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**1861 Issue thru 1869 Pictorial Issue continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2791		2c Brown, 3c Ultramarine (113-114). Three insurance-related advertising covers, incl. 2c with pink John Hancock design, 3c with illustrated design for Anchor Life Insurance, last is intricate Guardian Mutual, some slight wear and minor flaws, Very Fine group, each with 2011 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction
2792		3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by bold strike of quartered cork cancel, "Baltimore Md. Apr. 30" circular datestamp on orange cover to local street address, "Steamboat" and "Due 1" in circle handstamps, slight edgewear, Very Fine and unusual, this cover was marked due 1c to pay the difference between postage affixed and the 2c steamboat captain's fee plus 2c for local delivery, ex Foote and Eubanks (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
2793		3c Ultramarine (114). Clear strike of Canton Mass. Horse's Head fancy cancel, (stamp not tied), matching "Canton Mass. Apr. 16" (1870) circular datestamp on cover to Foxboro Mass., original contents enclosed, envelope opened roughly at right causing small faults on the stamp but perfs are intact, Very Fine strike, with 2012 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
2794		3c Ultramarine (114). Eighteen 3c covers and one 2c cover, each with Insurance company advertising, range of companies incl. several with fascinating illustrated designs, range of originations and destinations, few flaws, overall appear Fine-Very Fine, an attractive and desirable group Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
2795		10c Yellow (116). Rich color on bright paper, tied by strike of "N. York Steamship ? 16" circular datestamp on 1870 folded cover from Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, via New York addressed to the Bank of British North America, neat "JU 18, 1870 NS" oval receiving backstamp, Very Fine and attractive, this comes from a well-known correspondence originating in Cuba -- a double-rate 10c 1869 cover addressed in the same hand with the same markings is docketed with Cardenas, Cuba, origin (ex J. D. Baker) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
2796		10c Yellow (116). Two, used with 2c Brown and three 3c Ultramarine, (one stamp missing), tied by 5-point Negative Star in Circle fancy cancels on 1870 cover with printed address to Copenhagen, Denmark, from the Warner correspondence, sender's routing "Via N. German Union.", red "New York Paid All Direct" circular datestamp with unclear date on back, matching "5" (cents) handstamp on front for double 2.5c credit to N.G.U., red framed Bremen transit datestamp and re-stated postage of "WF 2" (Sgr.) in red crayon, edgewear causing faults on stamps at top, two 3c stamps defective, still a Fine appearing and striking three denomination franking, the rates to Denmark by N.G.U. mails listed in the U.S. Postal Guide were 13c prepaid and 16c unpaid, the Hartford mail clerk apparently experienced significant confusion on this point as a number of the covers from this correspondence are overpaid, if the missing stamp was a 1c this cover would have been prepaid at the 32c unpaid double-rate, illustrated in a Chronicle article by Michael Laurence which accompanies (No. 94, p. 106) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
2797		15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Rich colors, perfs in, used with 3c Ultramarine (114), tied by large segmented cork cancels, "New-York Registered Jul. 2" small circular datestamp on orange cover to Milford Conn., slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, ex Kuphal (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction

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