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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 1616° |  |
 Menant & Co. Express Post,
New Orleans La., 2c Dark Red (104L1). Unused (no gum), large margins
all around, light vertical creaseVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE MENANT & CO. LOCAL POST STAMP. A GREAT PHILATELIC RARITY. According to The Great Mail, Menant & Co.'s Express Post commenced operations in 1853 at 21 Conti Street and were still in business as late as 1856, although at a different address, 118 Exchange Place, near the post office. The four examples of 104L1 in our records (all unused) are: 1) ex Souren, illustrated in The Great Mail (p. 133), ex Hall and Sale 878 (realized $5,500), 2) ex Middendorf (faults incl. hole at top right), 3) ex Caspary (thins) and 4) the stamp offered here, a recent discovery, offered in Sale 811 (realized $22,000). With 1998 P.F. certificate. (Image) |
15,000.00 | 7,500.00 |
| 1617° |
 Mercantile Library
Association, New York N.Y., 5c Black on Maroon (105L1). Original gum,
h.r., full margins, deep rich color, tiny imperfections, Fine appearance,
ex Golden (Image) |
250.00 | 250.00 | |
| 1618° |  |
 Mercantile Library
Association, New York N.Y., 5c Black on Yellow (105L2). Original gum
and with delivery check still attached at right, the delivery check with
thin spot, appears Very Fine (Image) |
350.00 | 1,000.00 |
| 1619° |  |
 Mercantile Library
Association, New York N.Y., 5c Black on Yellow (105L2). On inside of 2c
Black on Buff, Die 4, wrapper (W55) which has printed library address and
printed notice on inside, in at bottom and some scrapes at left, still a
Fine usage, ex Meyersburg (Image) |
E. 300-400 | 400.00 |
| 1620° | |
 Mercantile Library
Association, New York N.Y., 5c Blue (105L3). Unused (no gum), margins
to in, small fault at top left is barely visible, appears Fine, scarce (Image) |
350.00 | 200.00 |
| 1621° |
 Mercantile Library
Association, New York N.Y., 5c Blue (105L3). Margins to just touched,
blue 1871 circular datestamp and ms. cancels, small corner crease at bottom
left, appears Fine (Image) |
500.00 | 250.00 | |
| 1622° | |
 Messenkope's Union Square
Post Office, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on Green Glazed (106L1).
Vertical strip of three, original gum, ample margins to slightly in,
creases mostly in margins, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, very scarce multiple
(Image) |
400.00 | 400.00 |
| 1623° | |
 Messenkope's Union Square
Post Office, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on Green Glazed (106L1). Two
(one has pre-use crease), placed at top right and left corners of small
white lady's envelope with local street address, each stamp tied by red
"Paid" in arc cancel applied by New York City post
officeEXTREMELY FINE AND HANDSOME USAGE. ONLY THREE OR FOUR COVERS ARE KNOWN WITH TWO MESSENKOPE'S STAMPS PAYING THE 2-CENT RATE. THIS IS ONE OF TWO CANCELLED BY THE "PAID" IN ARC. With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 | 2,600.00 |
| 1624° | |
 5c Red Brown (1). Full to
mostly large margins, tied by bold red square grid on gray cover with
Messenkope's Union Square Post Office, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on
Green Glazed (106L1), tied by bold ms. "X", red "New-York Feb. 20"
circular datestamp, 1c with tiny surface scrapes and cracked glazeA FINE AND RARE 1847 ISSUE AND LOCAL POST COMBINATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MESSENKOPE'S STAMP TIED. Ex Stollnitz (Image) |
2,750.00 | 1,600.00 |
| 1625° | |
 Messenkope's Union Square
Post Office, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on Green Glazed (106L1). Full
margins, used with 3c Orange Brown (10), large margins to touched,
tied together by "New-York Dec. 1" circular datestamp on neat white oblong
cover to Albany, 1c soiled, 3c pre-print paper fold, otherwise Very Fine,
choice appearance, very rare used with the 3c Orange Brown (Image) |
1,250.00 | 500.00 |