrival backstamps; couple edge flaws, Fine, a scarce 2¢ franking for the 12¢ treaty rate. Scott No. 210 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150
Lot
1618
2¢ Red Brown, overlapping 2¢ orange (R15) and tied by cork cancel duplexed with "Rome N.Y. Mar 3" cds on cover to Newburgh, N.Y., R15 with additional manuscript cancel, Very Fine and unusual. Scott No. 210 Estimate $150 - 200.
The sender apparently tried to prepay the postage with a revenue stamp, the postmaster held the cover for payment.
Realized: $160
Lot
1619
4¢ Blue Green, tied by "New York. U.S.A., 10-20 1886" oval third-class postmark on reverse of 2¢ red brown wrapper to Port au Prince, Haiti, Very Fine, A remarkable 5-times printed matter rate to Haiti, ex-Gundel. Scott No. 211 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $325
Lot
1620
3¢ Vermilion, tied by "New York 'P' Dec 31 '89" station duplex on 2¢ Grant lettersheet to Luneburg, Germany, Jan. 11th arrival backstamp, Very Fine and scarce 214 use on Grant lettersheet. Scott No. 214 + U293 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $210
Lot
1621
3¢ Vermilion, three covers comprising May 3, 1889 use with single on 3¢ green entire from New York City to Germany, Mar. 16, 1894 domestic use on cover from Conway N.H. with typewriter address to Dover N.H., and Mar. 23, 1914 use from Brooklyn N.Y. to Cleveland O.H.; some faults, Fine group. Scott No. 214 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $90
Lot
1622
3¢ Vermilion, used with two 1¢ Franklins and one 6¢ Washington, all tied by "Boston Mass" ovals on 1¢ green on salmon entire registered to New York N.Y., Frank Brown stamp dealer corner card, "Boston Mass, Mar 3, 1910" experimental registry label affixed over edge, Very Fine and scarce use with the registry label. Scott No. 214 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $75
Lot
1623
5¢ Indigo, five singles, used with 2¢ green (213) single and two 10¢ brown (209) singles, all tied by corks on parcel tag from Chicago Ill. to Sacramento, Ca., probably registered with two different accounting numbers on address side; one some small flaws including one 10¢ faulty, Fine, A remarkable registered Garfield parcel tag use with 37¢ postage prepaying 27-times the 1¢ third class rate plus 10¢ registry fee. Scott No. 216 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $375