Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue, Unused, Position 4L
No Gum
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Summer 2025 -Day 1
By: Americana Stamps
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Jul 18, 2025 America/Los_Angeles
Americana Stamps Summer 2025 -Day 1
Friday Jul 18, 2025 08:00 America/Los_Angeles
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Lot #12102 - Independent Mail Pomeroy's Letter Express
Lot #12103 - Independent Mail Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue, Unused
No gum, preprinting paper fold at bottom
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Lot #12104 - Independent Mail Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue, Used, ms "B" Cancel
Vertical crease
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #12105 - Independent Mail Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L4, 5c Black, Used
Estimate $50.00 - $100.00
Lot #12106 - Independent Mail Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L5, 5c Red, Used
Manuscript cancel. Vertical wrinkles.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #12107 - Independent Mail Pomeroy's Letter Express
1849 Folded Letter, Philadelphia to Chambers, PA, Rated for 3c Circular Rate "Notice of Dissolution - Pomeroy & Emerick / George W. Pomeroy" Enclosure
Addressed to Messrs Irwin & M. Goetlan, Chambersburg, Pa.
February 1849
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #13001 - US Stampless US 18th Century
1732 Stampless Transatlantic Cover, Philadelphia to Barbados Very Fine and Scarce
Folded letter datelined March 22, 1732, endorsed "Pr. Mr. Macheleux" and marked with "Q.D.C.", carried privately from Philadelphia to Barbados. Addressed to John Yeates. Small stain at bottom right.
Estimate $800.00 - $1,000.00
Lot #13002 - US Stampless US 18th Century
1767 Stampless Folded Letter, Blandford, Virginia to Madeira via the Falmouth–Madeira–West Indies Packet Scarce Origin and Destination
Letter datelined "26 Nov 1767" from John Baird in Blandford, Virginia, addressed to Newton & Gordon, Madeira. Carried privately to a port and placed aboard the Falmouth Packet Duncannon. Received "4 Jan 1768" and answered "18 Jan 1768".
The sailing records confirm that the Duncannon packet...
Lot #13003 - US Stampless US 18th Century
Boston, MA, 1773 Colonial Post Office Account, Showing Rates for Letters From Boston to Newport, R.I. Post Office Signed by Tuthill Hubbart, Last Royal Postmaster of Boston
Sheet dated August 16, 1773, documenting postal transactions between the Boston Post Office and the Post Office at Newport, Rhode Island. The form records unpaid, paid, and free letters along with the corresponding postage in pennyweights and grains. Signed at lower...
Lot #13004 - US Stampless US 18th Century
1794 Baltimore Md., Straightline "BALE JAN 19" on Folded Letter to Philadelphia, Manuscript “12½” Rate Unlisted Dot Under "L"
Bold “BALE JAN 19” Baltimore straightline with a "." period beneath the "L", on 1794 folded letter, addressed to a French resident of Philadelphia at the corner of Arch and 7th Street.
Estimate $1,000.00 - $1,250.00
Lot #13005 - US Stampless US 18th Century
1799 Boston Straightline on Stampless Folded Letter to Pembroke with Bishop Mark and Hanover Forwarding Addressee Appointed by John Hancock to Justice on the Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Folded letter from Boston, Massachusetts dated November 29, 1799, addressed to Nathaniel Cushing in Pembroke, Mass. Clear straightline “BOSTON” handstamp with accompanying circular “29 NO” Bishop mark. Manuscript “8” rated for a distance under 40 miles...
Lot #13006 - US Stampless US 19th Century
Folded Letter, July 1821 to Paul Rapely from Jacob Rapley, Merchant, New York
Folded letter from Charleston, July 19, 1821, to Paul Rapely who was a merchant in New York. Manuscript "6"
Estimate $75.00 - $100.00
Lot #13007 - US Stampless US 19th Century
Endorsed By Son of Colonial Rebel Postal-Rider
Addressed to Rev. Selah Strong Woodhull at the American Bible Society in New York City. Manuscript endorsement "Benj R Mumford Postmaster" at top, of Benjamin Mumford who was the postmaster of Newport from 1813-1827.
Benjamin B. Mumfor was the son of Benjamin Mumford Sr., a rebellious colonial post rider who, along with Peter Mumford, operated a private mail service in defiance of...
Lot #13008 - US Stampless US 19th Century
U.S. Naval Lyceum, Illustrated Full-Rigged Sailing Ship Oval Handstamp on 1838 Folded Letter Enclosure Detailing Scientific Donations of a Whale Skull
Folded letter with original contents datelined “U.S. Naval Lyceum, Navy Yard, New-York, July 3rd, 1838,” addressed to Providence, R.I., with red “New York JUL 6” circular datestamp and bold black illustrated Lyceum cachet.
Estimate $1,750.00 - $2,250.00
Lot #13009 - US Stampless US 19th Century
W. L. Hinch, Two Strikes of Fancy Eagle & Stars Ornamented Mortised Handstamp (Type G) on Cover, Carried Out of the Mailsfancy Very Attractive Usage
The cover addressed to New Haven, Illinois, bearing two bold strikes of the "W. L. HINCH" eagle & stars fancy ornamented linen marker, used privately and carried outside the mails. The cover with additional contemporary manuscript notations on front and back.
Estimate $1,...
Lot #13010 - US Stampless US 19th Century
1843 Galápagos Islands Folded Letter with Red New Bedford, Mass Handstamp Among the Earliest Recorded Letters Originating from the Galápagos Islands
Folded letter datelined May 3, 1843, written aboard the whaling ship Eliza L. B. Jenney “off the Galápagos Islands,” endorsed “Per Ship Hector/May 3rd, 1843” and addressed to Bedford, Mass with manuscript "8". The cover with some foxing and a hole at top.
The letter describes the...
Lot #13011 - US Stampless US 19th Century
1845 Stampless Printed Circular, New York to Sackets Harbor, Red "New York 1 Aug 2 Cts" and Matching Arced "PAID" Circular Dated July 1, 1845
Folded printed circular dated July 1, 1845, from New York City to Sackets Harbor, N.Y. Entered the mails with a red circular “New York Aug. 1 2 Cts.” marking and matching arced “PAID” handstamp, representing the circular rate under the postal reform of July 1845.
Estimate $200.00 - $300....
Lot #13012 - US Stampless US 19th Century
1849 Detroit Drop Letter, Misrated “5” Corrected to 2c with Red “PAID” Handstamp
Folded letter datelined Detroit, November 3, 1849, from the law firm of Lathrop & Duffield to another law office in Detroit, with instructions to charge postage to L&D’s box 552. Initially rated “5” in error as if for an out-of-town letter, then corrected to the proper 2c drop letter rate, with matching red “PAID” handstamp and Detroit circular...
Lot #13013 - US Stampless US 19th Century
1850 Boston Stampless Cover, "5 CENTS" Overstamped to "10" for Over 300 Miles
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00
Lot #13014 - US Stampless US 19th Century
1852 Printed Circular, Boston to Orwell, OH, Red Boston PAID Circular Datestamp Exhibited in Cipolla's 2009 Champion of Champions Exhibit and Grand Award 2009
Red "BOSTON JUNE 8 PAID" postmark on 1852 printed prices current. The unstated rate of 2c was for an unsealed printed circular sent over 500 miles.
Estimate $400.00 - $500.00
Lot #13015 - US Stampless US 19th Century
July 1, 1845, Folded Printed Circular, Philadelphia to Burlington N.J, 2c Circular First Day of New Rate, Very Attractive and Rare Usage
Folded two page printed circular, datelined 7 Mo 1st 1845, making this the first day of the rate. With bold blue Philadelphia double-lined "PAID" in lozenge and matching "2" numeral. Addressed to Burlington, New Jersey.
One of the two documented earliest known circulars mailed under the new rate...
Lot #13016 - US Stampless US 19th Century
July 3, 1845, Folded Printed Circular, Dated July 1, Philadelphia to Washington, DC One of the Two Earliest Recorded Printed Circulars Mailed Under the New 2c Circular Rate
Bold blue "PHILADELPHIA Pa. JUL 3" circular datestamp with matching "2" in circle rate handstamp on folded printed circular addressed to George Clymer Jr., Washington D.C., with manuscript "Printed circular" at top left. Docketed inside as dated July 1, 1845. This is...
Lot #13017 - US Stampless US 19th Century
Black "PAID/1/CENT" Circular Handstamp with Bold Strike of Canandaigua, N.Y. Datestamp on 1853 Drop Letter Cover Listing Copy for 1c Drop Rate Handstamp
Folded letter locally addressed and struck with a bold black 35mm "CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. SEP 16" circular datestamp and matching 18mm "PAID/1/CENT" in circle handstamp, indicating the 1c drop letter rate. Addressed to Hon. Alvin Phelps, with pencil docketing dated 1853.
Estimate $...
Lot #13018 - US Stampless US 19th Century
1854 Unpaid Circular, Philadelphia to Port Royal, Jamaica Scarce Usage of the 2c Special Printed Matter Transit Fee
Black “PHILADELPHIA 2” circular rate marking on unpaid circular postmarked “Philadelphia Pa. Dec 22” and addressed to Port Royal, Jamaica.
Estimate $400.00 - $500.00
Lot #13019 - US Stampless US 19th Century
Blue Andover, MA Circular Datestamp and Matching Arced "PAID 3" on 1855 Cover with Manuscript "1" Rated 3c for Intercity Mail and Rerated 1c for Local Drop Letter Fee
Blue March 4 (1855) circular datestamp with matching arc "PAID 3" (Andover's only recorded year of use per ASCC) on folded letter to Alexander McKenzie in Andover, Mass., additionally rated "1" in manuscript for drop letter delivery. With small enclosure.
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