United States and Confederate States Postal History

*A buyer’s premium of 10% 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
Confederate States Postmasters" Provisionals
The "Chrysanthemum" Collection of First Day Covers and Earliest Documented Usages
Presidential Free Franks
An Important Holding of Classic Covers, including 1869 Pictorial Issues and U.S. Post Offices in China
Classic United States Precancellations on Cover
Flight Covers
Carriers and Locals

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Sale 875 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

Session One (lots 201-578): Tuesday, April 27, 2004, at 1:30 p.m.

• Confederate States (Free Franks and Ephemera) Lot 201–203
• Independent & Confederate State Use of U.S. Stamps Lot 204–214
• Handstamped Paid and Due Markings Lot 215–245
• Confederate Postmasters Provisionals Lot 246–257
• General Issues Off Cover Lot 258–265
• General Issues on Cover Lot 266–344
• Thru-the-Lines and Prisoner-of-War Mails Lot 345–353
• Federal Usages Lot 354–360
• Lincoln Campaign Covers Lot 361–368
• Magnus Patriotics Lot 369–378
• Civil War Patriotics Lot 379–403
• The Chrysanthemum Collection of First Day Covers and Earliest Documented Usages Lot 404–561
• Inauguration Dates and Presidential Events Lot 562–578

Session Two (lots 579-766): Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at 10:30 a.m.

• Free Franks and Autographs (Presidents and their Widows) Lot 579–607
• Famous Americans Lot 608–628
• Paper Americana and Photographs Lot 629–631
• Postal Markings by State Lot 632–668
• War of 1812 Surcharge Rates Lot 669–677
• Restored Rates Lot 678–682
• Express Mails Lot 683–686
• Railroad Markings Lot 687–690
• Waterway Markings Lot 691–704
• Transatlantic and Foreign Mails Lot 705–716
• Postmasters Provisionals Lot 717–724
• 1847 Issue Lot 725–766

Session Three (lots 767-1288): Wednesday, April 28, 2004, at 1:30 p.m.

• 1c 1851 Issue Lot 767–781
• 3c 1851 Issue Lot 782–796
• 10c-12c 1851-1856 Issue Lot 797–803
• 1c 1857-60 Issue Lot 804–814
• 3c-5c 1857-60 Issue Lot 815–832
• 10c-24c 157-60 Issue Lot 833–843
• 1861-66 Issue (Scott 63 to 65) Lot 844–854
• 1861-66 Issue (Scott 67 to 70) Lot 855–863
• 1861-66 Issue (Scott 71 to 78) Lot 864–889
• 1867-68 Grilled Issue Lot 890–895
• 1869 Pictorial Issue (1c-3c) Lot 896–903
• 1869 Pictorial Issue (10c) Lot 904–911
• 1869 Pictorial Issue (12c-24c) Lot 912–920
• 1875 Re-Issue of 1869 Pictorial Issue Lot 921–923
• Classic Precancellations (Cumberland Maine) Lot 924–925
• Classic Precancellations (Glen Allen Virginia) Lot 926–951
• Classic Precancellations Lot 952–953
• Fancy Cancellations Lot 954–986
• 1870-93 Bank Note Issues Lot 987–1009
• Columbian Issue Lot 1010–1015
• 1894-98 Bureau Issues Lot 1016–1022
• Trans-Mississippi Issue Lot 1023–1047
• Pan-American and Later Issues Lot 1048–1060
• U.S. Post Offices in China Lot 1061–1085
• Spanish-American War and Military Mails Lot 1086–1091
• Air Post and Flight Covers Lot 1092–1114
• 1939-41 Antarctic Service Expedition Lot 1115–1121
• Back-of-Book Issues Lot 1122–1124
• Independent Mails and Western Expresses Lot 1125–1132
• Carriers Lot 1133–1159
• Independent Mails and Local Posts Lot 1160–1227
• Guam Lot 1228–1248
• Hawaii and Puerto Rico Lot 1249–1251
• Group Lots by Issue Lot 1252–1269
• Group Lots by Category Lot 1270–1288