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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 58° |  |
 3c Brownish Carmine (11). Ample margins, deep rich color, clear criss-crossed "Paid" cancels, matching bold "Hagamans Mills, NY, SePt' 21 1852" two-line year-dated handstamp on brown cover to Vernon Conn.,
Extremely Fine Gem example of this rare 1852 year-date marking with a most unusual month name configuration (Image
Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 0.00 |
| 59° | |
 1c Blue, Ty. IV, 3c Dull Red (9, 11). 3c vertical strip of three, large margins virtually all around, touched only at upper left, 1c dark shade with margins clear on two sides, stamps tied by grid cancels, also
tied by red "New Orleans La. Aug. 1" cds and oval "Vera Cruz 4 Agosto 1855" ds on blue folded letter to Mexico, "4" reales due hs, unusually fresh and Extremely Fine example of the 10c rate to Mexico, with 1979 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 1,000.00 |
| 60 | |
 3c Claret (11). Full margins to touching at top, tied by bold "Newark N.J. May 22, 1857" cds on an incoming cover from Sardinia and franked with three Sardinia 1855 40c Vermilion (13d), each
with four margins, each tied by "Spezia 1 Mag. 57" double-circle ds, bold "Boston 30 21 May Paid" credit cds also ties two stamps, French and British transit markings, including Genoa and Calais backstamps, 3c attached with wax wafer with impression
visible on face as normal, flap carefully lifted by the addressee and which still retains a portion of its original gumEXTREMELY FINE AND UNIQUE MIXED FRANKING USAGE WITH THE 1851 ISSUE Mailed to a Mrs. Charles Emsfield of Newark, in care of Hon. J.C. Hornblower - a former chief justice of New Jersey and in 1856 the Vice President of the Philadelphia Republican convention that nominated John C. Fremont for the presidency. Hornblower or his secretary applied the 3c stamp and readdressed it to Chester Pa., this time in care of a Mrs. Richards. Docketing on back indicates it was received the next day by Mrs. Emsfield. A beautiful rarity and one of the key covers of United States or Italian States postal history. Ex Knapp, offered in our "Gems of Postal History" sale in April 1968 and not offered since that time (Image Magnifier) |
E. 15,000-20,000 | 15,000.00 |
| 61° | |
 3c Yellowish Rose Red (11). Block of four, margins clear to large except partly touching along top, deep rich color approaching the rare 1856 Orange Brown shade, each stamp with matching Canadian
target cancel, on light buff cover from London, Upper Canada, to oil merchant F.S. Pease in Buffalo, N.Y. (see next lot), "London U.C. Ja31, 1857" cds, bottom left stamp with small scissor cut and top left one with tiny tear, cover with
small stain at right edgeA VERY FINE AND UNIQUE USAGE OF THE 3-CENT 1851 FROM CANADA AND ACCEPTED AS FULLY PAID One of the most outstanding cross-border covers from any period. Signed by Ashbrook. Illustrated in Brookman, Vol. 1, figure 221 (Image Magnifier) |
E. 5,000-7,500 | 15,000.00 |
| 62° | |
 3c Rose Red (11). Vertical and horizontal pair, tied together by two strikes of "London U.C. Oc 31, 1856" datestamp on orange cover used from Canada to oil merchant F.S. Pease and accepted as fully
paid, the bottom right stamp was originally bisected to more properly pay the 10c rate, but the sender apparently had second thoughts as the right half was put back before being postmarked, stamps creased before use and edges of cover expertly
strengthened, still Fine, a fascinating and probably unique usage. Examples of the 1851 Issue from Canada are far rarer than the 1847 Issue similarly used, accompanying this is a ca. 1854 Buffalo advertising cover showing F.S. Pease's oil barrel
corner card (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,500-3,500 | 3,750.00 |
| 63° |
 5c Red Brown
(12). Large to huge margins incl. right sheet margin showing trace of centerline, deep rich color, lightly cancelled by town cds, Extremely Fine, with 1971 and 1994 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
875.00 | 2,800.00 | |
| 64 |
 5c Red Brown (12). Large margins, fancy dotted cork cancel in
red with matching cds, Extremely Fine, very attractive, with 1986 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
925.00 | 900.00 | |
| 65 |
 5c Red Brown (12). Pos. 60R1, clear to large margins including part imprint at right, grid cancel, Very Fine, the 5c is the most difficult of the imperforates from which to obtain even a trace of
the imprint, a rare and choice example, ex Chase, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 1,000.00 | |
| 66 |
 5c Red Brown (12). Vertical pair, full to
mostly large margins, "New Orleans La. Aug. 24, 1857" cds and bit of red transit, Extremely Fine, with 1986 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
1,850.00 | 1,300.00 | |
| 67° | |
 5c Red Brown (12). Large even margins, rich reddish shade, tied by "New Orleans La." cds partly struck on 1856 folded cover to France, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Oct. 7" cds, red British "Paid" transit overstruck
by black "4" in oval grid, Calais receiving cds, Extremely Fine transatlantic usage of the 5c 1856, ex Grunin (Image
Magnifier) |
E. 2,500-3,500 | 0.00 |
| 68° | |
 5c Red Brown (12). Large margins on two sides, clear on others, rich color, used with 10c Green, Ty. IV (34), recut at top, scissor-trimmed perfs at bottom, tied by red "Paid" in circle
cancels, matching "Providence R.I. Oct. 12, 1858" cds on small neat cover to Paris, France, red New York credit cds also ties 5c, black French receiving ds, with letter enclosure, fresh and Very Fine, rare imperforate/perforated combination franking,
especially with the desirable 10c recut position (Image Magnifier) |
E. 3,000-4,000 | 2,800.00 |