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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 (128) Apply Main catalogue filter
- Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection (58) Apply Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection filter
- Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (23) Apply Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
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- 19th Century General Issues (47) Apply 19th Century General Issues filter
- 20th Century General Issues (1) Apply 20th Century General Issues filter
- United States Back of the Book (1) Apply United States Back of the Book filter
- Postal Stationery (4) Apply Postal Stationery filter
- Carriers’ and Local Stamps (288) Apply Carriers’ and Local Stamps filter
- Confederate States of America (6) Apply Confederate States of America filter
- United States Postal History (300) Apply United States Postal History filter
- United States Covers by Topic (4) Apply United States Covers by Topic filter
used alongside 2c Brown Banknote (146), tied by NYFM negative "10" (Weiss RE-N6) on 1873 cover to St. Gallenkappel, Switzerland at the 8c Swiss Closed Mail rate, matching "New York Nov 3" datestamp, red "New York Paid All Via Hamburg Nov 6" exchange datestamp, arrival backstamps, very fine, the only example of this cancel on a NYFM cover, illustrated in Weiss (page 227), ex-Ainsworth
two singles used alongside 2c Brown Banknote (146), tied by NYFM grids (Weiss TR-G22) to 1877 cover to Paris, France at the 10c rate (4c overpaid), red "New York Paid 6 May 6" exchange datestamp, endorsed "Via England" and with red London transit, Calais May 18 entry handstamp, very fine, the only recorded example of this NYFM cancel, illustrated in Weiss (page 333), ex-Ainsworth
cover with 3c Green Banknote (147) tied by "Westborough Mass Sep 17" duplex on cover to Burlington, Vermont, forwarded with 6c Carmine tied by "Burlington Vt Sep 19" duplex at 6c treaty rate to Montreal, Canada, very fine and interesting use
tied by blue Chicago duplex with circle of wedges to 1871 cover to Liverpool, England, red "New York Feb 11" transit also ties, "February 22 Liverpool arrival, forwarded by "Brown, Shipley & Co. Liverpool" oval to New York City with Great Britain 3d Rose tied by February 23 Liverpool duplex, very fine and colorful, ex-Ainsworth
tied to legal-sized cover to Chatsworth, Illinois by blue four bar grid with matching "Chicago Ill. Dec 17" datestamp alongside, very fine and scarce double-weight cover with a Chicago blue cancel
black cork and matching "Old Point Comfort Va Jun 5" double circle datestamp on 1873 cover to James Matley of Company "F" of the 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment in Richmond, Virginia, June 14 Richmond advertised datestamp and "Returned to Writer", very fine piece of Americana, Matley was wounded at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm in 1864
cancelled by full strike of fouled anchor on large locally-addressed piece, "Hebron Conn Nov 7" datestamp alongside, fine and scarce
used alongside 6c Dull pink Banknote (159), tied by two NYFM geometrics (Weiss GE-EP3) to 1875 cover to Pont-de-Vaux, France at double the 9c treaty rate plus 18c supplementary mail fee, red "New York Paid Dec 4" exchange datestamp, blue crayon "2" for double weight, Calais entry and framed "PD" handstamp, forwarded to Paris with various backstamps, very fine, a rare 30c Banknote use on supplementary mail
approximately 20 covers and various mint and used blocks and singles mostly of the 1c-10c values, mounted on old-time exhibit pages, generally fine to very fine, viewing of scans on our website is recommended
cut square, on 1846 folded cover to Baltimore with blue "Philadelphia 5 Sep 14" integral rate datestamp, very fine and fresh, Morris Census #12, ex-Bowman and Morris, 2014 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $750)
margins mostly clear of framelines, tied by acid cancel to February 26, 1849 folded letter to local street address, very fine and scarce, Morris Census #15, ex-Richardson and Morris (Scott $200)
acid cancelled on 1850 front only to Cambridge, Massachusetts, red "New-York 10 cts. 23 Jan" integral rate datestamp and matching "Philada Rail Road" straightline, very fine and attractive combination of markings, Morris Census #9, ex-Gibson, Knapp, and Morris, 2010 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $75)