Carriers Stamps - Stamp Auctions

Lot 21 - United States "Back of the Book" Stamps and Postal History Carriers Stamps - H. R. Harmer Inc January 26, 2022: “Erivan” Collection Part VI

3LB2, Boston, MA, 1851 1c Blue, margins large to clear, tied by red cancel to 1850 embossed cover with 1847 5c Brown (1) tied by black grid, red "Boston 5 3 Oct" datestamp, addressed to Newington, Connecticut, original contents included, carrier stamp with small pre-application tear, Very Fine, one of only four recorded covers with the 1847 5c and second Boston carrier stamp, USPCS Census #3356 (Scott $12,500)rnProvenance: J. Waldo SampsonrnWeill Brothers (Signature on reverse)"Erivan" Collection Part VI

H. R. Harmer Inc January 26, 2022: “Erivan” Collection Part VI

Lot 1175 - United States "Back of the Book" Stamps and Postal History Carriers Stamps - H. R. Harmer Inc United States Stamps Featuring the "Nelson" Collection & The Dr. Larry C. Parks Collection of United States Postal Stationery

LO2, 1851 1c Blue, bottom margin block of twelve (4x3) with full imprint, blotchy o.g. with some typical light natural bends, top stamps hinged, others NH, light corner crease bottom left just into pos 9 stamp, bit of offset in the bottom margin, Very Fine (Scott $1,070 as hinged imprint block of eight plus two pairs)Sale 3052: United States Stamps Featuring the Donald D. Nelson Collection

H. R. Harmer Inc United States Stamps Featuring the "Nelson" Collection & The Dr. Larry C. Parks Collection of United States Postal Stationery

Lot 23 - United States "Back of the Book" Stamps and Postal History Carriers Stamps - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Part V

4LB9, Honour’s City Post, Charleston, SC, 1851-54 2c Black on bluish pelure, large-margined single on folded letter addressed to "Mssr. Cornelius + Co., Philadelphia, Pa." (datelined October 15), stamp uncancelled, red "Charleston S.C. 10 Oct 15" credit datestamp alongside, lettersheet with some light vertical creases, stamp lifted and hinged back into place, Very Fine, not listed in the Lyons census (Penny Post Vol. 15, No. 4) although several other Honour's covers to the same addressee are noted (Scott $950 for used)United States Carriers and Locals

H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Part V

Lot 25 - United States "Back of the Book" Stamps and Postal History Carriers Stamps - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Part V

4LB18, Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston, SC, 2c Black on bluish, stamp in upper righthand corner of neat envelope addressed simply to "Judge John Johnson," stamp with full margins, small repair at top left and cover with sealed tear at top, Extremely Fine appearance, one of three known examples of the Steinmeyer's "Border-of-Pearls" stamp and the only cover in private hands, therefore one of the rarest and most extraordinary of all carriers covers (listed but unpriced in Scott)

There are only three examples of the Steinmeyer's "Border-of-Pearls" stamp recorded, one of which (an on-cover stamp) is housed in the British Library's Tapling Collection and is therefore unlikely come onto the market. The other stamp, an unused single, was sold as part of the Hall Collection in 2000. Joseph G. Martin, John C. Beckman, and John F. Steinmeyer, Jr., all carriers in Charleston, South Carolina, each issued their own adhesive stamps in the period around 1860. All are exceptionally rare. Postage stamps of a different design issued by Steinmeyer on bluish, pink, and yellow paper are not known used genuinely, and may or may not have actually seen service.

Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary (H.R. Harmer Sale 1070, 1957)

Ambassador J. William Middendorf, II (Frajola Net Price Sale 4, 1990)

United States Carriers and Locals

H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Part V