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1861-67 Issues, Covers (#2)

Item # Description Price Picture
9730 #65, XF, sound, bearing a superb, intense black SOTN strike of large "FREE" stampless period rate stamp used as killer with large VF-XF ORLAND IND. APR 8 postmark (Steuben County 1837-) on XF intact canary cover to Jarvis, Dekalb Co. Indiana. GEM. $125
9699 #65, fine, small faults, cork killer and light PHILADELPHIA PA postmark on VF intact illustrated advertising cover, R. S. Scott FLORIST picturing his greenhouse, to Morrisville, with Station A Philadelphia back stamp, 1866 docketing at left. $45
9558 #65x2, fine copies, small faults, each copy bearing a VF strike of fancy shield killer (Skinner-Eno PS-S 15), CAMBRIDGE MA MAY 3 (ca. 1867) postmark, VF intact cover sent c/o Gen. H. L. [Henry Larcom] Abbot, Willets Point, NY. Abbot was a military engineer and career officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with a special interest in artillery.  While at Willets Point he created the army's Engineer School of Application there, and served on numerous boards, including the Board on the Use of Iron in Permanent Defenses, the Board of Engineers for Fortifications, the Gun Foundry Board, the Board on Fortifications and Other Defenses, and the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications. $50
9457 #65, VF, tiny faults, tied by MANCHESTER NH DEC 15 64 postmark and target killer on VF essentially intact cover to Providence, RI, nice strike large red double ring PROVIDENCE R.I. ADVERTISED DEC 31 auxiliary postmark, scarce.  This marking is not listed in Milgram, "UNDELIVERABLE MAIL: “ADVERTISED” MARKINGS FROM THE 1860s", USPCS Chronicle 2012, Vol. 64 No. 1 Whole 233. $50
9451 #65, sound SE copy, just tied by a VF+ strike of Masonic diamond in triangle killer (Skinner-Eno GE-T 9) with BRISTOL R.I. JUL 18 postmark on VF intact small cover to Newburgh, NY. $50
9230 #65, fine, target killer, on cover to New Orleans, reduced 8mm at right, light file fold through stamp, VF double ring STEAMBOAT GREY EAGLE OCT 16 1865 cds (Milgram 567, cover illustrated p. 326), Mississippi River steamer. Scarce. $175

$160

9228 #65, F+ sound copy, canceled by a VF+ strike of scarce and fancy shaded 5-point star (Skinner-Eno ST-Sh 3, not tied) with AVON N.Y. JAN 13 186? double ring postmark on intact cover to Syracuse, NY, opened at right. SOLD
9340 #65, VF soundNORWICH, CT double ring postmark ties to embossed corner advertisement for Charles Osgood & Co. Wholesale Druggistessentially intact cover to Rye, NH, cover neatly opened at left, small nick at lower right. SOLD
9094 65, fine, sound, tied by F-VF strike of "PITTSBURGH, Mich. S. PITTS. P.M. AUG 13 1867" postmaster name postmark, unlisted Doane-Thompson, a Shiawassee County DPO 1856-1901. Cover to NY small reduction at right just affecting address.  Obviously a very scarce Michigan postmark (enlarged detail). SOLD
8550 #65, sound SE copy, tied by VF unusual 4-bar grid in circle killer (unlisted in major references) with VF GREENE, N.Y. SEP 24 postmark on VF intact mourning cover to Norwich, NY. $30
8551 #94, fine, tied by an XF strike of fancy geometric killer (Blake & Davis 1253, better than tracing, very scarce), BOSTON, MASS. MAR 18 postmark on XF intact cover, embossed corner card for Potter, White & Bayley, a noted boot and shoe manufacturer of the period. SOLD
8466 #65, fine, SE, tied by fine double circle N.Y. TO WASH. RAIL-WAY OCT 23 (1865) postmark (Towle & Meyer 238-A-1) on VF essentially intact cover (small loss of back flap) to New York City. Ex-Towle. $40
8326 #65, fine, small perf faults, tied by an XF strike of outline letter "W" (Skinner-Eno LS-W 29), WESTERLY, R.I. MAY 10 double ring postmark on barely reduced small cover neatly opened at right. SOLD
8239 #65, fine, sound, just tied by a F-VF strike of fancy fraternal "square and compass" killer (Skinner-Eno FR-M3a 1) with XF CHICOPEE, MASS., OCT 21 postmark on XF intact small cover. Scarce. $30

$25

8110 #65, fine, small perf faults, tied by blue split grid killer with VF+ strike of SANDY SPRINGS, MARYLD., 4 Mo 8 Quaker date postmark on clean, small cover barely reduced at right, just cut at upper left. Scarce and attractive Quaker date example. SOLD
8113 #65, fine, sound, on intact cover postmarked ELMIRA, N.Y., NOV 27, with unusual, bold "JILL" killer unlisted in major references.  Small cover nick at right. $70
7221 #65, fine, tied by an XF strike of an unusual ringed geometric killer with matching NORFOLK, VA, SEP 3 postmark on fine intact cover. Killer unlisted in Skinner-Eno, stylistically similar to SD-G 116/GE-M 6. Neat. SOLD
7110 #65, fine, pre-application tear at left, VF CHICOPEE, MASS., SEP 1 postmark, canceled by an XF strike of fancy geometric killer (Skinner-Eno GE-E 11) on VF embossed corner advertising cover, neatly opened at left.  A very nice example of a fancy cancel from this popular, collectible town. $50

$45

       
       

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