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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 1004° |  |
 "American Mail 8c". Ms.
postmark on folded cover to Philadelphia with receipt docketing indicated
Nov. 16, 1844 origin from New York City, Very Fine, unusual manuscript
marking with 8c due (6c plus 2c local service)
(Image) |
E. 200-300 | 200.00 |
| 1005° | |
 American Letter Mail Company,
Office, No. 16 State Street, Boston. Red oval handstamp and ms. "6"
rate applied upon forwarding of folded letter from Philadelphia to Boston,
blue "Plaquemine La. Sep. 18" (1844) originating circular datestamp and ms.
"25" collect rate, street address at top provided by ALM office, Very Fine,
covers showing a combination of government and Independent Mail services
are scarce (Image) |
E. 300-400 | 475.00 |
| 1006° | |
 American Letter Mail Company,
Office, No. 12 State Street, Boston. Red oval handstamp and two strikes
of matching Collect box on August 1844 folded letter from Salem Mass. to
Philadelphia, red Philadelphia office receiving handstamp, slight wear,
Fine (Image) |
E. 150-200 | 375.00 |
| 1007° | |
 American Letter Mail Company,
Office, No. 16 State Street, Boston. Red oval and "6" rate handstamps,
also with "Forwarded by American Mail Co. from No. 101 Chesnut St.
Philada." circular handstamp on light blue folded cover to Philadelphia
street address, Very Fine, attractive
(Image) |
E. 150-200 | 325.00 |
| 1008° | |
 Forwarded by the American
Letter Mail Company, Office, 66 Wall St. N.Y. Red oval handstamp and
two strikes of matching Collect box on folded cover to New York City, Nov.
8, 1844 docketing (no origin indicated), file fold and light soiling,
otherwise Very Fine (Image) |
E. 150-200 | 130.00 |
| 1009° | TC |
 American Letter Mail Co., 5c
Small Eagle, Trial Color Die Proofs on India (5L1TC). Five colors:
Black, Brown, Dull Blue, Green and Dull Red, each with large margins, minor
hinge soaks and thins, otherwise Very Fine, each of these rare proofs shows
scratches on the die, indicating a later impression
(Image) |
E. 750-1,000 | 2,100.00 |
| 1010° |  |
 American Letter Mail Co., 5c
Black (5L1). Complete sheet of 20, unused (no gum), large margins,
fresh and Very Fine, this sheet comes from the remainder printing on thin
paper (Image) |
225.00 | 200.00 |
| 1011° | |
 American Letter Mail Co., 5c
Black (5L1). Large even margins, cancelled by red "Paid", impression
ties thru paper, red "American Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 12 State
Street, Boston" oval handstamp on folded cover to Boston, Aug. 6, 1844
docketing on flap, Extremely Fine, the "Paid" cancel matches the "Paid"
used on Overton & Co. covers (they frequently linked with ALM), with 1992
P.F. certificate (Image) |
E. 400-500 | 600.00 |
| 1012° | |
 American Letter Mail Co., 5c
Black (5L1). Large to huge margins, ms. "X" cancel, red "Forwarded by
American Mail Co. Jan. 4 from No. 101 Chestnut St. Philada." circular
datestamp on folded cover to New York City, fresh and Extremely Fine, the
dated Philadelphia marking is scarce (Image) |
E. 400-500 | 400.00 |
| 1013° | |
 American Letter Mail Co., 5c
Black (5L1). Horizontal pair, full to large margins, tied by one of two
strikes of large "PAID" handstamp of Pomeroy's Letter Express, repeated at
right, both strikes in a dirty red ink, used in combination with Letter
Express (Wells), 10c Black on Pink Glazed, Horizontal Bisect Used as 5c
(96L3a), bottom half of stamp with part of design cut into, tied across
the cut by ms. "\" on folded cover to Detroit Mich., of unknown origin
(possibly Philadelphia) with pencil docketing "Sept 14th, 1844", the
pair has minor gum toning and the bisect is slightly oxidized (as are most
examples of this rare stamp), a few period-ink splatters at leftAN OUTSTANDING CONJUNCTIVE USE OF THE AMERICAN LETTER MAIL COMPANY SMALL EAGLE ISSUE, WELLS' LETTER EXPRESS 10-CENT BISECT AND POMEROY'S LETTER EXPRESS "PAID" MARKING. THE ONLY RECORDED CONJUNCTIVE FRANKING WITH A LETTER EXPRESS BISECT. The pair of American Letter Mail Co. 5c Small Eagle stamps pays the 10c rate to Detroit. ALM's agent in Buffalo turned the letter over to Pomeroy's Buffalo office, which linked with Letter Express for routes to Ohio, Illinois and Michigan. The Letter Express bisect (10c Black on Pink) represents half of the original postage paid to ALM, and it was probably applied by the Pomeroy agent as an accounting device to credit Letter Express for money received from ALM (what, if any, compensation Pomeroy received is not known). The two red "Paid" handstamps were applied by Pomeroy's agent in Buffalo. With a copy of letter from Richard Schwartz (Feb. 9, 1996), describing this as one of three known combinations of American Letter Mail Co. and Letter Express stamps. Signed Costales. With 1996 P.F. certificate (Image) |
E. 10,000-15,000 | 8,000.00 |
| 1014° | |
 American Letter Mail Co.,
(5c) Black on Gray (5L2). Large margins, blue ms. "EHB" cancel,
red "American Letter Mail Company, Office, No. 12 State Street, Boston"
oval handstamp on folded cover to Boston, Mar. 3, 1845 docketing, file
folds, one thru stamp, still attractive and Very Fine, the "EHB" cancel is
scarce (Image) |
E. 200-300 | 275.00 |