Lot
855 
1870, 15¢ bright orange, in combination with 1870, 6¢ carmine on registered cover to Michigan, canceled by "Tecumseh, Mich, Oct 23" cds and target duplex; cover with slightly rough opening at right, Very Fine. Scott No. 152+148 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $120
Lot
856
1870, 24¢ purple, used with 2¢ brown (157) and 30¢ gray black (165), tied by strikes of circle of wedges cancels on cover to Ahmednagar, India at double the 28¢ British Mail rate via Brindisi, red Boston foreign mail cds and red crayon "48 / 2" credit to G.B., red "London Paid" transit cds and matching "2d" colonial credit handstamp, reverse with Sea Post Office and Ahmednagar arrival cds, slight repair at top left edge of cover, Very Fine, an attractive Bissell correspondence use to India bearing a three-color franking prepaying double the 28¢ British mail rate via Brindisi; with 1985 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 153 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $650
Lot
857
1870, 30¢ black, in combination with 1870, 10¢ brown slightly overlapping on 1871 folded letter to Merida, Mexico, all tied by "N. York, Steamship, Jan 10" cds, bold "7" rate handstamp; stamps with small flaws, F.-V.F., a scarce four times the 10¢ packet rate to Mexico. Scott No. 154+150 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $180
Lot
858
1870, 30¢ black, two singles, s.e.'s at left, tied by light crossroads cancels on legal size cover to Melbourne, Australia, red "San Francisco, Cal., Paid, Jun 21" cds and receiving backstamp; right stamp with faults, Fine appearance; with 1996 A.P.S. certificate. Scott No. 154 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150
Lot
859
1873, 2¢ brown, canceled by neat circle of wedges handstamp on local drop bankruptcy notice, matching New Orleans, La. cds alongside and circular "Have Your Mail Directed To Street & Number" handstamp, Very Fine. Scott No. 157 Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $50
Lot
860
1873, 3¢ green, on 1870 3¢ green entire to London, England, tied by neat crossroads cancels with matching "Syracuse, N.Y., Jul 17" cds alongside, red N.Y. exchange and 1873 London entry postmark, Very Fine, the Earliest Documented Usage of the 1873 3¢ Banknote Issue; with 1993 A.P.S. certificate. Scott No. 158 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $190
Lot
861
1873, 7¢ orange vermilion, horizontal strip of three and single, canceled by blue cork handstamps on cover to the S.S. Kearsarge in care of the U.S. Consul in Yokohama, Japan, matching "Portsmouth, N.H., Aug 7" origin cds alongside, red New York transit and "Per P.M.S.S. Co." endorsement; small cover corner repair and missing backflap, Very Fine appearance; with 1994 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 160 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $280
Lot
862
1873, 30¢ gray black, four singles, in combination with 1873, 3¢ green, two horizontal strips of three and two singles arranged in block form on oversized wrapper to Wisbeach, England, all tied by light segmented cork cancels, red "Boston, Paid, Jul 24" cds alongside, reverse with partial receiving backstamp; cover edge wear and tears, F.-V.F., a rare high value franking usage. Scott No. 165 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot
863
1875, 2¢ vermilion, Diagonal Bisect used as 1¢, bottom right half, tied across the cut by blue target cancel on small locally-addressed cover to Taneytown Md., accompanied by original Taneytown Feb. 22, 1879 datelined enclosure, fresh and Very Fine bisect use; with 1959 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 178b $750.
Lot
864
1875, 5¢ blue, in combination with 1879, 1¢ dark ultramarine, two singles + 2¢ vermilion, two singles + 3¢ green + 6¢ pink on 1880 cover to Weimar, Germany, all tied by segmented corks handstamps with matching "Watertown, Wis., Aug 5" cds's, reverse with receiving postmark; 1¢ at right with margin flaws and strong cover reduction at right, F.-V.F., a rare five color franking with most issues of the American Banknote Co. Scott No. 179+182-184+186 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.