Baltimore, Maryland, 1c blue on bluish paper, good impression, margins touching on three sides, cancelled with manuscript "x" and tied to cover by circular blue "1", postmarked with "Baltimore Md / Aug / 1" c.d.s. with enclosed letter, a scarce usage; with 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate.
3070 – ERIVAN X
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Lot #38 - Carriers’ Stamps Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, 1c red, ample to large margins all around, tied by blue "Baltimore MD” c.d.s. (9 Jan), Heim Nicodemus & Co advertising cover, multiple hinge remnants on reverse from prior mounting, a scarce and attractive usage on an illustrated cover.
Lot #39 - Carriers’ Stamps Charleston, SC
Charleston, South Carolina, Steinmeyer's City Post, 2c black on pink paper, sheet of 10, large sheet margins, hinged original gum, partially disturbed in places, the odd small tone spot, signed "J.F. Steinmeyer Jr." at foot, lower left corner slightly trimmed and small corner crease at lower right, else a fine and scarce sheet.
Lot #40 - Carriers’ Stamps Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, Ohio, Williams' City Post, 2c brown on wove paper, margins just touching to ample, tied to locally-addressed cover by partial blue "City Post" c.d.s., manuscript dated 1854, a rare cover; ex-Knapp.
Lot #41 - Carriers’ Stamps Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio, Bishop’s City Post, (1c) blue, mostly large to very large margins, close at upper left, fresh and deep color, tied to cover by red "Cleveland O / Paid / Feb / 9" c.d.s. with "10" in manuscript written overtop of 9, on cover to Conrad Armstrong, Attorney at Law on South 4th Street, with enclosed letter, adhesive with tear at left, just touching frameline, cover with some pressed creases, portion torn from back flap, and...
Lot #42 - Carriers’ Stamps Louisville, KY
Louisville, Kentucky, Brown & McGill's USPO Despatch, 2c blue, unused block of four, without gum, large margins all around showing complete framelines, pleasing light shade, hinge thin to bottom pair, yet a rare block, this carrier’s stamps being infrequently seen in multiples, fresh and very fine appearance.
Lot #43 - Carriers’ Stamps New York, NY
New York, New York, United States City Despatch Post, 3c black on blue-green glazed paper, large margins on all sides, cancelled with centrally-struck octagonal "US" in red, postmarked "New York / 10 Cts / 7 / Sep" c.d.s., to Saginaw, Michigan, small tear to back flap, scarce and fine; with clear 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate.
Lot #44 - Carriers’ Stamps New York, NY
New York, New York, United States City Despatch Post, 3c black on blue glazed paper, large margins on all sides, with sheet margin at foot, affixed to folded letter and cancelled with red octagonal "U.S.", postmarked with red "City Despatch Post" c.d.s. (1 Jun), locally-addressed to the corner of Grove and Bleeker Streets, light filing folds, attractive and fine; with 2023 Philatelic Foundation certificate.
Lot #45 - Carriers’ Stamps New York, NY
New York, New York, U.S. Mail, 1c black on rose wove paper, two 1c black on yellow, and two 1c black on buff, margins chiefly clear to large, each being tied to cover by red New York c.d.s. or PAID handstamp, one 6LB11 addressed to Washington, D.C., another franking being a striking sheet margin single, a few adhesives with discoloration as often seen, else a chiefly fine group.
Lot #46 - Carriers’ Stamps Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Mail, 1c black on rose, with "L.P.", large portion of frameline present on three sides, not cancelled but affixed to small cover, with floral embossing at upper left, dated "9 May" in manuscript, H.C. Gibson owner's backstamp, scarce, a fine and charming cover, one of only 12-15 examples recorded in the Lyons census, signed Jakubek.
Lot #47 - Carriers’ Stamps Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Mail, 1c gold on black on glazed paper, large even margins on all sides, tied to cover by red star cancellation, 3c orange brown affixed at left and tied by blue "Philadelphia PA / Oct / 4" c.d.s., a late usage thus, to Boston, Massachusetts, the carrier adhesive with some imperfections typical of this printing, else fine.
Lot #48 - Carriers’ Stamps St. Louis, MO
St. Louis, Missouri, 2c blue, tied to locally-addressed cover by boxed "1CT" handstamp, with free strike alongside, manuscript "Valentine" notation at left, adhesive with various faults and repaired, yet a great rarity, this being one of only five covers recorded; with 2020 Philatelic Foundation certificate.Provenance: Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Frajola Net Price Sale 4, 1990.
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