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Auction Lot #296
Carriers
U.S. PENNY POST ST. LOUIS, Signed by Sloane. Tear
CATALOG #:9LB1
PROVENANCE: Ex Sloane, Lyons
CV: SCV $4,000
MINIMUM BID: $1,500.00

Auction Lot #297
Carriers
Drop or carrier rate paid to local address, Red New York Paid 1 Ct.
CV: Est. Value $40-50
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #298
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
CV: Est. Value $40-50
MINIMUM BID: $15.00

Auction Lot #299
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."
REFERENCE: Summary of Drop Letter and Carrier Postal Rates / New York City (1794-1885), CHRONICLE by Steven M. Roth , November 1974, Vol. 26. No.4, p 20
CV: Est. Value $100
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #300
Carriers
Red New York Paid City Delivery 1 Ct handstamp
CATALOG #:24
CV: Est. Value $100-150
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #301
Carriers
Red U.S. Mail City Delivery Handstamp and black U.S. Mail Delivery handstamp
CATALOG #:24
CV: Est. Value $100-150
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #302
Carriers
Used, with red carrier cancel
CATALOG #:63
CV: SCV $65
MINIMUM BID: $8.00

Auction Lot #303
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.
CV: Est. Value $75
MINIMUM BID: $10.00

Auction Lot #304
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.
CV: Est. Value $100-150
MINIMUM BID: $33.75

Auction Lot #305
Carriers
Philadelphia Carrier, with PF Certificate which states, "SINGLE, GRID CANCEL, ON LOCALLY USED COVER, 1866 PHILADELPHIA POST OFFICE PMK. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS A GENUINE USAGE"
CATALOG #:63
REFERENCE: Summary of Drop Letter and Carrier Postal Rates / New York City (1794-1885), CHRONICLE, November 1974, Vol. 26. No.4, by Steven M. Roth, p 20
CV: Est. Value $100-150
MINIMUM BID: $50.00