Lot
2021 
1847, 5¢ red brown, horizontal pair, full well balanced margins and deep color, tied by red numeral "5" handstamps on folded letter to Lyme, Conn., with matching partial "Elmira, N.Y., Sep 12" cds, Extremely Fine, ex-Rust, Boker & Gross. Scott No. 1 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A BEAUTIFUL MULTIPLE USAGE OF THE 1847 5¢ ISSUE TIED BY NUMERAL RATEMARKER HANDSTAMPS.
Realized: $800
Lot
2022
1847, 5¢ red brown, margins large to slightly in at bottom, tied by red grid handstamp on ornate bronze floral bordered Valentine cover to Dundee, N.Y., matching "Elmira, N.Y., Feb 14" Valentine's day cds; cover with faint horizontal fold, otherwise Very Fine; with 1975 & 1983 P.F. certificates. Scott No. 1 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A WONDERFUL 1847 5¢ ISSUE ON VALENTINE COVER BEARING A VALENTINE'S DAY POSTMARK.
Realized: $650
Lot
2023 ()
1847, 5¢ dark brown, ample to large margins and bold color, tied by orange red "Elmira, N.Y., Dec 10" cds and matching grid handstamp on folded letter sheet to Butternuts, N.Y.; side flaps missing, Very Fine and attractive. Scott No. 1a Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $270
Lot
2024
1847, 5¢ orange brown, ample to large margins, cancelled by orange grid with matching "Elmira N.Y. Dec. 18" circular datestamp at left on a clean, fresh 1849 turned folded letter to Bath N.Y.; inside with red Dec 22 Bath N.Y. cds and matching "5" handstamp, addressed to Elmira; contents of both letters inside; some internal splitting of folds, still Very Fine, an unusual usage of the scarce orange brown shade., ex-Sampson, Dick; identified and signed Ashbrook. Scott No. 1b; $800 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $350
Lot
2026
1851, 1¢ blue, type II, huge margins to clear with wide left sheet margin and bits of adjacent stamps visible at top & bottom; cancelled by bold grid on a clean blue folded letter to Elmira, N.Y., Very Fine. Scott No. 7 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $325
Lot
2027
1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II, four mostly large margins, tied by clear red "N. York & Erie R.R., 2 Mar" c.d.s. (Towle 125-B-2 var. - day above month - RF-V) on cover to Philadelphia, Very Fine and choice; with 2015 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 10A Estimate $500 - 750.
A STUNNING COVER IN PERFECT CONDITION.
Realized: $900
Lot
2028
1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine, type I, gorgeous four-margin single, plated by Chase as position 4L6, tied by blue weak-but-readable Elmira, N.Y. cds, Feb 18 (1856), according to a Chase note on the cover, the earliest use of plate 6 that he had seen; on a clean orange cover with a colorless embossed Chemung Canal Bank, Elmira, N.Y. corner card and including the original enclosure, a partly printed Bank form, with the year date, Very Fine, ex-Wagshal. Scott No. 11 var. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $525
Lot
2029
1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine, type I, large margins to just in at bottom, deep color, tied by New York cds on illustrated New York and Erie Railroad, Fast Freight Line corner card cover showing Locomotive, address to the President of the Boston & Worcester R.R. in Boston, Very Fine and attractive; with 2013 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
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Realized: $400
Lot
2030
1852, 3¢ dull red, type I, an extremely fine single with fresh color and huge margins, including full sheet margin at left and partial at bottom (position 91L4), tied by "Urbana N.Y. Feb. 14" cds on cover to Penn Yan N.Y.; cover missing small part of bottom flap and has a tiny tear at bottom, still Very Fine and most attractive. Scott No. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $450