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1857-61 Perforate 15½ Issue

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 507		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 1¢ Blue, Type I, #18, o.g., Fine to Very Fine, 2003 PSE, 1992 PF certs. Scott $2,100. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $1,323
Lot 508		o U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 1¢ Blue, Type I, #18, corner town cancel, nicely centered, Very Fine, 2007 PF cert. Scott $550. Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 509		o U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 1¢ Blue, Type Ia, #19, "Faintly canc'd." (looks unused), centered right, very fresh and sound, Just Fine, 1978 PF cert. Scott $9,000. Estimate $2,500-3,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 510		o U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 1¢ Blue, Type Ia, #19, black cds, "Pos. 95R4, with vertical creases and small corner creases, small tears at the top and bottom left", otherwise Fine, 2007 PF cert. Scott $9,000. Estimate $900-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,093
Lot 511		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 1¢, Type Ia on Cover, #19, pos. 91L4, just fine, sound, tied by printed stock exchange list black grid on printed circular, to PA, light vert. fold, a Very Fine cover, 1989 PF (copy), 2017 PSE certs. Scott $9,500. Estimate $2,000-2,500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 512		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 1¢ Blue, Type II, #20, o.g., pl. 12, pulled perf at top left corner, Fine to Very Fine, 2017 PSE cert. Scott $900. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $311
Lot 513		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 1¢ Type IV on Cover, #23, pos 40L1L (cracked pl.), fresh example that clearly shows the crack, neatly tied to local use by New Haven Con Nov 11 1857 postmark, very fine, a Very Fine cover. Scott $1,200. Ex Chase, Faulstich and Conland . Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 514		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 1¢ Type V, Unsealed Circular Rate Cover, #24, pl. 7 (?), bottom margin copy with attached selvage as well as second piece of selvage affixed, tied by AUG 20 (circa 1859), to Canada by New York Aug 20 postmark, "1" due handstamp, a Very Fine cover. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 515		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 1¢ Type V on Cover, #24, neatly tied by red New York City Delivery 1ct postmark, FEB 24, 1860 black "Station A" delivery stamp to left, Very Fine or better. Ex Conland. Estimate $180-200. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 516		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 1¢ Type V, Block of 4 on Printed Matter to Spain, #24, tied by "New Orleans La. April 21" circular datestamps on blue folded cover to Barcelona, Spain, endorsed "Via England", red "2" credit handstamp, "-1/2Rs." due handstamp, 1859 receiving datestamp, block originally folded over top edge, refolded for display, some slight creasing along perfs, still very fine, a scarce block of four on double circular-rate to Spain, fold through the horiz. perfs of the block, otherwise Very Fine. Pre-UPU rate, 4¢ less than 2 oz., Ex Neinken, Wagshal, realized $1700 in 2011 auction. Signed Ashbrook, Bartels. Very rare especially with block of 4 . Estimate $750-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 517		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 3¢, Type III, Hartford Penny Post Cover, #26, 2 Cts double oval handstamp on from the mails cover addressed to street address in Hartford, originated NOV 8 at Broad Brook, Conn with 3¢, small "Not Found" handstamp and Hartford Nov 11 1861 forwarding postmark for redirection to Springfield, Mass, cover with patriotic piping on flaps, reduced at left affecting Hartford postmark, Fine overall. Ex Golden and Conland. Estimate $750-900. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 518		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 3¢, Type III on Company Corner Card Cover, #26, tied to Charter Oak embossed, Hartford, Connecticut JAN 5, 1858 postmark, to Vermont, virtually Extremely Fine. Ex "Bull Durham" and Conland. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 519		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 3¢, Type III, Utah Territory Cover, #26, Camp Floyd U.T. small circular Utah Territory JAN 24, 1856 postmark tying 3¢ to Gover correspondence cover (docket as received Feb 26, 1861) to New Hampshire. Ex Chase and Alexander. Estimate $230-260. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 520		U.S.; General Issues, 1858 Yreka Wells Fargo Cover, Wells, Fargo & Co. frank on 3¢ red Nesbitt entire used to state Senator Berry at Sacramento, blue Wells, Fargo Express Yreka oval handstamp, ms. "March 8" date at top. John Berry was elected to Senate in September 1857 to serve from Siskiyou County, Ex Dale-Lichtenstein and Whitington. Perhaps 10 known of this frank in blue on 3¢ Nesbitt . Estimate $250-300. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 521		U.S.; General Issues, 1858, 5¢ Brick Red, Type I on Cover to France, #27, 33, along with 10¢, tied by New Orleans cds. and red New York exchange pmk. on 1858 folded letter sheet, Very Fine appearance, 2016 PF cert. Estimate $350-500. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 522		o U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 5¢ Red Brown, Type I, #28, used, sound, Fine to Very Fine, 2006 PF cert. Scott $1,100. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 523		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 5¢ Red Brown, on Cover to PA, #28, fine to very fine, along with 10¢ and 1¢ tied by black grid and 1861 Lancaster PA cds cancel, cover opens on right, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,300+. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 524		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 5¢ Red Brown, Strip of 3 on Cover, #28, To France, very fine with some minor toning tied by 1860 New Orleans cds with red "Boston May 2 Paid 12" transit cancel on folded letter sheet, has been repaired, Very Fine appearance, 1983 E. Diena cert. Scott $4,000 (off cover). Estimate $350-500. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 525		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 5¢ Red Brown, Strip of 3 on Cover, #28, bottom copy small corner crease, tied by New Orleans pmks. on 1858 folded letter to France, cover horiz. fold, Fine to Very Fine and attractive, 2017 PF cert. Scott $4,000 (off-cover). Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 526		o U.S.; General Issues, 1858, 5¢ Indian Red, Type I, #28A, black cds, well balanced and sound, Very Fine, 1991 PF cert. Scott $3,500. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,553
Lot 527		o U.S.; General Issues, 1858, 5¢ Indian Red, Type I, #28A, black and red cancels, nice copy, Fine to Very Fine, 2010 PSE cert. Scott $3,750. Estimate $800-1,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 528		o U.S.; General Issues, 1858, 5¢ Indian Red, Type I, #28A, blue cds, small thin at top, tiny filled thin at bottom, very fine appearance. Scott $3,850. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $575
Lot 529		U.S.; General Issues, 1858, 5¢ Indian Red, Strip of 3 on Cover, #28A, sound, fine to very fine, tied by twice struck New Orleans pmk. on 1858 folded letter to Nantes, France with red "Boston Paid 12 Jun. 30" credit datestamp, a Very Fine cover, 2017 PF cert. Scott $13,000+. Scarce vertical strip . Estimate $3,000-4,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,875
Lot 530		U.S.; General Issues, 1859, 5¢ Brown, Type I, Strip of Three on Cover, #29, To France, third stamp s.e., tied by New Orleans 1859 cds with red Boston 16 Nov Paid 12" cancel, on folded letter sheet, Very Fine appearance. Scott $1,325+. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 531		U.S.; General Issues, 1859, 5¢ Brown, Type I, Strip of Three on Cover, #29, centered bottom, sound, tied by New Orleans August 1859 cancels to Paris with red Paid New York, hinging on reverse, a Very Fine cover, 1960 PF cert. Scott $1,325+. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 532		U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 5¢ Orange Brown, Type II, #30, o.g., beautiful copy, Grade 85 Very Fine to Extremely Fine, 2016 PF cert. Scott Stamp Values $2,000. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details and photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 533		() U.S.; General Issues, 1861, 5¢ Orange Brown, Type II, #30, unused, Grade 90 Extremely Fine, 2017 PSE cert. Scott Stamp Values $750. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $546
Lot 534		U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 5¢ Brown, Type II, #30A, o.g., Fine to Very Fine, 2003 PSE cert. Scott $2,200. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $748
Lot 535		o U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 5¢ Brown, Type II, #30A, blue town cancel, Very Fine, 2008 PF cert. Scott $340. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 536		U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 5¢ Brown, Strip of Three to Berlin, #30A, fine to very fine, tied by red grid cancels and black "23 New York AM PKT. SEP 1" pmk and red "SHORT PAID" cancel, Fine or better, 2016 PF cert. Scott $1,000+. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 537		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 10¢, Type I, Strip of 3 "On Cover", #31, horiz., left copy short perfs, cds cancels, which "did not originate on this cover" to Germany, strip fresh and fine overall. Scott $3,800 + as pair and single used. Estimate $700-900. View details and photo	Realized $748
