30 covers with a wide variety of different markings in magenta and red, we note manuscript "3" over "5" integral rate datestamp, manuscript "6" way letter rate, red straightline "Free" and "Forwarded", "10" handstamp rerated to "5", and more, generally fine to very fine, an interesting and attractive group of covers sent after the postal reform but before the mandated use of adhesives
The March United States Postal History Sale - Day 2
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H. R. Harmer Inc The March United States Postal History Sale - Day 2
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 #3077 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
datestamps tie pair of 1851 3c Orange brown, Type I (10) to Valentine
Lot #3078 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
circular datestamp ties 1851 1c Blue, Type IV (9) to beautiful illustrated printed circular for Phoenix Iron Works, depicting the "Screw Cutting Engine with Patent Rest", very fine, a spectacular piece
Lot #3079 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamps tie three 1851 1c Blue, Type IV (9) to folded letter to Warren, Rhode Island, vertical filefolds affecting stamps, fine and scarce franking
Lot #3080 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp ties 1851 3c Dull red (11A) to cover to New York City, very fine and scarce, the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad was formed by a merger in 1849 (Towle 54-B-1)
Lot #3081 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamps tie irregular block of three 1852 3c Dull red, Type II (11A) to cover to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, very fine triple rate cover
Lot #3082 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp with red arced "Paid 6" handstamp on large folded letter to "Rev. Milton Badger, D.D., Bible House, Astor Place, New York", vertical filefold, otherwise very fine, contains the annual report of the Connecticut Missionary Society from Reverend Horace Hooker (a descendent of Thomas Hooker), one of two recorded examples of this "Paid 6" handstamp
Lot #3083 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
26 covers with a wide variety of uses and markings including 1854 folded letter to Berlin and cover to England, Senator Isaac Toucey free frank, handstamps including "Forwarded", "Advertised", and "Paid 1" printed matter datestamp, 1851 1c Blue on drop letter, and more, mix of stampless, adhesives, and stamped envelopes, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful selection for the specialist
Lot #3084 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp on cover to Hamburg, Germany franked with horizontal strip of three 1855 10c Green, Type I (13, positions 98-100R1), margins to in, tied by magenta grids, backstamped "Boston Br. Pkt. Apr 9", "7" credit to Prussia, red boxed "Aachen 22 4 Franco" handstamp also ties, arrived Hamburg April 23, very fine and attractive in every regard, a wonderful use of the imperforate 10c Type I, 1988 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Lot #3085 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp on folded letter to London, franked with horizontal pair 1851 12c Black (17) tied by magenta grids, red "19" credit of New York, carried on Cunard's Asia departing New York August 20 and arriving Liverpool August 31, London September 1 arrival handstamp, fine
Lot #3086 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp on folded letter to London, England, two pairs of 1851 12c Black (17, positions 33-34L1 and 87-88L1) tied by magenta grids for a total 48c postage, red "38" credit to United Kingdom, carried via Cunard's Persia departing New York September 17 and arriving Liverpool September 27, London "Paid" September 29 datestamp, very fine double rate letter
Lot #3087 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp with matching "Post Office Business Free" circular handstamp on printed noice of unpaid letter to Cincinnati, Ohio, vertical filefold, very fine, unlisted in the American Stampless Cover Catalogue
Lot #3088 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp on cover to Shanghai, China, franked with 1857 3c Dull red and 10c Green Type III horizontal strip of three (26, 33) all tied by magenta grids, endorsed "Overland mail via Southampton, England", red "28" crayon credit, March 17 New York exchange backstamp, carried aboard Cunard's Europa arriving Liverpool March 29, London transit the following day, Shanghai arrival backstamp May 22, 3c stamp scissor-cut perforations at top and...
Lot #3089 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp on cover to St. Petersburg, Russia, franked with 1857 1c Blue and 12c Black right margin horizontal strip of three (24, 36) with magenta grid cancels, crayon "14" credit to Prussia, backstamped "Boston Br. Pkt. Jul 14", carried aboard Cunard's Arabia arriving Liverpool July 24, red boxed "Aachen 27 7 Franco" transit, Russian arrival backstamp, center 12c a few scissor-blunted perforations at top, very fine cover paying the 37c...
