Americana Stamps

Winter 2025

January 3-5

Found 583 Results
Independent Mail, Hartford Conn. Mail Route

Lot #: 4088

Hartford Conn. Mail Route, 80L1, 5c Black on Yellow

Manuscript "South" Precancel

1844 5c black on yellow with manuscript "South" precancel (agent "B") applied before use.

Opening: $900
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Independent Mail, Well's Letter Express

Lot #: 4090

Well's Letter Express ,96L1, 5c Black on Pink, Large to Huge Margins, on Cover

Fine and Scarce, Signed Frajola, "Genuine Use After Service Suspended"

5c Black on Pink, large to huge margins, uncancelled and oxidized, tied by file fold on November 13, 1844 folded letter from Detroit to Buffalo N.Y., Fine and scarce; signed Frajola.

Opening: $240
Estimate: $400 - $500
Category: Independent Mail, Well's Letter Express
Catalogue: Scott 96L1
Catalog Value: $500
Provenance: Ex Stanley Piller, Frajola
Independent Mail, Pomeroy's Letter Express
Independent Mail
Express, American Express
Express, Bigelow's Express

Lot #: 4111

Bigelow Express Label on Folded Letter

Illustrated in the Fiske & Rice and Bigelow's Express Article

Cover with small express label with train vignette (Mosher BIGX-L1), Black on Yellow used on Mar. 13, 1851 folded letter from Athol Mass. to Boston

The cover indicates that Bigelow's adhesive continued to be used for a short time after the company was sold to Fiske & Rice.

Previously listed by Scott as 13L3.

Opening: $450
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Category: Express, Bigelow's Express
Catalogue: Mosher BIGX-L1c
Catalog Value: $500
Provenance: Ex Lyons, Hall, Mason, Ackerman, Elliot Perry
Express, Gay, Kinsley & Co