United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World1845 5c black on greenish paper, with diagonal corner pre-print paper fold, pen canceled, margins all around, small thins, fine appearance of the always popular St. Louis Bear Provisional, Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the WorldUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
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 Lot 3 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World1846 St. Louis, Missouri, 10c black on gray lilac, Type III, position 6, neat pen strokes cancel, full margins at top and left, close at bottom and just touching at right, small thins, tear and a tiny ink erosion, otherwise a fine and presentable example of this popular rarity, with 2008 PFC, Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the WorldUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
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Lot 3 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1845 5c black on greenish paper, with diagonal corner pre-print paper fold, pen canceled, margins all around, small thins, fine appearance of this popular Provisional, Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
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 Lot 4002 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal Historye 1845 10c black on greenish, position 6, three large margins, cut close to just touching the completely intact black frame at right, bright color and good impression showing every detail with perfect clarity, fresh paper, tied by "St. Louis Mo. Nov 30" circular datestamp on 1845 folded letter from Loker Renick & Co. (Nov 29 departure and Dec 9 arrival docketing) to Charnley & Whelen in Philadelphia, matching "Paid" handstamp, manuscript "10" rate, fine stamp on a colorful FL tied by only the red circular datestamp, without the pen cancel, some ageing and toned spots on lettersheet, fine St. Louis Bear cover, from the renowned Charnley & Whelen correspondence, signed by and accompanied by a 2006 Sismondo certificate (the earliest known date of use for this issue is November 13th, this cover with date of November 30th is among the earliest known) Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
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Lot 3 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1846 10c black on greenish, margins tied by red "St. Louis Mo. Dec 18" town postmark on FL datelined "St. Louis, December 17/45", addressed to Messrs. P. A. Breithau New York, with matching straight line "Paid" and "Paid 10" by pen at upper right, minor soiling and filing folds away from the stamp which is v.f. (listed as cover number 27 on the Faiman census), with 1972 Wolfgang Jakubek, 1974 Willy Balasse and 2019 Philatelic Foundation certificates, handstamped John F. Seybold (Purple handstamp on reverse), also ex-Erivan, Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and CoversUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
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 Lot 2 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1845 10c black, greenish, pen canceled, with margins all around, defective, presentable appearance, Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and CoversUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
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Lot 5 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions The New Amsterdam Collection of U.S. Rarities1845 10c black on greenish, Plate I, Type II, position 4, manuscript "X" cancel and red St. Louis postmark, full to large margins all around, v.f. and rare sound example, with 1956 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates, Cherrystone Auctions The New Amsterdam Collection of U.S. RaritiesUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
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Lot 6 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions The New Amsterdam Collection of U.S. Rarities1846 5c black on bluish pelure paper, Plate III, Type III, position 5, pen cancel, margins all around, natural pre-print paper crease at bottom, sealed tear at left and an internal paper break above "office", otherwise fine, with 2019 PFC. Approximately 35 are thought to exist (both on and off cover) and the vast majority have faults (Scott notes that "values of Nos.11X7-11X8 reflect the usual poor condition of these stamps, which were printed on fragile pelure paper. Attractive examples with minor defects sell for considerably more. Used values are for pen-canceled stamps") Cherrystone Auctions The New Amsterdam Collection of U.S. RaritiesUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
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Lot 7 - United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. - Cherrystone Auctions The New Amsterdam Collection of U.S. Rarities1846 10c black on bluish Pelure Paper, Plate III, Type III, position 6, partial blue handstamp cancel at lower right, ample to large margins all around, small repair, v.f. appearance, approximately 35 thought to exist, with 1956 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates (Scott notes that "values of Nos. 11X7-11X8 reflect the usual poor condition of these stamps, which were printed on fragile pelure paper. Attractive examples with minor defects sell for considerably more. Used values are for pen-canceled stamps") Cherrystone Auctions The New Amsterdam Collection of U.S. RaritiesUnited States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis, Mo. |
