Sale 98: The Transportation Sale

Lot 4480    

(South Carolina Railroad) South Carolina R.R., two covers, first with manuscript "SoCaRR, April 19" postmark and matching "5" rating on circa 1854 folded cover to Aiken S.C.; second with blue "South Carolina R.R., Dec 29" route agent cds with matching "5" rating handstamp stampless cover to Augusta Ga., Very Fine exhibit page.
Towle No. 336-A-1, 336-D-1    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 4481    

(South Carolina Railroad) E.N. Fuller, R. & F. Agt., S.C.R.R., Charleston, S.C., illustrated corner card showing Steam Locomotive & Train on 3¢ pink (U58) entire cancelled by "Charleston S.C. Oct. 13" cds and cork cancel to Abbeville S.C., Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Lovely advertising corner card promoting the railway and freight agent "E.N. Fuller" of Charleston.

Realized: $160

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Lot 4482    

(South Side Railroad) South Side R.R., Mar 11, blue route agent cds on folded letter datelined "Petersburg, March 10th 1853" to Farmville Va. bearing 3¢ dull red (11A) tied by manuscript, Very Fine and rare, Rarity IX, ex-Hannen.
Towle No. 311-A-1    Estimate $500 - 750.

Put onto Route 2443 and carried 69 miles west to Farmville.

Realized: $350

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Lot 4483    

(Valley Railroad) Pleasant Valley Depot, purple station cds overstruck by matching unlisted "Pleasant Valley, Valley Railroad" oval handstamp on 1¢ postal card (UX5) to Harrisbonburg Va., datelined "Pleasant Valley Va Oct 28 1878", Very Fine and rare unlisted Valley Railroad oval.
Towle No. 274-S-40    Estimate $150 - 200.

Chartered in February 1866 the Valley Railroad intended to connect the Baltimore & Ohio at Harpers Ferry to the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. A section of the one between Harrisburg and Staunton was completed by 1877 using convict labor but by 1878 construction was stopped at Lexington. The line was taken over by the Baltimore & Ohio in 1881 as their Valley Branch but in the Postmaster General's Annual Report of 1878 neither company were listed as having a contract on the Harrison to Staunton section of the road.

Carried outside the mails 5 miles north having received the Station Agent cds and an unlisted undated "VALLEY RAILROAD" in the same ink.

Realized: $90

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Lot 4484    

(Virginia & Tennessee Railroad) Va. & Tenn. R.R. "Feb. 21", clear blue cds strike with date in manuscript and matching large "5" cent due rating on blue folded letter datelined "Liberty 21 Feby. 1855" to Richmond Va.; vertical file fold well away from markings, Very Fine and rare, Rarity IX, ex-Towle, Hannen.
Towle No. 311-D-1    Estimate $300 - 400.

Put onto Route 2022 and carried 25 miles east to Lynchburg for Richmond.

Realized: $210

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Lot 4485    

(Western & Atlantic Railroad) West. & Atlantic R.R., Aug 23, red route agent cds with inverted date slug that ties manuscript cancelled 3¢ dull red (11) on orange buff cover to Hon. Howell Cobb, Athens, Ga.; minor cover fault at bottom, F.-V.F., Rarity VIII.
Towle No. 357-B-1    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $240

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Lot 4486    

(Wilmington & Manchester Railroad) Wilm. & King. R.R., Jun 1, clear strike of route agent cds with matching target cancels 3¢ rose (65), faulty at bottom, on folded letter datelined "Timmonsville June 1" S.C. to Cheraw S.C., a Very Fine strike and rare Carolina Railroad use.
Towle No. 340-J-1    Estimate $300 - 400.

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE WILM. & KING. R.R. ROUTE AGENT CDS.

In 1854, the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad was extended to Kingsville S.C.

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Lot 4487    

(Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad) Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad, Mar 11, sharp strike of red route agent cds on blue folded cover from the Ludlow Beebee correspondence to Philadelphia bearing 5¢ red brown (1) horizontal pair, large margins all around, brilliant shade and crisp impression, each cancelled by manuscript "X"; tiny scissors-cut at bottom between stamps, cover with tear at top that does not detract, Extremely Fine, Rarity V, ex-Picher, Gross.
Towle No. 305-H-2    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

A CHOICE 1847 ISSUE WILMINGTON & RALEIGH RAILROAD USE.

Probably originating from Charleston circa 1848 and put onto Route 2817 carried by steamboat and railroad the 340 miles to Weldon. Transferred via Richmond and Washington to Philadelphia.

Realized: $3,250

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Lot 4488    

(Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad) Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad, Mar 25, sharp blue route agent cds with matching large "10" rating handstamp on blue folded cover to New Haven, Conn.; small edge tear at bottom, Very Fine, Rarity V.
Towle No. 305-H-2    Estimate $150 - 200.

Put onto Route 2817 on March 25th circa 1847 and carried to Weldon for New Haven via Washington and New York.

Realized: $120

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Lot 4489    

(Winchester & Potomac Railroad) W. & P. R.R., Stephenson, Dec 3, 1860, station oval on orange buff cover with "Free, J.S. P.M." postmaster free frank to Berryville Va.; top edge repair, Fine appearance, Rarity VIII, ex-Towle, Hannen, The Towle Listing and Only Recorded Example.
Towle No. 273-S-3b    Estimate $300 - 400.

Put onto Route 4492 at Stephensons on December 3rd 1860 to Berryville, located two miles south of St. Johns Run on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road. Carried 27 miles east to Harpers Ferry for transfer west on Route 3207.

Realized: $160

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