Kidder's City Express Post, 93L1, 2c Black on Blue, Used with Manuscript Initials
Horizontal crease at bottom, some surface wear, and a crease at top right.
Estimate $400.00 - $500.00
Summer 2025 -Day 3
By: Americana Stamps
Americana Stamps Summer 2025 -Day 3
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Lot #17076 - locals Kidder’s City Express Post
Lot #17077 - locals Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co
Metropolitan Errand & Carriers Express Co., 107L1, 1c Red Orange, Unused Block of 4
OG. Bottom right stamp previously hinged, others never hinged. Stamps have gum toning.
Estimate $50.00 - $60.00
Lot #17079 - locals Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co
Metropolitan Errand & Carrier Express Company, 107L1, 1c Red Orange, Cut to Shape, Tied by Black Framed "C.O.D." Handstamp on Cover
Estimate $250.00 - $300.00
Lot #17080 - locals Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co
Metropolitan Errand & Carriers Express Co., 107L2, 5c Red Orange, Unused
No gum. Stamp created by pasting up to another’s border. Crease and tear.
Estimate $125.00 - $150.00
Lot #17081 - locals Moody's Penny Dispatch
Moody's Penny Dispatch, 110L1a, 1c Black on Red Chicago, Sans-Serif "Chicago", Used Extremely Scarce, Only 3 of 17 Recorded Examples are the Sans-Serif "Chicago" Variety
Tears at top center and at top right with light creases and a small thin.
Estimate $500.00 - $1,000.00
Lot #17082 - locals One Cent Despatch (Wiley)
One Cent Despatch, 112L1, 1c Violet, Type I, Used with City Dispatch Company Handstamp Scarce
Diagonal crease at top left corner.
Wiley's Baltimore Post lasted for only two and a half months, with only approximately 27 covers and a handful of singles reported.
Estimate $80.00 - $100.00
Lot #17083 - locals Overton & Co
Overton & Co., 1848 Stampless Cover, Black Oval Company Handstamps Watertown, to New York City
Folded letter carried by Overton & Co.'s City Mail from Watertown to New York City, bearing the "Overton & Co. City Mail Office, 3 Broad Street" circular handstamp, dated July 3, 1848. The cover with toning along the horizontal file fold.
Estimate $100.00 - $250.00
Lot #17084 - locals Pips Daily Mail
Pip's Daily Mail, 116L2, 1c Black on Buff, Unused
Stamp with crease at top left and a thin.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #17085 - locals Pips Daily Mail
Pips Daily Mail, Black on Buff, 116L2var, Unused Double Impression
No Gum. Double impression with second impression at right and vertical.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #17086 - locals Priest’s Despatch
Priest's Despatch, 121L6, 2c Black on Yellow, Unused
No gum, with a thin and horizontal scratch.
Estimate $300.00 - $400.00
Lot #17087 - locals Squier & Co. City Letter Dispatch
Squier & Co. City Letter Dispatch, 132L2, 1c Brownish Purple, Unused Rare
No gum as issued. Thin at top right.
Estimate $150.00 - $200.00
Lot #17088 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
1847 #1, 5c Red Brown, Large Margins, Tied by Square Grid on 1848 Folded Letter to Philadelphia, with Orange Red Swart's B Post Office Oval Handstamp Very Fine and Scarce Local Post Combination
Large margins all around except in at upper right. Matching partial "New-York, Feb 10" cds on 1848 folded letter to Philadelphia Pa.
Orange red "Swarts' B Post Office, N.Y., Chatham Square" oval handstamp at left.
Estimate $1,000...
Lot #17089 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L4, 1c Red with Handstamp Used on Cover with #26 3c Red Tied on Cover The Local Did Not Originate on Cover
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Lot #17090 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart’s City Dispatch Post, 2c Red on Blue, 136L6, Position 61RSE with Company Star Handstamp Used on Cover with #10A 3c Orange Brown, with US Express Mail Handstamp Possibly the only known Swart's used with a U.S. Express Mail Handstamp
Fold letter from New York to Boston, with OCT. 16, 1851 US Express Mail Handstamp and manuscript "Please forward with all convenient speed." The local stamp with a pre-usage crease at bottom right. The...
Lot #17091 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L9, 1c Red, Tied by Company Cancel on Local Cover
The cover with stains.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #17092 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L9, 1c Red, Reprint Single, Tied on Folded Letter The Local Did Not Originate on Cover
With a PF Certificate which states, "THE STAMP IS A REPRINT THAT DID NOT ORIGINATE ON THIS COVER. BOTH THE HANDSTAMP "PAID" AND THE MANUSCRIPT "SWARTZ" ARE NOT GENUINE"
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Lot #17093 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L9, 1c Red, Used, Company Grid Cancel Graded XF-S 95
Estimate $80.00 - $100.00
Lot #17094 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L9, 1c Red, Used, On Piece Graded XF-S 95
A very attractive example with four large margins and a bold strike of the company handstamp.
Estimate $100.00 - $125.00
Lot #17095 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L10, 1c Pink, with Handstamp Cancel Used with #11A 3c Tied on Cover to Ohio The Local Did Not Originate on Cover
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Lot #17096 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L10, 1c Pink with Cork Cancel, Used with #11 3c Redd on Cover to Germany Very Scarce Swart's Local Post Usage by U.S. Packet to Bremen
Cover addressed to Bremen, Germany with Oval Swart's company handstamp dated June 21 and black boxed "PAID SWART'S" handstamp and manuscript "238" The local stamp with a corner crease at top left.
Only 4 Covers with the 136L10 stamp are recorded to Germany.
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Lot #17097 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L14, 1c Blue, with Grid Cancel on Folded Letter, Postage Due 5 Cts
“New-York, Mar 9, 5 cts” integral-rate circular datestamp on folded letter. The stamp with a nick at bottom.
Estimate $200.00 - $250.00
Lot #17098 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 136L15, 1c Red, Reprint, Not Belonging on Cover
Counterfeit cancel.
Estimate $100.00 - $150.00
Lot #17099 - locals Swart's City Dispatch Post
Swarts’s City Dispatch Post, Forgeries of 136L14-17 Stamps Reference/Study Collection
Estimate $150.00 - $250.00
Lot #17100 - locals Teese & Co. Penny Post
Teese & Co. Penny Post, 137L1, 1c Blue on Bluish, Two Panes of 100. Bottom Pane Contains Five Tete-Beche Pairs. Complete Sheet of 200. Largest Multiple Known.
Complete sheet comprising two panes of 100, with the top pane containing ten examples of tete-beche pairs (137L1a) and the bottom pane containing five. Some wrinkles at bottom, otherwise a remarkable full sheet.
Estimate $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Lot #17101 - locals Teese & Co. Penny Post
Teese & Co. Penny Post, 137L1, 1c Blue on Bluish, Manuscript "X" Cancel on Blue Cameo Advertising Cover One of Only 12 Recorded Covers
The 1 cent charge for delivery in Philadelphia, paid with Teese local stamp.
Estimate $600.00 - $750.00



























