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Civil War Union Patriotic cover collection, with over two hundred unused examples, neatly-mounted and annotated in two Rapkin albums, most have been hinged to pages while others are affixed with corner mounts, range of themes including various flags and depictions of Liberty, George Washington, Eagles, etc.  “Remember Ellsworth”, Union leaders, anti-Confederate sentiment including caricatures of Davis and Beauregard, “Fate of Traitors,”“One of the Ends of Secession,” “The End of King Cotton”, and other similar depicting hanging scenes, some showing slight variations in similar designs, varied condition with small faults in places, but an overall fresh and desirable group with tremendous diversity.

Confederate States stamp balance, beautifully mounted and annotated, almost all stamps being four-margin examples, beginning with four used 5c Hoyer & Ludwig, each showing portion of sheet margin, three 10c blue Hoyer & Ludwig, two with jumbo margins, four 10c blue Paterson, showing a range of shades, two 2c Hoyer & Ludwig showing shades of dark and blue green,  five 5c blue Hoyer & Ludwig showing range of blue to milky blue shades, eight 10c Hoyer & Ludwig, with range of shades of rose, as well as a scarce four-margin carmine single (repaired), 5c De La Rue with corner blocks of four, each showing one of the corners, five used single in varying shades, with two pairs and a strip of four, 2c brown red Archer & Daly, four mint sheet margin singles showing early shades of milky-rose red and later brown red, with two further mint blocks of four, and four used singles postmarked in Greensborough in red, Richmond, and Raleigh, 5c Archer & Daly used pairs, one the earliest recorded date (Jul 15), another a late usage from 1865, 10c Type I mint blocks of four in dark blue, blue, and milky blue, along with a stunning group of four used multiples including a striking block of nine cancelled in Talladega, range of Type II mint and used singles and multiples, five mint 20c green singles in varying shades, used single with blue c.d.s., range of unissued 1c orange in singles and multiples, attractive four-margin 5c carmine Nashville Postmasters’ Provisional (sealed tear), the odd flaw, but an overall exceptional group of select stamps, an ideal reference or nucleus for a detailed study of these desirable issues.

Fancy cancels postal history collection, with approximately 300 nineteenth century covers, representing an incredible array of attractive and desirable postmarks, with range of geometric patterns, intaglio letters and numbers, circles of wedges, shapes, stars, hearts, flowers, as well as a number of more whimsical or ornate designs, noting, among many others, Rutland & Troy Railroad, Kicking Mule of Forbestown and Klinkner & Co, insects including Moth of Cleveland, Blue Fly of Freeport, “DON’T USM” of Bridgeport CT, Indian Head of Head Tide and Troutville Pennsylvania, Skull & Crossbones, “I AM HN” and “CB” of Ann Arbor, Liberty Bell and Shield of Concord, Masonic designs including Kennebunkport and Denmark, Maine, “V.A. Sprague PM” of Corinna, Maine, Black Mask of Hazelton, Liberty Bell, Jack O Lantern, Anchors of Magnolia Wisconsin, Globe of Zanesville, Ohio, One Cent Coin of Milford, Indiana, “69” in circle of High Point North Carolina on illustrated sewing machine cover, Cross of Bradford, Pennsylvania on Union patriotic cover, Keystone of Chester, Pennsylvania; Carved Faces of Memphis, Tennessee, and Newport, Vermont, the latter on lovely Memphremagog House advertising cover, Man Thumbing Nose, likely of Brattleboro, strong holding of Pennsylvania, Blue Bird of Rockford, Illinois, fancy “OCT” of Putnam, CT double-strike on uprated stationery cover, “Charter Oak” of Thomaston, CT, “CV” of Charlottesville, Virginia, Elk’s Head of Lynchburg, “OK” of Richmond and Old Point Comfort, UV of University of Virginia, “III” in Circle of East Plainfiel NH on Union patriotic cover, and much more, from a number of states including Alabama, California (with 1872 transatlantic usage to France), Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and more, condition varies as expected in such an extensive holding, an overall exceptional collection, with many items having graced renowned collections of the past,  almost the entirety of which one graced the famed Boker collection, an astounding opportunity to obtain the basis of a world-class collection of this fascinating field.
 
 

Local Stamps, balance of consignment, a broad holding replete with desirable items, noting American Letter Mail Co, with both 5L1 and 5L2 on cover, cancelled in manuscript 5L1 sheet of twenty, with reprint sheets in brown, orange, and violet; extensive range of Blood’s with D.O. Blood & Co. / City Despatch / Paid cut to shape on cover (15L8); eighteen small Blood’s Despatch / Blood’s Penny Post Philad’a on cover, many jointly with 3c Washington, one on attractive cameo machinery advertising cover, another with PHILADA RAILROAD straight-line; two Blood’s Penny Post (1c) black Henry Clay on cover; three Bouton’s City Dispatch Post oval strikes in red on stampless covers, 2c black on cover;
Boyd’s City Express, covers with range of types in green (10), black on red (2), 1c black in blue (1) and lilac (2),and 2c red on white (2), several tied; Boyd’s City Dispatch with multiple Eagle and Mercury types, two covers without adhesives, struck with oval handstamps; G. Carter’s Despatch, Philadelphia, five examples on cover one on ribbed paper; City Despatch, Philadelphia 1c black tied to cover; Crosby City Post 2c carmine sheet of twenty five; Cummings City Post, scarce 2c black on rose on glazed paper on folded cover, with P.F. certificate; Douglas City Despatch, range of adhesives (59L1/59L6a), (1c) pink and 1c blue on cover; Dupuy & Schenck 1c grey single; Glen Haven Daily Mail 1c with links, on cover with 3c; Hale & Co. 6c blue three covers, one stampless with “Forwarded by Hale & Co” and “Collect / Six Cents / for / Hale & Co”; useful representation of Hussey’s Post (19), with four Special Delivery stamps tied to cover, one on embossed Adams Express Co. envelope, others including 87L10, 87L39, 87L40, 87L43, 87L44,  87L49, 87L50, 87L51, 87L59, 87L62, 87L64, 87L65, 87L73, 87L74, etc; Pomeroy’s Letter Express with 5c brown large part sheet of 20, 5c black sheet of 40, 5c black on yellow on front with adjacent “Boyd’s City Express Post” datestaamp, twp scarce 5c blue usages on cover cancelled in manuscript, one tied, and scarce franking of two singles, also cancelled with Boyd’s datestamp; Swarts’ City Despatch, ten covers, all but one with 1c red Taylor or Washington frankings, note one on Hallenbeck’s Hotel cameo advertising cover, one 1c pink on transatlantic cover to Vienna; Dunham’s Union Square Post Office with oval handstamp on stampless letter, 1c black on green on cover with 3c; Westtown 2c gold on cover with 3c; handstamped covers of Baltimore City Despatch, Barker’s City Post, Carter’s Despatch, Towle’s City Post, etc, a wonderful assembly, with over 100 covers included, in addition to the stamps, representing a wide range of this fascinating collecting field, many ex-Kuphal and remaining on his album pages, condition varies, as expected, and not all adhesives may originate on the covers, but an overall desirable assembly with many fine items.
 

New York Fancy Cancels postal history collection, with over 150 covers, displaying a wide range of charming strikes, including floral, cogwheels, wedges, letters, diamonds, shields, letters, and rosettes, with more unusual designs including Masonic, Skull & Crossbones, “Head Under Wreath”, note advertising, Civil War patriotic, and other desirable usages, more than a few dozen post offices represented including Brasher Falls, Bush, Candor, Cold Spring, Copake Iron Works, Hemlock Lake, Hornellsville, Lima, Memphis, Stockholm Depot, Oriskany, Horseheads, Macedon, Unadilla, Union Springs, and more, condition varies, but many choice strikes, a lovely collection for expansion.