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Sale 21: The Autumn Sale

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Express Label Covers - Adams Express to American Express

Lots 361-370 Lots 371-380 Lots 381-390 Lots 391-392

Lot 361    

Adams Express Co./Baltimore. Printed ribbon corner card (Mosher ADX-C80) on cover to New York franked with 1851 3¢ imperf tied by blue Baltimore cds, small cover stain at bottom, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $220

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Lot 362    

Adams Express Company/From Birminghan, Huntingdon Co., Pa. Black on green label (Mosher ADX-L205) affixed on cover to May's Landing N.J. with printed shield corner card of "Philadelphia Local Express Co." (Mosher PHLX-C1).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 363    

Adams & Co's Express/Boston. Large black on green label (Mosher A&CX-L16) affixed on legal size cover to New York, Very Fine, a rare early Adams label.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 364    

Adams Express Company/Dresden, Ohio. Black on yellow label (Mosher ADX-L370 var.) affixed on legal size cover to Cleveland with manuscript express charges on front & Adams wax seals on reverse, open at ends & may have been used as a wrapper with manuscript "R.R. Papers" notation, gum staining affecting label, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 365    

Adams Express Co./From Indianapolis, Ind. Black on yellow label (Mosher ADX-L132) on printed advertising cover of the "Indiana Foundry" to Westport, Ky. franked with 1861 3¢ rose tied by fancy geometric with Madison, Ind. cds alongside, label lightly creased, cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 366    

Adams & Co's Express/From New Albany, Ia. Black on green label (Mosher A&CX-L38) affixed on cover to Albany, N.Y. used in conjuction with American Express Co. with their green on black label "American Express Co./New York, Albany & Buffalo Express" (Mosher Unlisted) on reverse.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $350

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Lot 367    

Forwarded by the Adam's Express Co., From New Haven, Ky. Black on yellow express label affixed to reverse of cover addressed to Monroeville, Ohio, additional Forwarded by the United States Express Co., From Cleveland. green express label, "$26.00" enclosure docket and "2/-" and "75¢" express fee notations in pencil, wax seals on reverse with "Contents Unknown to Express Co., Cleveland, O.", with original enclosure datelined "Camp Wickliffe, Ky., Dec 19, 1861", Very Fine.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

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Lot 368    

Adams Express Co./From New Haven, Conn. Black on orange label (Mosher ADX-L320) affixed on 1861 3¢ entire to Hartford with manuscript "Paid $1.00" express charge in blue crayon & label tied by same, docketed 1862, small corner fault at bottom left, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $425

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Lot 369    

Adams Express Co./From Salem, Ind. Black on yellow label (Mosher ADX-L130) affixed on cover to Bridgeport with manuscript "$57.00" & faint 4/- pencil endorsement & five wax seals of Adams Express/Salem on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $280

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Lot 370    

Adams Express Company Soldier's Package. Lot of five legal size printed Soldier's Package envelopes of the Adams Express Co., two with Express labels of the American Express Co. from Cincinnati, various different rates and markings, used in 1861-64, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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