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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 1021° |  |
 Forwarded from/Hale's For.
Let. Office/Corner of Wall and Water Streets/New York. Four-line red
handstamp on back of folded cover to London, England,
"Liverpool.Ship Letter" handstamp and red Feb. 22, 1839 receiving datestamp
on back, ms. "4/9" rate, routing "p. Columbus", Very Fine example of
this marking from Hale's foreign-mail forwarding service (Image) |
E. 200-300 | 200.00 |
| 1022° | |
 Hale & Co., (5c) Light Blue
on Pelure (75L1a). Ample to large margins incl. top sheet margin, light
shade on very thin pelure paper, ms. "P" cancel, tied by line of address on
light blue folded cover to New York City, lightly struck red Hale & Co.
Philadelphia oval handstamp, Dec. 1844 docketing on back, stamp has faint
gum toning, otherwise Very Fine, ex "German" sale
(Image) |
E. 200-300 | 300.00 |
| 1023° | |
 Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street
Address Omitted (75L5). Cut to shape, bright shade, tied by red "Paid"
cancel, matching "Forwarded by Hale & Co. May 21 Boston" scarce dated oval
on blue 1845 folded cover to New York City, Very Fine, with 1992 P.F.
certificate (Image) |
E. 200-300 | 425.00 |
| 1024° | |
 Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street
Address Omitted (75L5). Two cut-to-shape singles, affixed at opposite
ends, cancelled or tied by red "Paid", matching "Forwarded by Hale & Co.
from Boston" oval handstamp on Apr. 9, 1845 folded letter to New York City,
file fold passes under left edge of one stamp causing only a slight bend,
Very Fine, a beautiful double-rate usage
(Image) |
E. 400-500 | 450.00 |
| 1025° | |
 Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street
Address Omitted (75L5). Positions 1-2, horizontal pair from Third State
of plate with plate damage on Position 1, beautiful bright shade, large
margins to just touched, tied by two strikes of vivid red "Forwarded by
Hale & Co. from Corner of Wall and Water Streets, New York" oval handstamp
on blue Apr. 18, 1845 folded letter to Philadelphia, Very Fine, a lovely
double-rate cover, by this time the 75L5 stamps were usually cut into
singles, rare as a pair, ex Emerson (realized $59 in the 1939 sale!), with
1974 P.F. certificate (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 850.00 |
| 1026° | |
 Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street
Address Omitted (75L5). Three cut-to-shape singles from Third State of
plate with plate damage at edges, each tied by red "Forwarded by Hale & Co.
Great Eastern Mail" oval handstamp on folded cover to Howland & Aspinwall
in New York City, red "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Boston" oval
origination handstamp, sender's ms. "Hale Co. 3" notation for triple
rate, Very Fine, Hale & Co. triple-rate frankings are extremely rare, this
cover demonstrates how Hale stamps were typically cut apart into singles
for use (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 2,100.00 |
| 1027° | |
 Hale & Co., (6c) Red, Ms. "23
State" Overprint (75L2 var). Position 2, octagonal design cut to shape,
tiny tear, tied by ms. cross strokes (in style of the precancel that
was applied with ruler at Portsmouth) on bluish folded cover to Boston,
docketing on flap dated Mar. 26, 1845 (pencil notation by discoverer that
the origin was Worcester), ms. "Late for Tuesday" applied by Hale
agent, small cover tear at top centerVERY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE HALE & CO. RED STAMP WITH MANUSCRIPT OVERPRINT SHOWING CHANGE OF ADDRESS. A SIGNIFICANT INDEPENDENT MAILS RARITY. The change-of-address overprints -- handstamped and handwritten -- were implemented after Hale moved its Boston office from 13 Court Street to 23 State Street in April 1844 (this date according to Robson Lowe). March 14, 1844, is the earliest recorded date of use for any Hale stamp (Blue Type I, 75L1, in the Gutman collection). No later than June 1, after the move to 23 State Street, the stereotype plate was modified by deleting the old address, leaving the second line at center blank. Our records (corroborated by Michael Gutman) contain a total of 12 Red stamps with either type of manuscript address change (see Hall catalogue, Siegel Sale 830, lot 257 for classification) -- 3 of Type B ("23 State St.") and 9 of Type D (line thru address) -- including seven covers. One cover bears both Types B and D (Portsmouth, Jan. 16, 1845), which was the subject of a an article by Dr. Hubert C. Skinner (Chronicle, No. 166, May 1995). This cover bearing the Type B overprint has a pencil indicating the origin was Worcester on Mar. 26, 1845. There is also an off-cover Type B example (ex Golden). With 1973 P.F. certificate (Image) |
4,000.00 | 4,000.00 |
| 1028° | |
 Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, "23
State St." Blue Manuscript Overprint (75L5 var). Full square margins,
tied by red framed Boston office handstamp on Aug. 7, 1844 folded
letter addressed in blue from Boston to New York CityEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE "23 STATE ST." MANUSCRIPT CHANGE-OF-ADDRESS OVERPRINT ON THE HALE & COMPANY BLUE STAMP. A June 5, 1844, cover is recorded with the Blue Type II stamp (75L5, address omitted) and magenta manuscript "23 State St." overprint applied at Boston (Robson Lowe sale, Oct. 26, 1973, lot 2016). The other recorded "23 State St." manuscript overprint (in blue) on 75L5 is the stamp on the cover offered here, dated August 9, 1844, out of Boston. Ex Judd and Jarrett (Image) |
E. 4,000-5,000 | 6,500.00 |