Lot 365
1852, 3¢ dull red. Clear to ample margins, canceled by socked-on-the-nose fancy six-pointed star cancel on small cover with black mourning ban backflaps, matching "Chicopee, Mass., Feb 27" cds at left, Very Fine and choice.Scott No. 11 Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $220
Lot 366
1861, 3¢ rose. Vertical pair, s.e. at bottom, tied on cover to Walcottville, Conn. by two strikes of fancy Waterbury, Conn. Six-Point Star cancel, with town cds alongside additionally tying stamps, light cover wrinkling and reduced at sides, otherwise Very Fine, pictured in Rohloff, not more than eight examples known. Rohloff No. S-5.Scott No. 65 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,400
Lot 367
1861, 3¢ rose. Tied by Waterbury, Conn. town and fancy three-sectioned leaf duplex postmark on fresh 1866 cover to Lee, Mass., Very Fine. Rohloff No. L-2.Scott No. 65 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $400
Lot 368
1861, 3¢ rose. Tied by bold strike of fancy "Paid 3" in oval cancel with matching "Westborough, Ms., Jun 1" cds alongside, on fresh cover to soldier in Newburn, North Carolina, trivial slight nick from cover opening at bottom right, Extremely Fine, an exceptional strike; with 2003 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 65 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $375
Lot 369
1861, 3¢ rose. Tied by Waterbury, Conn. town and fancy star within star duplex postmark on 1865 cover to Saugatuck, Conn., cover reduced at left, F.-V.F., a very rare Waterbury cancel. Rohloff No. S-6.Scott No. 65 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $500
Lot 370
1861, 3¢ rose. Large margins, canceled by exceptional socked-on-the-nose fancy square of wedges cancel with matching "Clarendon Springs, Vt., Oct 29, 1867" tying on cover to Danby 4 Corners, Vt., with original enclosure, stamp with faint corner crease, otherwise Extremely Fine; with 2003 P.F. certificate. Skinner-Eno No. GE-S11.Scott No. 65 Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $240
Lot 371
1861, 3¢ rose. Large margins single tied by blue "Clifton, N-Y, Oct 25" cds and canceled by matching socked-on-the-nose fancy "O" cancel, violet cover to Matteson, Mich., cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, a very scarce fancy cancel reportedly fashioned from a "10" rate handstamp and most likely only used for the month of October. Skinner-Eno No. LS-O1.Scott No. 65 Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $200
Lot 372
1861, 3¢ rose. Tied by "Cambridge, Mass., Jan 5" cds and matching fancy Skull cancel on cover to Warsaw, Ill., light Warsaw receiving cancel, stamp and cover with some edge wear, F.-V.F. Skinner-Eno No. PH-M 32.Scott No. 65 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $190
Lot 373
1861, 3¢ rose. Tied by full strike of fancy geometric cancel on 1866 cover to Groton, Mass., "Shirley Villiage, Ms., Jun 16" cds alongside, cover with corner tear at upper left, otherwise Very Fine. Skinner-Eno No. GE-S 16.Scott No. 65 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $105
Lot 374
1861, 3¢ rose. S.e. at right, canceled by fancy Star in Circle cancel on cover to East Hamburg, N.Y., matching "Union Springs, N.Y., Apr 29" cds below, cover reduced at right, F.-V.F. Skinner-Eno No. ST-D 51.Scott No. 65 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $145