Lot 7160
Chestnut Street Line, 169L1, 1c Black on Pink Glazed, Used on Piece
One of Only Two Recorded Examples of This Incredibly Rare Local
Ausruf: $5,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000
Used on small piece, with large margins to just in at bottom. Facial erosion.
Only four examples of the Chestnut Street Line local stamps are recorded in any form: three on pink glazed paper (one on cover, one on piece signed Sloane, and this example on piece) and one on cover on yellow glazed paper.
The Chestnut Street Line operated a horse-drawn omnibus along one of Philadelphia's main commercial thoroughfares, providing a convenient means of depositing mail for residents and businesses situated far from the Post Office at Third and Dock Streets. The omnibus route passed the Merchants' Exchange, where the Philadelphia Post Office was housed, extending westward approximately two miles to the Schuylkill River. Although traveling letter boxes were documented on other Philadelphia omnibus routes serving outlying districts, no formal record of a receptacle on this particular line has been confirmed.
Wann wird dieses Los versteigert?
The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 | June 26-28
Sale 33a: Locals: Adams City Express - Dupuy & Schenck — Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 12pm EST, 9am PST
We are honored to present The Philatelic Icons Sale, the largest and most significant auction Americana Stamps has ever offered.
America's history lives in the letters that crossed goldfields and battle lines, in express covers that linked frontier towns to the outside world, and in the stamps that mark how a young country built its postal system from scratch. This sale brings together more than 1,500 lots that trace that story, including philatelic icons seldom offered to the public.
This auction is a natural fit for 2026, the 250th year of the United States, and for the Boston 2026 World Expo (May 23 to 30, Booth 141), the once-per-decade international exhibition where we are proud to open the sale. More than 750 lots are accompanied by Philatelic Foundation certifications, the largest concentration of certified material we have ever offered in a single sale.
As always, the sale is designed to serve both the collector and the researcher. Whenever available, you can expect:
✔ High-resolution imagery of all aspects of the item
✔ Links to reference articles and supporting research
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✔ Census data and population insights
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Whether you are pursuing a long-sought rarity or simply enjoy the chance to study material of this caliber, we invite you to explore the Philatelic Icons Sale and join us in Boston for our largest in-person preview to date.