Lot Details

United States stamps and postal history collection balance, the vast majority being nineteenth century, with stampless transatlantic usages including 1854 San Francisco to Paris, 1859 via New York to Germany, 1845 5c black Postmasters’ Provisional on folded letter to Providence RI,  1847 1c brown single on piece tied by neat town cancel, three examples on cover including from Chicago, Brockville CT, and New Haven CT, 1847 10c on front from Detroit to Pittsburg, lovely silk and lace Valentine, many 3c Washington on cover with a range of cancellations, including manuscript, forwarded, one adhesive showing portion of straddle-pane guideline margin, select singles and multiples including a lovely 1851 12c horizontal pair, as well as a perforated 12c horizontal pair showing portion of straddle-pane guideline, two 1855 10c green showing straddle-pane guideline margin, Civil War usages including 1862 Magnus patriotic from Washington, D.C. (stains), Union patriotic with Keene, Ohio manuscript cancel, beautiful “Dearest Spot on Earth to Me is Home, Sweet Home” Magnus illustrated advertising letter sheet, “Secessionist” hand-colored Mule design from Steubenville, and 1862 Washington DC illustrated patriotic letterhead, 1869 1c buff single franking from Hudson, New York, 10c Eagle & Shield solo franking to Switzerland, steamboat covers including handstamps of the Red River Packet “Countess”, the New Orleans & Grand Encore “Frolic”, and  “Swamp Fox” cover from Louisiana, 30c  Franklin single franking to Germany, over twenty 1860s Bank Note Issues, some grilled, noting range of shades, frankings, and postmarks including manuscript and fancy cancels, foreign destinations including 1864 12c+3c franking to Paris, charming 27c franking mourning cover from Tarrytown to Belgium via British packet with manuscript town cancel, Territorial markings, Cory PA Eagle fancy cancel on piece, multiple desirable dollar-value Columbian used singles, advertising with full-front Lampe & Co Importers stampless transatlantic to Germany, 1c Black Jack on Great American Tea Co. and Lewis & Clark Centennial full-front illustrations,scarce 1899 $1 black Guam overprint on registered cover from Agana, 1853 3c dark red pair on folded letter from Lahaina, Hawaii (repairs),  interesting 1885 Division of Dead Letters envelope with yellow and 1900 Portland Street Fair & Carnival, and selection of twelve charming twentieth century fancy cancel covers including Fly Ohio, Lakewood Illinois Flower, “Beetle” of Bug Kentucky, Statue of Liberty of Liberty, Arizona, etc, a lovely collection, with over 100 covers and several dozen stamps, with some faults to be expected but of overall better quality than often seen, worthy of detailed inspection.