Lot
1730 
Dead Letter Mail, 1843-1900, collection of over 190 covers including inbound foreign mail, some postage dues and post office seals, few early stampless and 1860s DLO handstamp mail, note a 8¢ Trans-Miss on 5¢ Columbian entire registered to Germany and returned, 1851 black "P.O. Dept., Dead Letter Office" black handstamp use on Ashtabula Oh. stampless cover, 1857 "P.O. Department, Dead Letter Office" oval on a 3¢ Nesbitt entire, small blue "Dead Letter Office, P.O. Dpt" on 3¢ #U35 entire to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis Mo., blue "Dead Letter Office, Mar 23, 1864" cds on Hartland Four Corners Vt. 3¢ #65 cover to Virginia City, Nevada Terr.; etc.; some mixed condition as usual for this type of mail, generally F.-V.F. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $3,250