Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L1, Black on Greenish Yellow, Unused
The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 - Day 1
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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
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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 #1125 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Price: $ 30.00
Lot #1126 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L1, 5c Black on Yellow Surface-Colored Paper, Manuscript "X" Cancel, Used with Boyd's City Express Post Handstamp on 1844 Folded Letter Conjunctive Use with Boyd's City Express Post
1844 folded letter carried by Pomeroy’s Letter Express from Albany, New York, to New York City. Upon arrival in New York, the letter was handed to Boyd’s City Express Post for delivery, with red boxed “BOYD’S CITY / EXPRESS POST...
Price: $ 300.00
Lot #1127 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L2c, 5c Black on Yellow, Value Incomplete with Red "Cd" Cancel on 1844 Folded Letter An Attractive Example of This Scarce Variety
July 25, 1844 folded letter from Buffalo to New York; the stamp cut off and hinged back into place.
The “$1” value removed variety was a specific position within the sheet, used only for printings on surface-colored yellow paper, as reflected by the rarity of both off-cover...
Price: $ 1,500.00
Lot #1128 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue, Unused
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #1129 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L1, 5c Black on Yellow, Used, Wove Paper, Red Cancel, Position 1L
Price: $ 20.00
Lot #1130 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue, Used, Manuscript "B" Cancel
Vertical crease
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #1131 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue on Thin Bond, Unused
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #1132 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue on Thin Bond, Unused
With a small corner crease at bottom left and a stain from an adherence on the back.
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #1133 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue, Unused, Position 4L, No Gum
No Gum
Price: $ 30.00
Lot #1134 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue on Thin Bond, Manuscript "B" Cancel, Used
With a light vertical crease.
Price: $ 70.00
Lot #1135 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue, Unused, No Gum
No gum, preprinting paper fold at bottom
Price: $ 30.00
Lot #1136 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L3, 5c Blue, Used with Manuscript Pen Cancel
Face-fresh four-margined example with captivating color and a face-free manuscript pen cancel; tiny thin, wrinkles, otherwise Very Fine.
Price: $ 120.00
Lot #1137 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L4, 5c Black, Complete Sheet of 40, Unused
Without gum, mounted on Elbe page, Very Fine.
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #1138 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L4, 5c Black, Used
Price: $ 20.00
Lot #1139 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L4, 5c Black on Thin Bond, Position 4R, Full to Large Margins, Used with Framed Boyd's City Express Post on 1844 Folded Letter to New York City Desirable Example of Pomeroy and Boyd Conjunctive Service
Extremely Fine and Desirable Example of Pomeroy and Boyd Conjunctive Service, with Sloane's notes.
Stamp, position 4R, with full to large margins, cancelled by red "Cd." handstamp (impression ties through...
Price: $ 400.00
Lot #1140 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L5, 5c Red, Unused
Price: $ 5.00
Lot #1141 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L5, 5c Red, Used
Manuscript cancel. Vertical wrinkles.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #1142 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L5, 5c Red on Thin Bond, Manuscript Cancel, Used
Manuscript cancel. With a tiny tear at top left.
Price: $ 60.00
Lot #1143 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L6, 5c Lake, Used
Price: $ 260.00
Lot #1144 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117L6, 5c Lake on Thin Bond, Bottom Right Corner Margin, Positions 31-32 and 39-40, Block of Four, Unused
Two hinge remnants and light wrinkles.
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #1145 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 117LVAR, 5c Brown on Thin Bond, Unused
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #1146 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, Red "Pomeroy's Mail" Straightline (PLE-HS-2) and Red Framed Collect Handstamp (PLE-C-2), on 1844 Printed Folded Letter, New York to Buffalo Very Fine and Rare Combination
Printed folded letter datelined New York, July 24, 1844, addressed to Messrs. Sidney Shepard & Co., Buffalo, New York. Red straightline "Pomeroy's Mail" handstamp (PLE-HS-2). Light strike of red framed "Collect/ 6-1/4 cts./ New York/ Office...
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #1147 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy's Letter Express, Red "Paid" and Red "2" Handstamps, on 1844 Folded Letter, Durham to Albany Newly Discovered Pomeroy Handstamp
Illustrated and Discussed in A Newly Discovered Pomeroy Handstamp by John Bowman and William Sammis
Folded letter datelined July 10, 1844, addressed to W.H. Van Zandt, Chief Clerk, State Banking Department, Albany, New York, signed by Platt Adams of Durham, New York. Red "Paid" handstamp with lines...
Price: $ 200.00
Lot #1148 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy & Co.'s Express, Orange on Grayish White Label, Block of Six, Unused
Previously hinged, the right pair with a light vertical crease.
Price: $ 200.00
Lot #1149 - Independent Mails Pomeroy's Letter Express
Pomeroy & Co.'s Express, Orange on Thin White Label, Complete Sheet of Twelve, Unused Very Scarce
Original gum, the crackly gum causing wrinkles. The selvage diagonally creases at bottom left, a reinforced vertical crease in the left vertical pair.
Price: $ 400.00
