Summer 2025 | July 18-20, 2025

Red "5" rate handstamp from the Brooklyn post office. Stamp repaired at right with crease. Very Fine appearance. Only six recorded covers with Walton & Co's stamp.
SCV $16,000 on Cover.

No Gum as Issued, Vertically Laid

Original gum, large hinge remnant.
SCV $600 as two pairs.

Street Road, PA Cancel addressed to Point Pleasant, Ocean County, NJ

Not in the Lyons Identifier

Large and diverse collection of over 700 stamps neatly arranged on stockpages, focusing on U.S. locals and carriers, with a wide range of forgeries and reprints included for comparison. Many better-quality reproductions alongside legitimate issues, ideal for reference or specialized study. A well-balanced lot with considerable catalog value and strong visual appeal.

Envelope with strikingly ornate large oval corner card, featuring a globe flanked by cherubs, eagle, and 8-pointed star design. Light bump at top, no contents. Delivered locally, to “J. S. Mason” with no city indicated. Not post office delivered. Listed as #203 in the ASCC.

Embossed design on envelope featuring an eagle in clouds with 13 stars overhead and lightning bolt design. Enclosure from the American Telegraph Company announcing "Having Lines EXTENDING FROM HALIFAX TO NEW-ORLEANS, And connecting with other Lines to all parts of the United States and British Provinces." Not posted.

Blue embossed seal of the American Telegraph Company featuring an eagle in clouds with 13 stars overhead and lightning bolt design, inscribed "PRINTING AND MORSE LINES, TRAVELLER BUILDING, 31 STATE ST. BOSTON." Addressed to W.C. Gregg, not post office delivered. The cover with a horizontal crease through the cameo.

The stamp with some toned perfs and the cover with most of the backflap missing.

Baltimore Office: Sun Iron Building, Cor. Baltimore & South Sts

This envelope carried a message across town in 1857 and an answer was inserted in if necessary. New office in Baltimore changed from Lombard & Gay Streets to a more public location of the Sun/New Iron Building.

Reverse "S" and "N" in "LEWISTON"

Washington D.C. 1864 double circle datestamp, with Bellvue, Ohio Double circle datestamp. Forwarded and readdressed to Medina, Ohio.

Stamp tied by "FEB 6" St. Louis datestamp, addressed to Jefferson City, MO. Docketing extends to stamp and cover with small flaws.

Cover with some wear and toning.

"BEAUMONT, TEX MAR. 1." datestamp, addressed to Nashua, NH. The bottom left corner of the cover repaired.

"QUINCY, ILL. NOV 13" datestamp, addressed to Canton, Ill.

"LISBON, CT. JAN 15" postmark with manuscript "Will the PM please forward." The cover reduced at right.

"PHILA. & READING RY CO, JUN 20 1907" blue company datestamp.

Jan 31, 1873 registered cover from Bellows Falls, VT. to Chesterfield, N.H. Double 3 cents per half oz, domestic mail rate, plus 15 cents registry fee. Note the absence of any other registered mail postal markings except for the manuscript "Reg. No. 14" accountability notation. The 1c stamp and cover with stains.