Lot #3090 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black datestamp on cover to St. Petersburg, Russia, franked with 1857 1c Blue, Type V and three 12c Black (24, 36, all with scissor-trimmed perforations) tied by magenta grids, New York "New-York Br. Pkt. Sep 1" exchange backstamp, red boxed "Aachen 14 9 Franco" transit and Russian arrival backstamp, fine and scarce use
Lot #3091 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
free frank from former President John Tyler on incoming cover to Hartford, black "Richmond Va. Apr 11 1859" datestamp and matching straightline "Free", black "Advertised" handstamp applied in Hartford, very fine, Tyler ascended to the presidency upon the death of William Henry Harrison in 1841 and is the only president to renounce his United States citizenship
Lot #3092 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
manuscript notation on incoming cover to Hartford, illustrated propaganda design with "Per Overland Mail Stage, Via Placerville, in hope of the [railroad]" and E.B. Davidson of Sacramento imprint, text obliterated in favor of the Los Angeles route, 1857 10c Green, Type II (32) tied by July 27 Sacramento datestamp, two strikes of straightline "Advertised", docketing on reverse reads "Rec'd not until Oct. 10th", fine, scarce use of the...
Lot #3093 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
magenta datestamp with matching grids tying pair of 1857 12c Black (36) to cover to London, stamps also tied by red "New York 19 Feb 15" credit, red London February 27 arrival, very fine and attractive
Lot #3094 - 19th Century General Issues 1861-66 issue
double circle datestamp with matching target on 1861 3c Rose (65) cover to Edward Corgan in Philadelphia, red and blue design of soldier and flag with imprint "Published by Alfred S. Robinson, Numismatist and Broker, Hartford, Conn.", very fine cover from one publisher of patriotic envelopes to another
Lot #3095 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
double circle datestamp ties 1861 3c Rose (65) to red and blue young soldier with flag patriotic cover to Edward Cogan in Philadelphia, "Published by Alfred S. Robinson, Numismatist and Broker, Hartford, Conn." imprint, address in the hand of Robinson himself, very fine, Edward Cogan was a noted numismatist who produced patriotic envelopes in Philadelphia, a scarce and attractive use between two patriotic publishers, ex-Sapperstein
Lot #3096 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
double circle datestamp ties 1861 1c Blue (63) to locally-addressed cover, originally franked with 1857 1c Blue, Type V (24) and two-line "Held for Postage" applied, September 30, 1861 backstamp (the date originally posted) confirms this as an attempted demonetized usage, light wear, very fine, a spectacular cover demonstrating the transition from pre-Civil War stamps to the new 1861 issue
Lot #3097 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
double circle datestamp with matching target tying 1861 3c Rose (65) to red and blue Liberty and flag patriotic envelope to New Haven, Connecticut, "No Fellowship with Traitors" verse, endorsed "in haste" and "Written as they were about to leave Hartford for the South", fine and attractive
Lot #3098 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
double circle datestamp and matching targets tie 1861 3c Rose, 5c Buff, and 10c Green (65, 67, 68) to "Blank Election Returns, 1862" legal-sized envelope to Branford, Connecticut, light edge wear, very fine and colorful domestic cover paying six times the 3c letter rate
Lot #3099 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
black double circle handstamp with matching target tying 1861 3c Rose (65) to cover to Roxbury, Massachusetts, red and blue "Maintain the Government" patriotic design with flags and rifles, "Alfred S. Robinson, Hartford." imprint at left, very fine and attractive
Lot #3100 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History
magenta datestamp on cover to Kanagawa, Japan, endorsed "Care of Messrs. Olyphant & Co., Hong Kong, China", franked with 1861 5c Buff, 10c Green, and 30c Orange (67, 68, 71) each with matching grid, red "New York Paid Jul 26" exchange handstamp, carried aboard Cunard's Persia to Southampton, August 8 London transit and by British packet to Hong Kong where it was backstamped October 6, certificate mentions 5c perforation faults and 10c and...
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