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Lot 4087 - SOLD
Hale & Co, F-29 Forwarding Handstamp and C-3 Handstamp, on Folded Letter
Addressed to Senator Erastus Corning
Opening: $80
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold For $80
New York City, New York to Albany, New York dated March 24, 1845. This letter bears a F-29 forwarding handstamp and a C-3 collect handstamp, both in red. Also present is a manuscript โ12 4โ notation indicating the letter was double weight.
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
2 Items
Opening: $750
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Status: Unsold
1844 5c black on yellow with manuscript "South" precancel (agent "B") applied before use.
Provenance
Ex C.J. Alexander
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
2 Items
Opening: $50
Estimate: $100 - $200
Sold For $60
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
5 Items
Lot 4090 - SOLD
Well's Letter Express ,96L1, 5c Black on Pink, Large to Huge Margins, on Cover
Fine and Scarce, Signed Frajola, "Genuine Use After Service Suspended"
Opening: $200
Estimate: $400 - $500
Sold For $220
5c Black on Pink, large to huge margins, uncancelled and oxidized, tied by file fold on November 13, 1844 folded letter from Detroit to Buffalo N.Y., Fine and scarce; signed Frajola.
Provenance
Ex Stanley Piller, Frajola
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
2 Items
Opening: $125
Estimate: $150 - $200
Sold For $140
10c Black on Pink, used with manuscript โX.โ
Back signed โoriginalโ by George Sloane.v
Provenance
Ex Sloane
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Opening: $30
Estimate: $75 - $100
Status: Unsold
OK on back
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Opening: $35
Estimate: $75 - $100
Status: Unsold
Black on Greenish Yellow, unused
Unlisted
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
5 Items
Opening: $75
Estimate: $150 - $250
Status: Unsold
Unlisted
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
3 Items
Opening: $3
Estimate: $5 - $10
Sold For $10
Thick wove paper
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
5 Items
Opening: $60
Estimate: $100 - $150
Status: Unsold
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Opening: $3
Estimate: $5 - $10
Sold For $3
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Opening: $6
Estimate: $10 - $30
Sold For $20
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
6 Items
Opening: $125
Estimate: $250 - $350
Status: Unsold
Without gum, mounted on Elbe page, Very Fine.
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Opening: $3
Estimate: $5 - $10
Status: Unsold
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Opening: $250
Estimate: $500 - $750
Status: Unsold
Provenance
Ex C.J. Alexander
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
5 Items
Opening: $100
Estimate: $200 - $400
Status: Unsold
$400 (as Block of four)
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Opening: $30
Estimate: $50 - $100
Status: Unsold
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
3 Items
Opening: $30
Estimate: $50 - $100
Sold For $30
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Opening: $30
Estimate: $50 - $100
Sold For $70
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
2 Items
Opening: $15
Estimate: $15 - $25
Sold For $15
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
2 Items
Opening: $15
Estimate: $15 - $25
Status: Unsold
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
3 Items
Lot 4109
Acker's Special Delivery, Philadelphia "Special" circular cancel on entire Acker's Weekly Bill of Fare envelope
Opening: $250
Estimate: $150 - $250
Status: Unsold
1c printed "Paid in Money" permit with advertising label, Red on buff.
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
Express
4 Items
Lot 4110 - SOLD
American Express & Co, Wells, Butterfield & Co. Packet with Illustrated Steam Scene on 1855 Bill for Collection
Opening: $150
Estimate: $250 - $300
Sold For $180
BILL FOR COLLECTION
NO. 62 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
Provenance
Ex Markle R.R. Collection
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
4 Items
Lot 4111 - SOLD
Bigelow Express Label on Folded Letter
Illustrated in the Fiske & Rice and Bigelow's Express Article
Opening: $325
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Sold For $325
Cover with small express label with train vignette (Mosher BIGX-L1), Black on Yellow used on Mar. 13, 1851 folded letter from Athol Mass. to Boston
The cover indicates that Bigelow's adhesive continued to be used for a short time after the company was sold to Fiske & Rice.
Previously listed by Scott as 13L3.
Provenance
Ex Lyons, Hall, Mason, Ackerman, Elliot Perry
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00
2 Items
Lot 4112 - SOLD
Gay, Kinsley & Co's Southern & Eastern Daily Express Illustrated Receipt, New York Pony Express
Opening: $90
Estimate: $150 - $250
Sold For $90
Gay crossed out by manuscript lines.
When will this lot be auctioned?
Winter 2025 Sale Live Bidding.
Sale 4: Carriers, Independent Mails and Expresses | Lots 4001-4160 โ Jan 04, 2025 - 02:00