U.S. and Confederate States Postal History

*A buyer’s premium of 15% of the winning bid was added as part of the total purchase price on all lots in this sale. Buyers were responsible for applicable sales tax, customs duty and any other prescribed charges. By placing a bid, bidders agreed to the terms and conditions in effect at the time of the sale.

Featuring the Calvet M. Hahn Collection of Colonial and Early American Postal History and a further portion of the Irwin Weinberg Inventory

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Sale 1146 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

Session One (lots 1001-1173): Thursday, December 15, 2016, at 10:30 a.m.

• Presidential Free Franks and Autographs Lot 1001–1027
• Early American Free Franks and Autographs Lot 1028–1059
• Famous People Lot 1060–1073
• Colonial Postal History: British Parliamentary and Early Colonial, Massachusetts Lot 1074–1079
• Colonial Postal History: British Parliamentary and Early Colonial, New Jersey Lot 1080–1082
• Colonial Postal History: British Parliamentary and Early Colonial, New York Lot 1083–1096
• Colonial Postal History: British Parliamentary and Early Colonial, Pennsylania Lot 1097–1100
• Colonial Postal History: British Parliamentary and Early Colonial, Rhode Island Lot 1101–1103
• Colonial Postal History: British Parliamentary and Early Colonial, S.C. & Balances Lot 1104–1108
• Colonial Postal History: French & Indian War Lot 1109–1115
• Colonial Postal History: Revolutionary War, Transitional & Congressional Post Lot 1116–1143
• Colonial Postal History: Revolutionary War, Inflation Rates Lot 1144–1150
• Colonial Postal History: Revolutionary War, Transatlantic Mail Lot 1151–1173

Session Two (lots 1174-1569): Thursday, December 15, 2016, at 1:30 p.m.

• Colonial Postal History: Revolutionary War, Military Correspondence Lot 1174–1187
• Colonial Postal History: Revolutionary War, Prisoner-of-War Mail Lot 1188–1193
• 1783-1792 Post-Revolutionary War Period Lot 1194–1204
• Restored Packet Service, French Royal Packets and Transatlantic Mails Lot 1205–1234
• Postal Markings by State or Territory Lot 1235–1265
• Stage Mail Lot 1266–1272
• Railroads and Inland Waterways Lot 1273–1280
• War of 1812 Lot 1281–1288
• Military Mail (non-Civil War) Lot 1289–1308
• Circus Covers Lot 1309–1320
• Valentines Lot 1321–1326
• 1845 New York Postmasters Provisional Lot 1327–1329
• 5c 1847 Issue Lot 1330–1364
• 10c 1847 Issue Lot 1365–1373
• 1851-57 Issues Lot 1374–1396
• 1861-68 Issues Lot 1397–1420
• 1869 Pictorial Issue Lot 1421–1445
• 1870 Bank Note and Later Issues Lot 1446–1466
• First Day, Cacheted and Dorothy Knapp Hand-Painted Covers Lot 1467–1488
• Air Post and Flight Covers Lot 1489–1521
• Back-of-Book Issues Lot 1522–1526
• Carriers and Locals Lot 1527–1536
• Carriers and Locals cont., Westervelts Post Specialized Collection Lot 1537–1550A
• Western Expresses Lot 1551–1569

Session Three (lots 1570-1723): Thursday, December 15, 2016, at 6:00 p.m.

• Civil War: Union Autographs and Covers Lot 1570–1583
• Civil War: Confederate Free Franks and Autographs Lot 1584–1590
• Civil War: U.S. Stamps Used in Confederacy and Demonetized Uses Lot 1591–1592
• Civil War: Confederate Postmasters Provisionals Lot 1593–1611
• Civil War: Confederate Postmasters Provisionals, cont. Lot 1612–1634
• Civil War: Confederate General Issues Lot 1635–1647
• Civil War: Prisoner-of-War and Flag-of-Truce Lot 1648–1650
• Civil War: Confederate States Group Lots Lot 1651–1658
• United States Possessions Lot 1659–1678
• Group Lots and Collection Balances Lot 1679–1723