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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.
- Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection (111) Apply Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection filter
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- First Day Covery (do not use) (11) Apply First Day Covery (do not use) filter
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- Stampless Covers - General (108) Apply Stampless Covers - General filter
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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
folded letter carried on the final voyage of Cunard's Caledonia from Boston, departing December 5 and arriving Liverpool December 18, red boxed "Colonies &c Art.13." handstamp and Calais transit, Cognac backstamp, very fine and rare, ex-Feldman
red "San Francisco, Cal Paid Feb 20 1858" datestamp with manuscript "60" rate (paying four times the 15c French mail rate), endorsed "Via Panama & New York", red "New York Paid 18 Mar 17" datestamp, French backstamps, very fine and rare rate
cover franked with three 1855 10c Green (35) tied by Yreka dates taps, carried via Panama to New York, then to Southampton on September 7, red "London Paid Se 7" arrival datestamp, cover and stamps with small faults, still very fine appearance, cover overpays the 29c rate by 1c, ex-Starnes
red "San Francisco 30 Paid Jan 5 1860" datestamp on large envelope, red "New York Br Pkt 7 Paid Feb 1" transit datestamp, carried aboard Cunard's Africa to Liverpool, Aachen transit and Neumark backstamp, very fine, rare use of the "30 Paid" handstamp for Prussian Closed Mail rather than double the 15c rate to France
folded lettersheet sent at the unpaid 15c treaty rate, black "15" rate handstamp of San Francisco, endorsed "By Overland Mail" (Central Overland stagecoach to St. Louis), "New York 3 Aug 5" transit datestamp, carried on Cunard's Asia departing Boston August 6 and arriving Queenstown August 16, Calais transit and Mauzé backstamp, very fine, ex-Needs
franked with 1863 5c Brown and strip of four 10c Green (76, 68) tied by San Francisco targets, paying the 45c triple rate under the 1857 convention, carried overland to New York where it received a red "New York Paid 36 Nov 21" datestamp, carried via Cunard's Cuba departing Boston November 22 and arriving Queenstown December 1, Calais and Paris transit and Bordeaux arrival datestamps, very fine
black March 27 St. Louis datestamp on folded letter, black "N. York Am. Pkt 21 Mar 31" credit datestamp, carried aboard the Inman Line's City of Washington which lost her propeller early in the voyage but proceeded by wind, the ship lost her rudder on April 12 and this cover was transferred to the Galway Line's Propontis in the mid-Atlantic, backstamped Cork April 27 where large "1s-" due handstamp was applied (twice the 6d rate), very fine and interesting delayed cover, ex-Feldman
mourning cover franked with Great Britain 6d Lilac, tied by "Birkenhead No 14 68" duplex, magenta "San Francisco Paid All" exchange datestamp, Pacific Insurance company backstamp, very fine use