Sale 38: The Barbara Fosdyke-Ray Black Jack Collection

Lot 2147    

1863, 2¢ black, Horizontal Pair. Left stamp with margin nicks at top left, tied by indistinct town cancel paying the 4¢ third class mail book rate on 14 page booklet entitled The Traditional Policy of The Times, addressed to Secretary of State William Seward in Washington D.C., Fine, a very scarce book rate usage.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $550

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Lot 2148    

1863, 2¢ black. Right margin single, nicely centered, canceled by central target on cover to Central Falls, R.I., with red "Pawtucket, R.I., Oct 19, 1862" cds alongside; cover slightly reduced at left, Extremely Fine, ex Allen; signed M.B. Lane.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $250 - 350.

Realized: $120

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Lot 2149    

1863, 2¢ black, Cracked Plate Variety. Showing two prominent cracks at left center with one extending into margin, tied by Springfield, Ill. town postmark on corner card cover to New Market, Md., Very Fine, a very rare item which is listed but unpriced in Scott, with 1934 H.P. Atherton letter remarking that he knew of no duplicates of this variety; with 1996 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2150    

1863, 2¢ black, Foreign Plate Matter. Showing printed small pin impression extending from Jackson's head and into the margin at right, tied by "Hudson, N.Y., Nov 18, '64" cds and target duplex on fresh Hubbel & Co. Golden Bitters illustrated corner card cover showing building scenes on front and reverse, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $270

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Lot 2151    

1863, 2¢ black. Tied by "Boston, Mass., Jul 3" cds and circle of wedges handstamp on small 36 page booklet of an address given to the New England Female Moral Reform Society on the woes and evils of Solitary Vice (masturbation), published in Boston 1853, to Vermont, Very Fine, quite unusual.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $850

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Lot 2152    

1863, 2¢ black. Tied by grid handstamp on the July 10, 1866 edition of "The Houston Weekly Commercial Review" prices current, to Anderson, Texas with Houston company date stamp; faint toning, Very Fine, a very scarce Texas state usage.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $325

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Lot 2153    

1863, 2¢ black. Tied by indistinct Maryland cds and used as a seal on reverse of folded Mutual Fire Insurance enclosure notice addressed to Gorsuch's Mills; stamp with tiny tear, otherwise Very Fine, an interesting circular usage.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $100

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Lot 2154    

1863, 2¢ black. Tied by large blue circle of wedges cancel on cover to Grand Rapids, Mich., printed newspaper content with illustrated Maj. Gen. Pope, Very Fine.
Scott No. 73    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $60

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Lot 2155    

1867, 2¢ black, D. Grill. Faint trace of corner perf crease at top right, tied by blue cork handstamp with matching "Raleigh, N.C., Apr 10" cds alongside, on illustrated corner card cover to Danville, Va. showing Mount Aetna scene, Very Fine, a rare on cover usage, ex Biddle; with 2009 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 84    $5,000 ++.

Realized: $3,000

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Lot 2156    

1867, 2¢ black, Z. Grill. 7 covers; 6 single usages including three from New York with one addressed to Nathan Meeker and another with blue cancel and corner card (faulty), one with fancy geometric cancel, others from Boston, Mass. and West Hartford, Con. (natural s.e.), legal size cover from Bryan, Texas with a strip of three (faults); couple with stamps lifted to identify grill and placed back, Fine overall.
Scott No. 85B    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $750

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