City Despatch Post continued...
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
Prices realized...
| 263° |
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 (Coles) Post Office City Despatch, N.Y., 2c Black on Vermilion Glazed, "CC" at Sides (40L6). Ample Margins to slightly in at bottom, usual surface oxidation, black grid cancel, red "New-York 5 cts 16 Feb." cds
on fresh 1850 folded cover to Providence R.I., Fine, as noted in previous lot, the Black on Vermilion is Exceedingly Scarce on Cover (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 500-750 |
0.00 |
| 264° |
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 (Coles) Post Office City Despatch, N.Y., 2c Black on Buff Glazed, "CC" at Sides (40L8). Large Margins All Around, lower right comer detached and reaffixed, natural preprinting paper creases, uncanceled, red
"New York 5 cts Dec. 6" cds on folded 1849 legal notice to Elmira N. Y., One of The Rarest of Local Post Issues, both the Caspary and Middendorf collections had but one example (each off-cover, un cancelled and more or less faulty), ex Emerson (who
normally refused faulty examples unless none better could be found) (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
1,200.00 |
| 265° |
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 City Despatch, N.Y., 2c Red (160L1). Uncancelled, Excellent Color, two ample margins, just touched on other sides, faint creases visible only from back, accompanying certificate mentions soiling
which is negligible, still Fine, Ten Examples of This Local Post Stamp are Known to Us (including a Pair), this local post has long been thought to be the successor to the City Despatch Post, circa 1850, but was more likely a separate short-lived
operation circa 1846, signed Colson, with P.F. Certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
1,700.00 |
| 266° |
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 City Despatch Post, N.Y., 2c Red (160L1). Three ample margins, just touched at top, Tied by Magenta Pen Strokes and faint Red "Paid" in Arc, matching "New-York 2 cts Mar. 15" Drop Letter cds on folded cover
with local address, docketed Mar. 15, 1846, stamp additionally "tied" by a vertical file crease, as Fine as This Great Rarity Exists, We Know of Only Three Genuine Covers, the others (ex Caspary and illustrated in Patton, p. 125) are similarly tied
by the "Paid" marking Oct. and Dec. 1846 (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 6,000-8,000 |
10,500.00 |