Lot 538		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 10¢ Green, Type II, #32, small part o.g., Fine, 2001 PF cert. Scott $6,000. Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 539		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 10¢, Type II to Canada Cover, #32, fine, AUG 7, 1858 cover to Canada by North Andover Mass postmark, "U. States." in arc exchange handstamp, arrival backstamp, a Very Fine cover. Ex "European Connoisseur". Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 540		o U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 10¢ Green, Types II & III, Strip of 4, #32, 33, vert., tied on small piece by cds's, "small creases", Fine overall, 2017 PSE cert. Scott $1,000+. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 541		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 10¢, Types II & III on Cover, #32, 33, Three vert. strips of 3 (each types III-II-III), "center and bottom stamps in top strip with small nicks, center stamp in the right strip with horiz. file crease", tied by New Orleans DEC 22 1858 postmarks to folded letter to Nantes, France, attractive, Fine to Very Fine, 2017 PF cert. Scott $2,100 + (off cover). Estimate $500-750. View details and photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 542		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 10¢, Type III, Seymour, Conn. Cover, #33, very fine, tied MAY 2 1858 to Garden Valley, California by blue "Seymore, Connecticut May 2 1858 datestamp, slight back flap issues. Ex Caspary and "European Connoisseur". Estimate $170-190. View details and photo	Realized $230
Lot 543		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 10¢ Type IV on Cross Border Cover, #34, pos. 64L1, just fine, tied by Detroit APR 27 1859 cds to Toronto, Canada with oval red "Paid" and United States 6c, Windsor and Toronto cancels on reverse, small damage at back. Ex Haas, Tatham. Scott $2,600 (off cover). Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 544		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 10¢ Type IV, Type III (2) on Cover, #34; 33, horiz. strip of 3 (types III-III-IV), nicely centered, "#34 with horiz. crease at bottom and small tear at bottom left", tied by New Orleans postmark on MAR 17 1858 folded letter to Nantes, France, Fine to Very Fine and attractive, 2017 PF cert. Scott $2,800 (off cover). Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $345
Lot 545		U.S.; General Issues, 1859, 10¢, Type V on Cover With Star Cancel, #35, small fault at top right, tied by star cancel to Wisconsin, "Downieville CAL. May 18 1861 " pmk. and ms. "Due 10", missing back flap, generally Fine to Very Fine, 2016 PF cert. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $322
Lot 546		U.S.; General Issues, 1859, 10¢, Type V on Cover to Vermont, #35, very fine tied by blue segmented cancel and blue "Marysville CAL. FEB. 4" cancel, back flap torn and repaired, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, 2016 PF cert. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 547		U.S.; General Issues, 1859, 10¢, Type V With 3¢ on Cover, #35; 26, 10¢ vert. pair fine, with 3¢ two singles (#26), tied by red grids and matching NY exchange postmark on AUG 11 1860 embossed hotel corner card cover to Italy, "all stamps with vertical crease at right", very attractive, a Fine cover, 2017 PF cert. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 548		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 12¢, Plate I, on Cover, #36; 26, 12¢ "tiny tear" with 3¢ "nick at right and perf trimmed away at top", each with red grid and tied by NY exchange pmk on AUG 31 1858 folded letter from Conn. to France, Very Fine appearance, 2017 PF cert. Estimate $130-160. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 549		U.S.; General Issues, 1857, 12¢, Plate I, on Cover, #36, Two singles, fine to very fine, tied by "19" h.s. and VA postmark on JA 25 1858 folded cover to Scotland, "cover refolded and without back flaps", Fine, 2017 PF cert. Scott $900. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 550		o U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 24¢ Gray Lilac, #37, black and blue cancels, perfectly centered for this difficult value, rich color, Grade 95 Choice Extremely Fine, 2007 PF cert. Scott Stamp Values $3,250, , only 5 known higher grade . Estimate $1,800-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $2,070
Lot 551		U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 24¢ Gray Lilac, #37, tied on piece by SON Cincinnati cds, well centered, Choice Very Fine. Scott $400+. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 552		() U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 30¢ Orange, #38, regummed, excellent centering for this issue, very fresh, Grade 98 Extremely Fine to Superb, 2008 PSE cert. Scott Stamp Values $2,450, only one other regummed graded as high, no gummed copies are reported higher than grade 95 . Estimate $1,300-1,600. View details and photo	Realized $1,668
Lot 553		() U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 90¢ Blue, #39, unused, Fine to Very Fine, 1991 PF cert. Scott $1,200. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $719
Lot 554		() U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 90¢ Blue, #39, unused, fresh, Grade 70 Fine, photocopy of 2008 PSE cert. Scott $1,200. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 555		o U.S.; General Issues, 1860, 90¢ Blue, #39, blue cancel, with thinning in the area of Washington's head, a vertical crease at the right side of vignette, small sealed tear at lower left and toned corner at top left, very rare item, Fine to Very Fine appearance, 2016 PF cert. Scott $10,400. , very rare genuine . Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Realized $1,495

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