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
manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 5" rate on cover to Silver Spring, Washington City (now Maryland), addressed to Francis Preston Blair (member of Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" and father of Postmaster General Montgomery Blair), original enclosure datelined "Taos, New Mexico July 9th, 1853", trivial ink erosion, very fine and rare
Type 3 datestamp with matching grids tying strip of three 3c Dull red (26) to cover to Bristol, Rhode Island, manuscript docketing at right reads "Charles H. Alden, Fort Garland, N.M., Sept. 1860", slightly reduced at right, very fine, Fort Garland is now located in Costilla County, Colorado
Type 9 datestamp duplexed with Maltese cross on 2c Brown entire to Tiptonville, New Mexico, receiving backstamp (Type 2), slightly reduced at left, very fine
Type 2 datestamp with target on 1865 3c Pink entire to Lebanon, Ohio, slightly rescued at right and trivial tear at top, otherwise very fine and rare
Type 1 datestamp with duplexed star tying 3c Green to cover to Taos, New Mexico, grocer's corner card crossed out, reduced at left, light wear, original enclosure datelined "Jicarilla Mines, N.M. Jan'y 30th, 1878", interesting contents regarding local hot springs, very fine strike
Type 3 datestamp with targets on 2c Brown entire to New York City, uprated with 10c Brown Bank Note for registration, few trivial pinholes, very fine and scarce, 1997 PSE certificate
Type 8 datestamp on cover to Onondaga Valley, New York, with matching grids on pair of 3c "F" grills (94, small faults), 1868 docketing on reverse, light wear, fine and scarce
Type 8 datestamp ties 3c Rose (65, lightly oxidized and scissor-cut perforations at top) to cover to Lebanon, Ohio, very fine and scarce
Type 1 datestamp with target ties 10c First Bureau to registered cover to Waterville, Maine, illustrated cornercard for "Faustino Garcia, Sheep Raiser and Notary Public", very fine and attractive, the latest recorded use of this postmark
Provenance: Wade Shipley (R.A. Siegel Sale 803, 1998)
purple Type 2 datestamp with matching target on 2c Green entire to Morganville, New York, corner repaired at top right including part of indicia, extremely fine strike, the only recorded example of this marking
Type 2 datestamp with target on 2c Green entire to Hillsboro, New Mexico, barely reduced at right, very fine and scarce
blue Type 3 datestamp with matching target cancels tying pair of 3c "F" grills (few short perforations) to cover to Santa Fe, New Mexico, barely reduced at left, very fine, the earliest recorded example of this rare marking