Summer 2025 -Day 1

U.S. Mail City Delivery, Black Double Circle New York City Carrier Handstamp on Stampless Local Cover
Black “U.S. Mail/1/Apr/24/City Delivery” double-circle New York city carrier (unpaid) handstamp. Cover with edge soiling.

Estimate $50.00 - $75.00

#7, 1c Blue Type II, Precancelled and Tied by Philadelphia Carrier Double-Oval on Drop Letter to P.O. Box Used by Carrier Department with Precancel to Prevent Postal Reuse
1c Blue Type II with ample margins to just in at top, tied by “U.S.P.O. Despatch / Pre-Paid / One Cent” double-oval carrier marking on buff cover addressed to a Philadelphia post office box. The stamp was precancelled and used to prepay the 1c carrier fee to prevent...

#18 1861 1c Blue, with Red New York Carrier Cancel on Local Cover

Estimate $400.00 - $500.00

#24 1c Blue, Position 10L7, Tied by Red New York Carrier Marking on 1860 Bill of Lading Hand Carried from Liverpool Stamp with Partial Double Perfs at Left, Straight Edges on Other Sides
The letter was privately carried from Liverpool to New York, where it was placed into the carrier system for local delivery at the 1c rate.

Estimate $200.00 - $250.00

New York P.O., Black City Carrier Handstamp Tying #24 1857 1c Blue, Type V, on Cover
Black “New York P.O./1/NOV/9/Station C” city carrier one cent handstamp. Stamp with three ample margins, nibbed perfs into design at top.

Estimate $100.00 - $150.00

#24 1857 1c Blue, Type V, Tied by U.S. Mail City Delivery, Black Double Circle New York City Carrier Handstamp, on Cover
Black “U.S. Mail/1/?/24/City Delivery” double-circle New York city carrier handstamp. Cover addressed to PO box. Stamp with ample margins, deep color.

Estimate $70.00 - $100.00

#24 1857 1c Blue, Type V, Two Pairs Tied on Cover with New York Handstamp, Paying 1c Carrier Fee Plus 3c Postage Fine and Unusual Use of the 1c Stamp
The two pairs paying the 1c carrier fee plus 3c postage from New York to East Hamptons, CT.

Estimate $100.00 - $250.00

#24 1857 1c Blue, and #26 3c Dull Red, Type III, Both Tied on Cover from Brooklyn to Oswego, NY
The cover with some edge wear and backflap partly torn away.

Estimate $150.00 - $200.00

#24 1c Blue, Type V used with #35 10c Green, Type 5, Both Tied Ocean Mail Datestamp on Cover to Placerville Scarce 2c Carrier Fee Plus 10c Rate, Bold Strike of the New York Ocean Mail
Both stamps tied by "New York Oct. 1" Ocean Mail circular datestamp with integral grid. The cover collected by carrier and brought to the post office for mail to California. The #24 paying the carrier fee.
The cover repaired at right, and the 1c...

#65 3c Rose, with Black Grid Cancel, on Cover to Poughkeepsie with "Star in Star" Carrier Marking
Dec 7 Petersham, Mass cds.

Estimate $150.00 - $200.00

American Letter Mail Co., 5L1, 5c Black, with "FREE", used on 1844 Folded Letter with Red Company Datestamp to Philadelphia
Aug 15, 18444 folded letter with red "FOWARDED BY AMERICAN MAIL CO. NO 102 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA" handstamp. Docketed "R.R. Boyd Aug 15/44", who was a merchant in New York. The stamp heavily torn away, perhaps to prevent reuse by the addressee, and the letter with horizontal and vertical file folds.
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American Letter Mail Co., Red Company Forwarding Handstamp on 1844 Transatlantic Folded Letter, Birmingham to Philadelphia via Boston
Datelined September 18, 1844, folded letter sent from Birmingham, England to Philadelphia. Carried on the Cunard Line Caledonia, which departed Liverpool on September 18 and arrived in Boston on October 2. Addressed to Philadelphia. Forwarded from Boston to Philadelphia by the American Letter Mail Co....