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37th Annual Auction
By: Carriers & Locals Society
Aste Attive
Oct 11, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
Carriers & Locals Society 37th Annual Auction
Sunday Oct 11, 2026 08:45 to 14:30 America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles
Welcome to the Carriers & Locals Society's 37th Auction. This sale offers nearly 400 lots of United States Carriers, Locals, Independent Mails, Expresses and Western Postal History, together with collections, group reference lots, bogus and fantasy material, and specialized philatelic literature.
This auction is open to both members and non-members, with only a 10% buyer's premium.
Building on the success of last year's first-ever live sale, Auction 37 returns to our state-of-the-art auction platform with a LIVE auction on Sunday, October 11, 2026. Bidding is open now, and absentee bids may be placed online at any time before the live sale. On sale day, the auction will be conducted in our Live Auto-Clerk format. Lots open one at a time for 20 seconds, and if a bid is placed with under 10 seconds left, the clock resets with an additional 10 seconds to allow for further bids until the lot closes.
Live Auction
Sunday, October 11, 2026 @ 12 PM EST / 9 AM PST
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Carriers: Lots 1 - 23
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Independent Mails: Lots 24 - 43
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Expresses: Lots 44 - 61
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Western Express & Postal History: Lots 62 - 83
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Philatelic Literature: Lots 84 - 93
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Misc, Collections, Groups, Bogus and Fantasy: Lots 94 - 112
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Locals: Lots 113 - 398
Join the Carriers & Locals Society to receive the Penny Post, the Society's award-winning quarterly journal, and to support research and study in this exciting field of American philately. Thank you, and happy bidding!
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- (Greig's) City Despatch Post (2) Apply (Greig's) City Despatch Post filter
- (Mead's) Post Office City Despatch (2) Apply (Mead's) Post Office City Despatch filter
- A.M. Hinkley's Express Co. (2) Apply A.M. Hinkley's Express Co. filter
- Adams' City Express Post (4) Apply Adams' City Express Post filter
- Allen's City Dispatch (2) Apply Allen's City Dispatch filter
- Barr's Penny Dispatch (1) Apply Barr's Penny Dispatch filter
- Blood's (34) Apply Blood's filter
- Bouton's City Dispatch Post (5) Apply Bouton's City Dispatch Post filter
- Boyd's (63) Apply Boyd's filter
- Brady & Co (2) Apply Brady & Co filter
- Broadway Post Office (3) Apply Broadway Post Office filter
- Brooklyn City Express Post (2) Apply Brooklyn City Express Post filter
- Brown's City Post (1) Apply Brown's City Post filter
- Browne & Co.'s City Post Office (1) Apply Browne & Co.'s City Post Office filter
- carriers (23) Apply carriers filter
- Cheever & Towle (1) Apply Cheever & Towle filter
- Chicago Penny Post (1) Apply Chicago Penny Post filter
- City Despatch Post (2) Apply City Despatch Post filter
- City Dispatch (1) Apply City Dispatch filter
- Clarke & Co (1) Apply Clarke & Co filter
- Cole's City Post (1) Apply Cole's City Post filter
- Commercial Dispatch and Addressing Co (1) Apply Commercial Dispatch and Addressing Co filter
- Cornwell's Madison Square Post Office (1) Apply Cornwell's Madison Square Post Office filter
- Crosby's City Post (2) Apply Crosby's City Post filter
- Douglas City Despatch (2) Apply Douglas City Despatch filter
- Eagle City Post (1) Apply Eagle City Post filter
- Empire City Dispatch (1) Apply Empire City Dispatch filter
- Expresses (18) Apply Expresses filter
- Floyd's Penny Post (4) Apply Floyd's Penny Post filter
- Friend's Boarding School (1) Apply Friend's Boarding School filter
- G. Carter's Despatch (6) Apply G. Carter's Despatch filter
- Guy's City Despatch (4) Apply Guy's City Despatch filter
- Hackney & Bolte Penny Post (2) Apply Hackney & Bolte Penny Post filter
- Hale & Co (2) Apply Hale & Co filter
- Hanford's Pony Express (2) Apply Hanford's Pony Express filter
- Hourly Express (1) Apply Hourly Express filter
- Hussey's Post (42) Apply Hussey's Post filter
- Independent Mails (20) Apply Independent Mails filter
- Jenkin's Camden Dispatch (5) Apply Jenkin's Camden Dispatch filter
- Johnson's Box (2) Apply Johnson's Box filter
- Kidder's City Express Post (1) Apply Kidder's City Express Post filter
- Ledger Dispatch (1) Apply Ledger Dispatch filter
- McDonald Territory (2) Apply McDonald Territory filter
- McIntire's City Express (2) Apply McIntire's City Express filter
- Mercantile Library Association (1) Apply Mercantile Library Association filter
- Messenkope's Union Square Post Office (1) Apply Messenkope's Union Square Post Office filter
- Metropolitan Errand & Carriers Express Co. (2) Apply Metropolitan Errand & Carriers Express Co. filter
- Metropolitan Post Office (1) Apply Metropolitan Post Office filter
- Misc, Collections, Groups, Bogus and Fantasy (19) Apply Misc, Collections, Groups, Bogus and Fantasy filter
- One Cent Despatch (Wiley) (1) Apply One Cent Despatch (Wiley) filter
- Penny Express Co. (1) Apply Penny Express Co. filter
- Penny Post (2) Apply Penny Post filter
- philatelic literature (10) Apply philatelic literature filter
- Pips Daily Mail (1) Apply Pips Daily Mail filter
- Price's City Express (3) Apply Price's City Express filter
- Priest's Despatch (2) Apply Priest's Despatch filter
- Prince's Letter Dispatch (1) Apply Prince's Letter Dispatch filter
- Robison & Co (3) Apply Robison & Co filter
- Russell's 8th Ave. Post Office (2) Apply Russell's 8th Ave. Post Office filter
- Spark's Post Office (1) Apply Spark's Post Office filter
- Squier & Co. City Letter Dispatch (5) Apply Squier & Co. City Letter Dispatch filter
- Stait's Despatch Post (1) Apply Stait's Despatch Post filter
- Swarts' City Dispatch Post (28) Apply Swarts' City Dispatch Post filter
- Teese & Co. Penny Post (1) Apply Teese & Co. Penny Post filter
- Union Square P.O. (2) Apply Union Square P.O. filter
- Western Express & Postal History (22) Apply Western Express & Postal History filter
- Westervelt's Post (4) Apply Westervelt's Post filter
- Westtown School (7) Apply Westtown School filter
Showing 126 - 150 of 398
Price: $ 500.00
Price: $ 15.00
Lot #128 - Allen's City Dispatch
1 Pair and 3 Singles rejoined, all with horizontal creases and hinge joining, the left pair not separated.
Price: $ 50.00
Price: $ 10.00
Lot #130 - Blood's
Black "BLOOD'S / PAID / DESPATCH." double-circle handstamp at upper right on a stampless cover addressed in manuscript to "Dr. R. Blood's Despatch, Philad'a."
Price: $ 25.00
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Lot #144 - Blood's
Blue "Philadelphia Dec. 28" circular datestamp, Clarke 63a, and black Blood's Despatch circular datestamp. Blood's handstamp Type 17.
Price: $ 200.00
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Lot #148 - Blood's
Unlisted. The Vern Morris census records that only 8% of 15L14 covers carry a patriotic design.
Price: $ 85.00
Price: $ 40.00
Price: $ 20.00
