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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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cover franked with Great Britain 2½d Claret, tied by "Queenstown Oct 22 75" duplex, manuscript "25" deficiency, probably carried by Allen Line's Scandinavian to Quebec, in Chicago two-line blue "U.S. Currency 15" handstamp applied, small tears and overall wear, still fine appearance
mourning cover franked with Great Britain ½d Rose and two 1d Red, all tied by "London No 26 75" duplexes, deemed to be overweight and struck with black "T" handstamp (first year of use), carried on Cunard's Java departing Liverpool November 28 and arriving New York December 8, black "New-York Due 15 cts Dec 8" datestamp, small tears, very fine appearance
envelope franked with Great Britain 2½d Claret tied by "Exchange Liverpool 25 Fe 76" duplex, deemed to be overweight so black "T" handstamp applied, upon arrival in New York black "New York Due 15 cts. Mar 16" due datestamp applied, small faults, very fine appearance
cover franked with three Great Britain 1d Red (small faults), tied by "Kendal Fe 13 77" duplexes, marked "30" centimes for the shortfall, probably carried by Allan Line's Sardinian, black two-line "U.S. Currency 14" handstamp, light wear, still fine
cover underfranked with Great Britain 1d Red, tied by "London W.C. No 4 79" duplex, black "T" handstamp, carried from Queenstown by Inman Line's City of Montreal, upon arrival in New York black "U.S. Charge to Collect 4 Cents" handstamp applied alongside two 2c postage due stamps, arrived in Utica December 3 where it was advertised, later marked "Unclaimed" and sent to the Dead Letter Office, where the postage due adhesives were removed and the cover returned to England under separate cover, backflap faults, very fine and interesting use, ex-White
cover franked with Great Britain ½d Rose and two 1d Red brown, all tied by "Queenstown Se 13 80" duplexes, upon arrival 10c Brown postage due (J5) applied, black "New York Sep 25 Due 10 Cents" opera glass with "T" and "25" handstamps, Syracuse backstamp, light wear, fine
cover franked with Great Britain 2½d Blue (small faults), tied by "Uddingston My 25 81" duplex, horizontal pair of 5c Brown postage due adhesives (J4) with crayon cancel, "New York Jun 5 Due 10 Cents" and "T Centimes 25" opera glass handstamps, very fine
red Type A handstamp on 1858 folded letter to Cognac, France, red "New York Paid 12 Jul 21" datestamp, carried by Cunard's Africa arriving in Liverpool August 2, Calais and Paris transit markings and August 4 arrival backstamp, very fine, ex-Wood
red Type E datestamp ties 6c Dull pink (159) alongside 30c Gray black (165), both stamps tied by black corks to cover to Montpellier, France, carried by NGL's Necker to Southampton, backflap missing and small repairs along top edge, very fine, these stamps combine to pay double the 9c Treaty rate to France plus 18c supplementary fee, ex-Noel and Walske
Type F duplex ties 5c Taylor to 5c Blue stamped envelope to Bremen, Germany, carried by N.G.L.'s Oder, January 16 arrival backstamp, very fine and choice, ex-Hogg and Markovits
Type F duplex ties 10c Brown Banknote (187) to cover to London, England, arrival backstamp, very fine
Type F duplex ties 30c Black Banknote (165) to cover to Vienna, Austria, carried by Inman's City of Richmond to Queenstown, then transited through London and Aachen before arriving September 13, small faults along top edge, very fine appearance, 30c stamp pays the UPU 1½ oz 15c rate plus the supplementary fee of the same amount