Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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**Locals continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
1613		(Mead's) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (40L2). Large even margins, bright fresh color, vivid red "Free" in frame cancel, two tiny corner creases, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)	125.00	170.00
1614		(Coles) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed, "CC" (40L4). Large margins, pencil cancel (not tied), creased and cracked in surface glazing, used on brown cover to Irving Institute in Md., red "New-York 5 cts. 23 Feb." icircular datestamp, 1850 docketing, edge faults, a scarce stamp used in the correct time period (Image)	E. 150-200	115.00
1615		(Coles) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, "CC" (40L5). Large even margins, red "Paid" cancel, affixed to locally-addressed brown cover, Extremely Fine appearance, a scarce stamp, with 2001 P.F. certificate stating "it is a genuine stamp but decline opinion as to whether the stamp originated" (Image)	350.00	325.00
1616		(Coles) City Despatch Post Office, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Vermilion Glazed, "CC" (40L6). Large margins to close at bottom left, bright color without oxidation, black cancel (not tied), "City Despatch Post P.O. Oct. 3" circular datestamp on Young Bachelors' Society printed circular with letter datelined Oct. 2, 1848 to local street address, slight wrinkling, Extremely Fine stamp and attractive cover, ex Green, with 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 300-400	1,500.00
1617		City Letter Express Mail, Newark N.J., 1c Red (45L1). Cut to heart shape, uncancelled, affixed on back and used with 3c Dull Red (11), large margins to slightly in at top, tied by "Newark N.J. Feb. 26, 1857" circular datestamp on small cover to Binghamton N.Y. VERY FINE. ONLY SEVEN EXAMPLES OF THE NEWARK CITY LETTER EXPRESS ONE-CENT STAMP ARE KNOWN ON COVERS. ONE OF THE RAREST LOCALS. The Newark Daily Advertiser carried daily advertisements for Peck & Company's City Letter Express from June 12 through September 29, 1856. Augustus L. Peck's partner in the City News Office was R. Jaques, and their office was located at 324 Broad Street. The City Letter Express provided letter delivery to the mails (1c) and within the city (2c). Their competitor, Rogers' Penny Post, only carried letters to the post office. Peck's advertisements also solicited package-express business, which may have been on behalf of the New Jersey Express Company, which had its business in Newark during the same period (reference: Elliott Perry, Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp. 405-408). Our records contain just seven examples of the 45L1 stamp on cover, including six dated in late 1856 or this February 1857 cover. The City Letter Express stamps were usually left uncancelled, but three covers have Newark datestamps tying the local. One of the tied examples realized $15,500 hammer in our November 1999 Golden sale. (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	1,500.00
1618		Clark & Hall's Penny Post, St. Louis Mo., 1c Black on Pink (49L1). Three large margins, cut in about halfway along top framline, three "X" cancels in pencil, used on small embossed Valentine cover to "Miss Eliza Pettus, Care of Wm. G. Pettus, St. Louis", with street address at top "St. Charles between 4 & 5th Streets", with original Valentine enclosure -- a love poem on decorative stationery dated "Feby. 14/50=1", cover very slightly toned THE EARLIEST AND ONLY RECORDED VALENTINE COVER WITH THE RARE CLARK & HALL PENNY POST STAMP. ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES OF THIS STAMP ARE RECORDED, EACH USED ON COVER. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF AMERICAN LOCAL POSTS. William J. Clark and Charles F. Hall advertised the opening of their "City Express and Penny Post" in the Feb. 13, 1851, edition of The Missouri Republican. Clark and Hall timed their opening to capture a share of the lucrative Valentine market. The first announcement noted that stamps were available for one cent each. This cover has special significance as the earliest known usage (possibly a first day of the post) and the only Valentine cover among the five recorded examples. Covers with 49L1 are recorded as follows (all 1851 dates): 1) uncancelled, red Feb. 27 datestamp, to Emily Smith, Long Island N.Y., ex Ferrary, Lilly, Hall (Siegel Sale 830, lot 592, realized $17,500), 2) uncancelled, red Apr. 23 datestamp, to Emily Smith (as above), ex Boker, 3) uncancelled, red May 29 datestamp, to Emily Smith (as above), ex Boker, Golden (Siegel Sale 817, lot 980, realized $15,000 hammer), 4) uncancelled, red Jul. 20 datestamp, to Emily Smith (as above), ex Boker, and 5) cancelled by three ms. X's on Valentine cover to Eliza Pettus, local street address, Feb. 14, 1851 enclosure, discovered in 1924 by Morris Pettus. No stamps off cover are known. This cover was discovered in 1924 among family papers belonging to Morrison Pettus, whose grandfather was William G. Pettus, Secretary of State of Missouri in 1822 when the Grizzly Bears seal of the State was adopted (the basis of the St. Louis "Bears" provisional design). The cover is addressed to Eliza Pettus in care of William G. Pettus. Articles regarding the discovery, including a feature in the New York Times, are included in this lot. (Image)	E. 7,500-10,000	15,500.00
1619		Cummings' City Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Rose Glazed (55L1). Enormous margins all around -- possibly a left sheet-margin position -- ms. "#" cancel, affixed and "tied" by red "U.S. Express Mail N.Y. N.York Feb. 1" route agent's circular datestamp with matching "5" rate handstamp on 1847 folded letter to Boston, small repaired spot at top center and reinforced file fold, stamp has minor abraded spot in upper left margin from placement at corner, still Very Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate not noting faults but stating the stamp did not originate on this cover (Image)	1,000.00	1,350.00
1620		Dupuy & Schenck, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on Glazed (60L1). Large margins all around, ms. check mark (not tied), used on brown cover to Hadley Mass., red "New-York 5 cts. 23 Feb." integral-rate circular datestamp, Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate stating "it is a genuine stamp but decline opinion as to whether it originated on this cover" (Image)	150.00	190.00
1621		Faunce's Penny Post, Atlantic City N.J., (1c) Black on Red (152L1). Unused (no gum), Very Fine (Image)	180.00	230.00
1622		Friend's Boarding School, Barnesville O., (1c) Black, Major Study Collection (151L1). Mounted study collection with extensive research notes and data, includes one unused example of Types I, II and III, seven Ty. I covers, one Ty. II cover and three Ty. III covers (total Scott value $3,675.00), includes earliest known usage of any Friend's Boarding School stamp (Jan. 11, 1878), one Ty. I tied on front but with 3c Bank Note partly torn away (another Ty. I cover has a regular stamp torn away), all three Ty. III covers with stamps on front (incl. earliest known Type III usage), all others with usual uncancelled stamp on back, regular postage paid mostly by 3c Green but a few 2c Red Brown to be found, the collection also includes 23 covers from or relating to Friend's Boarding School (pre-stamp period, etc.), some faults, but many Fine-Very Fine covers following the history of this fascinating Quaker school post, it would be impossible to duplicate this collection (Image)	3,675.00	2,700.00
1623		Gordon's City Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (72L3). Full even margins, uncancelled as usual, sender's "Paid 5c" notation and pencil "5", red "New-York 5 cts. 11 Jun." icircular datestamp and matching "Paid" arc on blue folded cover to Middletown Conn., Chase correspondence (source of most Gordon's covers), tiny scrape in glazing on stamp, still Extremely Fine (Image)	E. 150-200	260.00

