Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

2004 Rarities of the World continued...

**Carriers and Locals**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
553	E	(1c) Dull Scarlet, Large Die Essay on Greenish Blue Pelure, Franklin Carrier (LO1E -- Unlisted in Scott). 62 x 54mm, shows 57 x 50mm die dimensions and traces of additional rosettes at lower right -- these are characteristics of the original die proofs (as opposed to later impressions from the Schernikow die) -- diagonal creases at lower left VERY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS RED-ON-GREEN PROOF FROM THE ORIGINAL 1851 TOPPAN CARPENTER DIE. Ex Brazer and Johnstone. With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	3,600.00
554		1c Blue, Eagle Carrier (LO2). Large margins, tied by red smudge cancel on cover to Liverpool, England, "Philada. Br. Pkt. 5 Oct. 8" debit datestamp, British "1/-" due handstamp, Oct. 22, 1855 receiving backstamp, some toning not mentioned on accompanying certificate VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE EAGLE CARRIER STAMP ON A TRANSATLANTIC COVER, OF WHICH A DOZEN ARE RECORDED -- ONLY FOUR KNOWN TO ENGLAND. With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 4,000-5,000	9,000.00
555		1c Blue, Eagle Carrier (LO2). Full to large margins, uncancelled, blue "Cincinnati O. Jan. 15" circular datestamp and matching "30" rate handstamp on mostly complete folded cover to Wurttemberg, Germany, "New York Br. Pkt. Jan. 21" credit datestamp, ms. "45" due, Very Fine, Cincinnati usages of the Eagle Carrier are scarce and Eagle covers to Germany are rare (three recorded), with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	5,000.00
556		U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (6LB1). Large to huge margins all around, bold orange-red "U.S." in frame cancel -- signifying carrier usage -- fresh and Extremely Fine Gem, one of the finest off-cover examples of the first carrier stamp extant, ex Schwartz, with 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)	1,750.00	2,700.00
557		U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Green Glazed, Double Impression (6LB5a). Large margins, clear second impression across upper and lower portions of design, red "U.S." in frame cancel, minor scrapes in green coating and faint crease, otherwise Extremely Fine, very rare, ex Schwartz, with 1985 P.F. certificate (Image)	1,500.00	1,000.00
558		U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Blue on Buff (7LB14). Pencil layout line at bottom, unusually clear impression, two full margins, slightly in at top and left, slight bend at lower right corner and faint thinning A FINE-APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE CARRIER STAMP. NO MORE THAN A DOZEN EXAMPLES OF 7LB14 ARE KNOWN TO US. The Type C31 stamps were ordinarily left uncancelled, this probably was removed from a cover. The pencil line at bottom is a characteristic layout line. Ex Schwartz (Image)	3,000.00	0.00
559		Philadelphia Despatch Post, Philadelphia Pa., 3c Black (15L2). Cut to shape clear of circle almost all around, every letter of "Phila. Despatch Post" unusually well-defined, black "Paid" handstamp struck clearly and "R & Co." ms. control, affixed with wax seal, cancelled by red "3" handstamp on large part of folded cover front only to Mr. Shrack & Co. at local address, datelined "Philadelphia 4/20" VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE PHILADELPHIA DESPATCH POST CIRCULAR BLACK STAMP. The Philadelphia Despatch Post is documented in an advertisement in the Philadelphia Public Ledger (Dec. 8, 1842) and in an expanded version with some differences (see Sale 825, p. 293, or go to www.siegelauctions.com/enc/carriers/robertson.jpg for an image of the revised ad). In the later ad, the stamps are priced at 3c individually, 31c per dozen and $2 per hundred. Valuable-letter registration for 6嬈 and a 6c rate on letters beyond two miles are quoted (no examples of either special service are known). The firm's address is 93 Chesnut Street, not 83 South Second Street as in the earlier advertisement. The five recorded examples of the Black circular stamps 15L2, which was actually the first issued, are as follows in chronological order: 1) 1842 folded letter (docketed "1842" on back, must be December) to Treasurer American Sunday School Union, ex Caspary (lot 561), Hollowbush, Schwartz, Siegel Sale 868, lot 2046 (realized $29,000 hammer), 2) Jan. 13, 1843 folded letter to Rev. George Boyd, stamp cancelled by red "T"-shaped handstamp, red "Paid" and "Phila. Despatch Post 10 A.M." timestamp (on flap), ex Hall (realized $10,500 hammer), 3) Mar. 20 (1843) folded letter to N. R. Potts, stamp cancelled by dots in small circle, red "Phila. Despatch Post 3 P.M." timestamp (ms. "20" below time) and "Paid", ex Hall (realized $22,000 hammer), 4) Apr. 20, 1843 folded letter to Shrack & Co., stamp cancelled by small red outline "3", no timestamp or postmark, ex Gibson, Middendorf, the cover offered here, and 5) May 19, 1843 folded letter to Booth, stamp cancelled by large red "3", red "Phila. Despatch Post 10 A.M." timestamp, discovery example (1889), ex Caspary, Boker. Ex Gibson and Middendorf. With 1997 P.F. certificate. (Image)	E. 10,000-15,000	13,000.00
560		Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (unstated value) Black & Blue (15L10). Large margins to just touched, tied by blue "Philada. Pa. 5 cts Aug. 24" (ca. 1848) circular datestamp on folded cover to Hancock Md., vertical file fold affects adhesive, otherwise Very Fine, the scarce bicolored "For the Post Office" issue is rarely found tied on cover, unpriced in Scott as tied (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,000.00
561		Brady & Co., New York N.Y., 1c Red on Yellow (22L1). Large margins on three sides, clear at top, tied on piece by blue "Brady & Co. City Despatch Post, 97 Duane St." oval handstamp, Very Fine and extremely rare example of this local stamp. The original Clark & Co. local post is reported by Sloane to have started in early 1857, it used stamps of the same letter-box design with the "Clark & Co." label. In the summer of 1857, the post was sold to Abner S. Brady, who is known to have had financial trouble maintaining the operation. This information comes from a letter written by Brady, in which he states "I am not making anything yet in the business..." (Aug. 13, 1857 letter quoted by Sloane in Stamps, Mar. 9, 1935). The Brady & Co. post evidently closed sometime after January 6, 1858 (latest cover known). (Image)	1,000.00	900.00
562		Brainard & Co., (5c) Blue (24L2). Large to huge margins, ms. "B" cancel (Albany), additional pen line cancel, used on piece, Extremely Fine and rare, ex Schwartz, signed Sloane (Image)	1,250.00	900.00
563		Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Square-cut margins, full to large on three sides, barely in at bottom, cancelled by ms. "X", used on Oct. 12, 1848 blue folded letter to local street address, Very Fine, extremely rare -- only 21 covers recorded in Stimmell (see Penny Post, Aug. 1991) and many of these have circular-cut stamps -- ex Schwartz (Image)	1,500.00	1,200.00

Carriers and Locals

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

553

(1c) Dull Scarlet, Large Die Essay on Greenish Blue Pelure, Franklin Carrier (LO1E -- Unlisted in Scott). 62 x 54mm, shows 57 x 50mm die dimensions and traces of additional rosettes at lower right -- these are characteristics of the original die proofs (as opposed to later impressions from the Schernikow die) -- diagonal creases at lower left

VERY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS RED-ON-GREEN PROOF FROM THE ORIGINAL 1851 TOPPAN CARPENTER DIE.

Ex Brazer and Johnstone. With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

3,600.00

554

1c Blue, Eagle Carrier (LO2). Large margins, tied by red smudge cancel on cover to Liverpool, England, "Philada. Br. Pkt. 5 Oct. 8" debit datestamp, British "1/-" due handstamp, Oct. 22, 1855 receiving backstamp, some toning not mentioned on accompanying certificate

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF THE EAGLE CARRIER STAMP ON A TRANSATLANTIC COVER, OF WHICH A DOZEN ARE RECORDED -- ONLY FOUR KNOWN TO ENGLAND.

With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 4,000-5,000

9,000.00

555

1c Blue, Eagle Carrier (LO2). Full to large margins, uncancelled, blue "Cincinnati O. Jan. 15" circular datestamp and matching "30" rate handstamp on mostly complete folded cover to Wurttemberg, Germany, "New York Br. Pkt. Jan. 21" credit datestamp, ms. "45" due, Very Fine, Cincinnati usages of the Eagle Carrier are scarce and Eagle covers to Germany are rare (three recorded), with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

5,000.00

556

U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (6LB1). Large to huge margins all around, bold orange-red "U.S." in frame cancel -- signifying carrier usage -- fresh and Extremely Fine Gem, one of the finest off-cover examples of the first carrier stamp extant, ex Schwartz, with 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,750.00

2,700.00

557

U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Green Glazed, Double Impression (6LB5a). Large margins, clear second impression across upper and lower portions of design, red "U.S." in frame cancel, minor scrapes in green coating and faint crease, otherwise Extremely Fine, very rare, ex Schwartz, with 1985 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,500.00

1,000.00

558

U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Blue on Buff (7LB14). Pencil layout line at bottom, unusually clear impression, two full margins, slightly in at top and left, slight bend at lower right corner and faint thinning

A FINE-APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE CARRIER STAMP. NO MORE THAN A DOZEN EXAMPLES OF 7LB14 ARE KNOWN TO US.

The Type C31 stamps were ordinarily left uncancelled, this probably was removed from a cover. The pencil line at bottom is a characteristic layout line.

Ex Schwartz (Image)

3,000.00

0.00

559

Philadelphia Despatch Post, Philadelphia Pa., 3c Black (15L2). Cut to shape clear of circle almost all around, every letter of "Phila. Despatch Post" unusually well-defined, black "Paid" handstamp struck clearly and "R & Co." ms. control, affixed with wax seal, cancelled by red "3" handstamp on large part of folded cover front only to Mr. Shrack & Co. at local address, datelined "Philadelphia 4/20"

VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE PHILADELPHIA DESPATCH POST CIRCULAR BLACK STAMP.

The Philadelphia Despatch Post is documented in an advertisement in the Philadelphia Public Ledger (Dec. 8, 1842) and in an expanded version with some differences (see Sale 825, p. 293, or go to www.siegelauctions.com/enc/carriers/robertson.jpg for an image of the revised ad). In the later ad, the stamps are priced at 3c individually, 31c per dozen and $2 per hundred. Valuable-letter registration for 6嬈 and a 6c rate on letters beyond two miles are quoted (no examples of either special service are known). The firm's address is 93 Chesnut Street, not 83 South Second Street as in the earlier advertisement.

The five recorded examples of the Black circular stamps 15L2, which was actually the first issued, are as follows in chronological order: 1) 1842 folded letter (docketed "1842" on back, must be December) to Treasurer American Sunday School Union, ex Caspary (lot 561), Hollowbush, Schwartz, Siegel Sale 868, lot 2046 (realized $29,000 hammer), 2) Jan. 13, 1843 folded letter to Rev. George Boyd, stamp cancelled by red "T"-shaped handstamp, red "Paid" and "Phila. Despatch Post 10 A.M." timestamp (on flap), ex Hall (realized $10,500 hammer), 3) Mar. 20 (1843) folded letter to N. R. Potts, stamp cancelled by dots in small circle, red "Phila. Despatch Post 3 P.M." timestamp (ms. "20" below time) and "Paid", ex Hall (realized $22,000 hammer), 4) Apr. 20, 1843 folded letter to Shrack & Co., stamp cancelled by small red outline "3", no timestamp or postmark, ex Gibson, Middendorf, the cover offered here, and 5) May 19, 1843 folded letter to Booth, stamp cancelled by large red "3", red "Phila. Despatch Post 10 A.M." timestamp, discovery example (1889), ex Caspary, Boker.

Ex Gibson and Middendorf. With 1997 P.F. certificate. (Image)

E. 10,000-15,000

13,000.00

560

Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (unstated value) Black & Blue (15L10). Large margins to just touched, tied by blue "Philada. Pa. 5 cts Aug. 24" (ca. 1848) circular datestamp on folded cover to Hancock Md., vertical file fold affects adhesive, otherwise Very Fine, the scarce bicolored "For the Post Office" issue is rarely found tied on cover, unpriced in Scott as tied (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,000.00

561

Brady & Co., New York N.Y., 1c Red on Yellow (22L1). Large margins on three sides, clear at top, tied on piece by blue "Brady & Co. City Despatch Post, 97 Duane St." oval handstamp, Very Fine and extremely rare example of this local stamp. The original Clark & Co. local post is reported by Sloane to have started in early 1857, it used stamps of the same letter-box design with the "Clark & Co." label. In the summer of 1857, the post was sold to Abner S. Brady, who is known to have had financial trouble maintaining the operation. This information comes from a letter written by Brady, in which he states "I am not making anything yet in the business..." (Aug. 13, 1857 letter quoted by Sloane in Stamps, Mar. 9, 1935). The Brady & Co. post evidently closed sometime after January 6, 1858 (latest cover known). (Image)

1,000.00

900.00

562

Brainard & Co., (5c) Blue (24L2). Large to huge margins, ms. "B" cancel (Albany), additional pen line cancel, used on piece, Extremely Fine and rare, ex Schwartz, signed Sloane (Image)

1,250.00

900.00

563

Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Square-cut margins, full to large on three sides, barely in at bottom, cancelled by ms. "X", used on Oct. 12, 1848 blue folded letter to local street address, Very Fine, extremely rare -- only 21 covers recorded in Stimmell (see Penny Post, Aug. 1991) and many of these have circular-cut stamps -- ex Schwartz (Image)

1,500.00

1,200.00