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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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margins large to full, tied by red star and blue "Philadelphia Pa. 5cts Oct 9" handstamps to 1854 folded letter to New Hope, Pennsylvania, internal piece of lettersheet missing just affects appearance at right, otherwise very fine and attractive, ex-Perry (Scott $2,500)
margins large to clear, centrally-struck red star cancel, on 1854 folded letter sheet to New York City, 1851 3c Dull red tied by black ("Philadelphia Pa Jul 11" datestamp, couple file folds, very fine and attractive, ex-Perry (Scott $750)
large margins to touching at top, used alongside 1851 3c Dull red, both tied by crisp “Philadelphia Pa Jul 24” datestamp in black to folded lettersheet to Baltimore, 1855 docketing, very fine and choice (Scott $500)
margins full to just in at right, red star cancel and just tied by thumbprint to cover to New York City, 1851 3c Dull red tied by black "Philadelphia Pa. May 17" datestamp, fine and attractive, ex-Waterhouse (Scott $400)
margins clear of design including frameline at bottom, cancelled by red star on 1853 folded letter to a Philadelphia street address, very fine (Scott $500)
1851 3c Dull red tied by blue “Philadelphia Pa. Jun 14” datestamp to 1852 cover to Clarksville, Virginia, red star handstamp indicating carrier fee paid directly to the carrier in cash, very fine
1851 3c Dull red tied by blue "Philadelphia Pa Aug 5" datestamp to cover to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, red star handstamp indicates payment of carrier's fee in cash, very fine
black double oval handstamp on horizontal pair of 1857 3c Dull red with "Philadelphia Pa Aug 18" octagonal postmark alongside, on small folded cover to New York City, manuscript docketing ties stamps, vertical file fold through left stamp, cover slightly reduced at left, very fine, a rare use of this carrier marking, ex-Chapman, Gibson, Emerson, and Cipolla, 2015 Philatelic Foundation certificate
two-line black handstamp on 3c Red Star die entire, postmarked "New-York Nov 6 1860" and sent to Philadelphia street address, framed black "Rec'd Nov. 10" handstamp, after unsuccessful delivery cover was marked "not Carrier" and initialed by the carrier, as there is no evidence of having been sent to the Dead Letter Office this cover was presumably collected and the advertised fee paid, horizontal crease, very fine appearance
waving flag and floating globe red and patriotic design with verse below ("Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just..."), franked with 1857 1c Blue and 3c Dull red (faded), "Philadelphia Pa Jun 17 1861" octagonal datestamp, addressed to soldier in 20th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, light wear and toning, fine and scarce to-the-mails carrier use on a patriotic envelope
red and blue George Washington medallion patriotic design, 1861 1c Blue and 3c Rose (63, 65) tied by targets with "Philadelphia Pa Jan 21 1862" datestamp alongside, addressed to soldier in the 5th Cavalry Regiment at Camp Cliffbourne, very fine and attractive to-the-mails carrier use on a patriotic envelope
backstamp on cover franked with 1861 1c Blue and 3c Rose (63, 65), postmarked "Philadelphia August 13, 1862", originally addressed to Niagara Falls, New York where it was marked “3c Forwarded” and returned to Philadelphia, the Carrier Department attempted redelivery to the sender at Sterling Avenue but could not locate him at that address (“Not at Sterling”), black “Advertised” in oval before eventual delivery to a new address (“127 S. 4th St”), very fine and interesting cover