1870-73 banknote issues - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 21 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1870 24c purple, good color and large margins, tied by brown Baltimore, Md, Apr 4 departure pmk on cover (carelessly opened at bottom, with small piece of envelope missing) to Germany, red New York Paid Direct All pmk below, with Imperial German Consular in Baltimore label on back, also Aug.20 arrival pmk, - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Coversunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 22 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1876 (20 Nov) registered advertising cover franked with 3c green and 15c orange Bank Note Issues, prepaying the domestic double weight letter rate and Registry fee to New York. Stamps tied by segmented cork cancels, with SAN FRANCISCO CAL/REGISTERED datestamp alongside, fine registered letter with colorful franking on a Cosmopolitan Hotel cover Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Coversunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 23 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1876 Hotel advertising cover franked with two each 2c vermillion and 3c green Bank Note Issues, prepaying the double weight UPU letter rate to Austria, all tied by mute cancels, with STATION B/Phila. PA departure datestamp plus red NEW YORK/BR. TRANSIT marking, with WIEN transit and ST. POLTEN arrival cds. A colorful transatlantic franking on a fine "Trans-Continental Hotel" cover, sent during the Centennial Exposition and passing through New York on 4 July 1876 Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Coversunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 24 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1870 10c brown, two stamps and vertical half, paying 25c on FL sent October 10, 1878 from New York to St. John's, Puerto Rico, endorsed "Per Steamer Bermuda", stamps toned, otherwise fine and interesting item Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Coversunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 19 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1872 cover franked with 1c ultramarine Banknote issue (straight edge at left), plus 5c red Internal Revenue Agreement stamp, canceled by bar grid, with Austinburg cds alongside, and subsequently tied by French entry cds, with "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" (Revenue stamp obviously refused) handstamp, plus the NEW YORK / BR. TRANSIT cds, also integral "4" cent debit, with "GB/2F" accountancy marking, French "24" decimes postage due handstamp, plus "2f40 PAID BY DREXEL HARJES & Co" handstamp applied on arrival. An interesting and rare cover showing an unusual attempt to pay foreign postage with a U.S. revenue stamp, Ex-Knapp Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Coversunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 20 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers1872 cover to France franked with pair 2c red-brown Banknotes issue, tied by Boston cds and cork handstamp, blue SHORT PAID handstamp alongside (additional strike on reverse), GB/40c accountancy marking, ANGL./AMB.CALAIS French entry, plus "10" decimes postage due handstamp, red London transit on back, fine and scarce example of the 4c British Open Mail rate to France sent during the non-Treaty period Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Coversunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 70 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World1870 2c red brown, H. Grill, split grill variety, fresh color, h.r., fine, with 2003 PFC, - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the Worldunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 71 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World1875 Special Printing,15c bright orange, unused without gum as issued, well centered, beautiful color, usual scissors separations at left and bottom, fresh and v.f., only 169 printed between this and the 1880 issue. It is believed that less than 40 examples of the 15c Special Printing exist, with 2005 PSE and 2006 Philatelic Foundation certificates, - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the Worldunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 67 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World1871 (Aug) cover from Boston to Rev. Bissel in Ahmednuggur, India, paying 44c with pair of 10c brown & single 24c, red "London Paid 28 Aug. 71" transit, also "36/2" in crayon (indicating British credit) on front, oval "Sea Post Office" and red "Ahmednuggur Camp PO." arrival pmks on back, also with some inked computations (which could indicate why the Reverend saved them; he may have used them for record keeping in lieu of scarce paper. When he returned to the U.S., he brought his records with him. Rev. Lemuel Bissell, was a missionary in India from 1851 to 1891. The envelopes to Rev. Bissell came on the philatelic market in the spring of 1912 in a sale to J. Murray Bartels, a well known stamp dealer in New York City) - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the Worldunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
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 Lot 62 - united states 1870-73 banknote issues - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World1870 (31 Jan) San Francisco Foreign Mail, FL used in 1874 to San Jose, Costa Rica, franked with 10c brown, paying the pre-UPU 10c West Indies Rate (stated to be one of only five recorded to Costa Rica), usual filing fold, clear markings, fine, ex-Millet correspondence - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps and Postal History of the Worldunited states 1870-73 banknote issues |
