Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

2005 Rarities of the World, Part Two continued...

**Eastern Independent Mails**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
549		American Express Company. Rose printed frank and "Forwarded from...186..." blank entry line (Haller FA4) on unused 3c Pink entire (U34), lengthy contract terms on backflap with "Livingston, Fargo & Co. Proprietors" imprint, couple of ink marks and light vertical fold, otherwise Very Fine, this American Express Co. was operated by Livingston, Fargo & Co. along its mid-Western and Eastern routes, the frank is enormously rare (Barkhausen had a used pen-cancelled example dated 1864), priced at $2,750 unused in Haller, ex Dale-Lichtenstein (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,000.00
550		American Letter Mail Co., 5c Black, Thin Paper (5L1). Full margins all around, tied by ms. "C", red "Forwarded/By/American/Mail Co./From/No. 109 Chestnut Street/Philadelphia" circular handstamp and matching "Paid" straightline on folded cover to New York City, receipt docketing indicates Philadelphia Sep. 5, 1844 origin, stamp has small sealed scissors-cut at upper right, otherwise Very Fine, a choice and exceedingly rare usage of the small Eagle stamp -- the circular handstamp and "Paid" were used briefly in August-September 1844 -- with 1998 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	1,300.00
551		American Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Thick Paper (First Printing), Positions 4-5, horizontal pair, left stamp double transfer at top, large margins all around, faint gum toning as often with this early printing, ms. "X" cancels, sender's "Paid" notation beneath pair on Feb. 4, 1844 folded letter from Philadelphia to Boston street address, ms. "2 cts Due" for local delivery charge, some wear and splits along folds (reinforced with hinges), trivial scuff in top margin of pair, light gum staining VERY FINE. THE EARLIEST OF FIVE RECORDED MULTIPLES OF THE AMERICAN LETTER MAIL SMALL EAGLE STAMP ON COVER (ALL PAIRS). AN OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MAIL USAGE. Our records contain just five Small Eagle pairs on four covers and one front only. These are listed chronologically as follows: 1) Feb. 4, 1844 folded letter to Tileston & Hollingsworth, Phila. to Boston, ms. "X" cancels, 2c delivery charge, the cover offered here, 2) May 28, 1844 folded letter to Tileston & Hollingsworth, Phila. to Boston, ms. "X" cancels, 2c delivery charge, Robson Lowe sale, Oct. 26, 1973, 3) ca. June-August 1844 front only to Jasigi & Goddard, NYC? to Boston, red "Paid" cancels, Boston handstamp, 4) vertical pair, red "Paid" cancels, on Jul. 1, 1844 folded cover to Buck & Peters, Boston to NYC, red NY handstamp, ex Duckworth, Schwartz, and 5) Sep. 14, 1844 docketing on folded cover (unknown origin) to E. Bingham, Detroit, pair used with Letter Express 96L3a bisect, Siegel Sale 784, lot 2200. With 2003 P.F. certificate. (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	2,000.00
552		Geo. H. Gray & Co., Boston. Small red label die-cut to circular shape with ms. "2" denoting 2c charge and tied by red "Boston Mass. Jan. 5" circular datestamp, matching "20" in circle double-rate handstamp on folded printed notice originating in England and addressed to Philadelphia, datelined Birmingham, Dec. 17, 1847, file fold and small repair at bottom not affective label, otherwise Very Fine, only two examples of Gray's forwarding label are believed extant, this is the only tied example (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,600.00
553		Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Position 16, Second State plate, cut to shape, tiny ms. "J. Shea" overprint in blank address space, matching "(Penny post paid)" in hand of Hale's agent in Danvers Mass., cancelled by red framed "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." handstamp applied in Boston, brownish "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Danvers" oval handstamp on folded cover (one panel missing) to Nassau Street in New York City, docketed Oct. 2, 1844 on back, two file folds, one creasing stamp which has been lifted and reaffixed to the left of the fold VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF FOUR EXAMPLES OF HALE & COMPANY'S DANVERS OFFICE HANDSTAMP. The two Hale & Co. Danvers covers offered in this sale bring the total number known to four, including the cover offered in our Hall sale and another recorded by Michael Gutman. The tiny "J. Shea" manuscript overprint on this stamp differs in wording from the overprint on the ex-Hall stamp ("J. S. Danvs."). Neither corresponds to the advertised Hale agent in Danvers, E. W. Simpson. (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	2,600.00
554		Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Cut to shape, tiny faded ms. overprint in blank address space, applied by Hale's agent in Danvers Mass., tied by red framed "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." handstamp applied in Boston, brownish "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Danvers" oval handstamp on Aug. 13, 1844 folded letter to Buffalo N.Y., slight wrinkles and toning barely affecting stamp at right VERY FINE. ONE OF FOUR EXAMPLES OF HALE & COMPANY'S DANVERS OFFICE HANDSTAMP. This example of Hale & Co.'s Danvers office marking was unknown to Michael Gutman. It becomes the fourth recorded Danvers cover. The tiny manuscript overprint on three of the four stamps used at Danvers is faded but still detectable. Arthur White collection (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	3,750.00
555		Hartford Conn. Mail Route, (5c) Black on Yellow Glazed (80L1). Margins to slightly in, rich color with only slight oxidation, ms. "Hartford" applied before use, affixed with wafer and used on Sept. 25, 1844 folded letter from Hartford to New York City street address, slightly worn and stained along file fold FINE STAMP ON AN ATTRACTIVE SOUTHBOUND COVER CARRIED BY THE HARTFORD MAIL ROUTE. According to published research by Francis E. Stern (Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 41, No. 3), the Hartford Mail stamps were prepared by E. W. Parsons and a partner named Fuller. Parsons was a Hartford bookseller who later became the New England superintendent for Adams Express Company and then a prominent figure in the Hartford insurance business. Mr. Fuller was an agent for Thompson & Co.'s express in Springfield Mass. The apparent function of the Parsons-Fuller Hartford Mail was to carry mail between Hartford and other cities. They also linked with other inter-city expresses that served the region, such as Adams and Hale. The more than 60 surviving covers indicate that the Hartford Mail did not deliver mail between correspondents within the city. The operation commenced in 1844 -- the earliest known cover dates from August 1844 -- and it appears to have discontinued service on June 30, 1845, the latest recorded date and the point when inter-city letter expresses were outlawed. (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	5,250.00

Eastern Independent Mails

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

549

American Express Company. Rose printed frank and "Forwarded from...186..." blank entry line (Haller FA4) on unused 3c Pink entire (U34), lengthy contract terms on backflap with "Livingston, Fargo & Co. Proprietors" imprint, couple of ink marks and light vertical fold, otherwise Very Fine, this American Express Co. was operated by Livingston, Fargo & Co. along its mid-Western and Eastern routes, the frank is enormously rare (Barkhausen had a used pen-cancelled example dated 1864), priced at $2,750 unused in Haller, ex Dale-Lichtenstein (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,000.00

550

American Letter Mail Co., 5c Black, Thin Paper (5L1). Full margins all around, tied by ms. "C", red "Forwarded/By/American/Mail Co./From/No. 109 Chestnut Street/Philadelphia" circular handstamp and matching "Paid" straightline on folded cover to New York City, receipt docketing indicates Philadelphia Sep. 5, 1844 origin, stamp has small sealed scissors-cut at upper right, otherwise Very Fine, a choice and exceedingly rare usage of the small Eagle stamp -- the circular handstamp and "Paid" were used briefly in August-September 1844 -- with 1998 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

1,300.00

551

American Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Thick Paper (First Printing), Positions 4-5, horizontal pair, left stamp double transfer at top, large margins all around, faint gum toning as often with this early printing, ms. "X" cancels, sender's "Paid" notation beneath pair on Feb. 4, 1844 folded letter from Philadelphia to Boston street address, ms. "2 cts Due" for local delivery charge, some wear and splits along folds (reinforced with hinges), trivial scuff in top margin of pair, light gum staining
VERY FINE. THE EARLIEST OF FIVE RECORDED MULTIPLES OF THE AMERICAN LETTER MAIL SMALL EAGLE STAMP ON COVER (ALL PAIRS). AN OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MAIL USAGE.
Our records contain just five Small Eagle pairs on four covers and one front only. These are listed chronologically as follows: 1) Feb. 4, 1844 folded letter to Tileston & Hollingsworth, Phila. to Boston, ms. "X" cancels, 2c delivery charge, the cover offered here, 2) May 28, 1844 folded letter to Tileston & Hollingsworth, Phila. to Boston, ms. "X" cancels, 2c delivery charge, Robson Lowe sale, Oct. 26, 1973, 3) ca. June-August 1844 front only to Jasigi & Goddard, NYC? to Boston, red "Paid" cancels, Boston handstamp, 4) vertical pair, red "Paid" cancels, on Jul. 1, 1844 folded cover to Buck & Peters, Boston to NYC, red NY handstamp, ex Duckworth, Schwartz, and 5) Sep. 14, 1844 docketing on folded cover (unknown origin) to E. Bingham, Detroit, pair used with Letter Express 96L3a bisect, Siegel Sale 784, lot 2200.
With 2003 P.F. certificate. (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

2,000.00

552

Geo. H. Gray & Co., Boston. Small red label die-cut to circular shape with ms. "2" denoting 2c charge and tied by red "Boston Mass. Jan. 5" circular datestamp, matching "20" in circle double-rate handstamp on folded printed notice originating in England and addressed to Philadelphia, datelined Birmingham, Dec. 17, 1847, file fold and small repair at bottom not affective label, otherwise Very Fine, only two examples of Gray's forwarding label are believed extant, this is the only tied example (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,600.00

553

Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Position 16, Second State plate, cut to shape, tiny ms. "J. Shea" overprint in blank address space, matching "(Penny post paid)" in hand of Hale's agent in Danvers Mass., cancelled by red framed "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." handstamp applied in Boston, brownish "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Danvers" oval handstamp on folded cover (one panel missing) to Nassau Street in New York City, docketed Oct. 2, 1844 on back, two file folds, one creasing stamp which has been lifted and reaffixed to the left of the fold

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF FOUR EXAMPLES OF HALE & COMPANY'S DANVERS OFFICE HANDSTAMP.

The two Hale & Co. Danvers covers offered in this sale bring the total number known to four, including the cover offered in our Hall sale and another recorded by Michael Gutman. The tiny "J. Shea" manuscript overprint on this stamp differs in wording from the overprint on the ex-Hall stamp ("J. S. Danvs."). Neither corresponds to the advertised Hale agent in Danvers, E. W. Simpson. (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

2,600.00

554

Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Cut to shape, tiny faded ms. overprint in blank address space, applied by Hale's agent in Danvers Mass., tied by red framed "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." handstamp applied in Boston, brownish "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Danvers" oval handstamp on Aug. 13, 1844 folded letter to Buffalo N.Y., slight wrinkles and toning barely affecting stamp at right

VERY FINE. ONE OF FOUR EXAMPLES OF HALE & COMPANY'S DANVERS OFFICE HANDSTAMP.

This example of Hale & Co.'s Danvers office marking was unknown to Michael Gutman. It becomes the fourth recorded Danvers cover. The tiny manuscript overprint on three of the four stamps used at Danvers is faded but still detectable. Arthur White collection (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

3,750.00

555

Hartford Conn. Mail Route, (5c) Black on Yellow Glazed (80L1). Margins to slightly in, rich color with only slight oxidation, ms. "Hartford" applied before use, affixed with wafer and used on Sept. 25, 1844 folded letter from Hartford to New York City street address, slightly worn and stained along file fold

FINE STAMP ON AN ATTRACTIVE SOUTHBOUND COVER CARRIED BY THE HARTFORD MAIL ROUTE.

According to published research by Francis E. Stern (Collectors Club Philatelist, Vol. 41, No. 3), the Hartford Mail stamps were prepared by E. W. Parsons and a partner named Fuller. Parsons was a Hartford bookseller who later became the New England superintendent for Adams Express Company and then a prominent figure in the Hartford insurance business. Mr. Fuller was an agent for Thompson & Co.'s express in Springfield Mass. The apparent function of the Parsons-Fuller Hartford Mail was to carry mail between Hartford and other cities. They also linked with other inter-city expresses that served the region, such as Adams and Hale. The more than 60 surviving covers indicate that the Hartford Mail did not deliver mail between correspondents within the city. The operation commenced in 1844 -- the earliest known cover dates from August 1844 -- and it appears to have discontinued service on June 30, 1845, the latest recorded date and the point when inter-city letter expresses were outlawed. (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

5,250.00