United States of America - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 268 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XConfederate States Postal History, balance of consignment, including over 30 items, with Marietta, Georgia 5c black, Atlanta Georgia PAID 5, and Lexington, Virginia 5c blue Postmasters’ Provisionals, desirable group of 5c Hoyer & Ludwig, including single cancelled in manuscript on seven-star flag patriotic cover from Ninety Six, South Carolina, two singles on cover from Richmond to Nashville, horizontal pair on cover to Alabama, a lovely sheet-margin single from Charleston to Columbia, two very early usages from October 1861, 5c usage from Pensacola, Florida, 10c blue Davis cover to Little River, lovely 10c rose Jefferson lower sheet margin single on cover from Columbus to “Black Stocks”, SC, two single franking 10c blue Jefferson covers, three 5c blue Hoyer & Ludwig single frankings including a four-margin example from Eutaw, Alabama, 5c De La Rue solo frankings from South and North Carolina, further example on eight star flag patriotic design medical advertising cover, used on the last day of the 5c letter rate, attractive 5c Archer & Daly four-margin pair on cover from Scottsdale to Staunton, Virginia, “10 CENTS” without frameline single frankings from Jackson to Attalaville, Mississippi, and Dalton to Clarksville, Georgia, plus single on piece cancelled in Savannah, large-margin pair on cover from a Confederate officer in Albany, Georgia, to Jackson, Mississippi, 10c rose on 1862 patriotic turned cover from Richmond to St. Tammany Virginia and returned, some faults as usual for such Confederate mail, two covers affixed to black card, but many fine and desirable frankings. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
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 Lot 252 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X10c blue on soft porous paper, 1863, margins mostly clear on all sides, just touching at lower left, fresh and bright color, tied to folded letter by ideal strike of "Blakely Ala / Jun / 12 / 1863" c.d.s, free strike alongside, to Mobile, Alabama, internally reinforced at bottom, which shows signs of separation as well as slight discoloration, but an exceptional franking, combining a choice single with a superb stike. Illustrated in "New Dietz Confederate States Catalog and Handbook", with 1981 Philatelic Foundation certificate. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
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 Lot 263 - United States of America confederate states of america - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN X12-Star Confederate Flag, c. 1862, patriotic cover, endorsed "Soldiers' Letter / D.W. ? / Adams Battery" in manuscript at upper right, postmarked with neat "Fayetteville / Ark. / Jan / 26" c.d.s., to Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, small stains at top, adhered to black mounting card, else a remarkably fresh appearing patriotic cover used for soldier's mail. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America confederate states of america |
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 Lot 279 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XWaterbury, Connecticut Fancy Cancel collection, with roughly 100 covers, with a wide range of times, including Arrowheads (Rohloff) B-2, B-3, B-4, B-7, B-8, B-13, B-14, B-16, Crossroads C-4, C-6, C-7, C-10, Circle of Wedges D-12, D-15, the latter on lovely Bank Note cover to Austria, D-22, Shamrock F-11, scarce Pumpkin G-2, grid cancels H-5/5a, H-6, H-8A H10, H13, H19, H25, Heart & Arrows J-4, J-5 (in red, on 3c Bank Note,) J-7, Letters with “Negative D” K-6, the rare “Initial G” K-8, three strikes on cover to Washington, “Negative H” K-11, Leaves with L-8, L-9, L-10, L-11, L-12, L-17, L-21, L-27, L-29, L-31, L-32, L-40, L-41, L-44, L-48, L-50, L-51, Rosettes P-2, P-4, P-4a, P-5, P-8, P-9, P-10, P11-12, P-13, P-15, P-17, P-18, P-19, P-20, P-21, P-22 P-23, P-25, P-26, P-27, P-28, P-29, P-30, Shields with Q-2, Q-3, Q-6,Q-7, Q-8, Q-10, Stars with S-1, S-2, S-3, S-6, S-7, and S-8, condition varies, with some faults, chiefly selected for choice strikes, overall superior quality to what is often encountered, and a lovely accumulation of these charming and ever-popular postmarks. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
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 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 |
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 Lot 274 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS - H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XMassachusetts Fancy Cancel postal history collection, with over sixty covers, displaying, in addition to a range of geometrics, letters, shields, and other designs, a range of whimsical postmarks from a number of towns, noting Amherst Thistle, fancy “PAID” star of Bonds Village, Cambridge Skulls (2) and Bird, the rare Elephant of Campello, ornate Dedham “Paid”, Northampton Star & Crescent (2), Masonic Square & Compass of Boston, Brookline, Quincy, and South Wilbraham, Turkey of East Boston Station, negative Anchor of Gloucester, Pointing Hand of Mittineague, ornate Springfield floral design in blue, “1885” in Cross and “Stylized S” markings of Stoneham, UNION in Star of West Hampton, the Weston “W”, Shield in Circle of Whitinsville, scarce Coin design of Wilkinsonville, the rare North-South Handshake of Worcester, some flaws noted, but many quality strikes, with most items having graced important collections of the past including Robertson and Boker, a wonderful holding. H. R. Harmer Inc 3070 – ERIVAN XUnited States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
