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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.
- The John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post (218) Apply The John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post filter
- The William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History (216) Apply The William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History filter
- Main catalogue (179) Apply Main catalogue filter
- Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection (169) Apply Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection filter
- Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (99) Apply Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
- Advertising Covers Lots and Collections (1) Apply Advertising Covers Lots and Collections filter
- Advertising and Illustrated Covers by Topic (4) Apply Advertising and Illustrated Covers by Topic filter
- Civil War Covers - Union Patriotic Covers (8) Apply Civil War Covers - Union Patriotic Covers filter
- Convention and Inauguration Covers (3) Apply Convention and Inauguration Covers filter
- Postcards and Trade Cards (1) Apply Postcards and Trade Cards filter
- TOPICAL COLLECTIONS (1) Apply TOPICAL COLLECTIONS filter
- U.S. "Crash" Covers (3) Apply U.S. "Crash" Covers filter
- U.S. Airmail and Flight Covers Lots and Collections (3) Apply U.S. Airmail and Flight Covers Lots and Collections filter
- U.S. Zeppelin Flights (1) Apply U.S. Zeppelin Flights filter
- UNITED STATES PICTURE POSTCARDS (1) Apply UNITED STATES PICTURE POSTCARDS filter
- UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS (2) Apply UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS filter
- United States of America (651) Apply United States of America filter
- Washington-Franklin Issues (1) Apply Washington-Franklin Issues filter
- Not Used (211) Apply Not Used filter
partial folded letter from missionary in Persia with disinfection slits, originally addressed to Monson, Massachusetts, carried privately to Edinburgh where it entered the mails with red "Paid at Edinh. Dec 22 1848" split ring datestamp and manuscript "1/" rating, London and Liverpool backstamps, carried by Cunard's America departing Liverpool December 30 and arriving Boston January 12, red "Boston Ship Jan 12" entry datestamp and matching "7" rate handstamp for inland postage plus 2c ship fee, red "Monson Ms. Jan 15" datestamp, forwarded to Palmer with manuscript "12" due rating, very fine and attractive, a rare forwarded and disinfected restored rate cover
privately carried to England and paid "1/", carried on Cunard's Niagara on its only restored rate voyage, departed Liverpool January 27 and arrived Boston February 11, red "Boston Ms. Ship Feb 12" and "12" for 10c inland postage and 2c ship letter fee, cover faults including tear at top, still fine and scarce origin, ex-Boettger
privately carried to Boston, travelled via Cunard's America on its only restored rate voyage, departed Boston January 24 and arrived in Liverpool February 4, London February 5 transit and French receivers, letter regarding fish business, very fine and scarce
endorsed "Steamer via Halifax", paid double letter packet rate of "2/", carried on Cunard's Niagara on its only restored rate voyage, departed Liverpool January 27 and arrived Boston February 11, red Boston datestamp and "12" rate for double the 5c inland rate plus 2c ship letter fee, very fine, mail carried on this voyage is very scarce
folded lettersheet prepaid at 4sh (four times the February 1849 treaty rate), carried on Cunard's Niagara departing Liverpool March 24 and arriving Boston April 7, red straightline "Paid" and manuscript "20" for four times 5c credit, small faults, fine and early treaty rate use, ex-Boettger
folded letter carried on Cunard's Niagara, departing Liverpool March 24 and arriving Boston April 7, black "Boston Ms Ship Apr 7" with matching "24" and "19 cents" handstamps, very fine, early use of "24" the month after the treaty rate was implemented, ex-Boettger
folded letter endorsed "via Liverpool + Ostende", prepaid 10c for double the 5c British packet rate, carried on Cunard's Europa departing New York May 2 and arriving Liverpool May 14, London transit, black boxed "America per England" applied in Aachen, debit of "3/-" to Prussia and marked "36¾" Sgr postage due, backstamped Cologne, very fine, scarce early treaty rate cover, ex-Boettger
paid 48c in cash (light pencil) for double the 24c treaty rate, "38" crayon credit, carried on Cunard's Canada departing New York City May 30 and arriving Liverpool June 12, London receiver, very fine, ex-Boettger
put aboard a ship in Singapore by forwarding agents Boustead & Co., travelled via packet to Suez and Marseilles, received by Baring Bros. & Co. in London on October 27 and rated 2sh 3d postage due, Baring Bros. paid the postage from Singapore to London and put the letter back into the mail unpaid on November 2, red "24" and black "19 cents" handstamps for treaty rate postage, carried on Cunard's America departing Liverpool November 3 and arriving New York November 17, very fine, a rare origin for an incoming letter, ex-White and Shephard
Modbury, Devon straightline, blue Ivybridge November 14 datestamp, paid 1sh and carried on Cunard's Canada to New York (departing Liverpool November 17 and arriving December 1), red "Br Packet Paid 24 1 Dec" (unusual without city name, Winter only records this marking for four months) and matching "5 cents", scarce origin for transatlantic mail, ex-Boettger
cover addressed to the "U.S. Ship St. Lawrence", with original contents from the sister of a surgeon on the ship, manuscript "Paid 29" (overpayment of 5c), carried aboard Cunard's America from New York departing November 28 and arriving Liverpool December 12, red London backstamp and boxed "Colonies &c. Art.13." handstamp, sent via railroad from Calais and Paris to Marseilles, forwarded to Mahon via Perpignan and Palma, Spanish blue "11.R." due handstamp, very fine, a rare destination
folded letter with sender's forwarding marking used as cornercard, carried by Cunard's America departing New York November 28 and arriving Liverpool December 12, marked "Not Known" in Ireland and forwarded to London Dead Letter Office, from there sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington, DC where it was processed on May 17, 1851 (probably due to a large backlog of letters), returned to New York May 30, 17 months after originally being sent, very fine, transatlantic letters returned to the DLO are uncommon