Auction Detail
July 2023
United States Postal History
Prices Realized Now Online
- The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail (728) Apply The Van Koppersmith Collection of Ship Mail filter
- Erivan Collection of Western Postal History (229) Apply Erivan Collection of Western Postal History filter
- The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History (127) Apply The Nancy Clark Collection of Maine Postal History filter
- The Mark Schwartz Collection of Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History (104) Apply The Mark Schwartz Collection of Essex County, Massachusetts Postal History filter
- The Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (103) Apply The Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
Type 3A sawtooth datestamp with matching star on 2c Brown entire to Cattaraugus, New York, printed return address, light stains and irregularly reduced at right, otherwise fine, scarce with just seven examples recorded
Type 1 sawtooth datestamp with matching star on 2c Brown Bank Note cover to Oroville, California, cornercard for "W.C. Watkins & Son, Dealers in General Merchandise, Cattle & Fine Horses, Tonto, Arizona", small tear at top and slightly reduced at left into cornercard, otherwise fine and scarce with just 10 examples recorded
Type 1 datestamp with matching targets on registered cover to Sacramento, California, franked with 2c Green and 10c Brown Bank Notes, light gum staining, otherwise very fine and scarce, just nine examples recorded
purple Type 3 two-line handstamp ties four 1c Ultramarine and three 3c Green Bank Notes to registered cover to New Haven, Connecticut, light toning and edge wear and one 1c stamp folded over edge and split, fine, the unique example of this straightline handstamp from Abiquiu
Provenance: Wade Shipley (R.A. Siegel Sale 803, 1998)
Type 2A rimless datestamp ties 3c Dull red (26, oxidized) to cover to New York City, pencil "due 3c" marking, very fine, the only recorded example of this handstamp, presumed to be an 1857 use since this handstamp still had its outer rim in September of that year
Type 1 manuscript postmark on 3c Green entire to Lakeport, New York, very fine, the earliest recorded postmark from Apache, this short-lived office only operated from 1877 to 1882
Type 1 datestamp with matching target tying 2c Green Bank Note to cover to Antonio Joseph in Washington, DC, extremely fine, the unique example of the Archuleta Type 1 postmark, from 1885 to 1895 Joseph served as a Representative from New Mexico Territory
Provenance: Wade Shipley (R.A. Siegel Sale 803, 1998)
purple Type 2 datestamp with matching target on 2c Brown entire to Delhi, Ohio, slight wear and barely reduced at right, otherwise very fine, the earliest recorded use of this marking
Provenance: Wade Shipley (R.A. Siegel Sale 803, 1998)
Type 1 datestamp with matching target on 3c Green entire to San Francisco, California, very fine and choice, the latest recorded use of this marking
Provenance: Wade Shipley (R.A. Siegel Sale 803, 1998)
Type 2 datestamp duplexed with star in circle tying 3c Green Bank Note to cover to Gold Hill, Nevada, forwarded to Virginia City with a blue February 27 datestamp and matching "Forwarded" straightline, stamp small faults, otherwise very fine and rare
Provenance: Wade Shipley (R.A. Siegel Sale 803, 1998)
small blue italic straightline Type 1 handstamp just ties pair of 1c Ultramarine Bank Notes with manuscript date alongside, addressed to Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, illustrated cornercard for "Cattle and Sheep Grower", very fine and attractive
Type 4 datestamp with matching target on 3c "F" grill (94) on cover to South Hadley, Massachusetts, missing backflap and small tears along top edge, very fine appearance, this is the only date listed for this postmark in the NMTPC