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Auction Lot #82
Carriers
FRANKLIN CARRIER. Two Reprints. Blue on pink and White Paper. First reprint with four margins, regummed with partial hinge remnant and thin at bottom. Second reprint with 1987(?) Philatelic Foundation certificate stating the cancellation is counterfeit. SCV $100
CATALOG #:LO3
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #83
Carriers
GROUP OF 3 FRANKLIN CARRIER SINGLES, 5 EAGLE CARRIER SINGLES AND 2 EAGLE CARRIER BLOCKS. These appear to be card proofs, other proofs and reprints. Might be some better items. Corner margin Franklin has repaired tear. Sold "as is."
CATALOG #:LO2P, LO3
MINIMUM BID: $80.00

Auction Lot #84
Carriers
EAGLE CARRIER. Eight used copies of LO2. Various New York or Philadelphia cancellations including the Philadelphia red star. Mixed condition. Sold "as is." SCV $640
CATALOG #:LO2
MINIMUM BID: $300.00

Auction Lot #85
Carriers
EAGLE CARRIER STAMP used on local cover to an addressee at the post office where it would have been handled as a Drop Letter. Stamp cancelled by red star is not tied. Examination of the cover under black light and via Retro Reveal does not indicate some other stamp had been present on the cover. Offered "as is." Est. Value $175
CATALOG #:LO2
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #86
Carriers
EAGLE CARRIER STAMP used with 3c dull red on cover collected by carrier and taken to the post office for onward transmission to Pittsboro, NC. #LO2 with staining tying it to cover. 3c dull red with piece missing and rough edge tied to cover by partial black Philadelphia CDS. Est. Value $275
CATALOG #:LO2
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #87
Carriers
EAGLE CARRIER STAMP used to pay fee for carrier to collect cover and carry it to the post office. Stamp cancelled by red star but not tied. Cover to Phoenixville, PA postmarked with black Philadelphia CDS with integral "5" [due]. Est. Value $225
CATALOG #:LO2
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #88
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: $125.00

Auction Lot #89
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: $150.00

Auction Lot #90
Carriers
BALTIMORE HORSE AND RIDER BLACK CARRIER STAMP and 3c dull red mailed to Ohio from Baltimore. Three cents dull red tied by partial Baltimore CDS. Carrier stamp not tied or cancelled except by minor foxing of stamp and cover. #1LB8 is position 3 on pane of 10. No year date. SCV $125
CATALOG #:1LB8
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #91
Carriers
BALTIMORE HORSE AND RIDER RED CARRIER STAMP and 3c dull red mailed from Baltimore to Washington, DC. Minor corner damage on cover's four corners. Minor edge damage. Both stamps tied by indistinguishable Baltimore CDS. No year date. SCV $125
CATALOG #:1LB9
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #92
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: $50.00

Auction Lot #93
Carriers
BOSTON CARRIER COVER WITH #63 paying carrier fee for collection to the post office on 3 cents third issue Nesbitt entire to Bridgewater, MA. Stamp and entire indicia cancelled and tied by F-VF Boston PAID in oval and red Boston double-circle CDS. No year date. ex-Hahn. Est. Value $115
CATALOG #:63
MINIMUM BID: $35.00

Auction Lot #94
Carriers
NEW YORK CITY CARRIER STAMPS. Used #6LB5 Black on light blue paper with horizontal crease and thins. Some scraping on front surface. Four margins. #6LB5 black on blue-green glazed paper cancelled by red "U.S." in frame. Close at top. Three wide margins on bottom and sides. Combined SCV $350
CATALOG #:6LB5
MINIMUM BID: $115.00

Auction Lot #95
Carriers
TWO NEW YORK CARRIER COVERS showing carrier fees paid by #24 and #63 respectively. For collection to the mails. No year dates. Stamps tied by partial strikes of NYC CDSs. Est. Value $110
CATALOG #:24, 63
MINIMUM BID: $40.00

Auction Lot #96
Carriers
THREE NEW YORK CARRIER COVERS with stamps tied by red "New York City PAID 1 CT" evidencing payment of the carrier fee for local delivery. One cover with #24 (no year date) and two covers each with #63 (one cover docketed 1863; the other no year date). Condition of carrier strikes Good - Fine. Condition varies from F – VF. Est. Value $115
CATALOG #:24, 63
MINIMUM BID: $45.00

