United States of America - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 258 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X7-Star Confederate Flag, 5c blue, 1862, horizontal pair, large even margins all around, deep color, tied by Charleston, South Carolina c.d.s. (30 Nov) to C.S.A. Seven-Star Flag patriotic cover, to Aberdeen, Mississippi, cover with signs of cleaning, else a most attractive entire, and rare patriotic. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
Price: $ 400.00
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 Lot 253 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X10c blue Steel Plate Issue, Type II, Sc. 11, right sheet margin single with large margins all around, tied to adversity cover by Augusta, GA c.d.s. (9 Sep, 1864), to Graniteville, South Carolina, a desirable franking on an innovative use of a printed form used to create an envelope. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
Price: $ 300.00
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 Lot 269 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XConfederate States stamp balance, beautifully mounted and annotated, almost all stamps being four-margin examples, beginning with four used 5c Hoyer & Ludwig, each showing portion of sheet margin, three 10c blue Hoyer & Ludwig, two with jumbo margins, four 10c blue Paterson, showing a range of shades, two 2c Hoyer & Ludwig showing shades of dark and blue green, five 5c blue Hoyer & Ludwig showing range of blue to milky blue shades, eight 10c Hoyer & Ludwig, with range of shades of rose, as well as a scarce four-margin carmine single (repaired), 5c De La Rue with corner blocks of four, each showing one of the corners, five used single in varying shades, with two pairs and a strip of four, 2c brown red Archer & Daly, four mint sheet margin singles showing early shades of milky-rose red and later brown red, with two further mint blocks of four, and four used singles postmarked in Greensborough in red, Richmond, and Raleigh, 5c Archer & Daly used pairs, one the earliest recorded date (Jul 15), another a late usage from 1865, 10c Type I mint blocks of four in dark blue, blue, and milky blue, along with a stunning group of four used multiples including a striking block of nine cancelled in Talladega, range of Type II mint and used singles and multiples, five mint 20c green singles in varying shades, used single with blue c.d.s., range of unissued 1c orange in singles and multiples, attractive four-margin 5c carmine Nashville Postmasters’ Provisional (sealed tear), the odd flaw, but an overall exceptional group of select stamps, an ideal reference or nucleus for a detailed study of these desirable issues. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
Price: $ 3,000.00
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 Lot 280 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XWells, Fargo and Co.& Western Express balance of collection, with fifteen items, noting two 1862 25c blue Pony Express covers, each on 3c pink entire, cancelled respectively in Virginia City NT and Coloma (both faulty) four-margin 25c red on 3c entire piece, cancelled San Francisco, fine strike of oval “Chinese Camp” Express mark, 1882 3c green with printed frank postmarked “Bartlett Springs” 1890 Wells Fargo printed frank entire from Monterey to San Francisco, “Benicia” oval on 3c Nesbitt entire, “Steamer EMILY” straight-line on 2c entire from San Francisco, undated 3c entire with red frank from New York to Benton Wisconsin with “Due 3” in manuscript, unused 3c entire with “VICTORIA / PAID / V.I.” in blue, 1889 Mexico entire from Leon to Mexico City, Canada 1874 6c Small Queen cover from Victoria, British Columbia to Walla Walla via Portland with red PAID ALL, attractive Greenhood & Newbauer Northern Express with Weaverville Cal oval, Langton & Bros Yuba River Express embossed cover, J. Bamber & Co Contra Costa Express, scarce Bannack City Express handstamp on cover from Cleveland, some small faults but a chiefly fine and desirable group. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
Price: $ 1,000.00
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 Lot 264 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XCannon Firing & Poem Confederate patriotic, postmarked with Leesburg, Virginia double-circle c.d.s. (22 Jan), indicating prepayment of postage, to Charlottesville, Virginia, two small corner tears at right, adhered to black backing card, the only recorded example of this design, a rarity of Confederate patriotic postal history. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
Price: $ 1,000.00
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 Lot 275 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XNew York Fancy Cancels postal history collection, with over 150 covers, displaying a wide range of charming strikes, including floral, cogwheels, wedges, letters, diamonds, shields, letters, and rosettes, with more unusual designs including Masonic, Skull & Crossbones, “Head Under Wreath”, note advertising, Civil War patriotic, and other desirable usages, more than a few dozen post offices represented including Brasher Falls, Bush, Candor, Cold Spring, Copake Iron Works, Hemlock Lake, Hornellsville, Lima, Memphis, Stockholm Depot, Oriskany, Horseheads, Macedon, Unadilla, Union Springs, and more, condition varies, but many choice strikes, a lovely collection for expansion. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
Price: $ 1,500.00
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 Lot 259 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X11-Star Confederate Flag, 1c green, 1861, tied to 11-Star Confederate Flag patriotic cover, by neatly-struck "Pensacola / Fla / DEC / 3 / -" c.d.s., to Prattville, Alabama, affixed to black card, still a most attractive patriotic cover and desirable Florida usage; with 1976 Confederate Stamp Alliance certificate. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
Price: $ 300.00
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 Lot 254 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X10c blue, 1863-4, good to large margins on three sides, tied by "Richmond / VA. / May / 28 / 1863" c.d.s. in blue to all-over "Spotts & Harvey / Grocers & Commission Merchants" illustrated advertising cover, to Washington County, small scissor cut to lower left adhesive margin, a scarce coloured cancel and advertising cover from this stamp's first month of issue; ex Van Dyk Macbride, Jack Solomon. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
Price: $ 300.00
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 Lot 270 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XEastern Express Companies, balance of collection, just over twenty items, written-up on pages, noting Adams Express Company, New York, two stampless covers with different embossed corner cards; Bryant & Spear’s / Penobscot Express, Boston, green label on cover to Maine; rare “Forwarded by / Prince’s / Boston & Portland / Express” label in red on folded cover (untied, vertical crease); Wells & Co’s Express, with 1848 entire from Albany to Buffalo, 1849 cover from Buffalo to New York with yellow “Wells & Co’s” label, 1850 entire from Albany to New York with pink label, small group of receipts for payment showing the partners, offices, agencies, etc; Livingston, Wells & Co Express group with 1854 entire from Paris to Massachusetts forwarded with blue cachet, c. 1855 envelope with cachet of Paris agency forwarded to New York; Wells, American Express Co. covers with yellow “Buffalo, Albany & New York” label, “St. Johnsville” in red, “Albany” in green, varying condition, some covers and labels with faults, crease, etc, but a fascinating group to continue further study of this popular field. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
Price: $ 800.00
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 Lot 265 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X"Dragoons and Verse", 5c blue, 1862, horizontal pair, ample to large margins, tied by "Petersburg VA / Jul / 11" c.d.s. in blue to "Dragoons and Verse" patriotic cover, to Huntsville, North Carolina, trace of toning to top of right stamp, a particularly desirable usage on a fine and scarce Confederate patriotic cover, ex Haas, Paliafito; with 2023 Civil War Philatelic Society certificate. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
Price: $ 800.00
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