#209 1882 10c Brown on 1887 2c Entire to Australia
New York Oct 26 1887 circular datestamp with San Francisco, Melbourne, and New York markings on reverse.
The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 - Day 1
By: Americana Stamps
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Jun 26, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
Americana Stamps The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 - Day 1
Friday Jun 26, 2026 19:00 to 23:00 America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles
We are honored to present The Philatelic Icons Sale, the largest and most significant auction Americana Stamps has ever offered.
America's history lives in the letters that crossed goldfields and battle lines, in express covers that linked frontier towns to the outside world, and in the stamps that mark how a young country built its postal system from scratch. This sale brings together more than 1,500 lots that trace that story, including philatelic icons seldom offered to the public.
This auction is a natural fit for 2026, the 250th year of the United States, and for the Boston 2026 World Expo (May 23 to 30, Booth 141), the once-per-decade international exhibition where we are proud to open the sale. More than 750 lots are accompanied by Philatelic Foundation certifications, the largest concentration of certified material we have ever offered in a single sale.
As always, the sale is designed to serve both the collector and the researcher. Whenever available, you can expect:
✔ High-resolution imagery of all aspects of the item
✔ Links to reference articles and supporting research
✔ Links to philatelic certifications
✔ Census data and population insights
✔ Provenance details to trace notable histories
Whether you are pursuing a long-sought rarity or simply enjoy the chance to study material of this caliber, we invite you to explore the Philatelic Icons Sale and join us in Boston for our largest in-person preview to date.
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Lot #3091 - u.s. postal history Foreign Destination
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #3092 - u.s. postal history Foreign Destination
#209 1882 10c Brown on on U311 2c Entire to New Zealand Scarce Destination Pre-UPU
Meriden, CT to New Zealand 1889 at 12cts treaty rate. San Francisco transit and NZ backstamp.
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #3093 - u.s. postal history Foreign Destination
Cassier's Magazine 1894 Postcard, to New South Wales, Australia
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3094 - u.s. postal history telegraph
American Telegraph Company, Embossed Corner Card Cover Used Locally Telegram Enclosed
Embossed design on envelope featuring an eagle in clouds with 13 stars overhead and lightning bolt design. Enclosure from the American Telegraph Company announcing "Having Lines EXTENDING FROM HALIFAX TO NEW-ORLEANS, And connecting with other Lines to all parts of the United States and British Provinces." Not posted.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3095 - u.s. postal history telegraph
American Telegraph Company, Blue Cameo Corner Card, Traveler Building Boston, 1857
Blue embossed seal of the American Telegraph Company featuring an eagle in clouds with 13 stars overhead and lightning bolt design, inscribed "PRINTING AND MORSE LINES, TRAVELLER BUILDING, 31 STATE ST. BOSTON." Addressed to W.C. Gregg, not post office delivered. The cover with a horizontal crease through the cameo.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3096 - u.s. postal history telegraph
Vermont & Boston Telegraph Company, Large Ornate Corner Card with Globe, Cherubs & 8-Pointed Star A Lovely Example of Telegraph Carriage
Envelope with strikingly ornate large oval corner card, featuring a globe flanked by cherubs, eagle, and 8-pointed star design. Light bump at top, no contents. Delivered locally, to “J. S. Mason” with no city indicated. Not post office delivered. Listed as #203 in the ASCC.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3097 - u.s. postal history telegraph
Vermont & Boston Telegraph Company, Illustrated Corner Card, with #24 1c Blue Addressed to the Telegraph Office House, Vermont
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3098 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#150 1870 10c Brown, Two Singles, and #145 1870-71 1c Ultramarine on Registered Cover
Jan 31, 1873 registered cover from Bellows Falls, VT. to Chesterfield, N.H. Double 3 cents per half oz, domestic mail rate, plus 15 cents registry fee. Note the absence of any other registered mail postal markings except for the manuscript "Reg. No. 14" accountability notation. The 1c stamp and cover with stains.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3099 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#150 1870 10c Brown, Horizontal Pair, Used with #146 1870 2c Red Brown on Cover to Lima, Peru
The pair tied by "PORTCHESTER, N.Y. MAY 14" grid duplex cancel, with red "NEW YORK MAY 16 12" integral transit mark, and "JUNE 7, 1872" docketing. The cover with sealed tears at top and pieces of the back missing.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3100 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#150 1870 10c Brown, Tied on Inbound Letter from St. Thomas Lanman & Kemp Company Commercial Correspondence
Stamp tied by "NEW YORK NOV. 22 (1870)" postmark on inbound folded letter from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, to New York, aboard the U.S. and Brazil Mail Steamship Company packet North America, The stamp with a vertical crease ending in a piece missing at top.
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #3101 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#150 1870 10c Brown, Two Singles Tied by Segmented Cork Cancels on Double-Rate Cover to Switzerland One of Only Two Recorded Example of the Weiss Type TR-G28 Handstamp
July 13, 1872 double rate cover from New York to Zurich, Switzerland, via England and Belgium.
This 10-segment circular grid cancel is one of only two recorded examples of Weiss type TR-G28 and is illustrated in his book on page 342. About 25mm in diameter, it may...
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #3102 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#150 1870 10c Brown, Tied by Cork Cancel on Cover to France
Black cork cancel and red "PHILAD. PAID ALL JUN 24 (1873)" on cover to Paris, France, with red London and black French transit marks, and red "PD" in oval. The stamp with small perf faults at right.
The printed address and blue double oval handstamp of Drexel, Harjes & Co. is that of a well-known forwarding agent that travelers and businessmen used for recipient...
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3103 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#161 1873 10c Brown and #156 1873 1c Franklin, Both Tied on Cover to Turkey via England Rev. George Washburn Correspondence
Stamps tied by quartered cork cancels with matching "RUTLAND, VT. OCT. 9" postmark, via steamer "Silesia". The 10c stamp with perf erosion due to placement over the cover edge.
The cover is part of the well-known correspondence to Rev. George Washburn.
Price: $ 300.00
Lot #3104 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#161 1873 10c Brown, Tied on 1875 Folded Letter to Italy via England
NYFM cancel on May 29, 1875 folded letter to Italy via England, red New York paid all transit mark. The stamp with gum stained perfs at right.
This letter was addressed to a naval lieutenant aboard the USS Gettysburg, a survey steamer operating in the Mediterranean Sea from 1877 through 1879.
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #3105 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#161 1873 10c Brown, Tied by Cork Cancel on Cover to Paris via Hapag Packet "Silesia"
SAN FRANCISCO CAL. JAN. 19, (1875) datestamp. The cover roughly opened at right.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3106 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#161 1873 10c Brown, Horizontal Pair, Tied by Target Cancels on New Orleans Folded Letter to Italy
Matching "NEW ORLEANS, LA. FEB. 24, 1875" postmark with red "NEW YORK PAID ALL" transit mark. Both stamps with perf tip gum stains.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3107 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#187 1879 10c Brown, Tied by Circle of Wedges Cancel Used with #183 1879 2c Vermillion, "DUE 2" in Circle Handstamp Addressed to the Famous Springfield Armory
10c single tied by "SPRINGFIELD MASS. JUN. 21" circle of wedges duplex cancel on locally addressed cover addressed to the U.S. Armory, with "DUE 2" in circle handstamp. Postage due paid by 2c with manuscript cancel, and manuscript "PROPOSALS FOR ORDINANCE SUPPLIES". The 10c stamp...
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3108 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#183 1879 2c Vermillion, #187 1879 10c Brown, #189 1879 15c Red Orange, All Tied on Cover Paying the 9X the 3c Rate
Stamps tied by "BOSTON, MASS. MAR. 7, 1882" duplex cancels on large "The Youth's Companion" corner cover to Tonawanda, Penn., paying 9x the 3c rate. The 2c stamp with perfs clipped at bottom the cover with wrinkles.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3109 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#187 1879 10c Brown and #184 1870 3c Green, Both Tied on Registered Illustrated Advertising Cover
Stamps tied by "MARBLEHEAD, MASS. MAY 3,1881" quartered cork duplex cancels on registered illustrated advertising cover to Windham Center, Maine.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3110 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#188 1879 10c Brown Used with Two #184 1870 3c Green Singles, All Tied on Registered Advertising Cover
Stamps all tied by cork cancels with matching "FREEPORT, ILL JUN 25, 1880" on registered "Stover Wind Engine Company" advertising cover to Greencastle, PA.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3111 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#187 1879 10c Brown and #188 1879 10c Brown, Both Tied on Registered 1926 Cover to Italy Out-Of-Period Usage, Addressed to Philatelic Expert, Dr. Emilio Diena
Stamps tied by Philadelphia double oval registry cancels on May 4, 1926 cover to philatelic expert Dr. Emilio Diena in Rome, Italy.
This cover shows a very late usage of the 10 cent Jefferson of the Issue of 1879 both without and with secret mark.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3112 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#188 1879 10c Brown, Two Singles with "PAID" Cancels on Cover to France
Matching "WALPOLE, N.H. JUL 20 (1874)" postmark on cover to France, with red "PD" in oval, and New York and London transit marks, plus black French transit mark. The left stamp with faults at top due to placement over the cover edge.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3113 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#188 1879 10c Brown and #332 1908 2c Carmine, Both Tied on Registered Cover
Stamps tied by New York double oval machine cancel on registered cover to Des Moines, Iowa.
Price: $ 30.00
Lot #3114 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#189 1879 15c Red Orange and #209 1882 10c Brown, Both Tied on Cover to France
Stamps tied by "BOSTON, MASS." oval on Dec. 19, 1884 R. & E. Boris & Co. cover to Paris, France, with manuscript "PER STEAMER BRITANIC" and blue Paris receiving mark.
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #3115 - u.s. postal history 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#209 1882 10c Brown and #219D 1890 2c Lake Tied by Cork Cancels on Registered Cover to Boston Mixed Issue Franking
Both stamps tied by cork cancels with "SACCARAPRA, ME. MAY 26, 1890" postmark on registered cover to Boston, Mass., with pink "BOSTON, MASS. REGISTRY DIV. MAY 27, 1890" oval handstamp on reverse. Both stamps with perf stains.
Price: $ 30.00
