Lot 1077 E
(First Postal Stationery Essay) 1851, 1¢ Franklin essay by George Nesbitt & Co. for a stamped envelope. Two different types of the same design, one a woodblock print, the other an electrotype, each overprinted "Specimen", Very Fine.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $100
Lot 1078
(First Official Postal Savings Stamped Envelopes) Postal Savings, 1911, 1¢ green & 2¢ carmine. Used entires; registered 1¢ green entire with Washington D.C. imprint to Oakland, Cal., uprated with Official Postal Savings 1911, 1¢ dark violet + 10¢ carmine (O124+O126) tied by Washington oval handstamps, registry box handstamp and transit backstamps, and registered 2¢ carmine entire with Lynn, Mass. imprint to Lynn, uprated with Official Postal Savings 1910, 2¢ black + 1911, 1¢ dark violet, top margin plate block of 6 (O121+O124) tied by Rochester, N.Y. oval handstamp, Rochester & Lynn backstamps, Very Fine, a scarce pair of covers.Scott No. UO70, UO72 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $180
Lot 1079
(First Postal Card) 1873, 1¢ brown on buff. Watermarked Large U.S.P.O.D., a pristine mint card, Extremely Fine.Scott No. UX1 $400.
Realized: $190
Lot 1080
(First Postal Card Design) Postal Card, 1873, 1¢ brown on buff. Unwatermarked, unusual jellyfish fancy cancel, used from Springfield, Lane County, Ore. to Portland; very light horizontal crease, F.-V.F.Scott No. UX3a $800.
Realized: $145
Lot 1081
(First Airmail Postal Card) Airmail Postal Card, 1949, 4¢ deep red on buff. Mint card, fresh and Very Fine, a very rare card with No More Than a Dozen Known Without a First Day Cancel. UPSS No. SA1c.Scott No. UXC1a $600.
Realized: $150
Lot 1082
(First Official Postal Card) Official Postal Card, 1913, 1¢ black. Used card with neat Sabina Ohio duplex cancel, Aug 1, 1914, Extremely Fine and choice; with 1994 P.S.E. certificate.Scott No. UZ1 $550.
Realized: $350
Lot 1083
(First Official Postal Card) Official Postal Card, 1913, 1¢ black. Unmailed card with reverse filled in then erased; bit of very faint soiling, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. UZ1 $550.
Realized: $220