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.
Estimate $...
Summer 2025 -Day 3
By: Americana Stamps
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Americana Stamps Summer 2025 -Day 3
Sunday Jul 20, 2025 08:00 America/Los_Angeles
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Lot #18001 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History telegraph
Lot #18002 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $200.00 - $250....
Lot #18003 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00...
Lot #18004 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History telegraph
Americana Telegraph Company, with #73 2c Black, "Black Jack", Tied on Cover, Local Military Address With Ticker Tape Enclosure
The stamp with some toned perfs and the cover with most of the backflap missing.
Estimate $750.00 - $1,000.00
Lot #18005 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History telegraph
The Magnetic Telegraph Company, Illustrated Portrait with Train and Ship, Used Locally in Baltimore
Baltimore Office: Sun Iron Building, Cor. Baltimore & South Sts
This envelope carried a message across town in 1857 and an answer was inserted in if necessary. New office in Baltimore changed from Lombard & Gay Streets to a more public location of the Sun/New Iron Building.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #18006 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History telegraph
Maine Telegraph Company, Unlisted: Side Line" Corner Card from Portland to Lewiston, Maine
Reverse "S" and "N" in "LEWISTON"
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #18007 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History telegraph
Vermont & Boston Telegraph Company, Illustrated Corner Card, with #24 1c Blue Addressed to the Telegraph Office House, Vermont
Estimate $125.00 - $150.00
Lot #18008 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History telegraph
Vermont & Boston Telegraph Company, Embossed Corner Card Envelope Delivered in St. Albans, Vermont
Estimate $250.00 - $300.00
Lot #18009 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History telegraph
United States Military Telegraph, with #65 3c Rose Tied by Killer Cancel on Cover to Ohio, "FORWARDED" and "DUE 3" Straightline
Washington D.C. 1864 double circle datestamp, with Bellvue, Ohio Double circle datestamp. Forwarded and readdressed to Medina, Ohio.
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Lot #18017 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00...
Lot #18018 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #18019 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #18020 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#150 1870 10c Brown, Tied by Segmented Duplex Cancel on Cover to Aspinwall, Panama (United States of Colombia) via Packet Steamship
"West Meriden, DE. Mar. 21 1873" " segmented duplex cancel, via packet "Henry Chauncey", and black "N. YORK STEAMSHIP MAR. 22" handstamp.
The letter is part of an extensive correspondence addressed to Lieutenant Frederick G. Hyde, then assigned aboard the U.S.S. Kansas, a steam and sail gunboat...
Lot #18021 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#150 1870 10c Brown, Tied by Fancy "Leaf" Cancel on Cover to Switzerland
Matching "SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. APR. 28 (1871)" postmark on cover to Veray, Switzerland, with red "NEW YORK PAID ALL" transit mark. Single rate 10 cents per half oz, Swiss closed mail via England. The stamp with a diagonal crease at bottom right.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #18022 - U.S. Stamps and 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...
Lot #18023 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#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.
Estimate $400.00 - $450.00
Lot #18024 - U.S. Stamps and 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...
Lot #18025 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $750.00 - $1,000.00
Lot #18026 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#161 1873 10c Brown, Tied on Cover to Naval Lieutenant on U.S.S. Gettysburg, London
Single tied by "NEW YORK MAR. 12, (1878)" duplex cancel, forwarded by U.S. Despatch Agent B.F. Stevens. The stamp with a corner crease at top left.
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00
Lot #18027 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #18028 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#161 1873 10c Brown, Grid Cancel on 1878 Cover to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil via London
"OXFORD, MASS. APR. 1, (1878) datestamp with red London transit mark.
This letter is part of a well-known numbered correspondence to an American naval officer, F.G. Hyde.
Estimate $250.00 - $300.00
Lot #18029 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00
Lot #18030 - U.S. Stamps and 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.
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00
Lot #18031 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#161 1873 10c Brown, Tied on Cover to Cuba via Steamer
Stamp tied by blue target cancel with matching "STOCKTON, ME. AUG. 2, (1875)" on cover to Cuba via New York on steamer "City of Merion", black "NA1" in oval.
The Havana post office applied this large oval NA1 marking which denotes the single rate 1 real (equivalent to 12.5 US cents) internal postage due. The postage rate only paid for carriage to the Cuban frontier, with...
Lot #18032 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 10c Jefferson Bank Note Covers
#183 2c Vermilion, Tied on Cover by Fancy Cancel with Lowell, Mass Circular Date Stamp and Carrier Star, on Advertising Corner Card Purple "NOT FOUND BY CARRIER" and Multiple "Unclaimed" Auxiliary Markings
Advertising corner card for Alfred P. Sawyer Attorney and Counselor At Law in Lowell, Mass.
Estimate $150.00 - $250.00
