Sale 98: The Transportation Sale

Lot 4262    

(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Sleeping Creek, B. & O. R.R., Apr 14, 1873, blue station double-oval on yellow cover bearing manuscript cancelled 3¢ green (147) to Frederick Md., Very Fine and rare West Virginia station.
Towle No. 274-S-17    Estimate $150 - 200.

Route 3504 from Sleepy Creek, W.V. station carried 63 miles east to Monocacy for the 4½ mile branch line to Frederick.

Realized: $100

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Lot 4263    

(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Smithton, B. & O. R.R., Jun 17, 1876, blue double-oval ties 3¢ green (158) on light greenish gray cover to Scipio, Ohio; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine, Rarity IV.
Towle No. 571-S-3    Estimate $150 - 200.

Route 4102 from Smithton, West Virginia carried 42 miles east to Grafton for transfer on Route 3504 via Wheeling for Scipio.

Realized: $110

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Lot 4264    

(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Sykesville, B. & O. R.R. Co., Jul 30, 1861, blue station oval ties 3¢ dull red (26), pulled perf. at bottom, additional strike at left on orange cover to Frederick City, Md., Very Fine, Rarity VI.
Towle No. 274-S-4a    Estimate $150 - 200.

Route 3207 from Sykesville, Maryland carried 26 miles west to Monocacy for the 3½ mile branch line to Frederick City.

Realized: $120

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Lot 4265    

(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Sykesville, B. & O. R.R. Co., Mar 23, 1864, blue station oval at left, second partial strike ties 3¢ rose (65) on cover to Baltimore Md.; slight toning upper right, Very Fine, Rarity VI.
Towle No. 274-S-4a    Estimate $150 - 200.

Route 3207 from Sykesville, Maryland carried 32 miles east to Baltimore.

Realized: $170

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Lot 4266    

(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Woodstock, B. & O. R.R., Nov 29, 1872, blue double-oval with matching cork cancels 6¢ carmine (148), light corner crease, on orange cross-border cover to Belfast, Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown P.E.I. (12.5) arrival backstamp, Very Fine, Rarity IV.
Towle No. 274-S-2    Estimate $200 - 300.

Route 3207 from Woodstock, Maryland station carried 22 miles east to Baltimore, then via New York, Boston and St. John, New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island.

Realized: $180

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Lot 4267    

(Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - Washington Branch) Wash. & Phila. R.R., Sep 23, route agent cds ties 3¢ dull red (11A), four margins, on cover to Haddam, Conn.; light hoz. fold at bottom, F.-V.F. and rare, Rarity VIII.
Towle No. 239-O-1    Estimate $200 - 300.

Put onto Route 9851 at Washington where Route Agent cds struck to Baltimore and transferred to Route 9850 for Philadelphia and then onward to New York.

Realized: $280

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Lot 4268    

(Baltimore & Ohio Railroad - Washington Branch) Wash. & N.Y. P.R.W. Car, Jul 22, route agent postal card cds on light gray cover free franked "C. Sumner" of Charles Sumner (1811-1874) at top right to Col. F. Wentworth Higgins at Newport R.I., Very Fine.
Towle No. 238-E-1    Estimate $150 - 200.

Put onto the railway post office sorting car at Washington D.C. Both men were strong abolitionists and in the Civil War, Higginson (1823 - 1911) was Colonel of the first regiment of freed slaves initially called the 1st South Carolina Volunteers.

Realized: $120

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Lot 4269    

(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Washington Branch R.R., May 17, blue cds and manuscript "5" rating on folded cover to South Manchester, Conn., black "New-York, May 18" cds and manuscript "5" rating, Very Fine, ex-Towle, Hahn, Hannen, Rarity X (Unique, or excessively rare).
Towle No. 239-Z-1    Estimate $400 - 600.

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE WASHINGTON BRANCH RAILROAD ROUTE AGENT MARKING.

Realized: $325

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Lot 4270    

(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Washington Rail Rd., May 9, blue cds on blue folded letter datelined "Washington May 8th 1849" to Concord Mass. bearing manuscript canceled 1847 10¢ Black (2), four large margins, transferred at Baltimore for New York and Boston; cover staining at right, Very Fine and rare.
Towle No. 239-N-1    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED 10¢ 1847 ISSUE USES WITH THE WASHINGTON RAILROAD ROUTE AGENT MARKING.

The letter is addressed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, from his brother-in-law Dr. Jackson (who discovered Ether).

Realized: $1,700

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Lot 4271    

(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Washington Railroad, Mar 25, red cds with matching "Free" handstamp on 1842 folded cover with Congressman Victory Birdsey free frank datelined from Washington, D.C. to New York City, transferred at Baltimore to New York, Very Fine.
Towle No. 239-X-1    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $210

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