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Auction Lot #110
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: $95.00

Auction Lot #111
Carriers
BALTIMORE CARRIER, with PF certificate which states "USED, BLUE TOWN PMK. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS GENUINE, WITH A SMALL CORNER CREASE AT BOTTOM LEFT." SCV $50
CATALOG #:1LB8
MINIMUM BID: $40.00

Auction Lot #112
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: $125.00

Auction Lot #113
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: $45.00

Auction Lot #114
Carriers
HONOUR'S CITY EXPRESS (CHARLESTON) 1851 2c black on bluish, XF with PF certificate which states "USED, MS. CANCEL AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS GENUINE" SCV $375
CATALOG #:4LB11
MINIMUM BID: $350.00

Auction Lot #115
Carriers
BROWN & MCGILL'S USPO DESPATCH 1858 2C BLUE, with PF certificate which states "USED, BLUE TOWN PMK. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS GENUINE, WITH A TINY CORNER CREASE AT BOTTOM LEFT" SCV $750
CATALOG #:5LB2
MINIMUM BID: $400.00

Auction Lot #116
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 #117
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: $20.00

Auction Lot #118
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 #119
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: $25.00

Auction Lot #120
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: $50.00

Auction Lot #121
Carriers
U.S. CITY DESPATCH POST USED XF Minor Edge Wear. SCV $175
CATALOG #:6LB5
MINIMUM BID: $125.00

Auction Lot #122
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: $125.00

Auction Lot #123
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: $75.00

Auction Lot #124
Carriers
PHILADELPHIA CARRIER STAMP UNUSED XF. SCV $175
CATALOG #:7LB11
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #125
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: $25.00

Auction Lot #126
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: $20.00

Auction Lot #127
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.
MINIMUM BID: $60.00

Auction Lot #128
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: $40.00

Auction Lot #129
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