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Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 221

Postal history interesting assortment of mostly 19th century covers in sleeves, starts with two 5c 1847 covers, one with blue Troy, N.Y. datestamp and the other with blue double oval "Utica, N.Y." cancel (Sismondo certificate), four single franking 1c 1851 covers, one with Express Mail cancel and one with Bloods local, three covers with three 1c stamps, one of which is a strip of three, one 1c and three 3c (#11) on cover to Canada, 3c 1851 with "STEAM/BOAT" cancel on the stamp and a single 3c on cover to Halifax, Nova Scotia, six 1c 1857 covers, including three Carrier usages, a cover from Hastings, Minnesota Territory and two strips of three on cover, then a 5c Brown (#29) strip of three to France and four 10c Ty. V covers, one with steamship cancel, one to Canada, one to Cuba and a pair used with 1c to Spain, 1861 covers include three 3c advertising covers, a franking by eight stamps to England and four 10c covers, including a pair to Cuba and three singles to France, there are many nice 1869 covers such as 1c on drop letter, 1c used on Internal Revenue notice, and two strips of three on covers, 3c includes a Brown postmark of Brockville, Ind. (Weiss certificate), green Lyme, Ct. and a usage from Seattle, Washington Territory, there are five 6c covers, including two with two stamps, a 10c cover to France and a 12c cover to Germany, next come some attractive Bank Note covers, including 5c Garfield to Foochow, China, 2c Columbian on large valentines envelope, three 2c 1902 issue pairs from booklet panes and ending with two 6c Treasury Dept. covers and a couple foreign items, typical mixed condition, many fine-very fine and better so certainly worth a careful look.

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$3,000