1870-93 Bank Note Issues continued...
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
Prices realized...
| 564 |
 |
1c Ultramarine (156). Two horizontal strips of five and vertical
pair (one strip affixed to reverse), stamps on front tied by New York
duplex cancels, stamps on back with oval cancels, on legal-size cover to
Philadelphia, fancy ms. "Ship's Letter, U.S.S. Yandalia Harbor of
Kingston, Jamaica Apr. 19th 1876, Geo. H. Cooke Surgeon, U.S. Navy",
blue ms. "Due 21c" barely ties strip on front, cover roughly opened and
slightly reduced at right, three stamps with small faults, otherwise Very
Fine and unusual franking |
E. 300-400 |
600.00 |
| 565 |
|
1c Ultramarine (156). Horizontal strip of five, deep rich color,
tied by "New York Jan. 23 6:30 PM" duplex cancels on fresh cover to
Geneva, Switzerland, Very Fine |
E. 150-200 |
80.00 |
| 566 |
|
2c Red Brown, 3c Green (157, 158). Two each, overlapping, tied by
New York Foreign Mail fancy geometric cancel on blue folded cover
to Marseilles, France, red "New York Paid Mar. 20" circular
datestamp, blue Brest transit datestamp, red boxed "PD", slightly toned
file fold at bottom, otherwise Very Fine, with 1987 Alcuri certificate |
E. 200-300 |
100.00 |
| 567 |
|
3c Green (158). Rich color, pulled perf at right, tied by purple
target, matching "Profile House N.H. Jul. 31" circular datestamp on cover
with multicolor overall Profile House view, to Poughkeepsie N.Y.,
Very Fine |
E. 150-250 |
30.00 |
| 568 |
|
 3c Green, 10c Brown (158,
161). Tied by "New-York Sep. 14" duplex datestamps on 1878 folded
letter to Bogota, Colombia, red New York 8c credit datestamp,
"Forwarded by R. C. Crompton Colon" handstamps on front and back, faint
file fold barely affects 3c stamp, otherwise Very Fine
(Image) |
E. 500-750 |
500.00 |
| 569 |
|
15c Yellow Orange (163). Tied by violet 5-point Star, matching
violet "Stony Creek Ct. Jly. 26" double-circle datestamp on cover to
Wellington, Cape of Good Hope, red New York credit datestamp, red
London transit and black C.G.H. receiving datestamps, slightly reduced at
left, otherwise Very Fine |
300.00 |
90.00 |
| 572 |
|
10c Brown, With Secret Mark (188). Two covers, one on blue 1880
folded cover to Mexico, other with 3c Green (184) on cover to Lawrence
Mass., stamps Extremely Fine with large margins |
E. 150-200 |
50.00 |
| 573 |
|
 5c Yellow Brown (205). Two
horizontal pairs tied by cork cancels, Benson & Nogales RPO datestamp on
Wells, Fargo & Co. U.S.-Mexican Express franked legal-size cover
to Paris, France, double Mexican 12c Hidalgo imprinted stamps
cancelled by purple "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, Guaymas, Mexico, Nov. 6,
1885" oval datestamps, blue Paris receiving datestamp, Very Fine, rare (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
1,100.00 |
| 574 |
|
 1c Gray Blue (206).
Well-centered, one short perf at bottom, perfectly struck Shaded
Star precancel on cover to Sandusky O., cover with printed "Glen
Allen Virginia. Jan. 2, 1885." circular datestamp and return address,
Extremely Fine and scarce (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 |
2,300.00 |
| 575 |
|
 1c Gray Blue (206).
Horizontal pair and slightly overlapping single, tied by "New York Sep. 4
'83" duplex cancels on overall French illustrated cover showing devils
attacking nuns, to Baltimore, French anti-clerical propaganda message
on top backflap and envelope-ordering information on bottom backflap, few
faults, appears Fine, very rare design
(Image) |
E. 500-750 |
1,100.00 |
| 576 |
|
 1c Gray Blue (206). Tied
by Charleston S.C. duplex on fresh printed Jul. 1883 circular to
Norway, Extremely Fine and scarce (Image) |
E. 100-150 |
250.00 |