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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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large margins with full framelines at top and bottom, tied by red grid and used with 1851 3c Dull red to 1854 cover to Danboro, Pennsylvania, matching “Kensington Pa. Feb 20” datestamp, stamp with minuscule pre-application crease, very fine and attractive, one of 27 covers recorded with the Eagle Carrier used from Kensington
incoming cover with 1861 3c Rose (65) tied by “New Orleans, La Dec 18 ’62” double circle datestamp and target, neat strike of black star handstamp, very fine, it is believed that this handstamp was used to alert the carrier to the absence of a street address
green snow shovel handstamp on cover to New York City, red “New Orleans La 5 Aug 24” integral-rate handstamp, without backflap, otherwise fine, the green snow shovel was in use from late 1851 through February 1853
blue circular datestamp on incoming folded letter, matching “Car.2” in oval, black “Belleville Ill. Feb 9” datestamp and numeral “5”, 1856 docketing, fine and attractive, “Car.2” handstamp indicates 2c due carrier for delivery from-the-mails
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)
four full margins, pencil stroke cancel, on 1850 folded letter to Philadelphia, red "New York 5cts Sep 9" handstamp, stamp diagonal creases at bottom right, otherwise fine, 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificate (Scott $100)
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