Siegel Sale 1000 continued...

**The Peter G. Dupuy Collection of High-Value 1857-60 Issues - Covers**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1038		12c Black, Plate 1 (36). Horizontal strip of five, tied by five strikes of "New Orleans La. Dec. 14, 1858" circular datestamp on folded cover to Vera Cruz, Mexico, neat "8" reales due handstamp and manuscript ship endorsement "per Tennessee", strip has faint even gum toning, tiny tear at top of first stamp at left (not mentioned on accompanying certificate) VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MULTIPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM PLATE ONE, PAYING SIX TIMES THE 10-CENT RATE TO MEXICO. Ex Grunin, Klein and Sevenoaks. With 2001 P.F. certificate. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 4,000-5,000 SOLD for $3,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
1039		30c Orange (38). Used with 1c Blue, Ty. V, and 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (24, 26), single of each, tied by "New York Jan. 11" Ocean Mail circular datestamp on cover to Managua, Nicaragua, franked to pay the 34c British mail rate via St. Thomas though actually sent via American Packet Direct (10c), cover with small repaired tear at top left, 30c with minute scuff FINE APPEARANCE. POSSIBLY A UNIQUE USE OF THE NEW YORK OCEAN MAIL DATESTAMP ON THE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE. Ex Polland, Grunin and Myers. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 7,500-10,000 SOLD for $5,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
1040		30c Orange (38). Bright color, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) and tied by well-struck "Philadelphia Pa. Jan. 28, 1861" octagonal datestamp on light yellow cover to Cape Hatien, Haiti, red "24" credit, St. Thomas and Jacmel backstamps, flap tears and small scuffed area at left skillfully repaired, 30c few short perfs VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE 1857 ISSUE COVER TO HAITI. VERY FEW COVERS FROM THIS CLASSIC PERIOD ARE KNOWN TO THIS ISLAND DESTINATION. Franked to pay the 33c rate by British Mail via Southampton, this was actually accepted as fully prepaid and sent at the 34c rate by British Mail via St. Thomas. Ex Gibson and Piller (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $2,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1041		30c Orange (38). Rich color, used with 10c Green, Type V (35), tied by grid and "New-York Jan. 11, 1861" circular datestamp on mostly complete blue cover to Mexico, reduced at top and also at right, "7" due marking overstruck by "0" and with "14" reales due marking below, some wear, still Very Fine, scarce quadruple-rate usage (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1042		30c Orange (38). Rich color, tied by red grid, matching "New York Paid 12 Sep. 19" credit datestamp on 1860 cover from San Francisco to Havre, France, blue Wells Fargo & Co. "PAID THROUGH" straightline handstamp, "St. Francis Hotel. Corner of Clay and Dupont Sts." corner card printed at lower left, red Havre octagonal transit datestamp, barely reduced at bottom, some edgewear, still Very Fine, unusual cover carried by Wells Fargo & Co. outside the mails from San Francisco to New York City and posted to France via Havre (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
1043		30c Orange (38). Deep rich color, used with 5c Brown, Ty. II (30A) and 10c Green, Ty. V (35), tied by grid cancels, red "New York Paid 9 May 22" credit datestamp on blue 1861 folded cover to Lyon, France, French transit and red boxed "PD" also ties 10c, various French transit backstamps, Very Fine, a colorful triple-rate cover from the Payen correspondence, ex Krug (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
1044		30c Orange (38). Cancelled by blue grid with matching "Louisville Ky. Aug. 13, 1861" duplex double-circle datestamp on folded cover (without side flaps) from New Orleans to Bremen, Germany, well-struck *"Adams Ex. Co. Louisville, Ky. * Aug. 12, 1861"** circular datestamp on back (folded up for display), blue oval handstamp applied by Pandorf & Co. in New Orleans, sender's routing instructions "Per Adams Express Co. to New York, per first steamer via Liverpool or Southampton" and "paid in full", manuscript "60/1" rate notation at upper left (25c express fee plus postage, which was apparently calculated at 35c in the Adams New Orleans office), red "New York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Aug. 17" credit datestamp, red boxed "Aachen Franco" transit handstamp VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF THE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE ON A COVER THAT WAS CARRIED ACROSS THE LINES BY EXPRESS AND THE ONLY RECORDED THRU-THE-LINES EXPRESS COVER TO GERMANY (FIVE KNOWN IN TOTAL). This cover was posted from Confederate New Orleans and is franked to pay the 30c rate via Prussian Closed Mail. It was datestamped August 12 by Adams Express Company in Louisville, ten days prior to demonetization of the old stamps. The 30c stamp was probably applied at the Adams office in Louisville. The Walske-Trepel census records five thru-the-lines express covers in the June 15-August 26 period, including three carried by Adams (two to France, one to Germany) and two by American Letter Express Co. (to France and Switzerland). This is the only cover to Germany and the only 30c cover among the five recorded. Special Routes Census No. N-AD-61. Ex Grunin (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 15,000-20,000 SOLD for $10,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
1045		30c Orange (38). Rich color, tied by "Alleghany Pa. Jun. 12, 1861" circular datestamp, second strike below, on red and blue "Death to Traitors!" Patriotic cover to Germany, red "N. York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Jun. 15" credit datestamp, red boxed "Aachen Franco" transit handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, few cover tears, some edgewear, still Very Fine, a rare use of the 30c 1860 on a Civil War patriotic cover to Germany (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
1046		30c Orange (38). Bright color, cancelled by red criss-crossing grids, matching "N. York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Sep. 14" credit datestamp on 1861 folded letter to Glogau, Prussia, stamp also tied by red boxed "Aachen Franco" transit handstamp, endorsed pr Asia", this did not make the Sept. 11 sailing of that Cunarder and with clear strike of "TOO LATE" straightline handstamp, carried on the Havre Line's Arago instead, which departed New York on June 14, receiving backstamp, fresh and Very Fine, unusual usage, apart from the routing this also overpays by 2c the Prussian Closed Mail rate which was reduced from 30c to 28c on Sep. 1, 1861 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
1047		30c Orange (38). Horizontal pair, tied by bold black grids, red "N.York Am. Pkt. 14 Paid Jan. 19" credit datestamp on double-rate 1861 folded cover to Trieste, Austria, red boxed "Aachen Franco" transit handstamp, receiving backstamp, light horizontal file fold well away from stamp, Very Fine, pairs of the 30c 1860 are extremely rare on cover, ex Krug, Grunin and LeBow, signed Ashbrook (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $2,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1048		30c Orange (38). Horizontal pair, s.e. at right, tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 18, 1860" octagonal datestamp on registered cover to Vienna, Austria, red "New-York Dec. 19, 1860" circular datestamp (used on registered mail to foreign countries), red "Recomandirt" and boxed "Aachen Franco" transit handstamps, receiving backstamp, expertly sealed cover tear at upper left, Very Fine, an exceedingly rare registered cover to Austria with a pair of the 30c 1860 issue paying double rate, ex Gibson, Klein and Kapiloff (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $4,000.00 Will close during Public Auction

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