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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
Type F duplex on 1c Columbian entire (U348) to Hamburg, Germany, carried by CGT steamer La Bretagne, Paris transit datestamp and Hamburg backstamp, small tears at top, very fine, although severely underpaid there is no sign of missing stamps, it is possible the entire was mistaken for a 5c envelope and the supplementary fee paid in cash, ex-Kristol
Type F duplex ties 10c Columbian (237) to cover to London, England, additional purple "Late Mail" handstamp (considered by Piszkiewicz to be a post office marking), carried by White Star's Teutonic, London backstamp, very fine and scarce
two strikes of Type F duplex tie 1c, 2c, and 5c Small Banknotes (219, 220, 223) to 2c Green entire (U311) to London, England, arrival backstamp, very fine and colorful franking, ex-Kristol
Type F duplex ties 5c Chocolate (255) to 5c Brown entire (U223) to Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, carried on Cunard's Lucania, Swiss backstamp, very fine, ex-Kristol
magenta Type G oval ties 50c Orange (275) to legal-sized cover to Paris, France (Warnier correspondence), carried by Cunard's Campania, Paris arrival datestamp, very fine and scarce
two strikes of duplex tying 1895 2c Carmine to 2c Liberty postal card to Antwerp, Belgium, endorsed "per Majestic", Antwerp receiving datestamp, light creases, very fine and rare, White Star's Majestic sailed at noon so her normal mails would have closed at 9 AM, ex-Gundel and Kristol
horizontal pair, margins large to barely touching at lower right (portion of adjacent stamp at left), tied to 1849 folded letter sheet to Philadelphia by three strikes of blue "10" in oval, matching "Baltimore May 11" datestamp at left, delivered to New York by mistake where red "Missent" and "Forwarded" straightline handstamps were applied along with a "New-York May 12" datestamp, right stamp tiny corner crease, extremely fine, a beautiful and desirable example of auxiliary markings on an 1847 issue cover, ex-Newell, 1985 and 2006 Philatelic Foundation certificates
margins full to clear, early impression in dark shade, tied by red grid to folded lettersheet to Boston, matching "New-York Jan 1" datestamp alongside, datelined "London 15 December 1848", carried outside the mails to New York and then by mail to Boston, very fine and attractive use, ex-Matthies, Boker, and Gross, 2020 Philatelic Foundation certificate
margins full to just touching at bottom right, tied by perfect "Chicago Ill. Ju 19 1857" datestamp on cover to Macomb, Illinois, beautiful illustrated advertisement for "Prairie Farmer Works" with horse-drawn "self-raking reaper and mower", extremely fine and fresh, an outstanding illustrated cover, ex-Morton, 2012 Philatelic Foundation certificate
tied by straightline "U.S. Ship" handstamp to cover to Providence, Rhode Island, matching "Philadelphia Pa May 21 1864" datestamp, barely reduced at right, extremely fine and choice
strip of three and single tied by black grids with matching "Bangor Me Dec 28" datestamp alongside, on 1865 cover to "Hon. Elisha H. Allen, Honolulu, Sandwich Islands", very fine, Allen served as Minister Plenipotentiary from the Kingdom of Hawaii to the United States from 1856 until his death in 1883
used alongside four 1861 3c Rose (65), all tied by circle of wedges cancels to 1867 cover to Chiavari, Italy, red "New York Paid 18 Mar 9" credit datestamp, French transit and boxed "PD", Italian backstamps, stamps small faults, fine use