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Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
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1855 cover to Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, endorsed "Per Holden Stage", 1851 3c Dull red (11) tied by black "Steam" handstamp, red "New Orleans La Apr 8" datestamp, very fine, a remarkable cover carried by three different modes of transportation
This cover is an example of the symbiotic relationship among stage, steamboat and railroad lines (in this case in Louisiana). This cover would have been carried on the Opelousas and Great Western Railroad to Bayou Lafourche. At Bayou Lafourche, it would have been put on the stage coach and carried to Thibodaux, where it then was placed on a steamboat heading to New Orleans.
margins large to full, just tied by pen cancel to locally-addressed cover, bit of water staining, otherwise very fine (Scott $150)
margins huge to touching with left sheet margin and portion of adjacent stamp at top, affixed but not cancelled on locally-addressed cover, light wear, very fine (Scott $150)
margins huge to in at left, affixed to locally-addressed cover (small stains appear to just tie), extraneous figuring on both sides, fine and scarce (Scott $400)
margins large to touching, tied by pencil to locally-addressed cover, 1857 docketing at top left, very fine (Scott $300)
large to full margins, tied by manuscript "K" cancel (for carrier John King) to locally-addressed lettersheet, 1860 docketing, very fine use (Scott $300)
margins full to grazing, tied by pencil cancel alongside 1857 3c Dull red tired by blue "Baltimore Md. Mar 5" datestamp, embossed corner card for "Dealer in Guano, Grain & Seeds", 1858 docketing, very fine and attractive, ex-Emerson (Scott $350)
margins large to grazing frameline, tied by manuscript "H", 1857 3c Dull red tied by blue "Baltimore Md. Apr 23" datestamp (also just ties carrier), cover addressed to Philadelphia, very fine, the "H" cancel indicates service by either John Hutton or John J. Halton (Scott $350)
margins large to grazing at top, used alongside 1857 3c Dull red on cover to Rockford, Illinois, both tied by blue "Baltimore Md. May 23" datestamp, very fine and fresh (Scott $350)
margins large to full, pen cancelled on undated folded lettersheet to Hillsboro, North Carolina, 1857 3c Dull red tied by blue "Baltimore Md. Nov 23" datestamp, light edge wear, very fine (Scott $225 for tied)
margins large to grazing frameline, tied by manuscript cancel to 3c Star die entire (U27) addressed to Philadelphia, blue "Baltimore Md. Mar 15" datestamp, 1861 docketing, fine and attractive (Scott $250)
margins huge to full, tied by pencil "J" (for carrier Samuel Jarden) to locally-addressed cover, without backflap and small tear at top, very fine appearance, Jarden served as a carrier from 1855 through May 1859 (Scott $175)