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1861-67
Issues, Covers (#2)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 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 |
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| 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. |
$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$150 |
 |
| 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
sound, NORWICH,
CT double
ring postmark ties to embossed
corner advertisement for
Charles Osgood & Co. Wholesale
Druggist, essentially
intact cover to
Rye, NH, cover neatly opened at left, small nick at lower right. |
$45 |
 |
| 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 |
 |
| 7898 |
#65, XF
sound stamp,
tied by VF
strike of fancy wedges killer (Skinner-Eno
GE-E 8) and fine UNADILLA,
N.Y.,
JAN 17 (1865) postmark on XF,
fresh, intact envelope.
Original printed
letter from
Unadilla Bank for a draft from collection enclosed. |
SOLD |
 |
| 7626 |
#65, fair-fine, tied by VF
circular geometric/crossroads fancy killer (unlisted)
with VF
NEWBURYPORT, MASS, SEP 25 double ring postmark on VF
intact lady's cover printed
on crosshatched paper. Attractive. |
SOLD |
 |
| 7625 |
#65, F+, few perf faults, tied by an XF
strike of diamond grid radial geometric killer (unlisted
in Skinner Eno, very similiar to killer 1101, plate 66 in Blake and
Davis) with BOSTON, MASS., MAR 2 postmark on unreduced
mourning cover,
light bend at left, small part of back flap
missing, with fancy embossed letter R captioned "FIDES SOLERTIA PAX"
("Faith Skill Peace") in Latin. |
SOLD |
 |
| 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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