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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 345° |  |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (6LB1). Large margins, tied by red "U.S. City Despatch Post Feb. 15 - O'Clock" Ty. I double-line cds on 1843 folded intra-city coverTHE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF GREIG'S STAMP USED BY THE UNITED STATES CITY DESPATCH POST CARRIER AND TIED BY THE CIRCULAR DATESTAMP Ex Caspary, Hart. Signed Ashbrook and Colson (Image Magnifier) |
E. 10,000-15,000 | 8,000.00 |
| 346° | |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (6LB1). Large margins to just touched, cancelled by orange-red "U.S." in frame, matching "U.S. City Despatch Post Aug. 20, 9 O'Clock" Ty. I double-line cds
on small 1842 folded cover, one side panel missing, address with contemporary alterationONE OF THE FEW COVERS SHOWING USE OF GREIG'S STAMP AS A TRUE PROVISIONAL PRIOR TO THE SEPTEMBER 1ST ISSUE OF THE FIRST U.S. CITY DESPATCH POST STAMPS Ex Middendorf. With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
5,000.00 | 0.00 |
| 347° |  |
 U.S. City Despatch
Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Rosy Buff Unsurfaced (6LB2). Unused, large even margins, slight thinning as always, Extremely Fine appearance, probably few than 10 copies extant (Image Magnifier) |
600.00 | 1,800.00 |
| 348° | |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Light Blue Unsurfaced (6LB3). Pos. 4-5R, unused top sheet margin pair, large margins all around, faint crease at upper right, still Extremely Fine, one of two
recorded unused pairs of the first official United States postage stamp, issued by the U.S. City Despatch Post in 1842, the only example of Pos. 4R known to us that shows the sheet margin, which, on this example, reveals a distinct double
transfer ofthe upper third of the design, a multiple of great philatelic signficance and rarity, ex Caspary and Middendorf (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,000-2,500 | 5,000.00 |
| 349° |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Green Unsurfaced (6LB3). The true Apple Green shade, faintly cancelled, several tiny filled pinholes, Very Fine appearance, though the status of this color
paper was questioned by students such as Elliott Perry, the discovery of Yellow Straw paper (see next lot) now expands the spectrum of papers used for the early printings to allow for this distinctive shade (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 0.00 | |
| 350° |
 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 cancel, 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 and it is completely unlike the green and blue glazed papers (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 0.00 | |
| 351° | |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Green Glazed (6LB5d). Unused, brilliant early Green color, large even margins, Extremely Fine Gem, unused copies of this Dec. 1842 printing on Green paper are
extremely rare, with 1994 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
650.00 | 900.00 |
| 352° |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Green Glazed (6LB5d). Horizontal pair, large even margins, red "U.S." in frame cancels, true Green color of early printing, couple tiny enamel chips, still
Extremely Fine, multiples of the U.S. City Despatch Post stamps are extremely rare, especially in this early shade and quality (Image Magnifier) |
1,200.00 | 1,150.00 | |
| 353° |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Glazed (6LB5b). Horizontal pair, large even margins, late printing, red "U.S." in frame cancels, scissors cut at upper right, few other trivial flaws, Very
Fine appearance and very scarce multiple (Image Magnifier) |
E. 500-750 | 375.00 | |
| 354° |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Glazed (6LB5b). Horizontal strip of four, red "U.S." in frame cancels, large margins, creased with some cracking in enamel as a result, still Fine and
extremely rare, only one larger used strip recorded (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 575.00 | |
| 355° | |
 U.S. City Despatch Post, N.Y., 3c Black on Light Blue Unsurfaced (6LB3). Large even margins, tied by red "U.S." in frame cancel struck twice, bold red "New-York Nov. 24" post office cds and blue ms. "18-3/4" rate
on fresh 1842 folded letter to Walpole N.H., Extremely Fine and immaculate condition, use of any U.S. City Despatch Post issue on outbound mail is rare, this exampleof the first issue is of the greatest rarity, especially in this exceptionally
choice quality (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,000-2,500 | 2,000.00 |