red and blue cannon and waving flag patriotic design, 1861 3c Rose (65) tied by blue grid with matching Chicago datestamp (A-12) alongside, addressed to Peoria, Illinois, stamp small faults from placement, very fine and attractive
The March United States Postal History Sale - Day 1
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H. R. Harmer Inc The March United States Postal History Sale - Day 1
The March United States Postal History Sale
Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
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Lot #1177 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
all-over red and blue patriotic design showing Fort Treason and eagle holding banner, blue "Chicago Ills. Jan 28" double circle datestamp, addressed to Marshalltown, Iowa, upper right corner and stamp replaced, original patriotic enclosure written by a Union soldier stationed at Camp Douglas, fine appearance, an attractive and difficult design
Lot #1178 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
red and blue waving flag patriotic design with verse below ("Then conquer we must, when our cause is just..."), 1857 3c Dull red (26) tied by blue grid with matching "Chicago Ills Apr 28" double circle datestamp, addressed to Wooster, Ohio, light wear, fine and attractive cover from early in the war
Lot #1179 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
four-line verse beneath red and blue American flag patriotic design, return cornercard for "Cooley, Farwell, & Co.", franked with 1857 3c Dull rose (26) tied by blue Chicago duplex, fine and attractive
Lot #1180 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
mostly-complete handstamp on cover to Paris, Kentucky franked with 1861 3c Rose (65), tied by blue "Chicago Ill RA Sep 14" duplex (A-14), fine, illustrated in Piszkiewicz page 45
Lot #1181 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
neat strike on ca. 1864 cover to Louisville, Kentucky, 1861 3c Rose (65) with "Chicago Ill Sep 1" datestamp alongside, small tears along top edge, very fine strike
Lot #1182 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
small circular handstamp on cover to Keene, Kentucky, 1861 3c Rose (65) tied by circle of wedges with matching "Chicago Ill Jan 8 '65" double circle datestamp, original enclosure datelined Camp Douglas January 6 includes very interesting content about life as a prisoner of war ("This has bin a very dry Christmas to us you may suppose...we had two turkeys, a quantity of sossage, dried beef, half dosen chickens and other things too numerous to...
Lot #1183 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
manuscript notation on July 18, 1862 cover to Columbia, Tennessee, franked with 1861 3c Rose, light overall wear, still very fine appearance, very rare example of a prisoner of war cover out of Camp Douglas prior to the introduction of their oval handstamp, illustrated in Harvey Karlen's American Philatelist article on Camp Douglas (October 1979, page 925)
Lot #1184 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
manuscript notation on 1863 cover to Williamstown, Kentucky, franked with 1861 3c Rose (65) tied by "Chicago Ill RA Nov 10" duplex, original contents datelined "Camp Douglas, Illinois Oct 4th 1863", very fine prisoner of war cover
Lot #1185 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
includes August 15, 1861 cover to Brattleboro, Vermont with embossed patriotic design on flap and matching enclosure; faulty 1863 cover to Louisville, Kentucky with Camp Douglas Prisoner's Letter handstamp; ca. 1863 cover to Cave City, Kentucky same handstamp on reverse; and red and blue "Chicago Zouaves" patriotic cover, locally addressed but unmailed, small faults but still an interesting group
Lot #1186 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
group of eight covers with the same large red seal promoting the event, cornercards include Montgomery Ward and Auditorium Hotel, additionally a cover advertising the 1899 Chicago Autumn Festival, very fine and attractive group
Lot #1187 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
small collection including 11 Kropp postcards of Native Americans, two oversized panoramic "Souvenir Mail Cards", and six advertising covers from the event (including Great Northern Hotel and Lyon & Healy), plus a few other pieces of ephemera, generally very fine, an interesting and attractive group
Lot #1188 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
includes 1847 folded letter datelined "Sharman House", ca. 1851 cover with Sherman House handstamped cornercard on backflap, 1860s illustrated advertising cover, and a nice selection of the 1911 "Hotel Sherman Stamps" produced for the completion of the fifth Hotel Sherman hotel, including one used on intra-hotel cover and two on illustrated hotel advertising covers, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group
Lot #1189 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
three covers dated August 17 and September 21, 1912 and April 30, 1914, each with rubber handstamp with pointing hand and housefly and all with "Department of Health, City of Chicago" cornercards, small faults and one reduced, otherwise very fine, this handstamp was used in the early 1910s by the Chicago Department of Health as part of a campaign to eliminate disease-bearing flies, at the time the Union Stockyards processed more meat than...
Lot #1190 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
red and blue cornercard on cover postmarked Dixon, Illinois July 30, 1915, advertising "One hundred meetings en route by Dr. Howard H. Russell and the 'Rail-Splitter' Quartet", very fine and interesting, accompanied by several Lincoln Highway postcards and additional research about the "Water Wagon" tour
Lot #1191 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
group of about 30 commemorative covers plus cinderellas and a New York Central System map from the event, generally very fine and attractive
Lot #1192 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
11 items including 1836 incoming folded letter forwarded to La Porte, Indiana, 1849 folded letter with red cog "5", 1852 folded printed circular with 1c Blue, 1857 drop letter with 1c Blue imperforate, 1862 legal sized cover with pair of 3c Rose and blue "Due 6" handstamp, 1863 "RA" postmark on 3c Rose, 1879 cover to England with 2c Vermilion and 3c Green Bank Notes, 1885 wrapper with 1c Canada stamp tied by Chicago duplex, and 1887 2c Postal...
Lot #2001 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History
dateline on folded letter to Liverpool, privately carried to New York and London, December 30 Bishopmark backstamp, cover faults but still fine, a rare and very early transatlantic letter, ex-Siskin and Barwis
Lot #2002 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History
manuscript endorsement on February 24, 1766 folded letter from St. Kitts to Madeira, Spain, manuscript John Wilcocks, Philadelphia forwarding agent on reverse, docketed received December 7, very fine, rare origin
Lot #2003 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History
red circled handstamp on incoming folded lettersheet from England, reverse with "7 Fe" Bishop mark and partial "New York" straightline entry with matching "18 Ap" Franklin mark, file fold, very fine, ex-Thompson
Lot #2004 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History
dateline on folded letter to "The Hon'ble Samuel Holten Esq'r or in his Absence the Hon'ble Artemas Ward Esq'r, Members of Congress, Philadelphia", folded at an odd angle suggesting possible reuse, very fine and interesting
Lot #2005 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History
dateline on folded letter to Newbury, England, endorsed "p the Atlantic QDC" (Que Dios Cuida) British Navy gunship, two-line "Liverpool Ship" handstamp, London November 6 backstamp, very fine example of the first "Liverpool Ship" marking
Lot #2006 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History
manuscript forwarding notation on folded letter to London originating in New Orleans May 16, 1792, privately carried to Philadelphia, two-line "Portsmouth Ship-Lre" handstamp and London bishopmark backstamp, very fine
Lot #2007 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History
Franklin mark with straightline "Paid" on 1793 folded letter to Cornwall, England, datelined "Philadelphia 31st Dec, 1792", rated "10" for transit to New York, endorsed "By the packet", fine
Lot #2008 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History
red datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" on folded lettersheet to Quebec, Canada, manuscript "20" United States and "11½" Canadian rates, very fine, ex-Steinhart
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