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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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manuscript postmark with matching "10" rate on 1850 folded letter to Forestdale, Vermont, interesting contents about Indians, light wear, fine and scarce, ex-Stoet
manuscript postmark with matching "10" rate on folded letter to St. Clair, Michigan, interesting mining contents, light wear, very fine and rare marking, ex-Risvold
manuscript postmark on cover to Deposit, New York, matching “Paid 3” at upper right, 1854 docketing, very fine marking, the only recorded cover from Little Bull Falls which operated from 1852-57
manuscript postmark with matching "5" rate on folded letter to Philadelphia, very fine, from this office's first period of operation (1849-53)
green express label on cover to Wrightstown, Wisconsin, heavy wear to both cover and label, still fine and scarce
circular datestamp ties 1861 3c Rose (65) to 1862 cover to Cedar Lake, Wisconsin, red and blue American flag, Constitution, and shaking hands patriotic design, "Up with the banner of the free!" verse and "Bliss, Eberhard & Festner, Madison, Wis." imprint, contents datelined Camp Randall, very fine and beautiful
datestamp with perfect strike of large anchor fancy cancel tying 1c Small Banknote to cover to Beloit, slightly reduced at right, extremely fine strike of this rare and impressive cancellation (Cole RN-32)
manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 5" on ca. 1850 cover to Chicago, beautiful multicolor Valentine enclosure, light wear to cover, fine, the unique manuscript cancel from Markesan
perfect strike of circular datestamp in blue on cover to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, 1851 3c Dull red with pen cancel, very fine and attractive
incoming stampless cover from Tournai, Belgium, mailed on December 18, 1854 and carried by steamer Asia from Liverpool on December 23, arrived in Boston January 4 where the next day a “Boston Br. Pkt. 5 Jan 5” datestamp was applied, sent to Marinette, Wisconsin before making it to its final destination, letter was prepaid 16 decimes in Belgium and marked 5c postage due in Boston, an additional 5c due was (unusually) charged in Marinette for a total of 10c due, very fine, an extremely rare incoming foreign cover forwarded to the Menomonee Indian reservation, ex-Mueller
red circular datestamp on folded address sheet with 1847 10c Black (2) addressed to Philadelphia, stamp with small toned spot at bottom left, otherwise extremely fine and choice, the only recorded 10c on cover from Mineral Point (three bisects are known) which received 800 stamps, 1999 Philatelic Foundation certificate
datestamp on 1868 cover to Johnsbach, Germany, franked with 1863 5c Brown and 1868 10c Yellow green (76, 96) with target cancels, endorsed "Via Hamburg per Steam", red boxed "Hamburg Franco" handstamp, very fine and choice