United States Postal History

*A buyer’s premium of 18% 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 Gordon Eubanks Collection of California Penny Post Company
1861-68 Covers from the B. Clyde Hutchinson Estate
Classic Covers from a Virginia Estate
Robert E. Lee Original Correspondence, offered to the market for the first time
Covers from the Melvin Getlan Collection

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Sale 1272 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

Session One (lots 3001-3252): Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.

• Stampless Covers Lot 3001–3013
• Waterway Markings Lot 3014–3021
• Salt Lake City & New Mexico Lot 3022–3026
• San Francisco: Eubanks Collection of California Penny Post Lot 3027–3060
• San Francisco: Locals and Letter Bag, Western Express Lot 3061–3075
• San Francisco: British Columbia Mail Lot 3076–3082
• San Francisco: Hawaii Mail, China & Japan Mail Lot 3083–3098
• City Despatch Post, New York, N.Y. Lot 3099–3105
• Carrier Issues Lot 3106–3117
• 1844-45 Independent Mails Lot 3118–3142
• Local Posts Lot 3143–3172
• Robert E. Lee Correspondence Lot 3173–3195
• Adams Express to the 7th Regiment Lot 3196–3199
• Confederate States: Covers and Stamps Lot 3200–3238
• Confederate States: Blockade-Run Mail Lot 3239–3246
• Confederate States: Group Lots Lot 3247–3252

Session Two (lots 3253-3358): Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 10:30 a.m.

• Postmasters' Provisionals Lot 3253–3255
• 1847 Issue (Scott 1-2) Lot 3256–3276
• 1851-56 Issue (Scott 5-17) Lot 3277–3297
• 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-38) Lot 3298–3321
• Campaign Covers Lot 3322–3331
• Civil War Union Patriotic Covers Lot 3332–3358

Session Three (lots 3359-3580): Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 1:30 p.m.

• 1861-68 Issue (Scott 62B-68) Lot 3359–3391
• 1861-68 Issue, cont. (Scott 69-78) Lot 3392–3431
• 1867-68 Grilled Issue (Scott 79-100) Lot 3432–3452
• 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 112-119) Lot 3453–3474
• 1870-79 Bank Note Issues Lot 3475–3478
• 1893 Columbian Issue Lot 3479–3502
• 1901 Pan-American Issue Lot 3503–3509
• 1904 Louisiana Purchase and Later Issues Lot 3510–3536
• Air Post and Parcel Post Lot 3537–3543
• Postal History Group Lots Lot 3544–3580