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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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cover franked with Great Britain 2½d Blue (small faults), tied by "Uddingston My 25 81" duplex, horizontal pair of 5c Brown postage due adhesives (J4) with crayon cancel, "New York Jun 5 Due 10 Cents" and "T Centimes 25" opera glass handstamps, very fine
"Stitt, Day, & Co.'s Prices Current of American Produce", 1d impressed newspaper tax mark, framed "Paid at Liverpool Jy20 1847" and "2" handstamps, carried by Cunard's Hibernia departing Liverpool July 20 and arriving Boston August 2, trivial ink erosion, very fine and scarce
folded outer lettersheet, 2c printed matter rate prepaid by horizontal pair of 1851 Type IV 1c Blue (9, positions 81-82L1L), tied by blue postmark, carried by Cunard's Africa departing Boston June 20 and arriving Liverpool July 1, large green "2" due handstamp, fine and attractive
folded outer lettersheet with the 2c printed matter prepaid by two 1851 Type IV 1c Blue (9), tied by light New Orleans datestamp, blue framed "Open Printed Circular", carried by Cunard's America departing Boston March 12 and arriving Liverpool March 27, large black "2" due handstamp, very fine
"Boult, English, & Brandon's Freight Circular" franked with Great Britain 1d Red (faults), carried aboard Cunard's Asia departing Liverpool June 9 and arriving New York June 21, black "2" due handstamp upon arrival in New York (only example known on incoming printed matter), very fine, ex-Winter
vertical pair of 1868 3c Red "F" grill (94) on large part printed circular (missing left hand internal page), paying the 6c book rate of January 1, 1868, very fine example of this short-lived rate, ex-Tabeart and Wood
red Type A handstamp on 1858 folded letter to Cognac, France, red "New York Paid 12 Jul 21" datestamp, carried by Cunard's Africa arriving in Liverpool August 2, Calais and Paris transit markings and August 4 arrival backstamp, very fine, ex-Wood
red Type E datestamp ties 6c Dull pink (159) alongside 30c Gray black (165), both stamps tied by black corks to cover to Montpellier, France, carried by NGL's Necker to Southampton, backflap missing and small repairs along top edge, very fine, these stamps combine to pay double the 9c Treaty rate to France plus 18c supplementary fee, ex-Noel and Walske
Type F duplex ties 5c Taylor to 5c Blue stamped envelope to Bremen, Germany, carried by N.G.L.'s Oder, January 16 arrival backstamp, very fine and choice, ex-Hogg and Markovits
Type F duplex ties 10c Brown Banknote (187) to cover to London, England, arrival backstamp, very fine
Type F duplex ties 30c Black Banknote (165) to cover to Vienna, Austria, carried by Inman's City of Richmond to Queenstown, then transited through London and Aachen before arriving September 13, small faults along top edge, very fine appearance, 30c stamp pays the UPU 1½ oz 15c rate plus the supplementary fee of the same amount
two strikes of Type F duplex tie pair of 5c Taylor (185) to folded letter to Bordeaux, France, carried on NGL's Rhein, French arrival datestamp also ties, very fine