Winter 2025 Sale

Blue Nov 20 Danville, Pa and circled "PAID 3" with manuscript "Reg" and "9" for registered. Small red Philadelphia "R"

Estimate $400.00 - $500.00

Red Jun 15 Shirleysburg, Penn and "PAID 3". Large red "R" (Type 5) with manuscript "21" for recorded number and "X" for noting it was posted.

Estimate $400.00 - $500.00

Nassau, Bahamas to Philadelphia, PA 1828 via St Thomas & New Haven, CT fancy pictorial SHIP & rated 95 ¾ cts due for 5 X 18 ¾ cts inland + 2cts ship letter fee

Estimate $750.00 - $1,000.00

HUNTSVILLE/Al., blue Oct 14 with a matching, well struck negative "10" in starred circle on 1847 folded letter.

Estimate $300.00 - $500.00

1817 Cover from the Black Ball Line's 'Courier,' addressed to Messrs. Bogle, Haly & Co., London. Marked 'Liverpool SHIP LETTER' (during the first year of use) and rated 1/7d (single rate) consisting of 6d ship letter rate, 11d inland postage from Liverpool to London, and 2d captain's fee.
This letter is almost certainly from the "Courier's" maiden voyage and as it is dated early May, 1817.
The Black Ball line was the first...

1837 Cover carried by the Black Ball Line ship South America, written in New York on October 14, 1837, and received in the U.K. at Liverpool. Marked with 'LIVERPOOL/SHIP LETTER' (Type S.13, in use 1834–38). Addressed to Mr. Fallow, Esq., M.P., 5 Peel St., Manchester.
Rated at 1/3d, comprising 6d for the ship letter rate, 7d for inland postage (30–50 miles), and 2d for the ship's gratuity. The South America, a 616-ton vessel, was in...

1845 Cover from the United Kingdom to Boston, U.S.A., carried 'per Cambria,' initially struck with an incorrect '24' single-letter rate, corrected to '48' cents. Liverpool circular datestamp 'JU 8 1850' applied alongside '48 Cents' marking.
2 × 16 cents due to Britain for Ocean Postage
2 × 3 cents due to Britain for Inland Postage
2 x 5 cents due to United States for Inland Postage
48 cents due of which 38 cents...

1848 (Dec. 29) folded letter from Baltimore to London, carried on the first Cunard Line service from New York to Liverpool by the Hibernia. Blue 'BALTIMORE MD DEC 29' datestamp and matching circled '5' handstamp for U.S. inland postage prepaid. Manuscript '1/' indicating 1 shilling due upon arrival in the U.K.

Estimate $300.00 - $500.00

New York Am Packet MAR 29 Black cds on front with manuscript "18", "50" and "71" on front. Black Alexandria 1853 cds and orange GB cds on reverse.

Estimate $150.00 - $250.00

New York AM Packet APR 6 Black cds on front with Alexandria Blue CDS MR24 1855 on reverse.

Estimate $150.00 - $250.00

Black Nov 5 Boston, Ms cds with red manuscript "40" on 1803 folded letter to Philadelphia.
France and England were at war from 1793-1815. It was unclear to the French as to where official American sympathies would finally rest; as they suspected that our Post was opening certain important mails, they sometimes would write a secret message in lemon juice, which was invisible to the eye. When these letters were received, a small chunk...

1836 folded letter from Dundas, Canada to Albany, NY via Queenston. Red Dundas cds and blue Nov 2 Lewiston, NY cds. Red manuscript "6 1/2" rated for 4 1/2 pence Canadian postage to the border + 2 pence "Ferriage." Manuscript "18 3/4" US Postage due for 150-400 miles.
Mail between American and Canadian post offices, which were separated by the Niagara or St. Lawrence Rivers had to be ferried across because there were no existing bridges...