Auction Detail
March United States Postal History
Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
- (-) Remove The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History filter The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
small group of seven covers including cornercards from the Continental Life Insurance Company and United States Hotel, forwarded cover marked "Due 3", and single with captured "No. 8" on cover, generally fine to very fine and attractive
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datestamp ties 1869 6c Ultramarine (115) to cover to London, England, red "New York Feb 12" exchange, carried by NGL Line's Rhein arriving Southampton February 23, red London "Paid" the same day, very fine and fresh
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black datestamp duplexed with heart tie 1861 10c Green (68) to cover to Copenhagen, Denmark, black "New York Direct Mar 22" transit, as the rate was 13c the letter was marked "Insufficiently Paid" and the stamp disregarded, carried on HAPAG's Cimbria arriving Hamburg April 2, backstamped Copenhagen April 4, fine and attractive
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black datestamp with matching star in circle fancy cancels tying 1869 3c Ultramarine pair and 10c Yellow (114, 116) to cover to Gothenburg, Sweden (Warner correspondence), red "New York Paid All Direct" backstamp and matching "4" credit, boxed "Bremen Franco 17 6" and "Weiterfr 1½ Sgr" handstamps, trivial tear at bottom, left, very fine and attractive cover overpaying by 2c the short-lived 14c direct rate to Sweden by North German Union mail, ex-Klein and Angel
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black duplex ties 1869 3c Ultramarine (114) to illustrated Independent Order of Good Templars advertising cover, very fine and attractive
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black datestamp with geometric duplex ties 1869 6c Ultramarine (115) to cover to Montreal, Quebec, backstamped Montreal October 7, very fine
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black datestamp on cover to New York City franked with 1870 3c Green and 15c Bright orange (147, 152) tied by black corks, black straightline "Registered", recipient's handstamp dated the following day, very fine, the earliest recorded registered cover from Hartford
intact almanac with multicolored floral cover, franked with 1870 1c Ultramarine (145) tied by circle of wedges, address label affixed, very fine and choice, the 1c stamp paid the periodical rate to 2 ounces, a wonderful artifact for the Hartford historian (postal or otherwise)
dateline on 1873 1c Postal card (UX1) with pencil "Hartford" alongside, addressed to "Miss Ada Louise Taylor" in Hartford, message reads: "My Dear Daughter, I send you the first letter I have ever written on a postal card and this is the first day they have been put into circulation in this city. You can recollect this all your life. Your affectionate Papa Sam", very fine, although uncancelled still an extraordinary first day use of the first United States postal card which was produced in nearby Springfield, ex-"Georgian"
20 covers including pair of 2c "F" grills on cover, 3c "F" grill on Western Union Telegraph, 1866 underpaid cover to Paris, 1866 "Carrier" handstamp, 1861 1c Blue on printed circular, several patriotic covers, 1868 cover to Liverpool with 12c Black, and more, generally very fine, an attractive and choice group
blue datestamp on oversized cover to New Haven, Connecticut with striking illustrated advertisement for the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., franked with 2c Brown, 3c Green, and two 6c Dull pink Bank Notes, light wear as expected with such a large piece of mail, very fine and extremely attractive, this cover's addressee, Simeon E. Baldwin, would go on to serve as Connecticut's governor from 1911 to 1915
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duplex ties 1873 6c Dull pink (159) to locally-addressed illustrated Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. advertising cover with steam locomotive, very fine and attractive