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 matching quartered cork tying 1868 3c Rose "D" grill (85) to cover to Orient, New York, original enclosure, stamp with natural straightedge at right and small faults, very fine appearance
black datestamp and matching quartered cork tie 1868 2c Black "E" grill (87) to locally-addressed cover, tax notice enclosed, very fine and fresh
black datestamp on yellow cover to Norwich, Connecticut with "Singer's Sewing Machines, Geo. D. Grave, Agent" cornercard, franked with three 1868 2c Black "Z" grill (85B) tied by fancy star in circle cancels, rated as triple weight so "Due 3" handstamp applied in Hartford, original invoice enclosed for "4 rubber rings" and "2 doz. needles", very fine and rare, 2003 Philatelic Foundation certificate
portions of cork cancel and datestamp, prominent grill, about fine, 2008 APEX certificate (Scott $1,100)
radial cork and town cancels, prominent grill, fine, 2014 Weiss certificate (Scott $1,100)
radial cork cancel, small faults, still fine appearance, 2014 Weiss certificate (Scott $3,500)
blue town cancel and traces of red cancel at lower right, tiny plate crack variety at lower left ornament, few small faults, still very fine appearance, 2012 Weiss certificate (Scott $850)
blue town cancel, sharp impression, light vertical crease at right and tiny corner crease at upper right, otherwise fine, 2011 Weiss certificate (Scott $260)
attractive foreign mail cancel, extremely light vertical crease at top, fine and fresh, 2015 Weiss certificate (Scott $1,000)
light cork cancel, bright color, diagonal crease ending with a small tear and tiny tear at bottom, about fine appearance, scarce 1992 Philatelic Foundation certificate (unpriced in Scott)
quartered cork cancel, small faults including thin and perforation faults, fine appearance, 2005 APS certificate (Scott $2,500)