Lot 10
U.S. City Despatch Post, Red Circular Datestamp with Blue Howard's Hotel, New York Oval Forwarding Handstamp on 1842 Folded Letter
Howard's Hotel Usage
Mise à prix: $100
Sept. 29, 1842 folded letter from Troy, New York, carried outside the mails to New York City and delivered to Howard’s Hotel, who brought it to the post office for local delivery by the U.S. City Despatch Post. Blue oval handstamp “Forwarded From / Howards Hotel / New York.”
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Carriers & Locals Society 37th Annual Auction
Welcome to the Carriers & Locals Society's 37th Auction. This sale offers nearly 400 lots of United States Carriers, Locals, Independent Mails, Expresses and Western Postal History, together with collections, group reference lots, bogus and fantasy material, and specialized philatelic literature. This auction is open to both members and non-members, with only a 10% buyer's premium.Building on the success of last year's first-ever live sale, Auction 37 returns to our state-of-the-art auction platform with a LIVE auction on Sunday, October 11, 2026. Bidding is open now, and absentee bids may be placed online at any time before the live sale. On sale day, the auction will be conducted in our Live Auto-Clerk format. Lots open one at a time for 20 seconds, and if a bid is placed with under 10 seconds left, the clock resets with an additional 10 seconds to allow for further bids until the lot closes.Live AuctionSunday, October 11, 2026 @ 12 PM EST / 9 AM PST
- Carriers: Lots 1 - 23
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- Expresses: Lots 44 - 61
- Western Express & Postal History: Lots 62 - 83
- Philatelic Literature: Lots 84 - 93
- Misc, Collections, Groups, Bogus and Fantasy: Lots 94 - 112
- Locals: Lots 113 - 398
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