Auction Detail
January 2023
Our January 2023 sales include the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History Part VIII, as well as a general sale of United States and worldwide stamps, covers, and collections.
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three overlapping singles (the center stamp a distinctly lighter shade) tied by dateless "3cts Paid Hussey 50 Wm. St." circular handstamp on all-over Washington Fire Insurance Company illustrated advertising cover addressed to Brooklyn, 1862 printed notice enclosed, cover with repaired tear away from stamps, extremely fine appearance, the "Letter Box" type stamp with the 50 William Street address was issued primarily for collectors and very few were legitimately used, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
margins large to just grazing framelines at sides, tied by "1ct. Paid Hussey 50 Wm. St. Nov 30" circular datestamp to waving flag patriotic cover to a local street address, cover small nick at bottom left, very fine, an extremely scarce use of a Hussey's stamp on a patriotic cover, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
In the October 2007 Penny Post Clifford J. Alexander conducted a survey of patriotic covers bearing local post adhesives or handstamps. He identified only 59 such covers, the vast majority of which were carried by Blood's or Boyd's. This cover is the only recorded example of a patriotic cover carried by Hussey's in his census.
cut to tombstone shape, uncancelled on 1845 folded letter from Brooklyn to Philadelphia, forwarded with cut-to-shape American Letter Mail 5c Black on gray (5L2) pen-cancelled and tied by red "Forwarded by American Letter Mail Company, Office, 56 Wall St., N.Y." oval, red "Forwarded by American Mail Co. No. 101 Chestnut St. Philada." circular handstamp used as receiver, Jones' local with vertical crease at left, American Letter Mail stamp with crease at bottom, cover with toned spots between the stamps, still very fine appearance, one of just nine full covers bearing the rare Jones' City Express stamp and the only conjunctive use with an American Letter Mail adhesive, an extraordinary local post rarity, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
horizontal pair with huge margins, each with manuscript "X", on 1844 folded letter to New York City, black "Wells & Co's Express Mail from Chicago" circular handstamp at upper left, cover with vertical file fold through left stamp, very fine, the small Wells Chicago handstamp is one of the rarest of all independent mail markings and its use on a cover with Wells adhesives is particularly remarkable, very fine appearance, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
mostly large margins, pre-application crease, on cover to Homer, New York, red "New York 5cts Apr 9" datestamp, fine (Scott $500 if tied)
single cut square, large margins, tied by black "Paid" in oval to locally-addressed cover, second strike at left, stamp lightly toned, very fine, an attractive cover, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $600)
frame lines at top and right, just in at other sides, tied by blue "Paid" in oval with second strike alongside on locally-addressed cover, very fine and fresh, signed George B. Sloane (Scott $600)
die cut as always, tied by black "Metropolitan P.O. Dec 20" datestamp on printed circular in German, black "Paid W.H. Law's" framed handstamp, stamp with tiny indentation at top left, otherwise very fine and choice, one of just seven recorded covers with this issue, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $3,500)
Provenance: D.K. Collection (R.A. Siegel Sale 862, 2003)
single with large to full margins including sheet margin at left and portion of adjacent stamp at right, tied by red "New-York 5cts 16 Sep" datestamp to cover to Weymouth, Massachusetts, light toning along the top edge, otherwise very fine, only four covers are known with the rare New York City Express Post orange adhesive, which was the product of a short-lived and little-known post that existed for several months in mid-1847, a great local post rarity, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $8,000)
uncancelled single on folded cover to Philadelphia, red "Roche's City Dispatch" in circle, bluish "Wilmington Del May 10" datestamp and matching "5" rate, stamp with pre-use vertical crease at right, the cover with a vertical file fold, one of six genuine recorded covers, three of which are cut rectangular, the majority of information about this short-lived local post can be found in Pat Paragraphs (reprint pages 459-60) and Stephen L. Gronowski's illustrated census in the Penny Post (July 1995), signed George B. Sloane, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $8,250)
Provenance: David Golden (R.A. Siegel Sale 817, 1999)
D.K. Collection (Siegel Sale 862, 2003)
single tied by "Jordan's Penny Post, Saint Louis Sep 24" company datestamp to 1860 blue lined letterset to Tell City, Indiana, US 1851 3c Dull red (26) tied by "Saint Louis Mo. Sep 25 1860" datestamp, extremely fine, one of just a small handful of recorded covers with Squier's Rose brown adhesive and by far the finer of the two that bear additional US postage, a spectacular and important cover, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $11,500)Squier & Co. began operations in early July 1859, when their first newspaper advertisements started to appear in the St. Louis Missouri Republican. The firm was superseded by Jordan & Company Penny Post Package Express, who continued to accept Squier's stamps. The latest known covers date from the fall of 1860.Provenance: C. Corwith Wagner (John A. Fox, 1957)"D.K." Collection (R.A. Siegel Sale 862, 2003)
four huge margins, manuscript "X" cancel as usual, on September 26, 1844 folded letter from New York City to Boston (addressed to "Amon D. Weld, Esq, deliverable at his stall in fruit market"), red "Wm. Wyman's Letter Offices, 8 Court St., Boston, 3 Wall St. N. York" four-line framed handstamp, extremely fine, Gordon Stimmell recorded 37 covers with this stamp with this being the unique example originating outside of Boston, an extraordinary local post rarity
Provenance: John R. Boker, Jr. (Private transaction)