Locals continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

1613

(Mead's) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (40L2). Large even margins, bright fresh color, vivid red "Free" in frame cancel, two tiny corner creases, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

125.00

170.00

1614

(Coles) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed, "CC" (40L4). Large margins, pencil cancel (not tied), creased and cracked in surface glazing, used on brown cover to Irving Institute in Md., red "New-York 5 cts. 23 Feb." icircular datestamp, 1850 docketing, edge faults, a scarce stamp used in the correct time period (Image)

E. 150-200

115.00

1615

(Coles) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, "CC" (40L5). Large even margins, red "Paid" cancel, affixed to locally-addressed brown cover, Extremely Fine appearance, a scarce stamp, with 2001 P.F. certificate stating "it is a genuine stamp but decline opinion as to whether the stamp originated" (Image)

350.00

325.00

1616

(Coles) City Despatch Post Office, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Vermilion Glazed, "CC" (40L6). Large margins to close at bottom left, bright color without oxidation, black cancel (not tied), "City Despatch Post P.O. Oct. 3" circular datestamp on Young Bachelors' Society printed circular with letter datelined Oct. 2, 1848 to local street address, slight wrinkling, Extremely Fine stamp and attractive cover, ex Green, with 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 300-400

1,500.00

1617

City Letter Express Mail, Newark N.J., 1c Red (45L1). Cut to heart shape, uncancelled, affixed on back and used with 3c Dull Red (11), large margins to slightly in at top, tied by "Newark N.J. Feb. 26, 1857" circular datestamp on small cover to Binghamton N.Y.

VERY FINE. ONLY SEVEN EXAMPLES OF THE NEWARK CITY LETTER EXPRESS ONE-CENT STAMP ARE KNOWN ON COVERS. ONE OF THE RAREST LOCALS.

The Newark Daily Advertiser carried daily advertisements for Peck & Company's City Letter Express from June 12 through September 29, 1856. Augustus L. Peck's partner in the City News Office was R. Jaques, and their office was located at 324 Broad Street. The City Letter Express provided letter delivery to the mails (1c) and within the city (2c). Their competitor, Rogers' Penny Post, only carried letters to the post office. Peck's advertisements also solicited package-express business, which may have been on behalf of the New Jersey Express Company, which had its business in Newark during the same period (reference: Elliott Perry, Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp. 405-408).

