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Auction Lot #11
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BLOODS DESPATCH on November 22, 1849 FLS to "Salt Point P. Office" NY. Acid tied stamp with defective bottom selvage. Blue Phila Clarke 73 CDS and MS "5." SCV $75
CATALOG #:15L13
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #12
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BLOOD'S PENNY POST - 8 Covers: 1) acid tied 15L13 on cover w/ Blood's AUG 5 1852 hs C&LS 17 ASCC12; 2) acid tied 15L13 on stained cover w/ Blood's JUL 21 1852-53 hs C&LS 17 ASCC12 to NY; 3) acid tied left margin 15L14 on cover w/ Blood's dated hs C&LS 19 ASCC13, w/ pencil Due 3 to PA; 4) acid tied 15L14 on JUL 11 1853 cover w/ two strikes of hs C&LS 17 ASCC12, to DE; 5) acid tied 15L14 on APL 4 1856, cover w/ Blood's C&LS 19 ASCC13, to NY; 6) acid tied 15L14 on cover w/ Blood's APL 4 1855 hs C&LS 19 ASCC13, to PA; bottom margin acid tied 15L14 w/ Blood's Despatch hs C&LS 19 ASCC13 dated NOV 7 1857; 7) 15L18 tied by black May 31 1860 Blood's hs C&LS 21 ASCC15, w/ 2nd clear strike on torn and stained envelope; 8) 15L18 cut to shape, tied envelope opened roughly at top w/ stain. Four have 3c 1851 tied by Philadelphia CDS and four were delivered locally. All are pictured. Sold As is SCV $2300
CATALOG #:15L13, 15L14, 15L18, 11
MINIMUM BID: $135.00

Auction Lot #13
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BLOOD'S PENNY POST 3 nice covers; bronze on lilac acid tied on cover with Blood's circular Nov 11, 1856 handstamp C&LS 19 (ASCC 13) plus 3c 1851 (possibly brownish carmine) tied by Philadelphia CDS, to Pennsylvania; right straddle margin copy acid tied with Blood's Dec 7 handstamp C&LS 21 (ASCC 15) on 3c Nesbitt entire #U10 canceled by Philadelphia CDS to Maryland (not listed in Scott); acid tied on cover with Philadelphia CDS dated Oct 28, 1861 with late use of Blood's handstamp C&LS 21 (ASCC 15) and defective 3c 1861 tied by CDS on envelope to Pennsylvania. Est. Value $375
CATALOG #:15L14
MINIMUM BID: $125.00

Auction Lot #14
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BLOOD'S CITY DESPATCH 1854 (1c) bronze on lilac, Nov 11 1861 to Washington D.C. with PF certificate which states "ACID TIED SINGLE ON COVER TO MILITARY ADDRESS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 3c ROSE (65) TIED BY PHILADELPHIA 1861 PMK., BLOOD'S CITY DESPATCH PARTIAL BLOOD'S PMK. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS A GENUINE USAGE" Ex Ayers, Siegel. SCV $225
CATALOG #:15L14
MINIMUM BID: $100.00

Auction Lot #15
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BLOOD'S CITY DESPATCH 1853 (1c) blue & pink on bluish, with PF certificate which states "SINGLE, ACID CANCELED, ON U10 ENTIRE WITH PHILADELPHIA PMK., LIGHT BLOOD'S PMK. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS A GENUINE USAGE" SCV $200 Ex Ayers, Siegel. UNLISTED
CATALOG #:15L15
MINIMUM BID: $150.00

Auction Lot #16
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BLOOD'S CITY DESPATCH 1853 (1C) blue & pink on bluish, enclosure, with PF certificate which states "SINGLE TIED BY BLUE PHILADELPHIA PMK. ALSO TYING 3c DULL RED (11A). AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS A GENUINE USAGE" SCV $200
CATALOG #:15L15 AND 11A
MINIMUM BID: $150.00

Auction Lot #17
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Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Black Glazed (15L17). Light acid cancel, red "PHILADA. RAIL ROAD" Straightline handstamp and matching "New York 5 cts. 22 APR" integral-rate circular datestamp on cover to Brooklyn, N.Y., 1849 docketing, with enclosed letter. Est. Value $300-400
CATALOG #:15L17
MINIMUM BID: $150.00

Auction Lot #18
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BLOOD'S PENNY POST acid tied on October 2, 1849 FLS to "Walnut St below 6th/ South Side." Bright color, F/VF with small tear at top right and missing stamp. Dr. Morris census #74. SCV $75
CATALOG #:15L17
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #19
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BLOOD'S PENNY POST KOCHERSPERGER STAMP tied by September 3, 1858, Type 19 on VF/XF printed invitation for funeral delivered in Philadelphia. Dr. Morris census #48. SCV $150
CATALOG #:15L18
MINIMUM BID: $60.00

Auction Lot #20
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BLOOD'S DESPATCH KOCHERSPERGER STAMP on VF cover with albino embossed oval "TOBACCO WAREHOUSE" advertisement. Stamp tied by Type 21 HS, with oxidized Scott #26 tied by Clarke #100 Philadelphia CDS. One of only six cut to shape. Note at left "Politeness of W. A. Broadhead." SCV $350
CATALOG #:15L18
MINIMUM BID: $65.00