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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 9° |  |
 Baltimore Md., 5c Black (3X1). Pos. 3, ample margins to in, pen-cancelled, tied by blue "Baltimore Md. Sep 17" cds, matching "PAID" and "5" in oval, on 1846 folded letter to Lovingston Va., file fold affects
adhesive which also has a small tear at right, Fine and extremely rare tied by the town marking, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
9,000.00 | 0.00 |
| 10° | |
 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Full to large margins, deep shade and impression, tied by one of two strikes of bold red "Paid" in arc and matching well-struck "New-York Jul. 15" 1845 circular
datestamp on folded printed market report with adjoining letter, addressed to Trieste, Austria in care of a London forwarding agent, ms. rates for trans-Atlantic and trans-European postage, "Throgmorton St." straightline, red British and
French transits, red Trieste receiving backstamp, minor ink erosion at lower leftVERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED NEW YORK PROVISIONAL COVER SENT TO TRIESTE ON THE EARLIEST RECORDED DATE OF USAGE, JULY 15, 1845. There are eight recorded July 15th covers to foreign destinations, including three that are fronts only or have a restored stamp, in addition, there are two covers to domestic addresses. It is generally agreed that July 15th is the earliest possible date of use, although the stamps were advertised as available on July 12th. No pre-July 15th covers have ever been reported. Of the eight recorded July 15th covers to foreign destinations, only this example was sent to Trieste. It comes from the well-known Lang, Freeland & Co. correspondence and was one of the highlights of the Stephen Brown and J. David Baker collections. In discussing this cover, Philip Wall wrote, "Mr. Baker once wrote me that although he had sold his general collection of U.S. Postmasters many years [earlier], this cover was the favorite of all of his provisionl covers and he had decided to keep it." (Chronicle 113, p. 9). (Image Magnifier) |
30,000.00 | 0.00 |
| 11° | |
5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Extremely Fine appearance, skillfully repaired with parts of top and right margins and design added, tied by one of two strikes of red "Paid" arc, also tied by red "New-York 5cts 15 Jul." cds on July 15, 1845 folded letter to Bremen, Germany, sender's routing "pr Steamer Acadia", ms. rates, folded to show merchant's oval handstamp on flap, a handsome and very rare cover, one of two July 15th earliest recorded usages of the New York provisional to Germany, Scott Retail $30,000.00 | E. 5,000-7,500 | 2,900.00 |
| 12° | |
5c Black, "A.C.M." Initials (9X1b). Two, each with large margins to slightly touching and cancelled by strongly impressed (though lightly inked) blue "Pinwheel" cancels, edges tie stamps thru lettersheet, matching "Wilmington & Raleigh Rail
Road Feb. 23" cds (Troutman Ty. III) on greenish blue folded letter datelined "New York, Feb. 21st 1851" and addressed to New Orleans, sender's note "Paid", light bend thru stamps from contents A VERY FINE AND UNIQUE USE OF THE OBSOLETE NEW YORK PROVISIONAL IN 1851. The enigmatic nature of this cover has caused students to carefully analyze it, in an effort to explain why the obsolete provisional stamps would be accepted for postage in February 1851, 44 months after the 1847 general issue supplanted them. The letter was brought from New York City to the northern terminus of the Wilmington & Raleigh railroad outside of the mails and handed to a route agent on one of the southbound trains. Although the chartered name of Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad was used in the postal markings, Raleigh was never the northern terminus - its citizens lost interest in the project before completion, and in 1835 the line was redirected to Weldon. Evidently the mail agent at Weldon was willing to accept the two 5c New York provisional stamps as prepayment and cancelled them with the blue "Pinwheel" cancel, also applying the circular datestamp. The letter reached Wilmington and was then carried to New Orleans, where it was delivered without any postage due. Docketing confirms receipt on March 1st. Ex Grunin. Elliott Perry Nov. 29, 1967 letter accompanies. With 1974 P.F. certificate. |
E. 12,000-15,000 | 0.00 |
| 13° | |
5c Black, "ACM" Initials (9X1). Two horizontal pairs, Pos. 6-7 (at right, Pos. 7 double transfer) and 11-12 (at left), originally forming a block of four, margins all around, mostly very large, tied by red square grids, one pair also tied by
red "New-York Jan. 27" cds, red "Paid" arc on folded cover to Mobile Ala., 1847 receipt docketing, blue ms. "20" rate, colored ink used to cross out address and righthand pair moved slightly from original position, slight wear along file fold, one
stamp has faint crease A FINE AND RARE NEW YORK PROVISIONAL FRANKING FOR THE DOUBLE OVER-300 MILES RATE TO MOBILE, ALABAMA. Ex Seybold and Caspary. From our 1969 Rarities sale (realized $1,400) |
E. 15,000-20,000 | 0.00 |
| 14° | |
5c Black, "ACM" Initials (9X1). Full to large margins, tied by two strikes of red "Paid" in arc on 1845 pale green folded letter to Liverpool, England, third strike at center and matching "New-York 5 cts 23 Nov." cds, shilling mark, Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover, very scarce without the usual pen cancellation, with 1973 P.F. certificate | E. 3,000-4,000 | 0.00 |
| 15° | |
5c Black on Blue, "ACM" Initials (9X2). Enormous margins all around except at lower left corner where rounded, fine impression on strong bluish paper, tied by red square grid, matching "Paid" arc and "New-York 5 cts 20 Mar." cds on brown cover to Philadelphia, docketed at left, some ink offset from another cover, otherwise Fine, very rare, with 1976 P.F. certificate | 5,250.00 | 0.00 |
| 16° |  |
 Providence R.I., 5c & 10c Gray Black, Se-Tenant (10X1, 10X2). Complete sheet of twelve, part original gum, h.r., paper crease caused by natural shrinkage of thick gum, Very Fine and rare with original gum,
Bogert & Durbin backstamps on each stamp, with 1978 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
6,250.00 | 0.00 |
| 17° |  |
 St. Louis Mo., 10c Black, Gray Lilac (11X5). Unused (no
gum), Pos. 4, large even margins, Extremely Fine and rare unused, with 1997 P.S.E. certificate (Image
Magnifier) |
4,500.00 | 7,000.00 |