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Auction Lot #124
Carriers
GROUP OF FIVE DIFFERENT NEW YORK CITY CARRIER MARKINGS, all different. Black 1¢ due on Custom House cover; nice strike of red 1¢ paid tying Scott #24 on cover with handstamp on back of collector Billy Matz; black double circle 1¢ due; red 2¢ paid and black station marking; and red "PAID 1" tying Scott #24. Most VF. Est. $375.
CATALOG #:63
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #125
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER STAMP on September 1851 locally delivered notice of Pennsylvania Steam Ship Co of a $50 per share assessment levied on each share of stock. XF. SCV $325.
CATALOG #:7LB11
MINIMUM BID: $150.00

Auction Lot #126
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER COVER with brush manufacturing. ad on back flap. Red star cancel on stamp but does not tie it to cover. F-VF. SCV $325.
CATALOG #:7LB11
MINIMUM BID: $100.00

Auction Lot #127
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER COVER WITH RED STAR, delivered to the mails. Street address indicates carrier delivery in NYC. Stamp oxidized. F-VF. Est. $75.
CATALOG #:26
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #128
Carriers
PHILDELPHIA CARRIER COVER TO THE MAILS, with octagonal handstamp and wax seal on back. VF. Est $125.
CATALOG #:24, 26
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #129
Carriers
THREE CARRIER COVERS delivered to the mails. 7LB11 on 6 April 1851 cover with Philadelphia 10¢ due CDS to Warren ME; red Philadelphia star with No. 11 to Montour County PA; and Nos. 24 and 26 on NYC to Chesterton NY. F-VF. SCV $425.
CATALOG #:7LB11, 11, 24, 26
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #130
Carriers
RICHMOND VA CARRIER "1" MS MARKING, on cover without contents docketed 1838. The PMG authorized Richmond to employ a carrier as early as 1799 (see Stets, "Penny Posts in the U.S. Before 1809," Penny Post July 1993). Scarce and VF. Est. $125.
MINIMUM BID: $45.00

Auction Lot #131
Carriers
GROUP OF THREE CARRIER COVERS DELIVERED LOCALLY. 3LB1 stamp missing top 1/3 on small Boston ladies envelope; U.S. City Despatch Post CDS on NYC FLS without contents; and faint US.P.O. Philadelphia carrier and red "PAID" handstamps. Est $145.
CATALOG #:3LB1
MINIMUM BID: $30.00