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Auction Lot #122
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER COVER with U.S. #63 tied by US Penny Mail Phila double octagon CDS with second strike on tiny (3 ½ x 2 ¼ inches) ladies cover to local address. Cover with soiling. Est. Value $50-75.
CATALOG #:63
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #123
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA U.S.P.O. DESPATCH COVER. Jan 19 Octagon CDS and Drop 1ct in circle on local cover to Bank Penn Township indicate drop plus carrier fees for delivery in Philadelphia. Circa 1862. Very Fine clean cover. Est. Value $150-200.
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #124
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA PA "U.S.P.O. DISPATCH PHILA" carrier cover with marking over-struck. Unusual intra-city carrier delivered drop letter with three cents stamp apparently over-paying February 4, 1861 drop letter postage + carrier fee. Sold "As is." Est. Value $175
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #125
Carriers
PHILDELPHIA PA CARRIER COVER with #63 and #65 tied by black Philadelphia CDS. Dated December 27, 1862. 1c stamp paid carrier fee to take the cover to the post office for transmission to Cambridge, MA. "U.S. PENNY MAIL PHILA PA" carrier marking struck on back of cover. Rough opening along left edge. Est. Value $125
CATALOG #:63, 65
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #126
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA PA CARRIER COVER with pair of #63 double-struck with two partial CDSs. Undated cover was placed in the Drop Letter box of the post office so was subject to both the carrier fee and the drop letter charge. Street address suggests carrier delivery. Offered "as is." Est. Value $65
CATALOG #:63, 63
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #127
Carriers
RICHMOND VA CARRIER COVER. Scarce cover from New York docketed 1838 shows carrier fee under Postal Act of 1836. Manuscript "1" represents fee for carrier delivery from the mails in Richmond. The PMG authorized carrier service in Richmond in 1799. (See, Stets, "Penny Posts in the United States Before 1809," PENNY POST, July 1993.) Est. Value $125
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #128
Carriers
SARATOGA SPRINGS NY. 1843 folded letter. Manuscript notation in upper left corner "Pd. P.E.G. / 1" [?] possibly indicates payment of carrier fee for collection to the mails. Interesting cover deserving of research is sold "As is". Est. Value $50
MINIMUM BID: $20.00