5c Brick Red (27).
Beautifully centered, tied by "New Orleans La. Jun. 21, 1859" circular
datestamp on blue folded printed notice to Barcelona, Spain, red New
York transit datestamp and bold "8Rs." due handstamp, red London transit
and Barcelona receiving backstampsEXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLY CHOICE AND SCARCE SINGLE FRANKING OF THE 5-CENT BRICK RED.
Signed Ashbrook. With 1996 Richter certificate (Image)
5c Red Brown, 10c Green, Ty.
II/III/II (28, 32/33/32). Vertical strips of three, scissors-separated
perfs, 5c cut into design at left and bottom, tied by "New Orleans La. Dec.
21, 1867" circular datestamps on blue folded letter to Nantes,
France, red crayon "36" credit, sender's blue oval handstamp,
appropriate transits front and back, Very Fine triple-rate franking (Image) 
5c Brown, Ty. II, 10c Green,
Ty. V (30A, 35). Slightly overlapping, tied by bold large "Paid" grid
and "Boston 6 Aug. 22" debit datestamp on small cover to Paris,
France, short paid to start and then redirected back to Boston, bold
"Boston 30 Sep. 18" debit datestamp and "Short Paid" in oval, French
transits and red "Trouve a la Boite" framed handstamp ("Found in the box"),
blue Paris forwarders mark on back, repair edge at left, appears Very Fine,
ex Chase, Gibson, with 1983 Alcuri certificate
(Image) 
10c Green, Ty. I (31).
Perfectly centered, deep rich color, tied by bold "Clyde O. Jul. 1"
circular datestamp on cover to member of Army Corps of Engineers at San
Francisco, red box number, Extremely Fine Gem stamp and attractive cover,
ex Haas (Image) 
1c Blue, Ty. V, 10c Green, Ty.
II (24, 32). Horizontal pair of 10c and single 1c used on 3c entire,
tied by neat strikes of blue "Charlottesville Va. Jun. 11" circular
datestamp, neatly addressed to London, England, red ms. "Paid
24" at upper left, red London 1858 circular datestamp also ties 10c
stamps, red "19" credit handstamp, Extremely Fine, a colorful and most
unusual combination of stamps and stationery to make up 24c rate to
England, ex Haas (Image)