Sale 98: The Transportation Sale

Lot 4422    

(Rutland & Burlington Railroad) Gassetts, R. & 8. R.R., Sep 1 1869, oval route agent handstamp with matching four-ring target cancels on 1¢ buff (112) vertical strip of three on cover to Harvard Mass.; strip with minor staining, F.-V.F.
Towle No. 41-S-9    Estimate $200 - 300.

Envelope put onto Route 2 at Gassetts to be carried 18 miles south to Bellows Falls for transfer east via Fitchburg to Boston.

Realized: $190

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Lot 4423    

(Rutland & Burlington Railroad) Middlebury, R. & B. R. R., 1857 Dec 12, perfect strike of blue oval route agent handstamp on buff cover to Pittsford Vt., matching blue advertising corner card of "Henry L. Sheldon, Dealer in Musical Instruments, Middlebury" at top left, manuscript Free Frank of H.L. Sheldon, Otac City at top right, slightly reduced at top right, Very Fine, Rarity IX.
Towle No. 41-S-1    Estimate $300 - 400.

Envelope put onto Route 131 and carried 23 miles south from Middlebury to Pittsford. Sheldon was an absent postmaster of Otac City, MI. in business in Middlebury.

Realized: $220

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Lot 4424    

(Rutland & Burlington Railroad) Sutherland Falls R. & B. R.R., Nov 18, 1865, two strikes of station oval on cover bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by four-rings target to Montpellier Vt., 1866 docketing at left, F.-V.F., Rarity VII.
Towle No. 41-S-12    Estimate $150 - 200.

The station at Sutherland Falls was situated 61 miles south of Burlington and 58 miles north of Bellows Falls on Route 454. The Rutland & Burlington was contracted in July
1865 at $19,400 a year for a daily service excluding Sundays on the 199½-mile route.

Put into the Sutherland Falls station on November 18th 1865 and addressed to Montpelier and struck with the Station Agents date stamp. Carried on Route 454 north to Burlington for transfer to Route 463 on the Vermont Central Rail Road for Montpelier.

Realized: $120

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Lot 4425    

(Rutland & Burlington Railroad) Whiting., R.& B.R.R., Sep 21 1869, blue station agent double-circle cds on orange cover to Pittsford, VT bearing 3¢ ultramarine (114) cancelled by black cork cancel, original 1869 enclosure accompanies; 3¢ small flaws, reduced slightly at left, Very Fine and rare, Rarity VIII, This is the Towle listing Example.
Towle No. 43-S-1    Estimate $200 - 300.

Whiting, VT is four miles west of Leicester Junction on the Addison Branch.

Realized: $150

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Lot 4426    

(Rutland & Washington Railroad) Rutland & Washtn. R. R., June 13, clear blue circle ties 3¢ dull red (11A), margins to slightly in, on buff 1853 cover with original letter from Clapp Mills, Burlington, Mass. to Beverly, Mass., Very Fine, Rarity IX, ex-Hicks, Wyer (This cover realized $110 in 1967).
Towle No. 44-A-1    Estimate $500 - 750.

THE FINER OF ONLY TWO RECORDED STRIKES OF THIS ROUTE AGENT CDS.

Realized: $450

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Lot 4427    

(Rutland & Washington Railroad) Rutland & Washtn. R.R., well-struck dateless circular postmark on cover with original Feb. 8th 1859 Rutland Vt. letter on General Ticket Department letterhead to Shushaw N.Y., endorsed "R.R.S." (Rail Road Service) at bottom left; minor edgewear, Very Fine railroad use carried outside of the mails, Rarity IX, This Towle Tracing is Partial unlike this Example, ex-Towle, Hannen.
Towle No. 44-A-1    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $240

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Lot 4428    

(Somerset & Kennebeck Railroad) Eastern R.R. Ms., Jul 29, blue route agent cds tying 1852 3¢ dull red (11) and 1857 3¢ dull red, type I (25) on cover to Manchester Vt., 3¢ '51 with four margins and 3¢ '57 with light corner creases, cover barely reduced at right, Extremely Fine, Rarity IV, ex-Wagshal.
Towle No. 4-A-1    Estimate $500 - 750.

A LOVELY AND RARE USAGE OF THE MIXED ISSUE FRANKING (PARTICULARLY WITH AN 1857 3¢ TYPE I) USED ON COVER WITH RAILROAD CANCEL. A WONDERFUL COVER FOR THE SPECIALIST.

Realized: $850

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Lot 4429    

(Somerset & Kennebeck Railroad) Somerset & Kens. R.R., Jul 7, route agent cds ties 3¢ rose (65) on orange cover to Winthrop, Me., cover reduced at left, Very Fine and rare railroad marking, Rarity VIII.
Towle No. 4-H-1    Estimate $300 - 400.

Envelope put onto Route 2 and carried south to Augusta for transfer 10½ miles west to Winthrop.

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Lot 4430    

(Stonington & Providence Railroad - Steamboat) N.Y. & Boston Stmb. & R.R.R., Jan 29, route agent cds ties 3¢ dull red (26) on lemon cover with "Gibbs $15 Sewing Machine" blue cameo advertising corner card to Boston Mass.
Towle No. 73-C-1    Estimate $500 - 750.

Carried on the combined steamboat and railroad route between New York and Boston. Part of the route used the Stonington & Providence Railroad.

Realized: $1,050

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Lot 4431    

(Stonington & Providence Railroad - Steamboat) N.Y. & Boston Stmb. & R.R.R., Aug 25, route agent cds and matching "10" cent rating handstamp on 1858 buff cover to Wolfville, Nova Scotia, oval "United States" exchange handstamp and large Canadian "6" pence due handstamp, reverse with St. Johns N.B., Annapolis (8.30) transits and Wolfville (9.1) arrival cds; some cover staining and wrinkles, F.-V.F.
Towle No. 73-C-3    Estimate $200 - 300.

Postmarks used by through New York-Boston route agents. They succeeded the U.S. Express Mail 'N.York' and 'Boston' postmarks.

Realized: $160

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