Lot 765
1869, 3¢ ultramarine, horizontal strip of four, tied by quartered cork handstamps on 1869 cover with Glasgow, Scotland, matching "Washington, D.C., Jul 6" cds, red Liverpool entry cds and receiving backstamp, Very Fine.Scott No. 114 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150
Lot 766
1869, 3¢ ultramarine, horizontal strip of three and pair, tied by segmented cork handstamps on tissue paper cover to Paris, France, matching "New Haven, Ct., Jul 23" cds, red "New York, Paid 3, Jul 27" exchange cds additionally tying strip, partial blue French transit date stamp; minor tissue paper cover flaws, Very Fine.Scott No. 114 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $140
Lot 767
1869, 6¢ ultramarine, in combination with 1861, 10¢ green (68) on cover to Lucerne, Switzerland, tied by "Milwaukee, Wis., Aug 12" cds and quartered cork duplexes, superb strike of red "New York, Paid All, Br, Transit, Aug 17" exchange cds, transit and receiving backstamps; few cover opening edge nicks at top, Very Fine.Scott No. 115 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150
Lot 768
1869, 6¢ ultramarine, tied by bold circle of "V"'s handstamp on 1870 cover to Dublin, Ireland, red "Pawtucket, R.I., Mar 2" origin cds with matching "Paid" handstamp, red "New York, Mar 5" exchange cds, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine.Scott No. 115 Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot 769
1869, 10¢ yellow, tied by N.Y.F.M. fancy star handstamp (Kirke 70-05-04-PIC) on 1870 folded letter sheet to Palermo, Italy, red "New York, Br. Transit, May 7" exchange cds, transit and receiving backstamp; cover with internal hole along fold at left, F.-V.F.Scott No. 116 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $325
Lot 770
1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I, centered right, on cover tied by cork cancel on folded letter to Palermo, Italy, with red N.Y. exchange office postmark, Fine; 1994 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 118 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $300
Lot 771
1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II, fine single with wide margins, tied by "New Orleans, La., Apr 16" cds and quartered cork duplex on 1870 printed address cover to Bordeaux, France, transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine.Scott No. 119 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $230
Lot 772
1870, 3¢ green, N.B.N.C. printing, horizontal pair, tied by neat geometric N.Y.F.M. handstamp on printed address cover to London, England, red New York cds alongside and red 1877 London entry cds, Very Fine; with 2007 P.F. certificate. Weiss No. ST-8P11.Scott No. 147 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $210
Lot 773
1870, 24¢ purple, N.B.N.C. printing, in combination with 1870, 10¢ brown, horizontal pair (150) on 1872 cover to Ahmednugger, India from the Bissell correspondence, tied by segmented cork cancels, sent from Boston with red crayon "36/2" credit rating and endorsed "via Southampton", red London transit cds with red crayon "2" pence colonial credit, receiving backstamp; 24¢ stamp with small repair at top center, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce use prepaid for double the 22¢ rate via Southampton; signed Ashbrook, with 2023 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 153 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot 774
1893, 1¢ Columbian, three singles, on Germany 10pf carmine postal card sent Round-the-World in 194 Days, sent from Bremen May 18, 1893 and transited Chicago, Ill. (2-22), New York (2-23), Sea Post Office (3-21), Moulmein, Burma (4-1), Mupan, India (4-7) and Sea Post Office (4-15), and includes additional India postage; one 1¢ stamp with some scuffs, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. 230 Estimate $250 - 350.