Troy & New York Steam Boat, Black Boxed Handstamp with #26 3c Red on 1857 Cover, Tied by Circular Grid
TROY, N.Y. AUG 25 circular datestamp on cover to Saratoga Springs, N.Y., boxed "TROY & NEW YORK / STEAM BOAT" handstamp and manuscript "2" due marking for ship fee.
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
✔ 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 #3066 - u.s. postal history steamship
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #3067 - u.s. postal history railroad
N.Y. & Boston Steamer & Railroad, #11 3c Dull Red Type I Tied on Cover to Boston
1851 3c Type I tied by a N.Y. & Boston Steamer & Railroad circular datestamp on cover to Boston.
The New York & Boston Steamboat & Railroad handstamp was used on the combination rail and steamer route between N.Y. & Boston via Stonington, Connecticut & Providence, RI.
Railroad route agent handstamp on mail handed...
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3068 - u.s. postal history railroad
New York & New Haven Rail Road, Towle 70-D-1, #11 3c Dull Red on 1853 Cover
New York & New Haven Rail Road Nov 26 black circular datestamp tying US #11, cover with some wrinkles, edge and backflap tears, pencil notations on reverse. Letter dated 1853.
Towle 70-D-1 Rarity VI
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3069 - u.s. postal history railroad
Cleveland & Erie Rail Road, Towle 115-F-1, #11 3c Dull Red on Cover
Cleveland & Erie Rail Road (Towle 115-F-1 Rarity V) Sep 6 black circular datestamp tying US #11 to cover with missing backflap.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3070 - u.s. postal history railroad
Housatonic Rail Road, Towle 88-S-4b, #26 3c on Cover
Housatonic Rail Road (Towle 88-S-4b Rarity VI) Hawleyville Aug 4 black oval datestamp, complete strike of sans-serif cancel tying US #26 on cover with some edge faults to New York.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3071 - u.s. postal history railroad
Lebanon Valley Rail Road, Towle 183-A-1, Tying #65 3c Rose on Cover to Philadelphia
Partial strike of Lebanon Valley Rail Road April 24 handstamp (Towle 183-A-1, Rarity IV) on cover addressed to Mrs. Louisa A. Killinger, care of Z. Rittenhouse, 1312 Mellon Street, Philadelphia.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3072 - u.s. postal history railroad
Travelers Information Bureau, Illustrated Railroad and Ship Advertising Cover, with #210 2c Red Brown, Cleveland to Mt. Pleasant, Ohio
Cover with some wear and toning.
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #3073 - u.s. postal history railroad
#300 1c Green on Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company Postcard to Ontario, Canada
PHILA. & READING RY CO, JUN 20 1907 blue company datestamp.
Price: $ 20.00
Lot #3074 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#36 1857 12c Black, Plate 1, Two Pairs and Two Singles, Tied on Transatlantic Cover, Florida to Nottingham, England Extremely Rare Usage, Attempting to Pay the Triple Rate but Treated as Completely Underpaid
An extremely rare use of six copies of the 12-cent 1857 issue on cover from Florida to England, attempting to pay a triple rate but underpaid and treated as completely unpaid.
Two pairs and two singles tied by “Newport Fla. Sep...
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #3075 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
Forwarded Letter from Naples via Welles & Co., Paris and Gracie & Co., New York, 1839 to Philadelphia Two Forwarding Companies
Folded letter datelined Naples, April 28, 1839, carried under separate cover to Welles & Co. in Paris, likely by way of Marseilles and French rail, then forwarded through Le Havre to the U.S. with a red oval "Forwarded by Y. Ob. Servants Welles & Co." handstamp. In New York, the cover was received...
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #3076 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
1840 Stampless Cover, Privately Carried Outside the Mails, Boston to New York to Post Office for Drop Likely Carried by William Harnden (of Harnden's Express), in Contract with the Post Office
This folded letter is datelined June 22, 1840, and was carried from Boston when it entered the mail in New York as a drop letter and rated "1" in manuscript.
This date falls within the period when William Harnden carried mail under contract...
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3077 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
Forwarded by Fox & Livingston, Folded Letter to London with Blue "Eye" Handstamp, 1848
1848 folded letter to London with manuscript routing directive "Per Hibernia from New York 20th Feby"
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3078 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#26 3c Dull Red and #36 12c Black, Tied by Boston PAID Grid on Cover to Paris
Red Jan 12 Boston Paid 12 circular datestamp with manuscript "Via Liverpool Steamship." Black Boston Packet handstamp on reverse.
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #3079 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#26 3c Dull Red and #36 12c Black, Tied by New Orleans Circular Datestamp, Folded Letter to Bordeaux, France
Datelined New Orleans 2 January 1861. Red Jan 8 New York 12 circular datestamp and black 22 Jan 1861 arrival handstamp with red framed "P.D." Manuscript "Steam Ship"
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #3080 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#26 3c Dull Red and #36 12c Black, Tied on Cover to Paris
Red Jan 12 Boston paid 12 circular datestamp with oange Calias 25 Jan 64 arrival handstamp and red framed "P.D." Manuscript No 36"
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #3081 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#36 1857 12c Black, Plate One, Horizontal Pair, Tied by Black Grids and Red Philadelphia Exchange Datestamp on 1858 Transatlantic Cover to England
Horizontal pair with a few scissor-cut perforations tied by two strikes of the black grid cancel, with a bold red Philadelphia exchange datestamp dated June 3, 1858, addressed to Great Malvem, England. Manuscript "Pr Steamer" endorsement at upper left, carried from New York to Liverpool...
Price: $ 70.00
Lot #3082 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#65 3c Rose Horizontal Block of 10 on Cover to Pontefract, England
3c Rose block of 10, manuscript canceled on back of cover to Pontefract, England. Manuscript "Gillespie (Ill), Jul 18. Red arced 3/CENTS. hs PONTEFRACT AV 2 64 circular datestamp on front and struck 10 times on block (ties). Over paid use per Allan Line "Peruvian".
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #3083 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#65 3c Rose and #69 12c Black, Tied by Black Grids on 1864 Cover to Paris
Calais 24 May, 1864 arrival datestamp, matching framed "P.D." Manuscript "Steamer May 11th" and "No. 52"
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3084 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
Cover from Legendary English Novelist, Charles Dickens, to English Actor William Macready Written by Charles Dickens during second Reading Tour in America
10c Dark Green on 1868 cover from New Haven, CT to Cheltenham, England. Addressed in renowned English novelist, Charles Dickens', hand to famed English actor, and close friend, W. C. MACREADY.
Not only were the two close friends, but Dickens was also godfather for Macready's son...
Price: $ 700.00
Lot #3085 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#73, #96, #114 1861 to 1869 Issues, Mixed Franking on 1869 Cover from South Hadley, Massachusetts to Paris, France via Queenstown
#96 single tied by bullseye target cancels used with #73 and #113 on cover from South Hadley, Massachusetts to Paris, France, via Queenstown. South Hadley, Mass. May 20, 1899 (should be 69) circular datestamp. Manuscript "Via Queenstown" at lower left. Double circle target duplex with red NEw York and Blue...
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #3086 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#96, #113, and #114 1868 to 1869 Issues, Mixed Franking on 1869 Cover Front from South Hadley, Massachusetts to France
10c Dark Green (96), 2c Brown (113), and 3c Ultramarine (114), tied by bullseye target cancels on cover front from South Hadley, Massachusetts to France. South Hadley, Mass. June 16, 1869 double-circle datestamp at right. Red "New York Paid 6" credit circular datestamp and "P.D." in box. Calais, France receiving...
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #3087 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#150 1870 10c Brown, Tied by Cork Crossroads Cancel on Cover to Austria via Bremen on North German Llyod Steamer "Donau"
CHICAGO, ILL. MAR. 20, 1871 circular datestamp with red Bremen transit mark. The stamp with soiling.
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #3088 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#212 1c Ultramarine with Printers Mark and #217 30c Orange Brown on 4c Red Entire on Registered Cover to Germany
New York REG'Y Dive 1890 circular datestamp
Price: $ 50.00
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #3090 - u.s. postal history Transatlantic
#247 1c Blue Horizontal Pair with Printer's Mark, Used with #256 6c Dull Brown, on Cover to France Well-Centered Pair
Price: $ 100.00
