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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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four large balanced margins, tied by red “US” in octagon handstamp to locally-addressed printed circular dated December 20, 1842, extremely fine, unusual without a circular date stamp, ex-Pope, Kapiloff, and Geissler, 1985 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,500)
margins large to ample, cancelled by red “U.S.” in octagon, matching “City Despatch Post U.S. Jan 23 9 O’Clock” datestamp at lower left, on 1843 locally-addressed folded letter, very fine and choice, signed Meyersburg (Scott $600 for tied)
full margins, tied by clear strike of red “New-York 5ct 23 Jul” integral-rate datestamp to cover to Cherry Valley, New York, matching “Paid” in arc, very fine, a choice and attractive cover (Scott $350)
three margins including sheet margin at top, in at bottom, tied by red “New-York 5cts” integral-rate datestamp to cover to New Canaan, Connecticut, fine use (Scott $350)
margins large to just touching, tied by red “New-York 10cts Jan 11” integral-rate datestamp on cover to Canton, New York, fresh and very fine, scarce tied in this fashion, ex-Myersburg (Scott $250)
red circular datestamp on 1844 bootlegged incoming folded letter, manuscript “1” (indicating 1c postage due the post office of the 3c to be collected by the carrier), letter originated in Boston and was carried to New York City outside of the mails, given directly to the carrier department at the general post office (thereby avoiding full postage for the distance between Boston and New York), vertical filefolds, very fine
two strikes of black double circle handstamp tie horizontal pair of 1857 1c Blue (positions 44-45L8) to locally-addressed cover, very fine, cover placed in the drop letter box at the general post office and charged 1c drop letter postage + 1c carrier fee
bold strike of black double circle handstamp ties 1857 3c Dull red to locally-addressed cover, light wear and backflap faults, very fine strike, this cover is either 2c overpaid (if never passed through the general post office) or 1c overpaid (if charged 1c drop letter postage plus 1c carrier fee)
red double circle datestamp on 1858 printed circular, additional black octagonal “U.S. Mail 1.P.M. Delivery” handstamp, very fine, 2c paid the 1c drop letter postage plus 1c carrier fee
black double circle handstamp ties 1857 1c Blue to 1859 locally-addressed folded letter, very fine, this cover never passed through the post office but was handled only by the carrier department so drop letter postage was not charged
indistinct New York duplex, addressed to Charlottesville, Virginia, blue oval “Advertised” handstamp on reverse and manuscript “1” on front, light wear, still a fine and attractive use (Scott $400)
crisp “New-York Mar 12 1861” duplex, addressed to Bristol, Rhode Island, very fine and fresh, a choice example of the scarce compound star die envelope (Scott $400)