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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 1146 |  |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Ample margins to
slightly in, tied by acid cancel, "Blood's Despatch Aug. 11, 10-1/2 A.M.
1856" circular datestamp on buff cover to local street address with
hardware and tool dealer's blue cameo corner card with illustrations
of various tools, Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover
(Image) |
E. 200-300 | 700.00 |
| 1147 | |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to
slightly in, tied by acid cancel, partly clear Blood's double-circle
datestamp on insurance co.'s overall gray lithographed advertising
cover to local street address, Very Fine
(Image) |
E. 150-200 | 275.00 |
| 1148 | |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to
slightly in, tied by acid cancel and also by "Philadelphia Pa. Oct. 8"
circular datestamp on buff cover to Commissioner of Pensions in Washington
D.C., "Blood's Despatch Oct. 8, 4-1/2 P.M" circular datestamp, "Free"
handstamp, neatly docketed, the acid cancel has eroded the Blood's stamp
(repaired with glue), barely noticeable and otherwise Very Fine cover (Image) |
E. 150-200 | 100.00 |
| 1149 | |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to just
barely in, acid cancel, used with 3c Dull Red (11), pale shade, ample
margins, both stamps tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Oct. 12" circular datestamp
on buff cover to Peoria Ill., forwarded to Mossville Station with 3c
Dull Red (11), ample margins to touching, tied by "Peoria Ill. Oct. 19"
circular datestamp, Blood's datestamp, small hole in one letter of
forwarding address, Very Fine, unusual usage
(Image) |
E. 200-300 | 100.00 |
| 1150 | |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to just
in, uncancelled, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), tied by faintly struck
Philadelphia octagonal datestamp on cover to New York City, "Held for
Postage" framed handstamp ties Blood's stamp, "Rec'd Dec. 13" framed
datestamp, minor toning, Fine, the absence of a Blood's cancel or marking
and the "Held for Postage" marking indicate this was probably dropped in a
government letter box by mistake (thus held for the 1c carrier fee) (Image) |
E. 200-300 | 325.00 |
| 1151 | |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Ample margins to
slightly in, acid cancel, tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Feb. 4" circular
datestamp, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), perfs trimmed at top, tied
by grid on small cover to Boonville Mo., Blood's double-circle datestamp,
Very Fine (Image) |
E. 100-150 | 100.00 |
| 1152 | |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Ample margins to just
touching, trivial corner crease, tied by acid cancel and "10" rate
handstamp with "Philadelphia Pa. Apr. 10" circular datestamp on buff
cover to St. Catherines, Canada, "Blood's Despatch Apl. 10, 4-1/2
P.M. 1856" circular datestamp, blue "U. States 6d" handstamp, receiving
backstamp, slight creasing at right, Very Fine, very scarce use of Blood's
stamp on cross-border mail and remarkable for the tying rate handstamp (Image) |
E. 400-500 | 650.00 |
| 1153 | |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to
slightly cut in, acid tied, "Blood's Despatch Feb. 15, 4-1/2 P.M. 1856"
circular datestamp on cover to London, England, "Phila. Am. Pkt. 21
Feb. 15" debit datestamp, ms. "1/" due, stamp has internal break caused by
acid cancel, some gum residue where shifted from original position, Fine
appearance and scarce transatlantic usage
(Image) |
E. 200-300 | 650.00 |
| 1154 | |
 3c Dull Red (11).
Horizontal strip of five, mostly ample to large margins, small faults, tied
by grid cancels, used with Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c)
Bronze on Lilac (15L14), ample margins to touching, acid cancel,
"Blood's Despatch Jul. 31, 2 P.M." double-line circular datestamp on buff
cover to Aberdeen, Scotland, red "Phila. Br. Pkt. 19 Jul. 31" (1854)
credit datestamp and red Liverpool transit datestamp both tie strip,
receiving backstamp, about one-third of cover and three 3c stamps have been
removed, still colorful and unusual (Image) |
E. 200-300 | 425.00 |
| 1155 | |
 Blood's City Despatch,
Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margin at left,
other sides more or less cut in, tied by acid cancel, "Blood's Despatch
Dec. 22, 9 P.M. 1856" circular datestamp on orange-buff cover to
Strassburg, France, "Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 23" circular datestamp and
"30" rate handstamp (which ties Blood's adhesive), "N. York Br. Pkt. 21
Dec. 24" debit datestamp with rate obliterated by grid, faint red "New-York
Dec. 24" transit datestamp, red London Jan. 5, 1857 backstamp, "GB/1F60c"
accountancy handstamp, Calais transit, "16" decimes due handstamp, Paris
and Sar-Union backstamps, Extremely Fine, carried on the Cunarder
Africa from New York on Dec. 24, 1856, arriving at Liverpool on Jan.
5, 1857, this is the first sailing to England during the so-called "Three
Months" period and was thus marked with the "GB/1F60c" accountancy
handstamp, a fascinating usage (Image) |
E. 750-1,000 | 2,400.00 |
| 1156 | |
 10c Green, Ty. III (15).
Ample margins to cut in at left, tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Feb. 9" circular
datestamp, used with Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c)
Bronze on Lilac (15L14), large margins to slightly in, acid tied,
"Blood's Despatch Feb. 9, 9 P.M. 1857" circular datestamp on small cover
to Santiago, Cuba, red New-York Feb. 14, 1857" transit, blue "NA"
and "1" handstamps, matching Havana and Santiago backstamps, neatly
docketed, small piece out of backflapVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION OF THE BLOOD'S ADHESIVE FOR LOCAL TO-THE-MAILS SERVICE AND THE 10-CENT 1855 ISSUE FOR THE RATE TO CUBA. Dr. Augustus Wilson is presumably the father of Dr. H. Augustus Wilson, a prominent 19th century orthopedist (1853-1919) who donated his world-renowned shoe collection to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 | 6,000.00 |