United States of America - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 260 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X11-Star Confederate Flag & "To arms! to arms!", 5c light blue, 1862, two singles, margins clear to large, tied by "Richmond / Va. / AUG / 1?" c.d.s. to patriotic "To arms! to arms!" Eleven Star Flag cover, to New Center Post Office, York District, South Carolina, various stains and tone spots, yet an uncommon Confederate patriotic cover. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
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 Lot 276 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XStampless postal history collection, neatly-organized on pages, with over 45 items, most with a particularly interesting attribute, noting several ship letters including transatlantic, with 1840s/50s usages to the Switzerland, Italy, and France, as well as steamship markings of the “Steamer Dallas,” “Steamer Cora” and “Steam Boat Belle Creole”, 1845 “Forwarded by Hale & Co” with boxed “Collect / Six Cents / for / Hale & Co”, pretty ornately-bordered Valentine from Lockport to Boston, illustrated “Maps of the Routes of the American Express Co.”, 1812 cancelled free frank from Albany to Philadelphia with notation “Missent to Washington City”, etc, typical filing folds and other small faults to be expected in places, but a chiefly fine group with fascinating potential for further study. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
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 Lot 255 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X10c greenish blue on thin paper, 1863-4, tied to 3c United States stamped envelope, which has been overprinted in black "Confederate States of America / Post Office Department", postmarked Richmond, Virginia, from the Chief of the Central Bureau of the CSA Post Office Department to the Chester Court House, an unusual private usage of this overprinted stationery cover, and rare and with tremendous visual appeal, ex Robert W. Wiseman, with his backstamp, Haas, and MacBride; with 2023 Civil War Philatelic Society certificate. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
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 Lot 271 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XFancy cancels postal history collection, with approximately 300 nineteenth century covers, representing an incredible array of attractive and desirable postmarks, with range of geometric patterns, intaglio letters and numbers, circles of wedges, shapes, stars, hearts, flowers, as well as a number of more whimsical or ornate designs, noting, among many others, Rutland & Troy Railroad, Kicking Mule of Forbestown and Klinkner & Co, insects including Moth of Cleveland, Blue Fly of Freeport, “DON’T USM” of Bridgeport CT, Indian Head of Head Tide and Troutville Pennsylvania, Skull & Crossbones, “I AM HN” and “CB” of Ann Arbor, Liberty Bell and Shield of Concord, Masonic designs including Kennebunkport and Denmark, Maine, “V.A. Sprague PM” of Corinna, Maine, Black Mask of Hazelton, Liberty Bell, Jack O Lantern, Anchors of Magnolia Wisconsin, Globe of Zanesville, Ohio, One Cent Coin of Milford, Indiana, “69” in circle of High Point North Carolina on illustrated sewing machine cover, Cross of Bradford, Pennsylvania on Union patriotic cover, Keystone of Chester, Pennsylvania; Carved Faces of Memphis, Tennessee, and Newport, Vermont, the latter on lovely Memphremagog House advertising cover, Man Thumbing Nose, likely of Brattleboro, strong holding of Pennsylvania, Blue Bird of Rockford, Illinois, fancy “OCT” of Putnam, CT double-strike on uprated stationery cover, “Charter Oak” of Thomaston, CT, “CV” of Charlottesville, Virginia, Elk’s Head of Lynchburg, “OK” of Richmond and Old Point Comfort, UV of University of Virginia, “III” in Circle of East Plainfiel NH on Union patriotic cover, and much more, from a number of states including Alabama, California (with 1872 transatlantic usage to France), Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and more, condition varies as expected in such an extensive holding, an overall exceptional collection, with many items having graced renowned collections of the past, almost the entirety of which one graced the famed Boker collection, an astounding opportunity to obtain the basis of a world-class collection of this fascinating field. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
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 Lot 266 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XCarrier Stamps balance, with 1c blue U.S.P.O. Despatch, on cover with Sc. #26, cancelled with red star, Baltimore City Carrier’s Dispatch, three covers additionally franked with 3c brown red, one on 3c embossed postal stationery cover (U10), in each case adhesive tied by c.d.s., Government City Dispatch, 1c black reconstructed pane of ten, used, six examples on cover, one and one large piece on 3c stationery (U10), others with either #11 or 26, 1c red single showing the “short rays” variety, six covers franked with #26, another on U10, two Boston “Penny Post Paid” on cover with #11, Honours City Express of Charleston, South Carolina, one on cover with #11 showing partial straddle-pane guideline at left, on cameo advertising cover, showing the “CENS” variety (signed Jakubek), the other on folded cover to New York, United States City Despatch Post, 3c black on blue on folded cover (signed Jakubek), another on front, some with typical wrinkling and small faults as expected, several ex-Kuphal and remaining on his pages, a pleasing group with many fine and desirable covers. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
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 Lot 261 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X12-Star Confederate Flag & "Fredonia Hards, Capt. A.J. Jones" Verse Confederate patriotic, 1861, handstamped PAID / 5 and twice postmarked "Broodhaven, Mississippi" on each of November 11 and 12, to Borelson, Alabama, slightly reduced at right and affixed to black backing card, some uniform aging, but a rare and attractive patriotic design; ex Everett. (Dietz F11-5) H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
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 Lot 277 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XTransatlantic Mail via Forwaring Agents, a neatly-mounted collection of twenty one items, 1830s through 1850s, all to London and carried via a range of ships including the Acadia, Ashburton, Asia, Britannia, Cambria, Columbus, Europa, Garrick, Hibernia, Independence, Niagara, Royal William, Sheridan, and Silas Richards, originating from Baltimore, Havana, Mobile, Matanzas, New Orleans, or New York, and all via forwarding agents, with all but a few showing agent handstamps, including Hudson’s News Room, De Rham, Iselin, & Moore, I.W. Ward, Meyer & Hupeden, Heckschers, Coster & Matfeld, Castello, Meyer & Stucken, F & J Brockelmann, Schmidt & Vogel, H. Bleidorn, and Judson, Andrews & Co, some small faults to covers, but most with fine strikes of agent markings, an attractive and useful group. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
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 Lot 256 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X10c dark blue, 1863-4, used in combination with United States 1861-2 3c rose, tied by Andersonville, Georgia c.d.s. and segmented cork cancel, neatly-struck "Old Point Comfort VA / Aug 25" double-circle c.d.s. beside, from Prisoner of War R.D. Rowe held at Camp Sumter, to his wife in Hartland, Connecticut, endorsed "via flag truce / Prisoner of War Letter" at left, with contents, small piece trimmed from back flap, the 10c adhesive faulty, but a rare mixed-franking prisoner of war cover; ex Milgram, with 1980 Philatelic Foundation certificate., H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
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 Lot 272 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XHarnden Express postal history collection, 1840s/60s, neatly-written up on pages, over twenty items beginning with a letter from William F. Harnden to the President of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad (ex Burrus), followed by a range of desirable pieces, including a rare 1847 entire to Russia (Wibourg) showing framed “POSTAGE PAID / TO DESTINATION / BY / HARNDEN & CO / OF / LIVERPOOL”, circular “PAID / H. & Co”, and reverse with “FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN & CO / BOSTON”, 1840 folded letter with “FORWARDED FROM / HARNDEN’S / PACKAGE EXPRESS & FOREIGN / LETTER OFFICE” (Boston), 1840 transatlantic to the United Kingdom with circular “FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN’S EXPRESS / FROM / BOSTON”, 1842 Havana to London forwarded via New York and Boston, 1866 Harper’s Ferry receipt, various types of “HARNDEN EXPRESS” and “HARNDEN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN EXPRESS” envelopes, full-rigged ship illustrated “FORWARDED BY / HARNDEN & CO / NO 20 WATER ST / LIVERPOOL” oval on two folded covers, four scarce labels from Cincinnati (white), Wall Street (blue), Savannah (orange) and Baltimore (orange), concluding with embossed Livingston & Co “Late Harnden Express Forwarder” envelope with embossed illustration on flap, transatlantic letters carried via the Acadia, Columbia, Caledonia, Britannia, etc, condition varies, some items with faults, but an important assembly of scarce material recounting the history of this pioneering independent express company. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
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 Lot 267 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XCivil War Union Patriotic cover collection, with over two hundred unused examples, neatly-mounted and annotated in two Rapkin albums, most have been hinged to pages while others are affixed with corner mounts, range of themes including various flags and depictions of Liberty, George Washington, Eagles, etc. “Remember Ellsworth”, Union leaders, anti-Confederate sentiment including caricatures of Davis and Beauregard, “Fate of Traitors,”“One of the Ends of Secession,” “The End of King Cotton”, and other similar depicting hanging scenes, some showing slight variations in similar designs, varied condition with small faults in places, but an overall fresh and desirable group with tremendous diversity. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
