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 U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis
Mo., 2c Blue (8LB3). Cut to oval shape, tied by one of two strikes of
curved "Paid" handstamp on 8 x 5-1/8 inch embossed Valentine cover
to "Mrs. Scoot, Sixth Street above Morgan, St. Louis, Mo.", with
Valentine enclosure, elaborately embellished with gilt and enamel
decoration, sender's love poem datelined "St. Louis Feb 12, 1853",
part of Valentine enclosure is torn away, the cover is in excellent
conditionVERY FINE. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE ST. LOUIS
2-CENT BLUE CARRIER (8LB3), OF WHICH ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN IN TOTAL.
A REMARKABLE STAMP, WHICH WAS MODELED UPON THE ONE-CENT 1851-57 FRANKLIN
STAMP AND THE 1852 3-CENT SILVER COIN. Elliott Perry theorized that
the design of this stamp was a cross between the 1851 1c stamp (ornamental
border) and the 1852 3c silver coin known as a "fish-scale", which had the
shield in six-point star design (see Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp.
263-264). The concept was "something between" 1c and 3c. Although
previous reports date the stamp and covers to 1857, this has an enclosure
that appears to have originated with the cover and is clearly dated 1853.
Our records contain just five examples of 8LB3: 1) "1 ct" cancel, off
cover, ex Golden, Siegel Sale 817, lot 425, 2) tied by "1 ct" in frame on
cover to Edwin Harrison, ex Middendorf, 3) used on large Valentine cover to
Mrs. Scoot, dated Feb. 13, 1857, ms. "X" cancel (not tied) and "Paid"
straightline, ex Bulger, Siegel Sale 846, lot 2403, 4) tied by "1 ct" in
frame on cover to Miss St. Denis, Siegel Sale 846, lot 2404, and 5) cut to
oval shape, tied by "Paid" in arc on large Valentine cover to Mrs. Scoot,
the cover offered here. Ex Bulger. Accompanied by 1857 3c "trime"
silver coin. Scott Retail for a fully-margined stamp tied by handstamp is
$55,000.00 (Image) |
E. 15,000-20,000
SOLD for $12,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Teese & Co. Penny Post,
Philadelphia, (1c) Blue on Bluish (137L1). Large margins to barely
touched, tied by blue "Philadelphia Pa. 5 cts Sep. 10" integral-rate
circular datestamp on blue 1852 folded letter to Gettysburg Pa., ms. "5"
rate, most recent accompanying certificate mentions stamp with two small
scoring lines at bottom leftEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
TEESE & CO. COVERS KNOWN. ONLY SIX RECORDED WITH THE STAMP TIED BY A
CANCELLATION. Steven M. Roth records twelve covers, including six tied
examples, in his Oct. 1993 Penny Post article. We have located an
additional cover to Baltimore with the 137L1 and 3c 1851 tied by a
Philadelphia Jul. 21 datestamp. However, Roth's list includes a Fox-fake
tied cover (ex Malcolm, Siegel Sale 417, lot 1903), which must be removed
from the record, leaving six genuinely tied covers. Ex Schwartz. With
1982 and 2006 P.F. certificates (Image) |
3,000.00
SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Clipperton Island-San
Francisco, (unstated value) Violet Brown (Unlisted in Scott).
Well-centered, purple W. Frese & Co. double-circle cancel, used with 5c
Chocolate (270) tied by "San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 17, 12:30 PM 95" circular
datestamp and duplex numeral oval grid on cover to Birmingham,
England, W. Frese & Co. San Francisco corner cardA VERY FINE AND
EXTREMELY RARE COVER FRANKED WITH THE CLIPPERTON ISLAND PRIVATE FRANKING
STAMP. Clipperton Island lies 670 miles southwest of Mexico in the
eastern Pacific Ocean. It was an important source of guano fertilizer and
home to 150-200 miners at the time the Clipperton Island stamp was issued
for use on mail carried from the island to San Francisco. This cover to
England entered the mails at San Francisco and is additionally franked with
the proper 5c U.S. postage for the U.P.U. rate. Very few other Clipperton
Island covers are known. (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
