376th Auction

1847, Franklin 5 c. brown, good to wide margins all around, tied by red grid cancel to envelope with adjecent red cds. „PROVODENCE R.I. DEC.10.“ to New Haven, Connecticut, envelope with small wrinkle at top, otherwise fine, certificate PF (1989) (Scott 1)

PATRIOTIC COVER: "Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise:" in red and Liberty holding Union Flag, multicolored design on coverfront mailed as Army letter to Belgium, thus taxed with blue straight-line "DUE 3cts." and "14" in red ink in Belgium, vertical fold and small tears backed by hinges, attractive and very rare

1893, Columbian 30 c. orange-brown tied by registry oval “NEW YORK” to small registered cover with adjacent cds. “ “NEW YORK REG’Y.DIV. 9.26.1893” to Braunschweig, Germany with arrival mark, fine (Scott 239)

The J.H. Prince Letter Dispatch 1861-1869: 1861, Side-wheeler steamboat black, close to margins all around, tied by cork and by blue "Prince's Express 9 Milk St." in serrated oval to postal stationery envelope 3 cent pink to Hinsdale N.H., cds. "Boston Mass. Jun. 23 5 A.M." alongside, original June 21, 1869 datelined letter from Portland included, overall soiling. Fine appearance and the only recorded example of this rare stamp used on U.S. postal stationery, certificate PF (1982) (Scott# 122L1, U58) Provenance: Gordon Stimmell Collection (Siegel Auctions 2015)  

The J.H. Prince Letter Dispatch 1861-1869: 1861, Side-wheeler steamboat black, large margins all around, with manuscript cancel, together with Washington 3c. rose, both stamps tied by cds. "Boston Mass. Sep. 11" and quartered cork to cover to Albany N.Y., 1865 receipt docketing, sealed tear in 3c stamp, backflap removed, one of the rarest of all independent mail usages from the only steamboat carrier to issue stamps, this is one of the earliest covers of a total of 11 registered (see Penny Post, October 2002, "Cancels on Prince's Letter Dispatch" pages 47-53, by Larry Lyons), certificate PF (1982) (Scott# 122L1, 65) Provenance: The David Golden Collection of U.S. Carriers and Locals (Siegel Auctions 1999)