Our records contain just seven examples of the 45L1 stamp on cover, including six dated in late 1856 or this February 1857 cover. The City Letter Express stamps were usually left uncancelled, but three covers have Newark datestamps tying the local. One of the tied examples realized $15,500 hammer in our November 1999 Golden sale. (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

1,500.00

1618

Clark & Hall's Penny Post, St. Louis Mo., 1c Black on Pink (49L1). Three large margins, cut in about halfway along top framline, three "X" cancels in pencil, used on small embossed Valentine cover to "Miss Eliza Pettus, Care of Wm. G. Pettus, St. Louis", with street address at top "St. Charles between 4 & 5th Streets", with original Valentine enclosure -- a love poem on decorative stationery dated "Feby. 14/50=1", cover very slightly toned

THE EARLIEST AND ONLY RECORDED VALENTINE COVER WITH THE RARE CLARK & HALL PENNY POST STAMP. ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES OF THIS STAMP ARE RECORDED, EACH USED ON COVER. ONE OF THE GREATEST RARITIES OF AMERICAN LOCAL POSTS.

William J. Clark and Charles F. Hall advertised the opening of their "City Express and Penny Post" in the Feb. 13, 1851, edition of The Missouri Republican. Clark and Hall timed their opening to capture a share of the lucrative Valentine market. The first announcement noted that stamps were available for one cent each. This cover has special significance as the earliest known usage (possibly a first day of the post) and the only Valentine cover among the five recorded examples.

Covers with 49L1 are recorded as follows (all 1851 dates): 1) uncancelled, red Feb. 27 datestamp, to Emily Smith, Long Island N.Y., ex Ferrary, Lilly, Hall (Siegel Sale 830, lot 592, realized $17,500), 2) uncancelled, red Apr. 23 datestamp, to Emily Smith (as above), ex Boker, 3) uncancelled, red May 29 datestamp, to Emily Smith (as above), ex Boker, Golden (Siegel Sale 817, lot 980, realized $15,000 hammer), 4) uncancelled, red Jul. 20 datestamp, to Emily Smith (as above), ex Boker, and 5) cancelled by three ms. X's on Valentine cover to Eliza Pettus, local street address, Feb. 14, 1851 enclosure, discovered in 1924 by Morris Pettus. No stamps off cover are known.

This cover was discovered in 1924 among family papers belonging to Morrison Pettus, whose grandfather was William G. Pettus, Secretary of State of Missouri in 1822 when the Grizzly Bears seal of the State was adopted (the basis of the St. Louis "Bears" provisional design). The cover is addressed to Eliza Pettus in care of William G. Pettus. Articles regarding the discovery, including a feature in the New York Times, are included in this lot. (Image)

E. 7,500-10,000

15,500.00

1619

Cummings' City Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Rose Glazed (55L1). Enormous margins all around -- possibly a left sheet-margin position -- ms. "#" cancel, affixed and "tied" by red "U.S. Express Mail N.Y. N.York Feb. 1" route agent's circular datestamp with matching "5" rate handstamp on 1847 folded letter to Boston, small repaired spot at top center and reinforced file fold, stamp has minor abraded spot in upper left margin from placement at corner, still Very Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate not noting faults but stating the stamp did not originate on this cover (Image)

1,000.00

1,350.00

1620

Dupuy & Schenck, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on Glazed (60L1). Large margins all around, ms. check mark (not tied), used on brown cover to Hadley Mass., red "New-York 5 cts. 23 Feb." integral-rate circular datestamp, Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate stating "it is a genuine stamp but decline opinion as to whether it originated on this cover" (Image)

150.00

190.00

1621

Faunce's Penny Post, Atlantic City N.J., (1c) Black on Red (152L1). Unused (no gum), Very Fine (Image)

180.00

230.00

1622

Friend's Boarding School, Barnesville O., (1c) Black, Major Study Collection (151L1). Mounted study collection with extensive research notes and data, includes one unused example of Types I, II and III, seven Ty. I covers, one Ty. II cover and three Ty. III covers (total Scott value $3,675.00), includes earliest known usage of any Friend's Boarding School stamp (Jan. 11, 1878), one Ty. I tied on front but with 3c Bank Note partly torn away (another Ty. I cover has a regular stamp torn away), all three Ty. III covers with stamps on front (incl. earliest known Type III usage), all others with usual uncancelled stamp on back, regular postage paid mostly by 3c Green but a few 2c Red Brown to be found, the collection also includes 23 covers from or relating to Friend's Boarding School (pre-stamp period, etc.), some faults, but many Fine-Very Fine covers following the history of this fascinating Quaker school post, it would be impossible to duplicate this collection (Image)

3,675.00

2,700.00

1623

Gordon's City Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed (72L3). Full even margins, uncancelled as usual, sender's "Paid 5c" notation and pencil "5", red "New-York 5 cts. 11 Jun." icircular datestamp and matching "Paid" arc on blue folded cover to Middletown Conn., Chase correspondence (source of most Gordon's covers), tiny scrape in glazing on stamp, still Extremely Fine (Image)

E. 150-200

260.00