Allen's City Dispatch, 3L1, 1c Pink on U116 Entire Did Not Originate on This Cover, Counterfeit Cancels
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Summer 2025 -Day 2
By: Americana Stamps
Closed Auction
Jul 19, 2025 America/Los_Angeles
Americana Stamps Summer 2025 -Day 2
Saturday Jul 19, 2025 08:00 America/Los_Angeles
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Lot #16001 - locals Allen's City Dispatch
Lot #16002 - locals Allen's City Dispatch
Allen's City Dispatch, 3L2a, Black Horizontal Pair Imperforate Between
Unused, OG, horizontal pair, imperforate between. It is genuine, previously hinged.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #16003 - locals Allen's City Dispatch
Allen's City Dispatch, 3L3, 1c Red on Yellow, Tied by Purple Company Cancel on Local Cover Only 9 Others Recorded in Census
The cover with a horizontal file fold.
Estimate $700.00 - $1,000.00
Lot #16004 - locals Allen's City Dispatch
Allen's City Dispatch, 3L3, 1c Red on Yellow, Unused Strip of 5, Imperforate Strip of 3
1 Pair and 3 Singles rejoined, all with horizontal creases and hinge joining, the left pair not separated.
Estimate $300.00 - $500.00
Lot #16005 - locals Allen's City Dispatch
Allen's City Dispatch, 3L4, 1c Purple, Used, Purple Company Cancel Rare
Estimate $250.00 - $300.00
Lot #16006 - locals Barr's Penny Dispatch
Barr's Penny Dispatch, 8L1, 1c Red, Unused
Original gum, with a tiny thin, hinge remnant, and a tear at top right.
Estimate $600.00 - $800.00
Lot #16007 - locals Bayonne City Dispatch
Bayonne City Dispatch, 9LU1var, Blue Violet on Amber, Unused Stationary Entire One of Only Two Unused Examples, Only One Used
Figure 5 in Lyon's Article, N.J. LOCAL POSTS: Bayonne City Dispatch
Lyons records that there is only one recorded used example of this stationary entire.
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Lot #16008 - locals Blood's
Henry Clay Portrait, Unused Document Cutout, Similar to Blood's 15L18 Design
Diagonal crease.
Estimate $50.00 - $75.00
Lot #16009 - locals Blood's
Henry Clay, Small Die Vignette Essay, Similar to Blood's 15L18 Design, American Bank Note Co. Numbered Essay Y45410
Small piece missing at bottom.
Estimate $75.00 - $100.00
Lot #16010 - locals Blood's
Henry Clay, Small Die Vignette Essay, Similar to Blood's 15L18 Design, India on Card
Estimate $400.00 - $500.00
Lot #16011 - locals Blood's
Henry Clay, Large Die Vignette Essay, Similar to Blood's 15L18 Design, India on Card
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #16013 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L6, 2c Black, Manuscript "X" Cancel on 1848 Cover to St. Louis
Blue "Philadelphia 10 Cts" handstamp with May 10, 1848 docketing.
Not included in the Vern Morris 15L6 Census. Only 41 other covers identified.
Estimate $600.00 - $800.00
Lot #16015 - locals Blood's
Blood's City Despatch, Black & Blue, 15L10, Tied by File Folds on 1848 Folded Letter Scarce
#16 in Vern Morris Census
Stamp with large margins to slightly in at upper left, uncancelled but tied by file fold on 1848 folded letter to Josiah Smith in Clearfield Town, Pennsylvania. Blue "Philada. Pa. 5 cts. Sep. 4" (Clarke 71a) circular datestamp.
Estimate $450.00 - $550.00
Lot #16016 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L11, 2c Black on Pale Green, Cut to Shape, Tied by Grid Cancel (Clarke 74) on 1849 Folded Letter to Washington, D.C. Addressed to Zachary Taylor, Sitting US President
#17 in the Vern Morris Census, Illustrated as Figure 7 and Figure 11
This cover was a private letter addressed to the sitting President of the United States, Zachary Taylor; however, it was not a presidential free frank, but charged 5 cents....
Lot #16017 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L11, 2c Black on Pale Green, Used
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00
Lot #16018 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L12, 2c Gold on Black, Tied by Pencil "S" and Small 4-Bar Grid Cancel, on Folded Local Cover Extraordinary Tied Example
Single with ample margins to just touching, tied by pencil "S" and small black 4-bar grid cancel on folded local cover, with side panels removed.
This stamp is the rarest of the small Blood issues, and the tied example is extraordinary.
Estimate $400.00 - $600.00
Lot #16019 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L13, 1c Bronze on Black, Acid Tied, on Embossed Company Envelope
Blood's "NOV 18 2PM" datestamp.
Estimate $75.00 - $100.00
Lot #16020 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L13, 1c Bronze on Black, Acid Tied, with 1847 #1 5c Red Brown on Cover to New York
The 5c stamp tied by red square grid. Carried by Bloods, then by railroad to New York.
Estimate $750.00 - $900.00
Lot #16021 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L14, 1c Bronze on Lilac, with #65 3c Red on "THE UNION FOREVER" Patriotic Flag Cover A Rare Local Usage on Patriotic Cover
#25 in the Survey of Patriotic Covers Carried by Local Post
The 15L14 acid-tied at lower left, with the 3c 1861 tied at upper right by black circular grid cancel, alongside Blood’s black double-line September 24, 1861 circular datestamp and matching Philadelphia black octagon datestamp...
Lot #16022 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L14, 1c Bronze on Lilac on 3c Entire
Bold Philadelphia "APR 2" datestamp and "APR 2" Blood's datestamp.
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00
Lot #16023 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L14, 1c Bronze on Lilac on Local Cover
Blood's "MAR 2" datestamp.
Estimate $40.00 - $50.00
Lot #16024 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L14, 1c Bronze on Lilac, with #11 3c Brownish Carmine, Both Tied on U10 Entire to Carter's Bridge
Tied by "Philadelphia, Pa. Jun. 27, 1856" postmark to Carter's Bridge in Albemarle County, Virginia. Local acid tied. The cover with a tear at top right.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #16025 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L14, 1c Bronze on Lilac on Cover with #26 3c Red Horizontal Pair, Tied by Philadelphia Datestamp
Blood's "SEP 26 10 1/2 AM 1857" datestamp at top right. Philadelphia "SEP 26" datestamp tying the horizontal pair.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #16026 - locals Blood's
D.O. Blood & Co., 15L14, 1c Bronze on Lilac on Cover with #65 3c Rose Tied by Cork Cancel
Philadelphia and Blood's, "AUG 29" datestamps.
Estimate $100.00 - $125.00
