The Myerson Collection
| This is a net price sale of the James P. Myerson collection of 1861-1868 Issue postal history. It is a joint offering by Richard Frajola and Suburban Stamp Incorporated. All items are offered subject unsold. | ||||||
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| 504 |
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Wells Fargo & Co franked 3c pink entire used to Roseburg, Oregon, blue company San Francisco "Oct 3" double circle datestamp, double weight with 3c rose (#65) tied by blue boxed "Collect" handstamp, additional strike to right and manuscript "10c" due for inland service to Roseburg, 1862 docket at left, very fine out of the mails usage |
$600 |
| 505 |
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Wells Fargo & Co franked 3c pink entire used to Cold Spring Harbor, New York, blue company San Francisco "Jun 3" double circle datestamp, double weight with 3c rose (#65) tied when it entered the mails at New York by "New York Jun 26" postmark, usage after trans-continental rate reduced to 3c in 1863, cover edge tears along top, very fine usage | $350 |
| 506 |
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(Duke's Express), sender's endorsement "From the Miner Offices, via Duke's Express" on cover to Charles City, Iowa, entered the mails at Wilmington, California with 3c rose (#65, affixed over edge, faulty) with manuscript cancel, matching "Wilmington Cal Aug 22-64" postmark, a previously unreported express used to Wilmington shortly after office was established, cover minor edge soiling, extremely fine usage | $950 |
| 507 |
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Santa Ines Cal Dec 5 postmark on Dibblee correspondence (same addressee as famous carmine Pony express cover) legal size cover to San Francisco, eight copies 3c rose (#65, faulty) with manuscript cancels in the form of eyebrow, eye, and mouth drawn on each stamp, ink matches day in postmark, cover edge creases, 1866 docket, most unusual | $100 |
Richard Frajola (March, 2002)
