Troy & New York Steam Boat, Blue Boxed Handstamp on 1848 Folded Letter
Letter datelined November 2, 1848, from Troy, N.Y. to Plattsburgh, N.Y.; manuscript "12" for 10 cents postage plus 2 cents ship fee.
Estimate $1,000.00 - $1,250.00
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Lot #13045 - ephemera steamship
Lot #13046 - ephemera steamship
Troy & New York Steam Boat, Blue Boxed Handstamp on 1851 Cover, New York City to Arlington, Blue "7 CTS" In Circle
Rated for 5c postage plus 2c steam boat fee. Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000.00 - $1,250.00
Lot #13047 - ephemera steamship
Troy & New York Steam Boat, Blue Boxed Handstamp on 1849 Cover, Hudson to Troy, Blue "7 CTS" In Circle Suberb Strike
Rated for 5c postage plus 2c steam boat fee. Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500.00 - $1,750.00
Lot #13048 - ephemera steamship
Troy & New York Steamboat, Black Boxed Handstamp on Cover with #11A 3c Dull Red and Manuscript "2" Due Overpaid 2c Ship Rate Marking
The stamp with manuscript cancel, addressed to Mechanicville, Saratoga County, N.Y., struck with black boxed "TROY & NEW YORK / STEAM BOAT" marking. Additional manuscript "2" for ship fee, though the letter was prepaid.
The 2c due was added in pencil, despite the 1855 statute and postal...
Lot #13049 - ephemera steamship
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.
Estimate $2,000.00 - $2,500.00
Lot #13050 - ephemera steamship
Manuscript "STBOAT 12 1/2" on 1839 Folded Letter, Hyde Park to Kingston, N.Y. One of Only Four Reported
Folded letter dated July 5, 1839. Addressed to Kingston, carried on the Hudson River. Letter with small corner piece out at bottom right.
Estimate $400.00 - $500.00
Lot #13051 - ephemera steamship
Hudson, N.Y. “STEAM BOAT” in Red on 1832 Folded Letter to New York Listing Copy Example, Unique Marking
Folded letter from Hudson, New York to New York City, postmarked with black 28mm circular HUDSON/NOV/6/N.Y. handstamp and red straightline STEAM BOAT, rated "121/2 in manuscript. The letter concerning Sprague & Curtis's hoop iron.
This STEAM BOAT marking differs notably from similar markings used in New York City beginning...
Lot #13052 - ephemera steamship
Manuscript "STBOAT 12 1/2" on 1839 Folded Letter, New York City Park to Kingston, N.Y. One of Only Four Reported
Folded letter datelined New York City Oct 22, 1839. Addressed to Kingston, carried on the Hudson River. Letter with stains at left and on the interior of the letter.
Estimate $400.00 - $500.00
Lot #13053 - ephemera steamship
Tiny Red "S.BOAT" Straightline on 1836 Folded Letter, New York to Kingston, Manuscript "12 1/2" Scarce and Earliest Known Small "S.BOAT" Marking, Only Four Recorded
Folded letter datelined New York City, April 25, 1836, to Kingston, Ulster County, New York. Light but legible 15x2mm red "S.BOAT." handstamp with manuscript "12½" rate.
This is recorded by Calvet Hahn to be the earliest of the small S.BOAT markings, with only four...
Lot #13054 - ephemera steamship
STEAMSHIP 10and Black "PAID SAN JUAN PORTO RICO" Crowned-circle handstamp, on Stampless Cover to New York
Some staining and some faults.
Estimate $500.00 - $600.00
Lot #13055 - ephemera steamship
Kouns' Red River Line, Grand Era Steamboat, 5-Line and 6-Line Handstamps on 3c Pink on White Nesbitt Entire (U27) to New Orleans This is the Listing Example in Milgram
Milgram No. 544-545.
Four strikes of the “KOUNS’ RED RIVER LINE GRAND ERA” handstamp, three on front and one on back. Printed schedule shows sailing from New Orleans to Shreveport on Saturday, January 15, with return on Thursday, January 20. Addressed to Messrs....
