U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1847 5c red brown, unused without gum, margins all around, minute thin and pinhole, bright and fresh color, v.f. appearance,
Cat. Val. $2,300
Estimate: $500

1847 5c red brown, large margins all around, roughly separated at top and bottom with portions of adjoining stamps showing, canceled by blue grids on FL used in 1849 from Syracuse, N.Y., with departure pmk below, also "5" numeral obliterated by grids at right, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f.
Estimate: $250

1847 5c red brown, margins all around, fresh and v.f., tied by blue Troy, N.Y. cancel on faulty cover addressed to Washington County, N.Y., with Feb 5, 1849 docketing
Estimate: $250

1847 10c black, margins all around, tied by black grids on cover (with letter of contents) used in 1850 from Wilkes Barre to Culpeper County, Va, with perfect departure strike alongside, overall cover toning away from the stamp, fine
Estimate: $500

1851 1c blue, se-tenant horizontal strip of three, left stamp type IIIA, other two type II, tied by U.S. Express Mail NY cancels on FL to Providence, R.I., ample margins to just touching at top, fine and rare combination cover, with 2012 Weiss certificate
Estimate: $500

1851 1c blue, horizontal strip of five, positions 51R-55R, margins all around, small nick at top, minor tears and other small faults, fine appearance, signed Molesworth
Estimate: $750

1851 1c blue, type IV, horizontal strip of six, used, part of adjoining stamps at bottom but margins in at top, creases, otherwise fine and rare multiple
Estimate: $500

1851 1c blue, type IV, pos.12R1L, margins all around including adjoining stamps at top and bottom, tied by red orange "Middlebury VT" cds on cover to Vergennes, VT, v.f. and rare cancel with 2011 PFC
Estimate: $250

1851 3c Bald, Cousland and Co. essays, three on bond, including brown (defective), and two in black, one cut to shape, otherwise fine,
Cat. Val. $1,050
Estimate: $200

1851 5c red brown, large margins all around, with portions of adjoining stamps at top and bottom, rich color and v.f., tied by New Orleans cds on cover sent in 1856 via New York to France, with boxed "GB 1F60c" accountancy and charged "8" (decimes) on front, also "Etats-Unis Paq. Brit. A. Calais. M", London transit and Nimes arrival pmks on back, fine cover, ex-Walter Klein collection
Estimate: $500

1851 5c red brown, horizontal pair, margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at left, but just touching at bottom, minor abrasions at right, tied by black cds on small cover addressed to California, endorsed "Emma Nov 1859", cover toning and mending, back may not be original, sold as is (catalogued as used pair off cover)
Cat. Val. $1,600
Estimate: $400

1851 10c green, type II, horizontal pair, margins all around, nice color, canceled by pen and tied by blue Wiscasset, Me, Jan 28 cds on cover used in 1856 to France, left stamp extending slightly over the edge of cover, minute marginal crease, otherwise v.f., with Boston transit and Le Havre arrival pmks
Estimate: $350