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
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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
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)
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
black duplex ties 1879 2c Vermilion (183) to small Valentine's envelope addressed to Miss Lucy Clark in Hartford, spectacular enclosure produced by the New England Valentine Company, extremely fine, Miss Lucy Clark was only five years old at the time so this Valentine's was most likely sent by her father
first day duplex ties 1883 2c Red brown to locally-addressed cover, very fine, one of two recorded first day covers of the issue from Hartford, 1995 APEX certificate (Scott $2,000)
15 coves including "Advertised", "Unclaimed", "Forwarded", "Returned to Writer", several different registry markings, mute circular rate cancels, "Due 3" with postage due stamp, and "Transit" backstamp, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group of uncommon and unusual markings
24 covers with cancellations including stars in circles, leaves, geometrics, targets, circles of wedges, negative "K", "B", and more, generally fine to very fine, attractive group
15 items including Post Office Department official envelopes, Wesson time-on-bottom cancels, advertising cover for the Hartford Printing Company, and more, generally fine to very fine
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