2013 CHICAGOPEX Stamp Show November 2013

Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 Estimate Estimate 2195X 2194X 2196 2197 2198 Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 Estimate Estimate – USA – 2194 1790-1867 INTERESTING STAMPLESS COVERS ............................................................................... PH $500-700 Eight (8) better stampless covers. Includes: 1790 with black straightline ‘New York*May*26’ handstamp and manuscript ‘1.8’ to Philadelphia; 1825 to Philadelphia with red Savannah postmark, red ‘PAID’ and manuscript ‘25’; 1837 business correspondence in French, New York to Wohlen, Switzerland, with red crayon ‘48’ and ‘39’, red handstamp ‘C.T.F’ and black boxed Le Havre transit mark; 1848 to Washington, PA, with bold blue ‘Brownsville Pa’ postmark and blue ‘5’ in circle handstamp; cover to Watertown, NY, with red straightline ‘STEAM’ and red ‘10’ in circle, used by steamers in Detroit c.1845-50; ladies’ cover with manuscript ‘Paid 3’ and ‘Pillar Point/Jan 24 1853,’ to Vermillion, NY, Pillar Point is small settlement on Lake Ontario, enclosure; 1856 folded letter to Paris, manuscript ‘per “Canada”,’ black ‘8,’ red ‘New-York/ Am. Pkt’ datestamp, black Calais transit on front, red British transit mark on back along with two strikes ‘Forwarded By/ Robert & Williams/New-York’ red ovals; 1867 folded letter to Parnac, France, black San Francisco cds, blue merchant’s oval, blue Calais transit, Paris & Parnac cds on back. Generally fine to very fine with typical faults as small tears or file folds. Interesting selection. USA COVERS 2195 (9X1b) 1846 NEW YORK 5¢ BLACK, SIGNED ‘A.C.M.’ (NOT CONNECTED), TWO COVERS ....................... PH $500 Two folded letters, each franked with 9X1b: (1) to West Roxbury, MA, franked with single tied with blue pen strokes and tiny part red NEW YORK cds, matching red ‘PAID’ in arc at left, heavy file fold through stamp, otherwise very fine; and (2) cover to NC, franked with single with blue pen cancel, NY cds at side, margins clear to touching or just in on all four corners, just fine. Cat $1700. 2196 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN, TWO SINGLES, ST. LOUIS TO NEW YORK CITY .............................. PH $900 Two singles tied with multiple strikes of red ‘St. LOUIS, Mo./ 10’ cds, to blue folded letter sheet to New York. Both stamps with rich color and impression, left stamp extremely fine showing tiny parts of adjacent stamps above & below, right stamp with huge margins to just in bottom right. Letter sheet with horizontal filing fold at bottom and tiny edge wear at top, fine to very fine, scarce and desirable. (1975 PF Cert #51 339). Cat $1475. 2197 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN (x2), RARE FROM LEWISTON, NY .............................................. PH $600 Reportedly the only known 1847 usage from this historic town, to NH, franked with two overlapping singles, one fine, one very fine, with red grid cancels and faint Lewiston, NY, cds. Light wear, very fine. Cat $1025. 2198 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN (x2) ON FOLDED LETTER ...................................................... PH $500 Folded letter reconstructed from address panel and backflaps, franked with two very fine overlapping singles, each tied with solid cork cancel in red, matching Calais, ME, cds at left. Cat for singles. Cat $1000. Chicagopex 2013 USA-COVERS-01.pmd Stamps & Postal History 177 Page 177 10/2/2013, 7:40 PM

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