Lot
1702 
Bicycle Mail Route, 1894, 25¢ Brown, imprint on 2¢ green on white entire (size C) locally addressed to Henry Banta (Arthur Banta's brother), canceled by purple double bar handstamp, 2¢ indicia canceled by "Fresno, Cal., Jul 18, 1894" duplex postmark, Very Fine, ex Bleuler; with 2007 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 12LU1 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,100
Lot
1703
Bicycle Mail Route, 1894, 25¢ Brown, on 2¢ green on amber entire (size D) locally addressed to Arthur Banta at Victor Cyclery, canceled by purple double bar handstamp, 2¢ indicia canceled by "Fresno, Cal., Jul 18, 1894" duplex postmark, reverse with undated purple Bicycle handstamp, Very Fine, ex-Bleuler. Scott No. 12LU2 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,100
Lot
1704 
Bicycle Mail Route, 1894, 25¢ Brown, set of two 2¢ green entires, white entire size C (85x149mm) and amber entire size D (89x160mm), Very Fine, it is estimated that about 350 envelopes in total where imprinted during the life of the bicycle post. Scott No. 12LU1-12LU2 $400.
Realized: $250
Lot 1705
Bicycle Mail Route Balance, group of items on mostly on exhibition pages; includes mint #12L1 single and one on unused illustrated Victor Cyclery cover with Overman Wheel Co. handstamp and #220, #12L2 with mint signed Banta in margin, the reprint sheet lacking vertical roulettes, the counterfeit die impression on Victor Cyclery cover and Eugene Donze corner card, mint example on Victor ad cover mailed after discontinuance of post, mint #12LU2, announcement broadside and other ephemera, also pre route covers including usage from Hawaii and covers from the 1935 Memorial 40th anniversary, F.-V.F. group.Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $800
Lot
1706
Brainard & Co., 1844, Blue, cut to shape, manuscript "F" for Farnwell (Hale's agent), tied by "Forwarded by Brainard & Co. from Troy" oval handstamp on Mar. 11th 1845 folded letter to Springfield Mass., additional matching "Paid" handstamp at top right; file fold slightly affects stamp, clean and Very Fine, Unlisted by Scott as tied on cover. Scott No. 24L2 $4,500+.
ONE OF ONLY 15 RECORDED GENUINE COVERS, THIS BEING ONE OF ONLY A FEW EXAMPLES THAT ARE TIED.
One of only three recorded covers with the manuscript "F" for Hale's Agent Farnwell. There are only two other covers recorded in the Lyons census (Penny Post, January 2006) that have the manuscript "F" marking for Farnwell who was Hale's agent. This cover was not included in the Lyon's census.
Realized: $4,250
Lot
1707
City Despatch Post Endorsement Letter, 1842, folded letter with red "New York, Jan 18" cds and matching "Free" handstamp, to Postmaster General Wickliffe in Washington D.C., datelined "New York, Jan 17 (1842)" from old friend and owner of the New York Express newspaper, James Brooks, accompanied by news clipping and letter content reminding Wickliffe of previous recommendation of a City Despatch Post type carrier system…I enclose you an advertisement showing that private enterprise other than the Post Office is starting an enterprise similar to that I suggested to you.…I have no doubt this private enterprise will make money. If to it were added the letters of the Post Office - an endorsement of its character & security, how much your revenues might be increased?; light over toning and some separation along folds, Fine, this is the Earliest Known Advertisement For the City Despatch Post which would commence business the following month. Estimate $300 - 400.
About six months later, Wickliffe authorized the purchase of the City Despatch Post from its owner, Alexander M. Gregg, thereby creating the base for the New York carrier system.
Realized: $2,500
Lot
1708
City Despatch Post, 1842, 3¢ Black on Grayish, large margins showing outer framelines at top & bottom, red boxed "Free" handstamp with impression tying through on 1842 locally addressed folded letter, matching "City Despatch Post, N.Y., Jul 6, 1 O'Clock" cds alongside, Extremely Fine, a choice example of Greig's City Despatch Post stamp and cover; with 1991 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 40L1 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,400
Lot
1709
City Despatch Post, 1842, 3¢ Black on Grayish, large margins showing framelines on two sides, canceled by red "Free" handstamp on 1842 folded letter sheet addressed to the American Hotel, matching "City Despatch Post, N.Y., 20 Apr, 1 O'Clock" cds, 1842 docketing on sideflap; cover with piece of sideflap missing, Very Fine and attractive; with 1988 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 40L1 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $950
Lot
1710
City Despatch Post, 1847-50, 2¢ Black on Grayish, position 30, large margins all around, tied by "City Despatch Post P.O., Aug 26, O'Clock" cds with second strike at left on 1848 folded letter addressed to Chelsea, Mass., matching straight line "Paid" handstamp, with blue manuscript through handstamp applied by the New York Post Office and red "New - York, 5cts, Aug 27" integral rate cds alongside, letter with interesting content regarding traveling from Massachusetts to New York by railroad and steamer, Extremely Fine, one, if not the only known example of this issue on a cover traveling outside of New York City, illustrated in E. Perry 100 Years Ago (page 52), ex Mason, Duckworth, Boker and Kapiloff; with 2011 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 40L5 Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE FEW KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE CITY DESPATCH POST 2¢ BLACK ON GRAYISH ON COVER.
Lot
1711
Friend's Boarding School, 1877 (1¢) Black, full margins, affixed to reverse of cover addressed to Winona, O., front franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by Barnesville, O. duplex postmark, Very Fine. Scott No. 151L1+158 $400.