Auction Lot #97
Carriers
NEW YORK U.S. CITY DESPATCH POST with single-line rim with Feb 8 (1845) 1 o'clock CDS on folded letter that originated in Baltimore. Lacks Baltimore 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: $50.00

Auction Lot #98
Carriers
NEW YORK U.S. CITY DESPATCH POST with single-line rim 9 o'clock CDS and March 10 [1843] date. VF strike on stampless folded letter with steamboat bill-of-lading enclosed. Originated in Galena, OH and carried privately onboard steamboat to New York City where it was deposited at post office. Note at bottom left appears to be "Fav'd by / "S.A., Safford, Esq." See enlarged 2nd scan and be your own judge. Est. Value $75
MINIMUM BID: $35.00

Auction Lot #99
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 #100
Carriers
NEW YORK BLACK "U.S. MAIL CITY DELIVERY /1/JUN [?]" handstamp. Local intra-city delivery. Fine strike. No year date. Enclosure. Est. Value $65
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #101
Carriers
NEW YORK CITY CARRIER STAMP on stampless folded letter to Stockbridge, MA. Red NYC CDS with integral "5 cts." charging the postage due between cities for carriage of 300 miles or less. Carrier stamp cancelled with ink blot but not tied. SFL dated June 30 [1849]. Year determined by contents of folded letter and perpetual calendar. Fine. SCV $250
CATALOG #:6LB9
MINIMUM BID: $100.00

Auction Lot #102
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: $35.00

Auction Lot #103
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 #104
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: $35.00

Auction Lot #105
Carriers
NEW YORK CARRIER COVER to Boston with # 63 and #65 tied by New York Aug 14 duplex. Receiving backstamp dated Aug. 15. Docketed 1862. VF cover with ink offset on front. Est. Value $50-75.
CATALOG #:63, 65
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #106
Carriers
NEW YORK CITY CARRIER COVER WITH FOUR #63 for 3c postage + 1c collection fee to the mails for onward transmission. Each pair tied by concentric circle target and/or double-circle New York March ? CDS. 1862 docketing notation. Unusual combination with some light soiling or grime. Est. Value $225
CATALOG #:63
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #107
Carriers
NEW ORLEANS FROM-THE-MAILS CARRIER COVER. 1853 cover from Arkadelphia, AL to New Orleans. Partial black Arkadelphia handstamp and numeral "5" for postage. Black handstamp "DROP/1" applied in New Orleans. Red partial strike New Orleans CDS. Given the street address on the cover, the drop letter handstamp might have been applied in error, with the carrier delivering the cover to the addressee. Sold "As is". Est. Value $95
MINIMUM BID: $30.00

Auction Lot #108
Carriers
NEW ORLEANS "N.O.U.S. CITY POST" BLACK CDS partially struck but still unusually nice on #U10 entire. To-the-mails cover is heavily wrinkled along left margin, causing part of carrier marking to be missing. Est. Value $125
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #109
Carriers
NEW ORLEANS CARRIER SNOW SHOVEL COVER. Blue, partially struck New Orleans carrier snow shovel (date not decipherable). Blue "CAR 2" [due] handstamp. Red Biloxi, Miss CDS and red "5" handstamp [due]. "From the mails" use. ASCC $300
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #110
Carriers
NEW ORLEANS BLUE SNOW SHOVEL AND BLUE "CAR 2," both partially struck on cover from Shieldsboro MS to New Orleans. September 2 {1853]. Black "PAID 3" in circle handstamp. ASCC $200
MINIMUM BID: $70.00

Auction Lot #111
Carriers
NEW ORLEANS BLUE SNOW SHOVEL on local letter [December 14] and blue "CAR 1" [due] handstamps. December 13 [1853]. Faint red "PAID/1" and indecipherable New Orleans circle date stamps. "CAR 1" due handstamp rarely seen. Less than ten "CAR 1" ovals reported. ASCC $200+
MINIMUM BID: $85.00

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

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