Auction Detail
July 2023
United States Postal History
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binder with approximately 88 items mostly written up on exhibit pages, we note 1864 England to New York with "New York Post Office Advertised" and "Cannot be Found" handstamps (ex-Cropp), 1866 Westminster to New York marked "Not Called For" (ex-White), 1875 Dublin to Wisconsin via Boston and New York (ex-Bedell), 1897 England to Philadelphia with five 1p Inland Revenue (accepted for postage), several philatelically-inspired stationery entires, non-British frankings include US two 15c Columbians on cover to Austria, 1872 Toronto to England with 2c and five 6c Small Queens (ex-Montgomery), several Canada 5c Green registry stamps, also Newfoundland and Mexico, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and attractive group that wonderfully illustrates the evolution of transatlantic registered mail over the course of the late 19th Century
approximately 80 covers mostly on exhibit pages, majority between the United States and England but also covers from Canada and Mexico, we note 1866 Ireland to Ohio marked "N.Y. Am. Pkt. 48 or 59 U.S. Notes", 1871 cover from Soda Bar, Iowa to Switzerland with "Insufficiently Paid" handstamp of New York, 1874 cover England to Rhode Island marked "Insufficiently Prepaid" and "New Urk Due 11 U.S. Currency", 1876 Ireland to Ohio marked "New-York Due 15 Cts.", 1887 North Carolina to London and forwarded to Paris with 120c postage due, 1893 Massachusetts to England envelope containing coinage which had to be registered and was charged accordingly, 1894 short paid wrapper from Philadelphia to Munich, and much more, generally fine to very fine, a close inspection is recommended as there is a considerable amount of interesting material in this lot