Lot #13056 - ephemera steamship
#11a 3c Dull Red, Tied by "STEAM" Straightline with "Packet Belle Sulphur" Vivid Red Oval Handstamp, on Cover to New Orleans Carroll Hoy Correspondence
Packet Belle Sulphur, vivid red oval handstamp on blue cover to New Orleans La., entered mails with "New Orleans La. Jan 26" cds and bearing 3¢ dull red (11A), tied by matching "Steam" STRAIGHT LINE.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #13057 - ephemera steamship
#73 1863 2c Black, on D. Carter Detroit & Cleveland Steamboat Line Corner Card with Detroit, Michigan Datestamp, Two Strikes of Scarce "Return to Writer" An Unusual and Attractive Usage
Cover locally addressed. "Detroit Mich/Jul 28" circular datetamp and "JUL 28" marking at bottom right.
Estimate $450.00 - $650.00
Lot #13058 - Stampless Postal History forwarding agents
Barnard Adams, Red Oval Forwarding Handstamp on 1844 Buenos Aires to Philadelphia Transatlantic Cover via "Anna", 75c Rate
Red “BOSTON APR 2” circular datestamp with "75" in manuscript. Addressed to Messrs. David S. Brown & Co., Merchants, Philadelphia.
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00
Lot #13059 - Stampless Postal History forwarding agents
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"
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #13060 - Stampless Postal History forwarding agents
Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room, Red Forwarding Mark, on 1839 Cover, New York to Paris, Redirected to London Unusual Rate
June 6, 1839 from New York to Paris, redirected to London with a combination of U.S., French, and British transit markings. An unusual combination of rates and manuscript markings, including large “21” and “1/5” rate notations.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #13061 - Stampless Postal History forwarding agents
Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room, Red Forwarding Handstamp, with Meyer & Hupeden, Black Forwarding Handstamp, Havana to London Two Forwarding Companies
Mailed from Havana, Cuba, April 10, 1839, to London. It arrived June 12 in London.
Estimate $250.00 - $350.00
Lot #13062 - Stampless Postal History forwarding agents
Gilpin's Exchange Reading Room, Red Oval Forwarding Handstamp on 1859 Folded Letter to France
Folded letter forwarded through Gilpin’s Exchange Reading Room in New York and carried privately aboard the U.S. ship Ohio to Marseilles, France, and subsequently delivered via the ship "Silvia de Grasse", with forwarding notations indicating receipt at Naples on July 6. Enclosed letter of a daughter writing to her father about fine art, travel...
Lot #13063 - Stampless Postal History forwarding agents
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...
Lot #13064 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History Harnden's Express
Harnden & Co, Illustrated Ship in Center Oval Handstamp, on 1844 Front to London Via Liverpool An Attractive Illustrated Ship Handstamp
"FORWARDED BY HARNDEN & CO. NO. 20. WATER ST LIVERPOOL" with ship in center (1844-48, oval 40 x 29, black) on front, Boston to London Via Liverpool. "PAID 1844" tombstone mark at London.
Red "LIVERPOOL 1844." Addressed to Thomas Aspinwall, American Consul at London.
Estimate $...
Lot #13065 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History Harnden's Express
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...
Lot #13066 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History Harnden's Express
Harnden’s Express Illustrated Frank with #94 3c "F" Grill with Cork Cancel on 1869 Cover With The Western Union Telegraph Enclosure
Addressed to Fredrick City, Md.
Estimate $150.00 - $250.00
Lot #13067 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 1847 Issues
1847 #1, 5c Brown on Cover, Red Grid Cancel, Burlington to Montpelier, VT
"Burlington Vt. JUL 7" datestamp at left, with matching red grid. Addressed to Rev. John T. Stone, Montpelier, Vt.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #13068 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 1847 Issues
1847 #1, 5c brown Tied by Red Boston Grid and Boston Handstamp on Cover to Albany
Addressed to Miss Margaret Patten in Albany, New York. The stamp with a hole in bottom left margin.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #13069 - U.S. Stamps and Postal History 1847 Issues
1847 #1, 5c Orange Brown, Tied by Square Grid Killer on Folded Letter to Philadelphia Very Fine
"NEW-YORK JUN 27" postmark with pencil "5"
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
