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**Carriers continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
4040		U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Glazed (6LB5b). Large margins, tied by red "U.S." in oval, matching "U.S. City Despatch Post, Oct. 7, 9 O'Clock" circular datestamp on light green folded letter addressed to "Collector of the Post" in New York, light vertical file fold well away from stamp, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	750.00 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
4041		New-York 2 cts. Oct. 24. Red integral-rate circular datestamp for carrier delivery to the post office, red "New York 10 cts Oct. 25" integral-rate circular datestamp on 1847 folded letter to St. Johns, New Brunswick, blue ms. "10" U.S. rate, ms. "6 [+] 7 [=]12" due in Canada, slight edgewear, Very Fine, unusual combination of rates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
4042		NEW YORK. Carrier department red dateless circle clearly struck on lady's small embossed cover to local addressee, no street address, presumably brought to the post office, black "New-York 1Ct. Oct. 26" integral-rate circular datestamp, Very Fine, scarce (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
4043		NEW YORK. Carrier department red dateless circle and matching "Paid" straightline on buff cover to local street address, pencil "Paid 2c" for carrier fee, couple ink smears, Very Fine, scarce (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 150-200 SOLD for $170.00 Will close during Public Auction
4044		U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black (7LB18). Large margins with "Toppan, Carpenter" portion of imprint, handstamped impression incomplete, uncancelled, used on 3c Red Nesbitt entire to Hartford Conn., "Philadelphia Pa. Mar. 23" circular datestamp, small skinned spot in cover next to carrier stamp VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING IMPRINT EXAMPLE OF THE U.S.P.O. CARRIER STAMP ON ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE SHEET SELVAGE. The Philadelphia carrier stamps printed on the sheet selvage of imperforate 1c 1851 stamps hold a unique position in United States philately. Elsewhere in the world there are very few instances in which sheet selvage was used to produce adhesive stamps -- the Emory Va. Confederate provisional and early stamps of Zanzibar come to mind as other examples. Two handstamps were used to create the Philadelphia carrier stamps: the Eagle oval (Scott type C31), which produced 7LB16, and the large oval (type C32), from which 7LB18 was made. These were probably necessary after supplies of the Eagle Carrier ran out in 1856. Ex Caspary and Golden. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	9,000.00 SOLD for $3,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
4045°		U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black (7LB18). Lightly-struck U.S.P.O Despatch oval handstamp on what appears to be 1c 1851 sheet margin with some blue plate wash, uncancelled, used with 1c Blue, Ty. IV (9), horizontal strip of three, ample margins to cut in, rich color, tied by two strikes of large "Paid" grid cancel and red "Boston 3 cts. 1 Nov." integral-rate circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Philadelphia street address with instructions "Please delivery immediately", receipt docketing dated 1852, file folds, one of which creases stamp at right THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF THE PHILADELPHIA 7LB18 CARRIER STAMP ON AN INBOUND COVER. Based on accepted genuine examples, it appears that the Philadelphia carrier stamps on 1c 1851 adhesive sheet margins came into use in 1856 and are known only on "to the mails" covers from Philadelphia. However, this cover predates the 1856 examples by slightly more than three years, and the use of the carrier stamp to pay for delivery from the mails is unusual. The street address and instructions to "deliver immediately" support the idea that the carrier affixed the stamp as a form of receipt and/or accounting for a coin received when he delivered the letter. The cover's provenance also supports its genuineness: the "CEC" handstamp at lower left identifies C. E. Chapman as a previous owner, which dates the cover to the early part of the 20th Century. Ex Chapman and Gibson. With 1990 P.F. certificate which reads "genuinely used on cover and with the right stamp heavily creased in fold". Offered on an "as is" basis. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $3,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
4046		"Not Found/Johnson". Ms. endorsement applied by carrier John Johnson on Jan. 20, 1847 folded letter written from a Quaker farmer near Mount Pleasant O. to Philadelphia "in street near poplar lain", hand-carried and dropped at Philadelphia post office more than two months later, blue "Philada. Pa. 5 cts Mar. 29" circular datestamp with integral rate changed to "2" cents in ms. for drop letter rate, additional pencil "2" for carrier, stained, split along folds, still a presentable and extraordinary usage, the subject of an article in Chronicle 130, p. 92, ex Meyersburg (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
4047		U.S.P.O. Despatch/Pre-Paid/One-Cent. Red double-oval handstamp and matching "Paid" on cover to local addressee, Very Fine, with 1976 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 150-200 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
4048		U.S.P.O. Despatch/Pre-Paid/One Cent. Double-oval handstamp cancels pair of 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26) on large part of folded cover to New York City, "Philadelphia Pa. Aug. 18" double-octagon datestamp, pair tied by docketing and vertical file fold, Fine, very rare, ex Chapman, Emerson, Gibson and Meyersburg (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $180.00 Will close during Public Auction
4049		Drop-Rate and Carrier Fee Stampless Covers. 13 unusual folded letters/covers from the Hahn collection, including U.S. City Despatch Post and "New-York 2 cts." combination on folded letter to local street address, Canandaigua "Paid 1 Cent" in circle, "2" rate markings, a few added as a forwarding charge on inbound mail, minor faults, Fine-Very Fine Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction

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