Sale 21: The Autumn Sale

Lot 858    

Envelope, 1860, 3¢ red on buff. Manuscript canceled with "Rondo, Ark., Feb 24th, 1861" manuscript cancel, addressed to New Orleans, La., Very Fine.
Scott No. U27    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $325

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Lot 859    

Airmail Envelope, 1947, 5¢ U.S. Postage Stamp Centenary. Unaddressed entire canceled by "New York, N.Y., May 21, 1947" First Day of Issue exposition postmark, with multicolored hand-painted Dorthy Knapp cachet, Very Fine.
Scott No. UC17    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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Lot 860    

Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley". With preprinted address, canceled by 1902 New York machine postmark, Very Fine, an attractive example of this rare postal card.
Scott No. UX17    $2,750.

Realized: $3,000

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Lot 861    

Postal Card/Paid Reply, 1978 (10¢+10¢) John Hancock. 225 entires, Very Fine (no photo).
Scott No. UY29; $2,025    Estimate $75 - 100.

Realized: $55

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Lot 862    

Revenue, 1862-71 First Issue, 1¢ Express, perf'd. Well centered single (couple blunt perfs at bottom), tied by blue oval revenue handstamp of "Jay Cooke & Co./Philadelphia/Feb. 14, 1868" on drop cover addressed to "Miss Laura E. Cooke/Ogontz", cover with original hand written Valentine poem, cover with neat opening tear at right, Very Fine, written to the daughter of Jay Cooke & thought to be written by Charles Barney, who would marry Laura Cooke & was the founding member of Charles D. Barney & Co., who later merged with Edward Smith, to form Smith, Barney, a wonderful item which probably never entered the mails.
Scott No. R1c    Estimate $150 - 200.

Jay Cooke, a banker of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, who had helped finance the Union during the Civil War, had a forty acre estate and mansion which was named "Ogontz" after a Sandusky Indian called Chief Ogontz. Chief Ogontz, whom Cooke admired greatly, taught him wilderness skills as a boy.

Realized: $475

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Lot 863    

Documentary Revenue, 1898 "I.R." provisional, 2¢ carmine, type IV. Nicely centered large margin single tied on Bronx Borough Bank check by manuscript "July 1, 98, C.P.H." First Day of Issue cancel, Very Fine.
Scott No. R155Ag    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $110

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Lot 864    

Revenue, Business College stamp. On mock Merchant's Bank check with 1900 dateline from Winchester, Va., manuscript canceled in red pen, Very Fine, a scarce business practice revenue similar to the battleship revenue issue.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $60

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Lot 865    

Revenue, Business College stamp. On mock Merchant's Bank check with 1900 dateline from Winchester, Va., manuscript canceled in pen, Very Fine (no photo).
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $50

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Lot 866    

Medicine trade cards. Lot of 6 illustrated trade cards, one in blue & the others multicolor, companies include Dalley's Galvanic Horse Salve, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge, Holloway's Hair Tonic, Dr. Kilmer's Indian Cough Cure, Ayer's Cathartic Pills, all in nice condition except last with unnoticeable corner crease.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $110

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