Lot
1031 
Charleston, S.C., Honour's City Express, 1849, 2¢ black on yellow, cut to shape, manuscript canceled and affixed by red wafer seal with sealing impression "tying" stamp on fresh 1850 folded letter sheet to New York City, red "Charleston, S.C., 10, Jun 26" integral rate cds and matching straight line "Paid" handstamp; stamp with small tear, F.-V.F. and attractive, a lovely example of this great on cover rarity, with only four examples known of the 1849, 2¢ Honour's stamp on yellow paper of which only three are known on cover, ex Ferrary, Golden; with 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 4LB2 $12,500.
Lot
1032
Bayonne City Dispatch, 1883, 1¢ black, full margins, tied by purple target handstamp on cover to Bergen Point N.J., matching "Bayonne City, Dispatch Paid, May 13, 1883" 3 line handstamp; Very Fine, a scarce on cover usage, ex Judd. Scott No. 9L1 $750.
Realized: $550
Lot
1033
Boyd's City Dispatch, envelope, 1875, 2¢ red on cream, on diagonally laid paper, handstamp cancelled "Paid" in circle, with sticker address, Very Fine. Scott No. 20LU27 $375.
Realized: $125
Lot
1034
Dupuy & Schenck, 1846-48 (1¢) black, ample to large margins, canceled by manuscript check mark on folded letter sheet to St. Louis, Mo., red "New - York, 10cts, Sep 7" integral rate cds, Very Fine and attractive, a scarce on cover usage. Scott No. 60L1 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $475
Lot
1035
Floyd's Penny Post, exceptional strike of circular sunburst handstamp on fresh local cover to agent of the Merchant's Despatch, endorsed "Floyd Jan. 31/62" at lower left; cover slightly reduced at right, Extremely Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $350
Lot
1036
Glen Haven Daily Mail, 1854-58, 1¢ black on dark green, margins clear to just slightly in, affixed to small ladies cover to Varna, N.Y., in combination with 1851, 3¢ dull red, type II tied by neat "Homer, N.Y., Feb 13" cds, Extremely Fine, one of finest examples of the Glen Haven Daily Mail Black on Dark Green stamp on cover mail from Homer, N.Y., an extremely rare usage with only six on cover usages known, illustrated in Patton, Scott cat. $6,250 for uncanceled on cover with #26; with 1995 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 71L1+11A Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $3,000
Lot
1037
Jones' City Express, 1845, 2¢ black on pink, margins large to just into frameline at lower right, bright and fresh, uncanceled as usual on locally address cover, straight line "Paid" handstamp, Extremely Fine, quite certainly one of the finest examples of the Jones' City Express stamp on cover, with only ten full covers known, ex Caspary; signed G. Sloane, E. Perry, with 1999 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 91L1; $3,000 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,900
Lot
1038
Messenkope's Union Square Post Office, 1849 (1¢) black on green, clear to large margins, some glaze cracking, tied by manuscript cancel slightly scuffing stamp, on cover to Baltimore, Md. in combination with large margin 1847, 5¢ red brown tied by red square grid cancel, matching "New - York, Feb 20" cds, Very Fine, a rare combination and even more so with the Messenkope's stamp tied as these stamp are normally found not tied to cover. Scott No. 106L1+1 $3,000.
Realized: $950
Lot
1039
Swart's City Dispatch Post, 1849-53 (1¢) red, large margins to slightly in at lower left, tied by cork cancel on cover to Macedon, N.J., in combination with 1851, 3¢ dull red, type II, both stamps tied by "New-York, Jan. 16" cds; 3¢ stamp with light corner creases, F.-V.F. Scott No. 136L9+11A $450.
Realized: $115
Lot
1040
Wells Fargo & Co., Newspaper Stamp, 1883-88, blue, well centered, tied by bright blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, San Diego, Cal." oval handstamp on wrapper to Poway, Cal.; some minor wrapper creases, still Very Fine, a rare usage from the Orcutt correspondence. Scott No. 143LP9 $2,400.
Realized: $1,500