Lot
1386 
1863, 5¢ brown, vertical pair and single, wide scissor separated side margins making issues appear imperf vertically, tied by target handstamps on 1864, 3¢ pink entire to Jefferson, Tex., matching "Tyler, Tex., May 23" cds and manuscript "Reg No 119" above; entire reduced at right into indicia, F.-V.F. and unusual.Scott No. 76 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $170
Lot
1387
1866, 15¢ black, on 1869 advertising cover with overall billboard advertising on the back, selling glass, medicines, paint, as well as a lovely image of Cupid with a bow and arrow, from New York to Germany tied with indistinct cork cancel, endorsed "per Steamer City of Brooklyn"," New York Paid All Br. Transit Mar 13" cds and "Verviers 24,3 Coeln Franco" date stamps at left both in red, corner card for vendor selling surgical instruments, back stamped "Herzberg 25/3, 69" boxed cancel, a very scarce billboard advertising cover going to a foreign destination.Scott No. 77 Estimate $150 - 200.
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Realized: $180
Lot
1388
1863, 24¢ gray, tied by Washington D.C. cds and segmented cork duplex on 1864 cover to London, England, with red N.Y. exchange and London entry postmarks, with lengthy seven page enclosure with interesting content regarding Southern Reconstruction, Alaska purchase & Indian wars, Very Fine.Scott No. 78b Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $220