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Auction Lot #110
Carriers
BALTIMORE CARRIER RED EYE STAMP on inter-city cover carried to the mails. Stamp pen cancelled but not tied. Blue Baltimore CDS and blue "5" rate [due} hand stamp. VF SCV $300
CATALOG #:1LB7
MINIMUM BID: $95.00

Auction Lot #111
Carriers
BALTIMORE CARRIER, with PF certificate which states "USED, BLUE TOWN PMK. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS GENUINE, WITH A SMALL CORNER CREASE AT BOTTOM LEFT." SCV $50
CATALOG #:1LB8
MINIMUM BID: $40.00

Auction Lot #112
Carriers
RECONSTRUCTED PANE OF TEN HORSE AND RIDER BALTIMORE CARRIER STAMPS includes "Short Rays [Pos. 2] and "SENT" [Pos. 7]. F-VF group of used and unused mixed condition stamps. Difficult to duplicate. SCV as eight singles $400
CATALOG #:1LB8
MINIMUM BID: $125.00

Auction Lot #113
Carriers
BOSTON PENNY POST CARRIER STAMP pen cancelled but not tied. Collection letter "to the mails" has some ink staining on stamp from smeared pen cancel. Inter-city delivery letter. Lightly struck red Boston September 28 [1850] CDS with integral "5 cts." charging the postage due between Boston and Ducksbury, MA for delivery 300 miles or less. Some staining on front of folded letter along left margin. SCV $150
CATALOG #:3LB1
MINIMUM BID: $45.00

Auction Lot #114
Carriers
HONOUR'S CITY EXPRESS (CHARLESTON) 1851 2c black on bluish, XF with PF certificate which states "USED, MS. CANCEL AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS GENUINE" SCV $375
CATALOG #:4LB11
MINIMUM BID: $350.00

Auction Lot #115
Carriers
BROWN & MCGILL'S USPO DESPATCH 1858 2C BLUE, with PF certificate which states "USED, BLUE TOWN PMK. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS GENUINE, WITH A TINY CORNER CREASE AT BOTTOM LEFT" SCV $750
CATALOG #:5LB2
MINIMUM BID: $400.00

Auction Lot #116
Carriers
NEW YORK U.S. CITY DESPATCH POST with single-line rim 9 o'clock CDS and Jun 22 or 23 month date. SFL from Philadelphia to New York. Lacks Philadelphia post office marking and rate for inter-city carriage so likely carried as favor mail between cities and deposited in New York City post office for delivery. VF strike. Est. Value $75
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #117
Carriers
NEW YORK U.S. CITY MAIL CDS on printed notice for meeting to be held on October 4. No year date. Light strike of this scarce NYC carrier department marking on intra-city cover with damaged upper right third. Est. Value $115
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #118
Carriers
RED "NEW YORK /AUG 13/2" CDS with addressee's street address which suggests sender anticipated carrier delivery. Outer letter sheet without contents. No year date, but circa 1850. Possible example of carrier delivered Drop Letter (cover deposited in New York Post Office for delivery by carrier = 1c Drop Letter postage + 1c carrier delivery fee) under Act of February 1849. Cover sold "As is." See Roth's "Summary of Drop Letter and Carrier Postal Rates / New York City (1794-1885)," CHRONICLE, November 1974, Vol. 26. No.4, page 211. Est. Value $60
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #119
Carriers
NEW YORK CITY COVER WITH "PENNY POST DELIVERY" INSTRUCTIONS to Boston. SFL dated April 1849 with sender's instruction to post office requesting local delivery to addressee's street address provided by sender. Partial New York CDS strike with integral "5" [due]. Est. Value $125
MINIMUM BID: $25.00