Lot
1556 
New Orleans U.S. City Post, study of 5 covers; includes "N.O.U.S. City Post" cds on incoming cover with oval Route 7309 handstamp tying 1851, 3¢ dull red, blue & green shovel date stamps on outgoing covers franked with #11 and bearing a red New Orleans cds, incoming cover from Bennington, Vt. with blue shovel date stamp and matching "Car 2" in oval handstamp, and 1852 locally addressed folded letter with green shovel date stamp and matching "Car 1" in oval handstamp; some cover flaws, a Fine group. Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
1557
Baltimore, Md., 1850-55, 1¢ Red on Bluish, left sheet margin copy, full margins, touched at top, tied by blue "1" in circle drop-letter rating handstamp on light blue folded drop cover addressed to Thomas Swann Esqr. in Baltimore; stamp small abrasion and split due to file fold, reaffixed askew, Very Fine appearance, A very rare example of carrier stamp tied by drop-rate marking. Scott No. 1LB1 $1,000+.
The Golden sale contained two covers with 1LB1 tied by the drop letter "1" in circle handstamp in black, this is the only example we have seen with the strike in blue.
Lot
1558
Boyd's Brooklyn City Express Post, red date stamp on 1845 folded letter sheet from New York to Brooklyn; cover with some fold splitting and separation, F.-V.F., a scarce short-lived service. Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot
1559
City Dispatch, Philadelphia, Pa., 1860, 1¢ Black, single on two small covers, one from stone 1 and other from stone 2, both canceled by circled grid of X's, the later tied and cover with opening tears, F.-V.F. Scott No. 41L1 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $200
Lot
1560
Hussey's Post Covers, group of 7 stamped covers; #87L5, 87L6 tied by red handstamp on wrapper, 87L22, 87L50, also 87L44-87L46 possibly "posthumous" usages, overall Very Fine. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $1,300
Lot
1561
Hussey's Post, 1862 (1¢) Blue, margins full to in at top, tied by circular "Hussey 50 Wm St., 1Ct Paid" handstamp on locally addressed cover with Adam Express Company eagle cameo corner card; cover missing most of backflap, F.-V.F. Scott No. 87L22 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $525
Lot
1562
Priest's Despatch, 1851 (2¢) Black on Rose, margins large to just into left frameline, uncanceled on locally addressed folded letter sheet, "Sept 16, 1851" docketing on reverse; missing side and top flaps, F.-V.F.; signed R. Lowe noting "Genuine and in my opinion used on this cover". Scott No. 121L4; $2,000 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $850
Lot
1563
Stait's Despatch Post, 2, Adam's Exp's & 48 S. 3rd St., red circular handstamp (type J) on locally addressed folded letter sheet, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $100
Lot
1564
Westtown, 1853-67 (2¢) Gold, type VII, affixed to reverse of cover to Mt. Pleasant, O., front franked with 1861, 3¢ rose canceled by circle of wedges cancels, matching "Street Road, Pa., May 18" cds, with original 1868 enclosures including a circular of a speech on "the Moral Improvement and Education of the Colored People", Very Fine. Scott No. 145L2 $400.
Realized: $95