Lot 1930
Wrapper, 1870, 1¢ blue on manila, wrapper uprated with 3¢ green (158), small flaws at bottom, tied by New York Circular Mail radial fancy cancel to Rotterdam, Holland, New York red "Paid All" straightline, blue Mayer, Brothers & Co. (5.22.74) merchant backstamp, carried as endorsed by NGL Lines Weser II from New York May 23rd to Southampton arriving on Jun. 2nd, Rotterdam (6.3) arrival backstamp; file folds, otherwise Very Fine and rare use.Scott No. W77 Estimate $500 - 750.
Wrapper correctly prepaid at the 4¢ newspaper rate for under 4 oz. by closed mail via England. The New York red "Paid All" marking was used per treaty of 1868 with North German Union to indicate full prepayment to destination.
Realized: $375
Lot 1931
Wrapper, 1870, 1¢ blue on manila, double impression, uprated with 3¢ green (158) tied by quartered cork cancels manuscript "Nov 15/75" dating to Portsmouth, Ohio at quadruple the 1¢ printed matter rate, turned inside out and used second time bearing 3¢ green (158) tied by four-ring target cancel to Chilicothe Oh.; file fold and some small flaws, Very Fine.Scott No. W77 var. Estimate $500 - 750.
A RARE USED DOUBLE IMPRESSION OF THE 1¢ REAY WRAPPER.
Reay produced high quality work and printing errors, such as the double impression here, are very uncommon. Reuse of postal stationery is much less common in the early 1870s than earlier in the Civil War time period when paper was scarce. This wrapper has a double impression of almost 1cm. Feeding a wrapper through the printing press twice is unusual. Possibly it was done because the first image was light due to lack of ink.
Realized: $625
Lot 1932
Wrapper, 1870, 1¢ blue on manila, wrapper with printed Precancel "X" and advertising text from George S. Harris, Land Comm'r B. & M. R.R. Co., Burlington, Iowa to Hartford Ind.; folds and some soiling, open for display, Very Fine.Scott No. W77 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $250
Lot 1933
Wrapper, 1870, 1¢ blue on manila, wrapper with illustrated The Poultry Argus, Miller & Clinton Publishers, Polo Ill. advertising design showing chicken, cancelled by cork cancel and matching "Polo Ill., Mar 12" cds to Boston Mass.; file fold and edge tear above indicia, otherwise Very Fine and attractive.Scott No. W77 Estimate $200 - 300.
A number of companies printed a corner card with company name and address but a few went further to print advertising or an image on the wrapper. This is among the earliest seen on the Reay Issue of 1872 wrappers.
Realized: $220
Lot 1934
Wrapper, 1870, 1¢ blue on manila, wrapper with illustrated H & F. Blandy, Zanesville Oh. advertising showing Saw Mill, cancelled by brush stroke to Harrington N.C., Very Fine and early illustrated ad.Scott No. W77 Estimate $150 - 200.
A number of companies printed a corner card with company name and address but a few went further to print advertising or an image on the wrapper. This is among the earliest seen on the Reay Issue of 1872 wrappers.
Realized: $130
Lot 1935
Wrapper, 1874, 1¢ dark blue on manila, die 1, cancelled by complete strike of Waterbury Ten-Petaled Leaf (Rohloff L-20) to Wolcott Ct.; tear at left, Very Fine and rare Waterbury fancy cancel.Scott No. W112 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot 1936
Wrapper, 1874, 1¢ dark blue on manila, die 1, wrapper with illustrated "Sunnyside Nurseries" advertising showing "Lee's Favorite" potato, indicia with rich color and cancelled by bold three-section circular grid cancel to Eugene Ind., Very Fine.Scott No. W112 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $140
Lot 1937
Wrapper, 1874, 1¢ light blue on manila, die 2, wrapper with illustrated red "Spirit of '86" advertising showing soldier, lion and horse, cancelled by cork to Baton Rouge La., Very Fine and beautiful.Scott No. W120 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $140
Lot 1938
Wrapper, 1874, 2¢ brown on manila, die 1, wrapper cancelled by circular cancel addressed to Philadelphia Pa., Very Fine and scarce used wrapper. UPSS No. 301.Scott No. W126 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $110
Lot 1939
Wrapper, 1874, 2¢ vermilion on manila, die 1, wrapper with bright color and cancelled by circular four-bar grid cancel to Auburn N.Y., Very Fine and choice. UPSS No. 302 $5,000.Scott No. W127 $5,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED USED EXAMPLE OF THIS WRAPPER.
There are up to 10 recorded mint examples of this wrapper including some in poor condition. This is the only recorded used example.
Realized: $2,000