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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 331 |
 (1c) Dull Blue, Franklin Carrier (LO1). Four margins, small thin spot, Very Fine appearance (Image Magnifier) |
2,500.00 | 3,250.00 | |
| 332° |
 (1c) Dull Blue, Franklin Carrier (LO1). Clear part strike of red "(N)EW (YORK)" in dateless circle, cut into with offset on back and tiny thins, nevertheless a great rarity and one of only three or
four known used from New York City, with 1991 P.S.E. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
2,750.00 | 1,250.00 | |
| 333° |  |
 1c Blue, Eagle Carrier (LO2). Complete sheet of 100, full original gum, many Mint stamps, fresh, upper right stamp and selvage repaired, a few selvage creases and tears, one just slightly affecting lower
imprint block, a couple stamps thinned, still an exhibitable sheet, becoming rarer as other sheets have been divided (Image Magnifier) |
2,500.00 | 1,600.00 |
| 334° |
![City Despatch Post (Greig and U.S.), N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (40L1, 6LB1).> Former with original gum, large margins, trivial corner crease, latter with large margins, clearly struck U.S. City Despatch Post Feb. 15
[no time] OClock red <carrier>](334.jpg) City Despatch Post (Greig and U.S.), N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (40L1, 6LB1). Former with original gum, large margins, trivial corner crease, latter with large margins, clearly struck "U.S. City Despatch Post
Feb. 15 [no time] O'Clock" red carrier cds, horizontal crease, Extremely Fine appearing examples of the first adhesive stamp in the U.S., and the first stamp used under U.S. government authority (Image Magnifier) |
1,650.00 | 1,300.00 | |
| 335° |  |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black (6LB1). The superb example from the bottom left corner with full sheet margin and corner dividing lines, tied by red framed "U.S." handstamp, matching "U.S. City Despatch
Post, Oct. 18, 4 O'Clock" (1842) double-line cds on mostly complete folded cover addressed in blue, one side panel missing and very slightly wornTHE FINEST COVER KNOWN BEARING GREIG'S STAMP USED BY THE GOVERNMENT CARRIER SERVICE - THE FIRST OFFICIAL UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMP Approximately twelve to fifteen examples of Greig's stamp used as a carrier are known, of which this is by far the finest. Ex Caspary, Boker, Klein and Kapiloff collections. With 1988 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 15,000-18,000 | 12,500.00 |
| 336° |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Yellow Straw Surface Colored Paper (6LB4 "A"). Three large margins, cut into bottom, bold red "U.S." in frame cancelA NEW DISCOVERY OF THE U.S. CITY DESPATCH POST CARRIER STAMP ON YELLOW STRAW PAPER This stamp was discovered by our firm among the pages of a United States collection. It is a genuinely used carrier stamp on unglazed paper with yellowish surface coloring. The color differs from the Rosy Buff stamp (Scott 6LB2), which most experts agree is an unissued trial printing, and, of course, it is completely unlike the green and blue papers. The discovery of this new colored paper in used condition should lead to its inclusion in the next Scott Catalogue as Scott 6LB4A. The only recorded example (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 2,200.00 | |
| 337° |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Green Glazed (6LB5d). Horizontal pair, large margins, neat red "U.S." in frame cancels, couple tiny cracks in enamel on right stamp, negligible and otherwise Extremely
Fine, rare as a multiple of any size (Image Magnifier) |
300.00 | 650.00 | |
| 338° | |
 Philadelphia, 1c Black (7LB16). Clear strike of handstamped carrier marking on 1851 1c Blue sheet margin with part imprint, somewhat irregular rectangular margins as often, couple razor cuts at
top, faint grid cancel, used with 1855 10c Green (14 or 15), both stamps tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Aug. 16" cds on cover to San Francisco, 10c faulty and without any margins, cover skilfully restored to reduce staining and seal minor edge
faults, Fine appearance, the only recorded usage of this rare carrier stamp on a trans-continental cover (Image
Magnifier) |
E. 3,000-4,000 | 8,000.00 |
| 339° | |
 Boyd's City Express, N.Y., 1c Black on Lilac (20L17). Clear to large margins, tied by "Paid" in oval hs on 10c Yellow Green entire (U41) with red Wells Fargo & Co. printed frank, to New York City and
redirected to Westfield Mass., the local stamp used in combination with 3c Rose (65) for forwarding postage, tied by "New-York" double-circle ds, blue Wells Fargo & Co. handstamp beneath 3c, right edge reduced into embossed stamp, expertly extended
with small part of 10c drawn in, Very Fine appearance, rare usage (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 2,600.00 |
| 340° | |
 Brady & Co. City Despatch Post, 97 Duane St. Perfectly struck blue handstamp with matching "Paid" in frame on folded printed circular for "Pharmaceutic Sugar-Coated Granules and Dragées (Sugar-Plums)" from a
Parisian manufacturer, handsome printed design with fascinating sales pitch, accompanied by a second example of the circular with Boyd's handstamps, distributed by another New York firm with their blue "F. A. Reichard New-York (ms. `44 Cedar St.')"
oval return hs, both addressed to Dr. Benjamin Drake, a local pharmacist, Extremely Fine and eminently exhibitable usages (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 4,250.00 |
| 341° | |
 Bush's Brooklyn City Express. Partly clear red oval handstamp "Bush's Brooklyn City N.Y. 2 Cent Express" on small elaborate lace Valentine envelope with matching enclosure, hand-colored roses on embossed
lace panel with hand-written poem dedicated to addressee, faint stain at upper left corner of enclosure, mentioned only to emphasize the Very Fine quality of this extremely rare Brooklyn local post usage, only one example of the Bush adhesive is
known, and this handstamped cover is from a new find (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 1,200.00 |