USA Issues - Stamp Auctions

Lot 5 - USA Issues 1847 issue -  Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

Lot 5 - USA Issues 1847 issue - Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

1a, 1847 5c Dark brown, left margin single tied by boxed "Troy & New York Steam Boat" cancel, matching "2cts." in double-line circle, on July, 1849 folded letter from New York to Troy, manuscript "Paid" at top right, vertical file crease well away from stamp, a lovely stamp with an extremely fine strike of this early Hudson River marking, the 2c was charged by the Troy postmaster (for further discussion see Daniel J. Ryterband's "Early Steamboat Mail on New York Waterways", Chronicle 263), 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Provenance: Marc Haas (R.A. Siegel Sale 561, 1980)

H. R. Harmer Inc Spring 2022 Sale

USA Issues 1847 issue
Lot 16 - USA Issues 1861-66 issue -  Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

Lot 16 - USA Issues 1861-66 issue - Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

76, 1863 5c Brown, horizontal strip of three with single 1861 3c Rose (65), tied by indistinct Virginia postmarks on military cover to Bautzen, Saxony, "Head-Quarters, Dep't West Va." corner card with "Official Business" deleted, endorsed "Per Hamburg or Bremen Steamer", red "N. York Brem Pk 12 Paid Nov 21", two strikes of blue "America Über Bremen Franco", very fine and attractive franking, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate

H. R. Harmer Inc Spring 2022 Sale

USA Issues 1861-66 issue
Lot 11 - USA Issues 1861-66 issue -  Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

Lot 11 - USA Issues 1861-66 issue - Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

71, 1861 30c Orange, single used with 1861 3c Rose and 10c Green (65, 68), each with matching cork cancel, Boston datestamp at top right of cover to Rosario, Argentine Republic, 1868 docketing at right, backstamped New York, 3c stamp corner crease bottom left, very fine and colorful cover from the Wheelwright find, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate

H. R. Harmer Inc Spring 2022 Sale

USA Issues 1861-66 issue
Lot 27 - USA Issues Columbian Issue -  Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

Lot 27 - USA Issues Columbian Issue - Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

245, 1893 $5 Columbian, single tied by December 20, 1893 Hoboken, New Jersey duplex to registered cover to Stettin, Germany, purple boxed registry handstamp and New York City registry label (small piece out to accomodate stamp), backstamped Stettin January 2, cover some light wear, still a very fine and attractive example of the $5 Columbian on cover (Scott $4,750)

H. R. Harmer Inc Spring 2022 Sale

USA Issues Columbian Issue
Lot 22 - USA Issues Columbian Issue -  Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

Lot 22 - USA Issues Columbian Issue - Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

240, 1893 50c Columbian, single with partial imprint at right tied by mute Boston double oval to registered cover to Lennox, Massachusetts, red February 8, 1893 boxed registry handstamp, stamp with minor gum toning, very fine and fresh (Scott $600)

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USA Issues Columbian Issue
Lot 6 - USA Issues 1851-56 Issue -  Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

Lot 6 - USA Issues 1851-56 Issue - Harmers International, Inc. Spring 2022 Sale

12, 1856 5c Red brown, bottom margin single with center line at right, tied by "New Orleans La. Nov 16" datestamp on 1856 cover to Bordeaux, France, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Nov 26" credit handstamp, "13" decimes due handstamp, transit and arrival backstamps, cover with horizontal filefold, an extremely fine stamp with two full sheet margins, one of the most attractive 1856 5c uses we have ever seen, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $1,600)

H. R. Harmer Inc Spring 2022 Sale

USA Issues 1851-56 Issue