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Auction Lot #112
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER STAMP gold on black U.S.P.O. PAID 1 Cent cancelled with black "X" on September 1851 locally delivered printed notice. Three margins. Close at top. F-VF. SCV $325
CATALOG #:7LB11
MINIMUM BID: $150.00

Auction Lot #113
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER STAMP gold on black U.S.P.O. PAID 1 Cent cancelled by red star but not tied. Advertisement on cover flap for brush manufacturer. Front of cover clean. Back flap and ad have some staining. One of two tears invades ad. SCV $325
CATALOG #:7LB11
MINIMUM BID: $100.00

Auction Lot #114
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER STAMP. Ex Golden. Gold on black U.S.P.O. PAID 1 Cent not tied to folded letter. With Phila blue 5cts CDS to Pottsville PA. Datelined Mar. 15, 1851. SCV $325
CATALOG #:7LB11
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #115
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA "1" FROM-THE-MAILS cover with 10c postage [due]. Outer letter sheet from Macon, AL to Philadelphia has a pencil "1" or a checkmark (possibly) applied in Philadelphia as a carrier rate marking [due] for delivery from the mails. Street address suggests that the sender expected the cover to be delivered to the addressee. No year date. Calvet Hahn postulated that this cover, which is part of the Philadelphia Campbell trove, was carrier-delivered as were other Campbell covers that had carrier rates. If this is correct, then the date of this cover would be sometime between February 19, 1849 – June 30, 1851, when postage for over 300 miles was 10c and the Philadelphia carrier fee for delivery from the mails was 1c. Rough opening at bottom. ex-Hahn. Offered "As is." Est. Value $115
MINIMUM BID: $35.00

Auction Lot #116
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA BLACK DOUBLE-CIRCLE HANDSTAMP indicating 1c pre-paid for the carrier fee for this local delivery cover. Staining on right-one-third of cover front and back. Est. Value $75
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #117
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER COVER with tied #11 to Wisconsin by dark blue Phila Mar 16 CDS and bold red star signifying prepaid carrier fee in Philadelphia. Note on back states cover was "illustrated in ‘National Philatelic Museum', Vol 5, No 4, page 486." Docketed Mar. 16, 1852. Oxidized #11 is from Plate 1 Late. Cover is Very Fine with slight edge wear. Est. Value $75-100
CATALOG #:11
MINIMUM BID: $40.00

Auction Lot #118
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER COVER with #24 one cent stamp paying the collection fee to the post office for transmission to Chillicothe. January 12, 1861. Minor staining at cover top edge. Est. Value $75
CATALOG #:24
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #119
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER COVER with US #24 tied with bold sharp SON strike of USPO Despatch Phila octagon CDS dated Jan 10 (1862). VF and clean cover to local address. #24 is Type V, Plate 6. Ex-Knapp. Est. Value $100-150.
CATALOG #:24
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #120
Carriers
PHLADELPHIA CARRIER COVER WITH "U.S.P.O. DESPATCH/PRE-PAID/ONE CENT." Red double oval and matching PAID handstamps to local street address. Backflap torn. Cover with toning. Est. Value $75-100.
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #121
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA "U.S.P.O. DISPATCH PHILA" marking on carrier-delivered drop letter dated May 19, 1861. Cover was given to the clerk at the general delivery window of the post office so the drop letter charge applied. The clerk on May 21 gave the cover to the carrier group for delivery so the carrier fee also applied. Rough opening at top. Edge with tear. Fine example of this use. Est. Value $175
MINIMUM BID: $75.00