U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1847 5c dark red brown, neat red grid cancel, full margins all around incl. sheet margin at left, parts of adjoining stamps at right and bottom, minute flaws which in no way detract from the stamp's superb appearance, signed Calves, etc. A rare positional piece
Estimate: $350

1847 5c red brown, margins all around, cancelled by red grids and tied by blue Baltimore Jan. 27 departure pmk on coverfront, sent via New York to France, with boxed accountancy and "Ang. Calais" entry pmks, fine
Estimate: $900

1847 10c black, unused (regummed), margins just in at top, full on all other sides, vertical crease and small corner thin, an affordable and presentable copy of this rare unused stamp, with 2017 PFC,
Cat. Val. $15,000
Estimate: $2000

1847 10c black, margins all around, close but clear at bottom left, fine, tied by red grid cancel on large part of outer FL, used in 1849 from New York to Marion, Alabama, filing fold well away from the stamp,
Cat. Val. $1,050
Estimate: $600

1851 Bald, Cousland & Co., 3c Postage, imperf. essays on bond paper, two different in scarlet and black, v.f.
Estimate: $700

1860 (9 Aug) outer FL originating from Paris, France, with oval "Apesteguy & Mairesse" oval, addressed to the U.S. Consul in Vera Cruz, Mexico, sent by unknown means to New Orleans, where it was franked with 3c red (imperf. at right, with vertical gutter lines), tied by 1 September cds, oval "Forwarded by E.J. Forstall" handstamp on back, carried by the schooner "Potomac", with no charges assessed in Mexico, some cover mending at top,...

1851 10c green, type II, large margins all around including large portion of adjoining stamp at left, used on piece in combination with 3c red brown, v.f.
Estimate: $250

1851-68 Mississippi packet boats, four stampless covers, including "Alice Vivian", "Str. Gov. Allen" (3c stationery entire) and steamers "Amanda" & "Dr Batey", mixed condition but good markings, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $250

1861 cover (partly restored on back) from San Francisco, franked with 16 cents U.S. (10c and pair of 3c) overpaying the rate by 6c, to Guadalajara, via a ship of the PMSC line to Acapulco, where 2 reales was charged for internal postage, fine
Estimate: $1000

1857 24c gray lilac, tied by red grids on cover via New York to London, with May 13, 1861 arrival pmk, minor cover flaws, otherwise fine, signed Alcuri, with 1984 Scott Philatelic Co. certificate,
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $250

1857 90c blue, black cancel, well centered for this difficult issue, design clear of the perforations on all sides, small faults as often encountered in this high value, very rare genuinely used, with 2004 PFC ("with a tear at left center and small faults"), v.f. appearance,
Cat. Val. $10,200
Estimate: $2500

1861 outer FL with oval "Wells, Fargo San Francisco May 14" and "Paid" in blue alongside, addressed to the United States Consul in Victoria, Vancouver Island, sent by Capt. George G. Welles of the bank "Emily Banning," filing folds, otherwise fine, scarce Ship Letter
Estimate: $500