Lot
1071 
(First Adhesive Postage Stamp in the U.S.) City Despatch Post, 1842, 3¢ black on grayish. Bright and fresh with large margins, just tied by red octagonal "FREE" handstamp on 1842 folded letter postmarked clear matching "City Despatch Post, N.Y, 15 Jun, 9 O'Clock." double-line cds, Very Fine and choice. Scott No. 40L1 $2,500.
Realized: $2,300
Lot
1072 
1910-27, Blank test coil, Mailometer type I perforations. Pair, bright and fresh with never hinged o.g., Very Fine. Scott No. TD47 $400 as hinged singles.
Realized: $200
Lot
1073
(First Telegraph Stamp) California State Telegraph Co., 1870 black & blue. Full o.g. with minor h.r., fresh and well centered, straight edge at left, Very Fine. Scott No. 5T1 $750.
Realized: $375
Lot
1074 ()
(First Sanitary Fair Stamps) Sanitary Fair, Albany, N.Y., 1864, 10¢ rose. Setting B, upper right corner margin block of 4, unused, large margins, light diagonal crease in right margin just affecting upper right stamp, otherwise Very Fine. Scott No. WV1 $500.
Realized: $250
Lot
1075 ()
(First Sanitary Fair Stamps) Sanitary Fair, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1863, 5¢ black on rosy buff. Unused, little to no margin as always (the outer frame lines were actually the dividing lines between stamps with no allowance made for a margin), straightline thin at upper left, otherwise Very Fine for this. Scott No. WV6 $800.
Realized: $230
Lot
1076
1863, 2¢ black. Tied by one of two strikes "Phila Pa, Jun 2, 1864" target duplex on illustrated Great Central Sanitary Fair cover to West Chester, Pa.; underpaid by 1¢ handstamped "Due 2" with two additional "Phila, Post Office, Jun 3, 1st, 64" cds's; a bit of expert restoration, Extremely Fine appearance, date stamped five days prior to the opening of the Philadelphia fair on June 7th. Scott No. 73 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $250