Lot
1482 
1870, 6¢ carmine, H. grill, intensely rich color and wide margins, grill impression clearly visible, tied by bold blue four-bar handstamp with matching "Chicago, Ill., Jul 29" alongside on double rate cover to Bristol Mills, Me., Extremely Fine, quite certainly one of the finest single usages of the 1870 6¢ Grilled Banknote issue; with 2011 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 137 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $625
Lot
1483
1871, 7¢ vermilion, H. grill, clear grill impression, canceled by grid handstamp on folded letter sheet to Torgau, Germany, matching "New Orleans, La., May 26" cds alongside, red "New York, Paid All, Br. Transit May 31" exchange cds; small cover tear at top center, Very Fine; with 1993 A.P.S. certificate. Scott No. 138 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $100
Lot
1484
1871, 7¢ vermilion, well centered within large jumbo margins, natural s.e. at left, tied by target cancel duplexed with "Syracuse N.Y. Feb 28" cds on yellow cover to Switzerland, black "New York Paid All Via Eng. & Ostd. Mar 4" exchange cds with matching "Insufficiently Paid" straightline overstriking red "New York Br. Transit Mar 4" exchange cds, two strikes of "Via Ostende", red crayon "35" due rating, Basel (3.18) and Rheinfelden (3.18) backstamps, Very Fine and attractive use. Scott No. 149 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $300
Lot
1485
1870, 10¢ brown, singles on two covers from the Millet correspondence to Costa Rica, each with magenta "San Francisco Cal Paid" exchange cds dated Nov. 3rd 1870 and Jan. 3rd 1871, later with stains, F.-V.F. Scott No. 150 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $135
Lot
1486
1870, 12¢ dull violet, tied by bold "Middleborough, Mass., Jul 21" cds and quartered cork duplex on cover to Constantinople, Turkey, red "New York, Paid All, Jul 23" transit and receiving backstamp; cover slight reduced at tear at left, otherwise Very Fine. Scott No. 151 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $145
Lot
1487
1870, 24¢ purple, in combination with 1873, 6¢ dull pink paying the ten times domestic rate on oversized insurance corner card cover to Perrysburgh, N.Y., tied by segmented cork handstamps with matching partial "Buffalo, N.Y., Jun 30" cds's alongside, 1875 docketing and enclosure noting that insurance policies where enclosed; usual cover wear and small tears with reduction at right, Fine, a rare domestic franking bearing the 1870 24¢ Banknote issue. Scott No. 153+159 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $210
Lot
1488
1870, 30¢ black, two horizontal pairs, in combination with 1870, 3¢ green on large wrapper to the Circuit Court in Galveston, Texas, tied by cork handstamps with matching partial "Noble, Tex., Jun 28" cds's on front and reverse; slight wrapper reduction at bottom and 3¢ with small margin nick, otherwise F.-V.F., a remarkable 41 times rate usage. Scott No. 154+147 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $170
Lot
1489
1873, 6¢ dull pink, large jumbo margins, tied by exceptional strike of N.Y.F.M. Star cancel (ST-MP4) on 1874 embossed corner card cover to Menslage, Germany, red "New York, Aug. 13" cds and receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine, one of the finest of ten on cover examples of this New York Foreign Mail cancellation, ex Ainsworth; with 2009 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 159 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,150
Lot
1490
1873, 7¢ orange vermilion, in combination with 1873, 7¢ dull pink on registered cover to Germantown, Kans., tied by fancy "B" letter cancel with "Butler, Ill., Mar 30" cds alongside, Very Fine. Scott No. 160+159 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $120
Lot
1491
1873, 30¢ gray black, s.e. at left, in combination with 1873, 10¢ brown on 1874 folded letter sheet to Vera Cruz, Mexico, tied by circle of wedges handstamp and matching "New York, Feb 21" cds, "6" reales handstamp for Mexico inland rate, Very Fine, a scarce quadruple rate. Scott No. 165+161 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $375