Sale 88: The Sescal Sale

Lot 1891    

New York Stampless Town Handstamps, 1814-1860s, group of over 1,650 covers with range of town markings and ratings, noted towns include Locke: 1850, 1851 red ovals with first showing matching outlined "V" rating; Auburn: 1816 and 1821 notched circles (first EKU?), 1833 red oval; Aurora: 1823 curved ribbon (faulty); Aurelius: 1817 black arc; South New Berlin; Oxford: 1814 red oval; Oxford: 1827 "Oxford, N.Y., MAR. C" two-line postmark; Oxford: 1831 red cds; Plattsburgh; Champlain: 1840, 1846 red double-circles; Hudson: 1805 fancy-scroll cds; Davenport Centre; Stockport Station: fancy cds; Upper Red Hook: 1826 three-line red postmark; Moriah: 1840 red straightline; Gloversville: red double-circle; Kingsboro: 1832 straightline; Stafford: black oval; Pembroke: 1839 red cds; Athens: 1827 cds; Little-Falls: 1828 red rimless; Newport: blue cds and red fancy "Paid 3" rating; Herkimer: 1826 red fancy cds; Antwerp: 1834 red oval; Watertown: 1830 fancy red cds, black "Paid III C" rating use; Philadelphia: 1847 oval; Constableville: 1855 "Paid III C" rating; Canastota: red 1830 oval; Chittenango: 1830 double-lined oval; Pittsford: 1831 red double-oval; Rochester: cds and red "Paid 1" rating; Rochester: 1823 red dotted oval; Canajoharie: 1838 "Cent. Cananjohie N.Y." rimless cds; Somerset: 1838 straightline; Lewiston: 1827 rough dotted oval; Utica: 1829 red oval; Rome: 1828 dotted oval; Fabius: 1835 double-circle; Manlius: 1829 blue straightline; Syracuse: 1829 double-oval; 1832 attached "12½" cent rating; Camillus: attached "12½ Paid" rating; Canandaigua: 1804 fancy floral cds; 1805 fancy double lined cds; Geneva: 1806 29mm cds unlisted; 1821 red cds; Goshen: 1833 red oval; Yates: straightline; Oaksville: 1835 red rimless oval; Cooperstown: 1819-27 red moon-shaped semi-circles (3), 1831 double-circle, 1855 "Paid" cds on drop; Cherry Valley: 1823 red arc, 1826 red two-line straightline; South Worcester: bold double-circle; Flushing: 1846 "5 cts" rating; Lansingburgh: 1811 red and 1822 black straightlines; 1828 rimless oval; 1822 Troy: "Troy N.Y., Paid" cds on printed lodge notice; 1843 green cds and "Paid" manuscript "6" rating on printed court notice; Schodack Landing: 1836 rimless cds; Morristown: 1847, 1848 boxed; Heuvelton: 1846 oval; Charleton: 1848 red (2) and black double-ovals; Ballston Spa: red double-oval; Schuylerville: 1843 straightline; Schoharie Court-House: 1813-22 red large rimless cds(3), 1838 straightline; Esperance: 1842, 1843 rimless; Gardnersbille: 1835 straightline; Monticello: 1824 red oval; Newark Valley: 1846 red straightline; Ithaca: 1829 rimless; Enfield Centre: 1848 double-circle; Jacksonville: red rimless; Greenwich: 1834 red dotted cds; Sandy Hill: 1831 red dotted oval; Galesville: 1851 to Cal.; Walworth: 1843 blue oval; Mamaroneck: 1851 red oval; Pines Bridge: 1846 red oval; The Purchase: 1848 red straightline; Penn Yan: 1831 red and black rimless ovals; plus many more; wide selection including several fancy types, some ads; colors like green, etc., F.-V.F.
Estimate    $5,000 - 7,500.

Realized: $7,250

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Lot 1892    

North Carolina Stampless Town Handstamps, 1818-1850s, group of approximately 70 covers with range of town markings and ratings, towns include Ashville; Beaufort; Edenton; Fayetteville: 1818, 1819 red cds; 1824 "Hala."; Hillsboro; Lincolnton; Murfreesboro; Raleigh: 1822 "Rala." cds, 1827, 1830 "Rale.", 1841 red cds with red oval "Utica" forwarding handstamp; Salem: 1829 red cds; Tarborough: 1850 "Tarboh." cds with large "5" rating; Wadesboro; Washington; Wilmington (large group); Windsor and Yanceyville; etc.; nice selection including some fancy types, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $600

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Lot 1893    

Ohio Stampless Manuscript Towns, 1810-1850s, group of approx. 260 covers with range of towns, noted towns include Amelia, Athens, Batavia, Berwick, Cambridge, Canfield: early 1810 use, Cherry Fork, Chillicothe: early 1813 "Chill" use, 1814 "Chillicothe" printed notice from Sec. of State, Cincinnati: 1816 use, Cleves, Cumminsville, Deerfield, Defiance, Edwardsville, Elyria: early 1822 use, Euphencia, Galion, Greenville, Greenwich, "Hillhouse, Lake Co O.", Irville, Jefferson, Lafayette, L. Sandusky: 1819 P.M. free frank, Marysville, McCutchenville, Medina, Nashport, New Garden, New Harrisburgh, Parkman, Point Harmar, Portsmouth, Richmond: 1825 Quaker dated, Salem, Sharon Center, Smiths Landing, Sparta: 1842 5x 12½¢ rate, Stow, Upper Sandusky, Wapakoneta, Washington C.H., Worthington, etc. and many more, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 1894    

Ohio Stampless Town Handstamps, 1815-1860s, group of approximately 390 covers with range of town markings and ratings, towns include Ashtabula: 1830 straightline, 1833-35 red ovals (4) Barnesville; Canal Dover; Central College: 1850 rimless red oval postmaster free frank; Chillicothe: 1816 oval with "37½" war rating; Cincinnati; Cleveland: 1828-30 red double-line boxed postmark (6); 1846 "Cleves. O." red straightline; Columbus: 1820-30 ovals (10); East Cleveland; Elyria: red boxed postmark; Gallipolis: 1820, 1832 ovals; Hamilton: 1838 straightline; Hudson: 1836 blue oval; Hyattsville: "Paid 10" to California; Jackson C.H.; Lancaster: 1818 rimless oval, 1835 oval; Lebanon: 1823, 1826 fancy serrated ovals; 1837, 1839 Lodi red ovals; London; Marietta; Marion: 1831 small rimless oval; M'Connelsville: 1832 blue rimless ovals (2) and 1850s red "Paid 3" fancy ratemarker; Mt. Vernon: 1831, 35 red and 1841 blue double-circles; Newark: 1833 boxed postmark; Painesville: 1830, 1832 red and 1837 (2) blue double-ovals; Piqua: red cds; Point Harmer: 1819 rimless cds; Portsmouth: 1830 red-brown oval and 1836 magenta, 1840 red double-ovals; Quarker Bottom; Rogersville; Sandusky City: 1831 two-line straightline (faulty); Sunbury: 1847 double-circle; Tiffin: green cds's with "5" and fancy "5" boxed ratings; Warren: 1831 straightlines (2); Warren: 1843 green cds (2); Xenia: 1834-42 red double-ovals (4); Zanesville: 1815 war rate, 1818-34 double-ovals; Zoar: two 1852 straightline uses; and many more; nice selection including several fancy types and colors, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,700

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Lot 1895    

Oregon Postal History Accumulation, several hundred loose in a small box, good range from mid-19th century up through modern times, mostly smaller towns, many sleeved and priced, a few Whittlesey-listed items, Helbock-listed items mostly 2's, 3's, and 4's, but we also saw a Dusty (Helbock 6) receiver, also some hard-to-find stations and branches, most F-VF and collectible.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $500

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Lot 1896    

Pennsylvania Stampless Manuscript Towns, 1818-1850s, group of approximately. 240 covers with range of towns, noted towns include Attleboro, Bridgewater, Buckingham, Buffalo X Roads, Canonsburgh, Chambersburg, Clinton, Colerain Forge, Coudersport, Culbertsons, Cummings, Daggetts Mills, Darby, Elkland, Enon Valley, Evans Falls, Frankford, Franklin, Germantown, Gratz, Greenburgh, Greencastle, Harrisonville, Harts X Roads, Highspire, Holmesburg, Hopewell, Hyde Park, Knoxville, Line Lexington, Linewood, Litiz, McKees ½ Falls, McWilliamstown, Manor, McAlevys Fort, Mercersburg, Montouresville, Morrisville, New Gordon, New Troy, Northville, Octoraro, Ottsville, Penningtonville, Port Carbon, Punxsutawney, Readsboro, Restraver, Rockville, Rutland, Salem X Roads, Shiremanstown, Smithport, Summit, Sumneytown, Wallace, Wellsboro, West Greenville, W. Hanover, York Spring, etc. and many more, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 1897    

Pennsylvania Stampless Town Handstamps, 1805-1860s, group of over 425 covers with range of town markings and ratings, noted towns include Blossburg; Brownsville: 1830 21mm crude cds; Carlisle: 1831 cogged cds; Coopersburg: 1852 maroon cds; Dowingtown: 1842 double-circle; Easton: 1815 red fancy cds "51" war-rate; Enterprise with fancy boxed "Paid"; Ercildoun: red "Paid 3" in circle; Florence: 1848 red rimless cds; Germantown; Gettysburg; Hamburg; Harrisburg: 1814 straightline, 1819 blue oval; Huntingdon: 1826 black and 1827 red double-circles; Kensington: 1848, 1850 red cds and outlined "5" rating (2); Kingston: 1848 red fancy double-oval; Kittanning: 1846 red cds and negative "5" rating; Kutztown: 1838 fancy black double-circle; Lebanon: 1827-35 blue irreg. double-oval (4); Lewistown: 1818 red oval; Manayunk; Meadville: 1830 red lined rectangle; New Bloomfield: 1834 red straightline; New Hop: 1844 blue and 1846 brown ovals; Norristown: 1854 red cds and fancy dotted-framed "Paid: 3"; Philadelphia: 1849 blue cds and italic "20" rating, 1851 printed circular with "2" in circle, 1859 octagon and "Drop 1 Ct" in circle, 1854 "Paid 1 ct" in circle, transatlantic to London with octagon "24 cts, Paid"; Pine Grove: 1833 brown double-circle; Reading: 1849 red "2" only to Pottsville; Somerset: 1831 maroon oval; Stroudsburgh: 1832 black double-circle; Waterford: cds and fancy "Paid 3" in shield rating; Wilkins: 1840 partial fancy box; Williamstown: 1831 red double-lined oval; plus many more; wide selection including several fancy types, couple ads; colors, etc.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $3,250

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Lot 1898    

Philadelphia Postal History, 1800-1870s, collection of approx. 50 covers including some early transatlantics like 1811 via Margate Ship Letter to London, domestic rate usages, etc., F.-V.F., interesting balance with some better items to be found.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

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Lot 1899    

Rhode Island Stampless Town Handstamps, 1804-1850s, group of 130 covers with range of town markings and ratings, towns comprise Bristol, Chepachet, East Greenwich, Kingston, Lonsdale, Newport large group incl. green and red fancy ovals, North Scituate, Pawtucket inc. red double-oval, Peacedale, Providence incl. 1804 cds, circular and drop "2" ratings, etc.; Warren incl. red and black rectangular postmarks; and Westerly incl. blue "Paid 3" in circle rating, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $700

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Lot 1900    

South Carolina Stampless Town Handstamps, 1810-1850s, group of 44 covers with range of town markings and ratings, towns include Abbeville, Bennettsville, Charleston incl. 1810 and 1812 cds's, Chester C.H., Columbia, Edgefield C.H., Georgetown, Grahamville, Orangeburgh, Pendleton, Pocotaligo p.m. free frank; Society Hill, Spartanburg, Sumterville and "Union=Ville" cds, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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