3070 – ERIVAN X

Baltimore, Maryland, 5c blue on buff cover, with handstamp of "James M. Buchanan" in black, blue "Baltimore Md. / Sep / 23" c.d.s., to Delia M. Black in Washington D.C., small W.H.C. (Warren H. Colson) handstamp on front and back, blue manuscript check, a fresh and very fine cover, with Buchanan handstamps in black being used earlier than the blue, and of greater scarcity; ex Hind, Weill Brothers (Christies, October 12, 1989). (USPCS Census...

New Haven, Connecticut, 1845, 5c dull blue on white, with blue "E. Mitchell" signature, manuscript "Due –" with "5" handstamp in red alongside, postmarked with "New Haven Ct / Apr / 17" c.d.s., to Dr. Sowell in Athens, Alabama, in the hand of famed Yale chemist Benjamin Silliman Jr., small piece torn from back from removal of seal, cover has been professionally cleaned to remove staining, a fine-appearing example of this rare Postmasters’...

New York, New York,  5c black, signed ACM, reconstructed plate of forty used examples (5 x 8), showing all positions, almost all with four ample to large margins all around, each stamp with a red cancellation, positions 2 and 7 showing the double transfer, positions 31 and 36 with doubled framelines at bottom and top respectively, the odd small flaw to be expected, a wonderful reconstruction of carefully-chosen examples, which would be an...

New York, New York, 5c black, signed ACM connected, very good to large margins all around, cancelled with centrally-struck red square grid and tied to small piece by red PAID, attractive and very fine; with 1973 Philatelic Foundation certificate.

New York, New York, 5c black, signed A.C.M., four large margins, tied to folded cover by "New York 5cts. / Jul / 31" c.d.s. , to Hemer, p/Iserlohn, Germany, rated 1/8 (20p) in manuscript for routing via England and Rotterdam, (endorsed "p. Steamer Brittania,  backstamped "England / over Rotterdam", red English c.d.s. (16 Aug), and Emmerich transits, blue oval backstamp of the forwarding agents A. Rolker & Mollmann of New York, light...

St. Louis, Missouri, 5c black on greenish paper, four singles, three Type II, one Type I, each a four-margin example cancelled in manuscript, on folded cover, Charney & Whelen correspondence, manuscript "40" in black, postmarked with red "St. Louis Mo. / Nov 25" c.d.s., to Philadelphia, pressed filing folds clear of adhesives, small "WHC" (Warren H. Colson) backstamp, signed Jakubek, with his certificate, a beautiful and rare franking of...

10c Green, Type II, horizontal pair (pos 16-17R1), large margins on three sides, just clear at right, with 1851 1c Blue, Type IV, tied to folded letter to Paris, France, by light strikes of red grid cancels "Providence RI” (23 Jul) c.d.s. alongside, manuscript endorsement "Per Steamer 'Collins Line' via New York & Liverpool," lightly-struck red “PAID” and black Calais entry c.d.s. , "8" (decimes) due mark struck in black, backstamped with...

3c Dull red, 1851, Type II, three-margin single tied by Epping NH c.d.s. (12 Aug) on ornate ladies envelope with lovely hand-drawn border extending on to the backflap, featuring framed illustration of a castle on the front side and a lute-carrying minstrel and bird on the back, a most attractive and scarce cover.

10c green, Type II, large margins on three sides, barely touching at foot, tied by San Francisco Oct 20 c.d.s. to exceptional "San Francisco News Letter" illustrated newspaper, with printed "P.M.S.S. / Per Sonora / Oct. 20" (1857) at upper left, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, cover with lovely depiction of eagle, steamship, locomotive, etc, printed along top of internal masthead "The News Letter is sold by all Wells, Fargo & Co Agents...

12c gray black, horizontal strip of five, ample to large margins all around, cancelled with multiple neatly-struck Cincinnati c.d.s. in blue, trace of red cancellation at lower left, positions 2-3 with light wrinkles, not detracting from the exceptional visual appeal of this rare multiple; with 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate.

12c black and 10c green, Type III, tied to cover to Wurttemberg by "Indianapolis Ind / Jul / 19 / 1858" c.d.s., paying the 22c rate to Germany by Hamburg Packet via Bremen, red "N. York 8 U.S. Pkt Paid / Aug / 7" exchange datestamp, blue "America / Uber Bremen / Franco" three-line transit, further endorsed "via Bremen" in manuscript at top, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and further indistinct German c.d.s. backstamps, tears to back flap and some...

3c lake, imperforate on stamp paper, trial color block of eight, large even margins all around, showing complete "Engraved by the National Bank Note Company City of New York / No. 52 Plate" inscription in lower margin, never hinged, natural vertical paper crease through two stamps, a fresh and rare inscription proof block; with 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate.