Early Locals and Carriers Sales

© Calvet M. Hahn 2003

* Marks sales available on this website immediately or in the future; boldface indicates the major sales.

May 28, 1870—World’s First Stamp Auction . J. W. Scott stock with few lots of locals. At Leavitt, Strebeigh, N.Y.

December 19, 1870—Collection of a prominent collector (reportedly supplied Scott by W. P. Brown) with large number of local lots. J. W. Scott at Leavitt, Strebeigh, N.Y.

March 18, 1872—The J. W. Scott collection of locals and carriers. Held at Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, London.

November 18, 1872—The Lomler of San Francisco holding with numerous locals. At Scott offices 146 Fulton, NYC.

March 24, 1880—The J. K. Furlong holding of U.S. locals including U.S. City Despatch cover. At. Scott offices, 146 Fulton.

December 12, 1881—The Charles Spaeth holding (considered the best U.S. locals yet offered). At. Scott’s Fulton St. office.

April 3-6, 1882—The Wm. P. Brown stock of locals. A fire sale. At. Scott’s Fulton St. office.

*January 21, 1884—The Hon. L. E. Chittenden holding of 56 lots of U.S. locals lots 429-485, at Scott offices.

October 12, 1885—The Dr. F. H. Miller holding of rare U.S. locals. At Scott offices.

*June 25, 1886—Unnamed sale at Ortgies & Co. New York. Locals were lots 294-326.

February 13, 1887—The Jas. M. Chute holding with locals lot 34 (19 stamps) and 35, Scott Stamp & Coin NYC

*December 20, 1887—The E. B. Sterling holding Part I with carriers as lots 23-35, and telegraphs (lots 294-311 and locals as lots 312-346 including 39 Carnes with a blue block of 12, and blocks of 6 of the red and gold, a used and unused Guys, a block of 12 of Jenkins, among others 40 Metropolitans, and 7 Pomeroy. George Leavitt sale NYC

March 25, 1889—New York gentlemen sale with carrier lots 7, 21-24, Scott Stamp & Coin NYC.

October 21, 1889—The George S. Van Wigkel sale including a nice lot of locals and carriers at J. W. Scott

April 21-22, 1890—The George B. Mason collection of locals. 460-lot sale. At Scott Stamp & Coin.

May 11, 1891—Unnamed American collector, included reprints of Franklin and Eagle carriers. At J. W. Scott

May 4-5, 1892—The David Proskey locals sale at Scott Stamp & Coin.

January 12-13, 1893—The Henry Clotz locals were included in this sale at J. W Scott

January 18-26, 1893—The George Hencken sale with 72 lots of U.S. locals. At Scott Stamp & Coin.

February 24, 1893—The Herman Determann holding, including his locals. Scott Stamp & Coin.

December 7, 1899—Unnamed collection with strong carriers and locals. As this follows the general Henry Chapman collection it may have some remainders from it. J. W. Scott sale.

*January 10-18, 1900—The F. W. Hunter sale. Carriers were lots 555-631; locals were lots 974-1222 including 67 lots of express labels and handstamps and a lot of 1,700 counterfeit locals. Held at Scott Stamp & Coin.

March 5-6, 1900—The Albert Gallatin holding of locals and carriers are included at J. W. Scott

March 31, 1902—Unnamed collection with Swarts’ 1¢ red local. J. W. Scott sale.

March 15-16, 1906 –A. H. Scholle holding with unused rosy buff, sale at J. C. Morgenthau NYC.

May 20, 1908—Unnamed auction with a sheet of the Greig adhesive. J. W. Scott sale.

February 9-10, 1909-- Part III of the W. E. Hawkins sales, with extensive locals on cover, sold at J. C. Morgenthau.

*March 15-16, 1910 through April 15, 1910 —John F. Seybold sales including his locals and carriers. One of the first cover sales, held at J. C. Morgenthau.

November 11-16, 1910—The W. E. Hawkins locals and carriers sale, held at J. C. Morgenthau.

*January 8, 1913---A major unnamed 213-lot locals sale at J. M. Bartels, NYC

May 21, 1913—Unnamed sale with photo plates of locals and carriers, Eugene Klein Philadelphia

April 21-22, 1914—Unnamed Collection including sheets of the Eagle carriers sold at Scott Stamp & Coin.

December 7-13, 1915—Part one of the Charles Gregory estate sales with his carriers at J. C. Morgenthau.

January 16, 1917—Unnamed sale had lots 23-25 (1¢ red Baltimore and 2¢ Honour of Charleston) and 31-32 (Carters and Gordon) as carriers and locals on cover and 243-247 as off-cover carrier stamps. J. C. Morgenthau NYC

February 6, 1917--The F. Edwin Church sale had lots 178-184 devoted to locals and carriers while lot 393 was the R. H. Linderman orange plate proofs of the Eagle and Franklin carrier. Morgenthau, NYC

*August 21-23, 1917—Part I of the 8-part Worthington (Lichtenstein) collection at J. C. Morgenthau

*October 13-30, 1917—Part II of the Worthington Collection including the bulk of his carriers and locals, held at J. C. Morgenthau.

*June 7-9, 1921—Part I of the 3-part Franz Herrmann holding including his locals, lots 524-818, held at J. C. Morgenthau.

1921—The Meredith find of Philadelphia and Baltimore carriers (lots 21-71) and Morton’s local (lot 72) J. M. Bartels sale

*November 3-5, 1921—The ‘German’ sale lots 610-674 were carriers and 675 –1008 were locals, expresses and independent mails held at J. M. Bartels, NYC

April 5-7, 1921—Part III of the 14-part Ferrari sales held in Paris by French gov’t, includes lot 285 of 1125 U.S. locals and misc. items; held by M. G. Gilbert at Hotel Drout in Paris

*June 26-27, 1923—The Leon Adutt of London holding of carriers (lots 906—916), locals (917-918) Morgenthau NYC

*June 18-20, 1924—Part IX of the French sales of Ferrari material. Lots 83-152 are U.S. locals at Hotel Drout Paris

*November 11-14, 1924—The first Nicholas Waterhouse sale had lots 788-853 devoted to carrier material including a mint pane of the Eagle. It sold in London at Puttick & Samson

June 23, 1925—Part XIII of the French sale of the Ferrari holding. Lot 187 contained 8 Blood’s letters and lot 266 contained 1,614 U.S. Western express items. at Hotel Drout Paris

November 5, 1926--Unnamed ‘historic sale of covers’ including 412 lots of Western Expresses at Eugene Klein Philadelphia

*January 1 and May 6, 1929—Charles Phillips Mekeels ads for selected items from J. S. Grant holding.

*January 11-12, 1928—Part I of the 3-part C. R. Hurd sale including his carriers and locals, at Daniel Kelleher, Boston. The 1928 American Philatelist pgs 504-6 gives a write up of Hurd holding.

April 17, 1929—Part II of Joseph Steinmetz holding, including his outstanding carriers and locals sold at Eugene Klein.

*May 17, 1929—The L. L. Green sale had lots 7-74 as locals and carriers sold at Kelleher Boston See Mekeels report 6/10/29 pg. 381

May 29, 1931—Unnamed collection of locals, including 523 lots of locals, carriers and western expresses at Eugene Klein, Philadelphia. *Realizations were reported in Mekeel’s 6/1/31.

November 20-24, 1933—The Arthur Hind sale has carrier stamps and covers as lots 1053-1127 Charles Phillips NYC

July 6, 1935—Stamps advertisement on page 10 by Charles J. Phillips of U.S. locals

*May 9, October 10, 24 and 31, 1936 advertisements by Y. Souren in Stamps for price list sale of a major locals and carriers holding.

October 28, 1936—The W. H. Manning estate holding of U.S. carriers, lots 1-279 sold at Robert Laurence, NYC

*November 23-25, 1938—The William Crocker U.S. holding had lots 599-617 as carriers and lots 739-756 as locals, with lots 757—803 being Wells Fargo and western expresses. Sold at Harmer Rooke, London

December 29, 1938 –Stanley Gibbons Stamps advertisement of U.S. Carriers available.

*February 23, 1939—Part 10 of the 26 Judge Emerson sales. This section sold by Kelleher of Boston contained his carriers and locals. Lots 14, 19, 27, 28, 56 were 1847 or 1851 combinations, while lots 178-252 were carriers and 253-482 were locals.

April 21, 1939—Part II of the 3-part Mr. X (George Tyler) sale had carriers as lots 455-481. Held by Philip Ward Philadelphia

*May 29, 1939—Private treaty Mekeel’s ad by Eugene Klein for Roche’s, Brigg’s, Gordon’s and Pomeroy’s and several early varieties of Bloods.

*October 30-Nov. 4, 1939—The Stephen Brown holding including a few locals. This sale held at Harmer, Rooke, NYC

September 17, 1940—Unnamed collection with lots 21-27 being locals and carriers sold at. Laurence & Stryker NYC

November 15, 1940--The Laurence B. Mason hold of carriers & locals; lots 159-175 are Wells Fargo, lots 313-331 are carriers and lots 332-353 are locals, lots 491-496 are Confederate expresses sold by Laurence & Stryker NYC. The Mason talk before the Collectors Club on this was reported in Mekeel’s 3/23/1931.

December 2-5, 1940—The Nassau Stamp Stock holding of carriers and locals, Harmer-Rooke, NYC

March 22, 1941—The Leland Powers sale had carriers (274-278) and locals (lots 279-343) Kelleher Boston

October 16, 1941—The Nassau Stamp stock of western and express matter sold at Harmer-Rooke, NYC

*October 28, 1941—The Harry H. Spring sale with lots 76-91 being expresses, lots 139-151 being foreign letter offices and carriers and locals being 453-478, a Laurence & Stryker sale.

*May 5-10, 1941—Part I of the 3-part Edward S. Knapp holding, which included his carriers and locals with photos from the Knapp photo archives. Parke-Bernet, NYC

*November 15, 1941—The Wilson collection of U. S. Carriers (lots 221-236) and Locals (lots 237-268), Eugene Klein, Philadelphia

*February 20-21, 1942--The California Penny Post I sale, lots 181-201 with lots 215-232 being express covers and 446-459 being carriers and locals, at Laurence & Stryker, NYC

*March 30-31, 1942—The California Penny Post II sale with lots 148-204 and 224-232 and 382 being expresses while 864-877 are carriers and locals Laurence & Stryker NYC

*June 22-23, 1942—The California Penny Post III sale with lots 127-150 being express and news letter covers and lots 372-386 being carriers and locals at Laurence & Stryker NYC

*October 5-8, 1942—Part II of the 28-part Col. Green dispersal has express, locals, independent mail and carrier covers as lots 26-57 including Hale covers and off-cover examples as lots l468-1490. Laurence & Stryker NYC

*October 17, 1942—Part III of the 28-part Col. Green dispersal has carriers (lots 25-70), handstamps (lots 71-80) and locals (lots 81-83) Kelleher Boston Percy Doane sale.

*November 4-6, 1942—Part V of the 28-part Col. Green dispersal has carrier covers (lots 150-162) and locals and independent mails (lots 163-215) Percy Doane, NYC

*January 2l-23, 1943—The California Penny Post IV sale with lots 211-258 being expresses and independent mails and 443-456 and 1151-1159 being carriers and locals, L&S NYC

January 30, 1943—This unnamed sale had a good holding of carriers and locals. Kelleher, Boston

*May 26-28, 1943—Part VIII ‘Storrow’ of the 28-part Col. Green dispersal has carrier stamps (lots 446-515) Harmer Rooke NYC

October 18-19, 1943—The Dr. Warren L. Babcock sale with lots 77-89 being California expresses and lots 675-716 being carriers, locals and independent mails. L&S, NYC.

November 29-December 3, 1943—Part XI of the 26-part Col. Green dispersal has local lots 31 (Blood) and Metropolitan (32) Harmer Rooke NYC

February 1-3, 1944—Part XIII of the 26 part Col. Green dispersal has California express covers (lots 7-29), carriers (lots 1061-1102) and locals (lots 1103-1123) L&S NYC

February 22, 1944—The Karl Burroughs sale had locals as lots 132-142 Kelleher Boston

March 27-April 1, 1944—Part XV of the 26 part Col. Green dispersal has the eagle (lot 396) and Franklin (lot 397) sheets. Hugh Barr NYC

*July 7, 1944—Part VII of the 7-part A.M. Davis holding, which includes his carriers (lots 29-43) and locals (lots 44-130) at Eugene Klein, Philadelphia

July 22, 1944—Part IX of the 17-part Tuttle estate portion of Bogert & Durbin stock; this sale includes 92 lots of locals; held at Eugene Klein, Philadelphia

November 13-18, 1944—Part XVII of the Col. Green dispersal has carrier lots 213-215 Harmer Rooke NYC

February 19-24, 1945—Part XIX of the Col. Green dispersal has a sheet of the LO2 as lot 147. Costales NYC

March 5-6, 1945—Part XX of the Col. Green dispersal has lots 571 (block LO2), 573 (6LB6 black on green), and 573 (McGreeley’s) Laurence & Stryker NYC

April 17-21, 1945—Part XXII of the Col. Green dispersal has carrier lot 584 (6LB5) and local 585 (40L1) Hugh Barr, NYC

October 15-18, 1945—Part XXIII of the Col. Green dispersal has three carrier and locals sheet lots (579-581), the LO2 sheet the LO3 reprint block of 50 and the Boyd 20L25 sheet Huge Barr, NYC

September 25, 1945—Part VI of the 7-part holding of J. Stanley Rose. This part had 21 lots of locals (lots 115-137 and large lot 138) sold at Klein, Philadelphia.

October 13, 1945—Part VII of the 7 part holding of J. Stanley Rose. This sale had carrier lots 13-17 and 20 lots of locals (lots 19-38) at Eugene Klein Philadelphia.

January 8-10, 1946—Part XXIV of the Col. Green dispersal has carriers and locals lots 972-3) Irwin Heiman NYC

*March 30, 1946—Unnamed sale with 30 lots of locals and carriers (lots 16-45) and western covers (lots 46-91), Eugene Klein, Philadelphia.

October 28-November 1, 1946—Part XXVIII of the 28 part Col. Green has large lot 2124 of 15 carrier and locals. Costales NYC

November 19-20, 1946—The Ernest A. Wiltsee collection of western expresses, Harmer, Rooke, NYC

*December 5, 1946—Carrier covers lots 41-55 and local covers lots 56-95 Collectors Shop New Haven

*? —Lots 21-87 are locals and eastern express Collectors Shop New Haven

*April 22, 1948—Eastern Express cover sale lots 235-127 Collectors Shop New Haven

*March 10, 1949—Express and locals covers lots 177-343 Collectors Shop New Haven

March 17-19, 1949 sale of U.S. locals at Hugh C. Barr NYC

April 26-27, 1950—Alfred F. Lichtenstein locals holding, Eugene Costales NYC

December 1, 1950—The Alfred Brigham sale had lots 143-159 carriers, locals and express covers. Kelleher Boston

December 1-2, 1950—The Robert F. Chambers sale had independent mail, locals, and U.S. forwarders as lots 879-1012 There were 6 American Letter Mail, an Andrew’s, 4 Brainard’s, 2 Child and 2 Crofoot, a City Mail, 4 Eagle City, 2 Gray’s, 12 Hale’s, 9 Harnden, both types of Kenyon, 4 Stait’s, etc. Samuel Paige’s first sale, Boston

March 6-7, 1951—The ex-Needham, Boker Amos Eno holding of locals carriers and expresses (portions sold privately), Harmer Rooke NYC

March 12-15, 1951—The Y Souren Part I with carrier lots 961-1017; H. R. Harmer NYC

March 30-31, l951—Unnamed sale had carrier, local and express lots 618-654, including 6 Blood’s and 8 eastern express covers, Samuel Paige, Boston

April 29, 1951—Unnamed sale had lots 401-414 as locals and carriers. Siegel NYC

October 29-31, 1951—The Y. Souren Part II with carrier lots 839-841 and locals lots 842-934, H.R. Harmer, NYC

November 2-3, 1951—The Rev. Walter Fischel sale had forwarders and independent mails as lots 456-489 including a Mason’s New Orleans and a Hudson’s used from St. Thomas, lots 565-568 were California Penny Post, while 942-950 were locals, Samuel Paige Boston

October 22, 1952—The Y. Souren locals holding (lots 259-650) Harmer Rooke NYC

November 1, 1952—Unnamed sale has 4 locals and express lots including a Crosby’s, a Douglas and a Coupe’s, Samuel Paige, Boston

December 6, 1952—William N. Randall sale had local lots 93-102 including a Northern Liberties, and six lots (103-108) of Boston carriers, a Harnden Liverpool was lot 65 while an Adams Hartford h.s. was lot 92, western expresses were lots 130-152, Samuel Paige Boston

March 27-28, 1953—Unnamed sale with independent mails as lots 116-124, eastern expresses as lots 125-141, 160, carrier lots 142-147,194, 227 and locals lots 149-162, 428, Samuel Paige, Boston

June 6, 1953—The George Willard sale, carrier lots 257,261 263, Samuel Paige, Boston

December 10-11, 1953—Unnamed sale, carrier lots 92,352-3 western expresses 257-271, independent mail and locals 272-281, Samuel Paige, Boston

February 26-28, 1954—The Lewis H. Hall sale with locals, Harmer, Rooke, NYC

April 9-10, 1954—The Frederick Whitney and William Phillips sale with carrier lots 5-8, 642-3, locals lots 9, 645, independent mail lots 10-11, 644, Samuel Paige, Boston

June 4, 1954—Unnamed sale with carrier lots 183-188, 502, local lots 189-196, Wells Fargo lot 349, Samuel Paige Boston

September 16, 1954—This is a Lichtenstein holding of Western Expresses sale at J.A.Fox, N.Y.

October 28-29, 1954—The Howard Lehman holding including express lots 602-633, carriers 634-636 and locals lots 637-693, John A. Fox, NYC

December 3, 1954—Unnamed sale with carriers as lots 369373, locals lots 341, 374-382, independent mail 383 (Hale Danvers), eastern express lots 384-401, western expresses lots 509-537, 549-550, Samuel Paige, Boston

March 11-12, 1955—Robert Kellogg sale with carrier lots 238-9, local lots 240-241A, 250 independent mails 242-249 including 21 Hale covers, Western express lots 308, 313-5, Adams thru lines lot 425, Samuel Paige, Boston

June 10, 1955—The Maurice Blake sale including carrier lots 51-55, locals lots 55-104 including the Bayonne lot 55 (Hahn census #10 to LaTourette) and the VF unused Bayonne, lot 56, 17 Blood’s lots, a Child independent mail, a Hale Portsmouth, a conjunctive Boyd/Pomeroy, and a Pomeroy pair Rochester to Albany, eastern expresses Davenport & Mason, Godfrey & Munroe, western express lots 105-135 including 4 Adams and 24 Wells Fargo lots, Samuel Paige, Boston

*June 27-30, 1955—This second Waterhouse sale has carriers including the New Orleans cover (lot 768) as lots –825 and locals (lots 826-925) H.R. Harmer London

December 2, 1955—Unnamed sale with independent mail, lots 345-6, 352-355, locals lots 347-351, 356, Western express lots 453-464, Samuel Paige, Boston

*January 19, 1956—Norvin H. Green estate portion including his U.S. City Despatch Post and City Despatch holding—Vahan Mozian, New York.

January 25, 1956—Lots 412-613 are carriers and locals. J. A. Fox New York

April 13-14, 1956—Maurice Cole and the estate of Roy Abbe holdings including western expresses lots 69-78, Wells Fargo lots 79-161, locals with 1847s lots 489-491, carriers and locals lots 547-554. Samuel Paige, Boston

December 7, 1956—The Herbert T. Darlington territorial cover sale, called the finest general collection of its kind by Carroll Chase, Samuel Paige, Boston

March 18-21, 1957—Part VIII of the Caspary sales which covers his carriers and locals, H.R. Harmer, NYC

March 22, 1957—Unnamed sale with western express lots 300-329; Wells Fargo 330-390; carrier, locals and independent mail cover lots 391-423, Samuel Paige, Boston

June 7, 1957—Unnamed sale with lot 801 being a cover with a strip of three of 96L1 Letter Express with two Pomeroy 117L1’s, Samuel Paige Boston

December 6, 1957—The Dr. Howard K. Thompson collection sale had a Denver & Pikes Peak express cover as lot 697 with other western expresses as lots 910-930, while carriers, locals and independent mails and eastern expresses were lots 927-953, including an Adams New London among 5 lots of Adams with 6 lots of American Mail, Samuel Paige Boston

April 28, 1958—The Charles F. Meroni locals and carriers holding sale, J. A. Fox, N.Y.

May 16, 1958—The Gilbert Burr locals and carriers, lots 311-421 with eastern expresses being lots 406-421, including a rare Mills Patterson bank label and a green Jerome Maine to Boston, along with the deWindt fancy cancel holding at Samuel C. Paige Boston

October 11, 1958—Overland Express Centennial sale, with western express lots 141-251, off-cover California locals were lots 252-267 including several unlisted Carnes’, California forwards were lots 284-301. The Ashbrook holding of the Denver papers were lots 302-317 (these lots later made up part of the John Fox ‘Denver Papers’ sale March 26, 1968), Samuel Paige, San Francisco

November 15, 1958—Unnamed sale with large holding of Western express, Kelleher Boston

January 5, 1959—Joseph A. Herbert cover sale, lots 520-544 are carriers, locals and independent mail, Samuel Paige, Boston

February 5 -6, 1959—Part I of the George Sloane estate dispersal, John A. Fox NYC

March 13-14, 1959—The Ashbrook stampless covers with the Harold Stark estate sale, with lots 132-178 being Ashbrook’s eastern pony express holding, lots 406-430 were western expresses with lots 431-481 being Wells Fargo, Samuel Paige Boston

April 16-17, 1959—The Carroll T. Sinclair locals and carriers holding were lots 418-768 Harmer Rooke NYC

November 11-12, 1959—Part III of the George Sloane holding, John A. Fox NYC

December 4, 1959—Unnamed sale with Western express lots 509-536, carriers, locals and independent mail lots 537-545 including Andrew’s Portland, lot 539, and Overton to Nantucket, lot 545, Samuel Paige, Boston

February 19, 1960—Unnamed sale with carriers and locals lots 124-138 including the ‘Despatch;’ 6LB1 on cover, sheet of 20L15, tête bêche blocks of 20L16, 20L23 and block of 62 Teese 137L1 as well as both green and orange Smith’s (attributed to Phila.!) H. Herst, NYC

April 29, 1960—An early transatlantic sale, arranged by Hargest, western express lots 834 (Ford’s)-860, carriers locals and independent mail lots 861-872, Southern express Savannah lot 1064, Samuel Paige Boston

June 3, 1960—Prof. Arthur Davis estate sale with a number of carrier covers scattered throughout, Samuel Paige, Boston

December 9, 1860—Western Express sale lots 1-254, Vancouver western express lots 295-323, Samuel Paige, Boston

March 24, 1961—Roscoe Burleigh Vermont covers and E. Willard Phippen stampless and 3¢ 1851 covers, western cover lots 617-640 included Barnard’s lot 617, Portland Wells Fargo (lots 628-9), carriers and locals lots were 647-669 with Brown & McGill (lot 651) and Hale Salem and Worcester and an 1852 Brooklyn City and Boyd combination with Perry letter, Samuel Paige, Boston

May 19, 1961—Fancy cancels from John H. Smith and territorial covers from Lynn Crandall with eastern express lots 609-612 Gay Kinsley and 613 an 1847 Boston Penny Post combo, Samuel Paige Boston

October 27, 1961—Robert Everhart estate including hotel cover lots 99-149 and carrier and locals lots 150-166, H. Herst NYC

December 6, 1961—The Chase 1851 sale has carrier covers scattered throughout, BNA covers included Wells Fargo Victoria, lot 808, a Favors mspt. lot 819, Favor’s handstamp lot 811, and a Gu nnison’s mspt. lot 812, Samuel Paige, Boston

May 4-5, 1962—Unnamed sale with western express lots 113-132a and independent mail, locals and carrier lots 234-242 including Jackson and Laws’ express label covers (lots 236-7), Samuel Paige, Boston

June 8, 1962—The George Ladd and Ernst Braun sale with eastern express lots 64-76 including Adams Duncannon, Pa and Tyrone, Pa, Carr’s Bangor, Hodgman Bangor, a Howard’s Allentown, a Wells’ Amesbury, Newport Com’l line, a New Rochelle Bonnettes’ Express and an 1844 Overton to Peekskill, with carrier and local lots 77-107 including a Bradway’s, and part II of the Everhart hotel holding lots 108-149, H. Herst, NYC

January 30, 1963—Part II of the Allan Fay estate sale and Donald Mac Gregor registry holding, including hotel lots 119-133, 206 at H. Herst NYC

March 27-29, 1963—The Harold G. Duckworth carriers and locals lots 141-273 Harmer Rooke NYC

April 22, 1963—Sprague Drenan Vermont and Oliver Wolcott estate, including California expresses lots 375-385, National Express N. Bennington label cover lot 538, Tuck Lowell label cover lot 407, N.Y. & E.R.R. Rice and Peck cover lot 404, W. Forbes Newburyport label cover lot 397, carriers lots 386-390, Blood’s Ellsworth patriotic cover lot 391, Boyd’s lots 392-5, Cheever & Towle lot 396, East River lot 398, Frazer black on green lot 399, Hussey wrapper lot 400. A Letter Express, Messenkope 106L1, Priest 121L4, Letter Express 96L3, Russell 130L3, Swarts 136L4, and Westtown 145L1 are also included. Samuel Paige, Boston

May 17, 1963—The Maurice Burrus carriers (lots 764-778) and locals (779-805) Harmer Rooke NYC

December 6, 1963—Unnamed sale—California express lots 224-244, locals and eastern express lots 245-159, Eagle large 2 lot 253, Gilman mspt. lot 254, and Gray Boston lot 255, Thompson ‘winged figure’ lot 258, Samuel Paige Boston

2/5/64—The F. N. collection carriers, (lots 194-199) locals (lots 200-206, including a Brady handstamp, Richwood’s, an ex-Sloane 20LU42, and a Hussey 87LUP3) and independent mail (lots 207-216, including Turner’s Dispatch and Gay’s covers) Herman Herst, NYC

July 16-17, 1964—Civil War postal history with Adams Express lots 696-700 and Confederate expresses as lots 868-891, R. A. Siegel NYC

January 18-20, 1965—Unnamed carriers (lots 897-903) and locals and independent mails (lots 904-971), eastern expresses (lots 972-977), H. R. Harmer NYC

February 24, 1965—The Henry Jonas estate sale of local covers (lots 114-196) Irwin Heiman NYC

August 17-21, 1965—Unnamed sale Wells Fargo lots 346-373, carriers lots 673-705, locals lots 706-792, 2157-8, R. A. Siegel NYC

March 31-April 1, 1965—The Phillip Ward collection of carriers (lots 455-625) and locals (626-859) RA Siegel, NYC

May 7, 1965—Unnamed sale with carrier and locals lots 3165-3178 including a Blood’s 15L9 to Canada a Boyd’s 20L4 franked by MC, an 1849 Pomeroy/Boyd combo, H. Herst NYC

October 13-14, 1965—Part I of the Frank A. Hollowbush estate sales; Wells Fargo lots 538-646, carrier lots 1300-1370, J. A. Fox NYC

January 4-5, 1966—Frank A. Hollowbush Part II carrier lots 650, 1133-1169; locals and independent mails lots 1170-1446; post-war expresses lots 1519-1529, J. A. Fox NYC

January 6-7, 1966—Remainder of Philip Ward personal collection carrier lots 158-189 and locals lots 190-283, R. A. Siegel NYC

February 18, 1966—Dr. Kenneth Sharretts’ sale with carrier lots 1119-1131 (Kingman brought $170) and locals lots 1132-1149 including a Barr’s 8L1 ($75) and 8L2 ($55), a Bayonne ($52½), Cressman $60), a Guy’s ($67½), a Hackney & Bolte ($42½), Kent Mills packet post $10), Mrs. Carpenter express woman ($37½), Gilman’s ($19), a huge Thompson’s label on cover ($15), and a Virgil Burlington ($15). H. Herst NYC

March 8-10, 1966—Unnamed sale with carriers and locals as lots 1961-2011, R. A. Siegel NYC

May 12-14, 1966—Carrier lots (1294-1318) and locals (1319-1454) at R. A. Siegel NYC

July 8, 1966—Frank A. Hollowbush Part III with forwarders (lots 217-302; 329), carriers (lots 418-459), and locals and independent mails (lots 460-795) and eastern expresses (lots 796-866), J. A. Fox NYC

August 15, 1966—Frank A. Hollowbush Part IV lots 217-352, J. A. Fox, NYC

October 26, 1966—Unnamed sale with locals and independent mails lots 615-634 with a Jones 91L1 cover to Hartford ($50), several Hale/Jerome combos, a Witherell’s ($10½) and

three legal express label covers (Harnden’s NYC, Adams Cincinnati, and American Express Woodstock) $16, with Pat’s prescient remark that ‘someday they’ll want these’. H. Herst NYC

December 9-12, 1966— Carriers and locals lots (1135-1160) and eastern express (lots 1161-1164) R. A. Siegel NYC

January 6-7, 1967—Unnamed sale with carrier lots 704-707, local’s lots 78-742, and eastern expresses (lots 1079-1108) J. A. Fox NYC

January 11-12, 1967—Unnamed collection with large holding of carriers and locals, R. A. Siegel NYC

September 13-14, 1967—Part V of the Lilly dispersal most lots of which were earlier in Caspary sale, carrier lots 524-581 and locals lots 582-926. R. A. Siegel NYC

October 10-11, 1967—Unnamed, possibly ex-Hollowbush, with carriers (lots 429-471) locals lots 472-469 with strength in Boyd (lots 484-545), Hale (lots 553-611) and Hussey (lots 612-663), John A. Fox NYC

April 24-25, 1968—The J. David Baker sale with carrier lots 983-986 and locals 987-1015, western express lots 1078-1152, Panama forwarders 1153-1165, R. A. Siegel NYC

May 24-25, 1968—Unnamed sale with 7 lots of eastern express 23-29 including two American, a George, Niles, Cheney, Kinsley and Swifts, Kelleher, Boston

June 15, 1968—Unnamed sale with carriers, locals and independent mails lots 120-125A and eastern expresses lots 126-155, Zimmerman NYC

June 29, 1968—Unnamed sale with Gilpin’s (lot 436) and Harnden (440-441), Favor’s Admiral and US Express Mail Eastport as lot 472 ($195) and locals and carriers (lots 487-518) including a Boyd’s Brooklyn of 5/15/45, 5 lots of Hale, a U.S. Express Mail Eastport (lot 514 $90), and Livingston & Fargo St. Louis & Chicago Express (lot 515) used fro m Detroit, and Ionia, Mich., Am. Exp. Co. label, a British & American label from Portland, Me. ($25), and a Lovejoy’s Lowell label ($27). H. Herst NYC

July 16-17, 1968—Unnamed sale with carriers and locals at John A. Fox NYC

September 10-13, 1968—The Colin Makepeace sale, with locals and carriers as lots 763-770, 1468, 1486, and labels lot 1510, Robert Lewenthal, San Francisco

December 3, 1968—Unnamed sale with locals and carriers (lots 160-166) including three 6LB5 and a Hale/Crofoot combo, H. Herst NYC

December 6-7, 1968—Unnamed sale with western express lots 263-302 and Wells Fargo lots 303-380, 635-637, Nevada expresses 623-634, Robert Lewenthal, San Francisco

April 3, 1969—The Dr. Roser collection of Kentucky sale including unnamed locals and carriers lots 142-158 (including the unique Amity at $375 and a Morris European Express) and western express lots 298-339, H. Herst NYC

April 8, 1969—Unnamed sale with carrier lots 174-176, locals 182-209, western express lots 210-212 H.R. Harmer NYC

October 24, 1969—Unnamed sale lots 27-64 being western express, Kelleher Boston

October 25, 1969—Unnamed sale with locals and carriers lots 1510-1574, including two 1836 New Haven Penny Post covers lot 1510, an express collection (50 covers including Iowa and NE labels lot 1528, eastern express Boston handstamp (lot 1524), a J. A. Price Westchester Express lot 1527, a Boyd’s Friends of Ireland cover (lot 1531), a Blood’s 15L4 tied on a steamboat Richmond cover (lot 1544), a Richwood fantasy (lot 1568) H. Herst New Orleans

November 14, 1969—Unnamed sale western express covers lots 226-249, Wells Fargo covers 259-273, collection envelopes and labels lots 274-289, Robert Lewenthal, San Francisco

December 9-12, 1969—The Maurice Blake Boston holding with non Boston carriers and locals lots 1134-1160; Boston carriers (lots 1500-1508); express and locals (lot 1509-1536) and forwarders (lots 1557-1546, 1661-1774), eastern express (lots 1161-1166), R. A. Siegel NYC

May 6-7, 1970—Unnamed sale with carriers and locals lots 964-974, 1001-1006 including an American Letter Mail ‘D. R.’ killer ($175), a 9/24/56 Metropolitan ($55), a Pomeroy Boyd comb of 9/26/44, a Jabez Feary and a black 8/10/41 NY Penny Post, as well as telegraph collection lots 1168-1203 and western express lots 1313-1360, H. Herst NYC

May 19-22, 1970—Unnamed sale, Adams Express Brownsville lot 221, carrier lots 667-677, locals lots 678-714, eastern expresses lots 715-739, western expresses lots 989-1853 including California Penny Post and G & H, R. A. Siegel NYC

October 9, 1970—Unnamed sale with western expresses as lots 197-221 and Wells Fargo as 222-293 and commission envelopes as 294-307, Robert Lewenthal San Francisco

November 28, 1970—Unnamed sale with carrier lots 78-85 handstamped locals and adhesives as lots 86-100 and expresses as lots 108-127, Zimmerman NYC

March 27, 1971—Unnamed sale with expresses and locals as lots 81-95 including a Green & Co. DC, Tanquerey Brooklyn, and black New Orleans carrier, Zimmerman NYC

May 12-13, 1971—Unnamed sale with carrier and local lots 1252-1273 (including a 6LB6 combo with Howard’s hotel, the reputedly earliest 5L1 from Boston, a One Cent Despatch (112L1), a Stait’s from Easttown, Pa to West Chester, Pa. and an Adams Jackson, O. with two labels to Cincinnati. along with hotel cover lots 1187-1251, western express lots 1633-1699, H. Herst, NYC

May 19, 1971—Unnamed sale carrier lot 1321-1341, local’s lots 1352-1388, independent mails 1389-1399a, western express companies lots 1400-1413, Robson Lowe England

May 25, 1971—Robert W. Baughman Colorado and western express covers lots 1-43, Kansas expresses lots 162-171; other owner western express covers lots 949-97, carriers and locals lots 1270-1288, R. A. Siegel NYC

June 19, 1971—Unnamed sale with expresses, locals and carriers as lots 65, 69B-86 including a Lindsay. Zimmerman NYC

October 29, 1971—Unnamed sale with California Penny Post lots 55-56, western expresses lots 306-363, Wells Fargo lots 364-438, Robert Lewenthal San Francisco

March 15, 1972—The Donald S. Patton et al holding USA I New York City carriers lots 1002-1130, 1329-1337, 1410-1417; independent mails lots 1131-1214; New York locals lots 1236, 1253-1328, 1382-1409. Robson Lowe Basel sale

March 15, 1972--USA II locals lots 1480-1499, 1535, 1641-2, 1667-1668, 1757-1766, with carriers lots 1531-1534, independent mails lots 1767-1773, Robson Lowe Basel

June 24, 1972—Unnamed sale with pony covers lots 66-67 and expresses locals etc. as lots 101 and a 2000 item reference holding as lot 102 Zimmerman NYC

September 26-28, 1972—The Donald Malcolm locals (lots 1576-1914) sale, R. A. Siegel NYC

October 28, 1972—Unnamed sale with western expresses, locals and eastern expresses (incl. Bates) as lots 192-248, Zimmerman NYC

November 14, 1972—Unnamed sale with carrier covers as lots 194-203, locals as lots 204-241 and express and forwarders as lots 177-193, 440, John W. Kaufmann Washington, D.C.

December 6-7, 1972—Unnamed sale with carriers (lots 165-181) and locals (162-198) including a Brown’s signed Sloane, a Chesuncook, a Hussey’s lot of 90 (with Sloane’s notes) and two collections (lot 197 with 300 stamps and 198 with 130 bogus items). H. Herst NYC

February 14-16, 1973—The Tracy Simpson holding sale with carrier lots 856, 1538-1547, locals lots 1548-1591, western express lots 759-780, 790, R. A. Siegel NYC

March 1-2, 1973—USA I The personal collection of Robson Lowe’s locals and carriers laid out by state, with California lots 1500-1512, a Roche cover (lot 1514), Maryland lots 1527-1565 including a Butcher & Sandy’s (lot 1527) 3 Stringer & Morton’s the unique Richetts center only cover (127L1), Massachusetts lots 1566-1590 including a Gray’s and a Page & Keyes, a Lexington City Post 1860 carrier, a Squier (132L2), three Jenkins’, a White’s Branch and a Newark Dispatch from N.J., a Jones and a Spaulding from NY, Ohio lots 1608-1621 including a Sullivan’s and two Williams’ covers, Pennsylvania covers (lots 1623-1843) include a Northern Liberties, an Express Post, a City Express, and a Morton’s, a Hampton 3¢, six Brigg’s, a 1¢ Telegraph, a gold on indigo Cressman and two Guy’s with Western express lots 1856-2026 Robson Lowe Basel

March 3, 1973—Unnamed sale with express lots 124-148, and locals lots 149-166 Zimmerman NYC

April 14-25, 1973—The Menninger sale had carriers and locals lots 773-787, R. A. Siegel NYC

April 18-19, 1973—Unnamed sale with locals lots 4306-4316, 4321-4344 including 5 lots of Jay’s and Richwood’s, carrier lots 4317-4320 and forwarder lots 4345-4353 such as Gilpin’s, Hale Brooklyn (lot 4347) and four Hudson’s, H. Herst, NYC

June 9, 1973—Unnamed sale with western expresses lots 137-174, Zimmerman NYC

June 19, 1973—Unnamed sale with carriers (lots 738-747A) and locals (lots 748-767) with westerns (lots 774-782), John W. Kaufmann, Washington, D.C.

August 14-15, 1973—The Sheldon Dike sale with carrier lots 440-454 and locals as lots 455-481 with express labels as 482-3 R. A. Siegel NYC

October 16-17, 1973—John Boker Jr. carriers (lots 778), locals (lots 100-181) sale at Edgar Mohrmann Hamburg

October 26, 1973—The Boker ‘Flintstone’ sale: locals lots 1751-1989; independent mails 1990-2059 and carriers 2060-2167 Robson Lowe Basle

November 4, 1973—Unnamed sale with western express covers lots 281-334, Wells Fargo covers 335-414, Robert Lewenthal San Francisco

November 19-21, 1973—The Edith M. Faulstich postal history of the world, carriers (lots 2065-2077) and locals and expresses (lots 2078-2091, 2183-4), R. A. Siegel NYC

October 8, 1974—The ‘Americana’ Carson carriers (lots 196-213) and locals (213a-372 and independent mails lots 374-381, Robson Lowe London sale

October 22-24, 1974—The John R. Boker Jr. holding of locals and carriers (1 of 3 sales) carriers lots 557-618, 773, locals lots 619-731; expresses 732-755, 796, Edgar Mohrmann Hamburg

December 3, 1974—The Maurice Cole sale with locals carriers and expresses as lots 180-194, Zimmerman NYC

March 6-7, 1975—Unnamed sale had carrier lots 1343-1392 and local’s lots 1393-1505. Kelleher Boston

May 12-14, 1975—Unnamed sale has lots 303-305, 370-385 as express covers, lots 1370-1378 as carriers and 308-311, 1379-1440 as locals, R. A. Siegel NYC

September 14-16, 1975—The Judge Fay collection of Connecticut with additional western express lots 556-581, 1847 issue locals and carrier combo lots 651-654, locals and carriers lots 1399-1407, R. A. Siegel NYC

October 21-23, 1975—Part I of 4-part Sidney A. Hessel dispersal with carriers (lots 714-1022) H. R. Harmer NYC

November 28, 1975—‘Bermuda 2’ unnamed sale of independent mails and expresses (lots 633-661), Robson Lowe, Bermuda

April 20-22, 1976—Unnamed sale with western express as lots 432-502, carriers as lots 881-937 and locals as lots 938-860, other expresses as 961-965, R. A. Siegel NYC

July 22, 1976—Unnamed sale with locals, H. R. Harmer NYC

January 11, 1977—Greenbaum/Matthies sale with unnamed independent mails lots 107-110 (Hale, Gilpin, Harnden) and locals lots 557-566 including three Hartford’s, R. A Siegel NYC

March 7-9, 1978—Unnamed sale with lots 683-684, and 1505-1515 being locals, and 1517-1520 being Wells Fargo’s, 1505 and 1521 are carriers, Sotheby Parke Bernet NYC

February 16, 1979—Unnamed sale of locals (lots 1452-1505), carriers lots 1506-1528, independent mails 1529-1558, eastern expresses 1559-1481, Robson Lowe Bermuda sale

October 30, 1979—Unnamed sale with some Grunin material. Carrier lots 327-339; locals lots 340-378, Sotheby Parke Bernet NYC

October 7-8, 1980—Unnamed sale with express forwarder lots 178-184, western express lots 436-465, carriers and locals lots 940-945, R. A. Siegel NYC

November 12-13, 1980—Chester County Historical Society sale with lots 16-52 being locals, independent mails with lot 46 being the Page & Keys and lot 44 the National Express Rutland label covers, while 30-37 as well as 67-68 are Hale covers including group lots 36-37; Gilpin’s is lot 66 and Harnden lots 69-71. Western express lots are 217-240 at Sotheby NYC

November 24-25, 1980—Carrier lots 559-561 are from Chester County Historical Society, Sotheby NYC

December 2, 1980—The George T. Turner cover collections with independent mails, carriers and locals (lots 131-152, 1022-1052) Kelleher, Boston

June 13, 1981—Unnamed sale with carriers lots 200-221, locals lots 394-398, eastern expresses lots 377-393, hotel forwarders lots 399-485, foreign mail forwarders lots 486-495, western expresses lots 1082-1090, R. Frajola Danbury CT

June 24-26, 1981—Unnamed sale with western express lots 576l-586 and Wells Fargo lots 587-648, local’s lots 653-659, Wolffers, San Francisco

July 10, 1981—The Arnold J. Rosenberg holding of carriers (lots 275-296) and locals (lots 297-412), western expresses (lots 413-453) and eastern expresses (lots 454-464), John W. Kaufmann, Washington, D.C.

September 9-10, 1981—Unnamed sale with carriers as lots 355A-366A and locals (lots 728-820 including Barnard’s lot 734, Bayonne lot 735, Blood’s lots 736-763< Johnson’s Box lot 791, Morton’s lot 793 , Snow’s lot 796, White’s Branch lot 819), western expresses (821-829), Robson Lowe/Christies NYC

December 8, 1981—Unnamed sale eastern expresses as lots 251-259 and locals as 260-267 mostly Boyd, Hussey, Stait’s, Zimmerman NYC

September 23, 1981—The Cyril E. dos Passos carriers (lots 1601-1643, 1946), independent and eastern express (lots 1644-1653), locals (lots 1654-1953) , heavy on Boyd (lots 1701-1872, 1945 1948) wi th ad transcripts as lot 1951, the ‘gold sheet (105 different stamps and fantasies)’ as lot 1952 and the Wood’s Hussey printing book as 1953. Louis Robbins NYC

October 6, 1981—Unnamed sale with large locals component, R. A. Siegel NYC

October 21, 1981—The Wordell stampless sale has a Hanford’s (lot 21) and Blood (lot 22), Harnden (lots 30-31) and a mixed lot 35 with early express forwarders, while lot 96 is Willard Thomas’s 1847/Swarts combo cover, Sotheby NYC

October 23, 1981—The Crittenden correspondence sale, western expresses lots 1-30, 47-48, R. Frajola Danbury CT

October 23, 1981—The Wm. Herzog sale with carrier lots 229-231, R. Frajola Danbury

November 28, 1981—The Ralph G. Poriss holding with independent mail lots 187-192, R. Frajola Danbury CT

March 21- April 1, 1982—Unnamed sale with some Haas material, lot 53 is California letter express, a number of expresses between lots 58 and 120, forwarder lots including Harnden and Gilpin (122-144) and Panama forwarders lots 163-195), carrier covers lots 1686-1689 (including a Kingman) and locals 1690-1697 including Prince’s and a Wells red running pony. R. Kaufmann NYC

April 19, 1982—The Sam Arlen heat damaged express collection lots 2215-2317, H.R. Harmer NYC

April 25, 1982---Unnamed sale with expresses lots 110-143, 611, carriers and locals lots 549-567, R. Frajola Danbury CT

June 21-23, 1982—The Mr. Harris of Florida holding with carriers (lots 40-121) and locals (lots 122-514). This has a number of questioned lots. J. & H. Stolow, NYC

September 19, 1982—The William Crowe Maryland postal history sale, lots 207-245 are independent mail, locals and eastern expresses, while 246-252 are hotel forwarders, and 691-701 are carriers, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

November 11, 1982—Unnamed sale with lots 1432-1460 being carriers and locals with lot 1440 being a major holding of Boyd stamps. Robert Kaufmann NYC

November 15, 1982—The Dr. W. Scott Pollard sale of California and western covers including locals (lots 428-436), and western express (lots 1121-1372), Kelleher, Boston

November 24, 1982—Unnamed sale with western express lots 380-385 (Zack’s), eastern locals, carriers and expresses as lots 386-403, including Express Mail St. Johns, early Hale’s For. Let. Office and a Guy’s 74L2, Zimmerman NYC

February 5, 1983—The Wylie Flack holding of Pennsylvania postal history, with lots 320-359 being hotel forwarders, 360-381 being independent mail and locals, R. Frajola Danbury CT

March 15, 1983—Balance of Marc Haas has express covers (lots 176-256) and carrier lots 623-625 R. A. Siegel NYC

April 21, 1983—The ‘Troy’ holding, with carrier lots 247-258, 261-265 Christies NYC

June 11, 1983----The Richard Lounsbery estate sale with lots 54-61 being expresses and locals and lots 729-734 being carriers and locals. Robert Kaufmann NYC

July 13, 1983—Lounsbery and N. E. dealer stock sale with lots 1026-1051 being carriers and locals and 1052-1063 being eastern expresses , Robert. Kaufmann NYC

September 10, 1983—Willard H. Davis sale with lots 147-149 being western expresses, lots 150-154 being carriers and locals and lots 306-308 being Adams Confederate covers, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

October 6, 1983—Unnamed sale with lots 30-50 being western express and 581-612 being carriers and locals; includes Price’s and Brooklyn City handstamp. Robert Kaufmann New Jersey

December 3, 1983—The ‘St. James’ carriers (lots 1021-1075) and locals (lots 1076-1125), Roger Koerber, Michigan

December 13-16, 1983 –The Hugh Tim Richardson sale of locals lots 1554-1862 with Adams lots 1554-1565 with the last being the ex-Worthington 2L4 on cover, Allen’s lots 1566-1582, American express lots 1853-4 (the Tiffany and Ferrari examples), Auner’s (lot 1589), Bentley’s 10L2 (lot 1591), Bicycle mail lots 1593-1606, Blood lots 1607-1621, Boyce’s lots 1625-1627, Boyd lots 1628-1646, a Broadway 26L2 cover (lot 1651), a Carnes’ 35L2 cover (lot 1665), a City Despatch 40L3 (the better of the 2 copies Costales had seen in 50 years), a Cressman cover lot 1686), three lots of Cummings’ including the diamond 55L7 (lots 1687-1689), Hussey’s (lots 1713-1735, lot 1864 a reference holding, and 1865 a stock book and 1856 two volumes of his special delivery stamps), a Mearis 103L6 on piece, a Menant fake (lot 1740), two Mills’ (lots 1752-3), a Ricketts & Hall (lot 1767), a Roche’s cover (1768), 3 Squier’s lots (1772-1774) a Staten Island cover (1775), Swarts’ lots 1776-1794, Teese lots 1795-1798, Wells Fargo (1802-1827, a Zieber’s (lot 1832), a lot of 8 Blood’s with ad labels (1833), a City Despatch oval (1838) and a New York Dispatch oval (1844), his locals reference (lot 1861, which resold for almost $50,000), his local’s research papers (lot 1862) and carriers (lots 1547-1553 including Kingman’s lot 1549), R. A. Siegel NYC

January 28, 1984—Part of the important deWindt/Cowdrey holding of eastern independent mails lots 154-318 with hotel forwarders (lots 136-139), locals (lots 140-149) and western expresses (lots 150-153) Richard Frajola Danbury CT

March 31, 1984—Unnamed portion of sale with lots 136-150 being locals and independent mails and 152-155 Wells Fargo; early Gilpin’s, Harnden, Hudson being lots 203-209, R. Frajola Danbury, CT

June 6, 1984—Unnamed sale with carriers and local’s lots 437-488, Robert Kaufmann, New Jersey

June 10, 1984—The Robert Hutchinson estate sale with lots 222-238 being expresses and independent mails and 239-242 hotel forwarders R. Frajola, Danbury, CT

June 20-21, 1984 Henry Gibson II sale had carriers as lots 572-582 and locals and 583-597 at Christies Robson Lowe NYC

September 9, 1984—Pitt Petri holding of Pomeroy lots 135-198 with independent mails, locals and expresses as lots 124-134, Richard Frajola Danbury CT

November 24, 1984—No name portion of the Tracy Thurber and Kenneth DeLisle sale, with lot 97 being a Barr Manhattan Express and 98 a Cummings h.s., 99-100 being hotel covers; R. Frajola, Danbury CT

March 9, 1985—Harvey Warm sale with lots 108-118 being forwarders and lots 253-256 being carriers R. Frajola Danbury CT

May 12, 1985—The John Vick Arizona holding sale with lots 1333-1341 being Colorado expresses, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

May 17, 1985—Unnamed sale with lots 221-231 as express covers, 322-337 as forwarders,, 667-698, 702 as carriers and locals and 699-671 as independent mail mixed lots; R. A. Siegel NYC

June 15, 1985—No named sale portion with lots 166-176 being independent mails and expresses, lots 147, 151 are the Henry Wenk 1847 combos with locals, R. Frajola, Danbury, CT

June 18, 1985—Unnamed sale with carrier lots 49-53, and local lots 9, 54-60, including a stained R & Co. (lot 54 $1100) and a yellow Hartford ($1300), Christies, NYC

September 7, 1985—No name portion of sale with independent mail lots 142-144 and western express lots 145-236 and Wells Fargo lots 237-284, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

September 19-20, 1985—The Denwood Kelly sale of Baltimore locals and carriers, with western expresses lots 90-101, eastern inter-city expresses lots 102-119, carriers lots 120-133 and locals lots 134-171 including 9 lots of Blood’s with the mounted collection balance lot 144, seven Boyd’s lots including balance lot 151, an off-cover Hussey study lot 163, a locals balance lot 166 that I bought for a Texas collector, and two multi-hundred reference lots, Christies, NYC

September 28, 1985—Robert Schoendorf estate sale had lot 54, the only known Bloods local on a balloon handstamped cover (from balloonist John Wise to balloonist T. S. Lowe prior to the latter’s ascent June 30, 1860), R. Frajola Danbury CT

November 16, 1985—Dr. Harvey Karlen Chicago collection with locals and express lots 102-116 including a handstamp and adhesive Bronson & Forbes, a Durfee’s Express label, five Floyd’s lots, Wells Fargo lots were 116-125, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

December 6-7, 1985—Unnamed sale had lots 171-202 of western and eastern expresses and lots 729-760 as carriers and locals. Lewis Robbins auction NYC

December 14, 1985---California postal history sale with unnamed Marc Haas material. Independent mail lots are 164-172 and locals lots 1173-182, letter bag operators are 187-195 with pony express covers 196-207, British Colombia and Vancouver expresses are 208-211. R. Frajola Danbury CT

February 22, 1986—Unnamed sale with Marc Haas material for Confederate postal history has express company lots 52-57, R. Frajola, Danbury, CT

May 3, 1986—Unnamed sale has expresses and independent mail lots 140-153 and Wells Fargo lots 154-162, R. Frajola, Danbury, CT

May 25, 1986—The Isleham sale with his locals (lots 1363-1373 including a Baker’s (6L1) cover, a Bouton cover, a Hill’s (81L1) cover, and two Wells Fargo Pony lots), R. A. Siegel NYC

June 18, 1986—The ex-Sheriff sale II has carriers (lot 95-159) and locals (lots 160-188) R. A. Siegel NYC

September 14, 1986—Unnamed sale had as lot 148, the Perry/Ashbrook correspondence and 149 a lot of seven Hale, Overton and Boyd’s, lots 152-152 and Hale, Harnden and Hudson’s news rooms, eastern express lots are 163-234 including American Letter Mail (168-179), Brainard (184-189), Hale (195-212), Overton (217-222), Pomeroy

(223-227), western expresses are 235-254 with Wells Fargo lots 255-262, locals are 266-341 and carriers are lots 349-365, Confederate expresses are lots 600-602, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

November 15, 1986—Unnamed sale with western express lots 174-180 and Wells Fargo lots 181-202, Confederate expresses are lot 439-445, R. Frajola, Danbury, CT

March 14, 1987—Unnamed sale with independent mail, locals, and express lots 416-429, and western expresses lots 430-464, R. Frajola Danbury CT

May 30, 1987—The Oscar Salzer sale with lots 643-681 being independent mails, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

August 29, 1987—Unnamed sale with locals as 427 (mixed lot), 429 433,-430, 437 and independent mail and express lots 428, 434-6, 438-442, carrier lots 443-451, Confederate expresses lots 746-748, R. Frajola Danbury CT

December 5, 1987—The David Beals sale with independent mail, locals and express lots 489-504 and hotel forwarders 505-510, R. Frajola, Danbury, CT.

March 12, 1988—The J. V. Nielsen sale of Confederates with lots 253-268 being independent mails and expresses, 269-274 are Wells Fargo, R. Frajola, Danbury, CT.

March 15, 1988—The Clarence Hennan holding of locals, Christies/Robson Lowe, NYC

June 4, 1988—Part I of the N.L.Persson sales (he had one of the finest holdings of express label covers) with lots 467-489 being express covers (483 is a Northern Liberties cover), R. Frajola, Danbury CT

September 10-11, 1988—Part II of N.L.Persson sales (Alaska) with lots 97-836 being independent mails, locals and express covers including six bicycle route covers (lots 757-762, a Taylor reference collection (lot 754), an 87-cover lot of Blood and Wells Fargo lots 823-836, R. Frajola Danbury CT

November 17, 1988—The ‘Herman Weitzner’ U.S. with local lots 420-429, H.R. Harmer NYC

November 26, 1988—The Joe Von Hake holding sale with lots 374-387 being independent mails, express and locals, R. Frajola Danbury CT

January 13, 1989—Part I of the Sandy Arnold express collection sale with lots 469-476 being independent mails, 477-494 western expresses, 495-505 Wells Fargo, 506-525 locals (with 516-522 being Squier’s and Jordan), and lots 526-545 being carriers, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

April 22, 1989—Part II of the Sandy Arnold holding sale with lots 299-335 being independent mails and locals, and 336-340 being western expresses and 341-349 Wells Fargo with lot 299 being the Elliott Perry 7,500 item reference holding of fakes, 301 being locals fakes and lot 300 20 locals and carriers, R. Frajola Danbury CT

March 4, 1989—The ‘W. A. Steele’ western expresses sale lots 77-178, 235 and carriers, locals and independent mails lots 913-940 Robert G. Kaufmann sale New Jersey

May 13, 1989—unnamed collection sale of locals and carriers with lots 713-763 being carriers and 764-819 being off-cover locals, including a Westervelt collection (lot 817) and lot 818 being 350 reprints and forgeries, lot 819 84 express labels; cover lots run from 820-994 including eight lots of American Letter Mail, 3l lots of Blood’s, three Bouton lots, 37 lots of Boyd, 3 Brooklyn City, 3 Carter’s, a Douglas, 3 Gordon’s, a Hill’s (lot 925), 16 Hale, 15 Hussey, a Jackson, Jerome and Letter Express, 3 Metropolitan , 2 Overton and 5 Pomeroy, a holding (lot 979) of Richwood’s and Jay’s, 4 Stait, 3 Towle at Robert Kaufmann, New Jersey.

September 9, 1989—Unnamed sale with lots 379-391 being independent mails, locals and expresses with lot 381 being a Bordenton stage lot, 384-385 being Petri’s Cutting’s lots and 388-389 being his Spaulding’s, 386 is the Dominy’s Fire Island hotel, lots 392-403 are western expresses, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

September 9, 1989—Unnamed sale with western expresses (lots 1033-1077), post-war expresses (lots 1901-4), carriers (1628-1636) and locals (1330, 1454, 1457-8, 1637-1702) Robert Kaufmann New Jersey

March 8-9, 1990--Thomas Alexander collection sale with lots 578, 772-807 being carriers, locals and expresses R. Frajola, Cleveland

March 10, 1990—Sale with unnamed selection of locals, independent mails and expresses, R. Frajola, Cleveland

June 1990—The Ambassador J. William Middendorf, II Collection net price sale, carriers 1-338; locals and independent mails lots 339-787, Richard Frajola Danbury CT

July 28, 1990—Unnamed sale with a selection of independent mails, expresses and locals lots 243-278 (includes Beesley’s, Utica) Wells Fargo 279-284, carriers 285-288, R. Frajola Danbury CT

October 9-10, 1990—The David L. Jarrett holding sale of eastern express and independent mail covers (lot 1083—1134), carrier lots (1135-1140) locals (lots 1141-1215) and western expresses (lots 1216-1308) Christies, NYC

December 14, 1990—Sale of unsold Middendorf lots: carrier lots 1983-2186, locals and independent mails lots 2187-2377 Ivy Shreve Mader NYC

January 25, 1991—Wm. Semsrott Part I sale of western expresses, lots 120-182, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

March 5-6, 1991—Carriers and locals were lots 1382-1436 in this Kelleher Boston sale

April 21, 1991—Wm. Semsrott Part II sale of western expresses, lots 378-412, mostly balance lots but with lot 391 Hale Penny Post Paid h.s., R. Frajola, Danbury CT

June 8, 1991—Unnamed sale with locals eastern expresses as lots 320-324 with Commercial Dispatch, Southern Express New Orleans handstamp and Carswell’s expressman c.c. Zimmerman NYC

September 21, 1991—J. Schwimmer’s western express sale lots 406-451 and eastern independent mails, expresses and locals lots 452-482, R. Frajola, Danbury CT

March 9-10, 1992—Serge Korff estate sale with carrier lots 2014-2024, including the passed New Orleans LO1 cover, withdrawn American Letter Mails lots 2025-6, locals lots 2028-2059 including five Blood’s of which three were passed, a Franklin City (lot 2033 $12,500), the unlisted NY ‘City Post’ handstamp ($1900), two tied Hanford’s, two passed Northern Liberties lots, the unlisted Raymond’s post of Taunton, MS, nine eastern express lots (2060-2068) of which six were Gay or Gay/Kinsley, five western express lots 2069-2073 and four Adams Free for Regiment or other Adams’ 1861 express lots, Christies NYC

March 21, 1992--Unnamed sale with expresses, independent mails, locals and carrier lots 249-317, R. Frajola, CO

April 29-3-, 1992—Unnamed sale with carriers (lots 384-411) and locals (lots 412-564), Richard Wolffers San Francisco

May 16, 1992—Unnamed sale with western express balance lot 265, express lots 266-358, including Favors lots 289-293, Gunnison’s 304-5, Turner’s 345, SF letter express 332-335 and SF letter bag lots 359-381, R. Frajola CO

September 19, 1992—Unnamed sale with carriers as lots 174 (Honour’s) to 176 and locals etc. as 177-183, Zimmerman NYC

October 3, 1992—Siegel Rarities sale; lots 208-266 are Dr. Kapiloff’s City Despatch Post holding, lots 267-278 are carriers and locals, R. A. Siegel NYC

October 4, 1992—The Frajola Colorado holding sale, express lots 585-665, Colorado expresses 590-634, 639-642, 644-645, 648, 664-5, R. Frajola, CO

January 22, 1993—A. Colton Park’s Confederate express sale lots 577-580, R. Frajola, Tucson, AR

February 17-19, 1993—Sale with Kapiloff’s City Despatch Post (lots 1-70); Ezra Cole estate locals (lots 71-142), independent mails (lots 143-169) and carriers (lots 170-481) portion, R. A. Siegel NYC

May 5, 1993—“Important Stamps and Covers” sale with three lots of locals and carriers, lot 4061 being a 40L2 Valentine ($4500), 4062 an 86L1 cover ($7000), and 4063 a 6LB9 Valentine ($3000), Christies NYC

May 30, 1993—Unnamed sale with independent m ails and expresses lots 241-267, R. Frajola, New Mexico

October 9, 1993—Unnamed sale with carriers, locals and expresses as lots 89-119 including Floyd’s lots 97-101, McMillan’s lot 110, Wellington express lot 115 and Whites, lot 119, R. Frajola Los Angeles

March 19, 1994—Ken Kutz sale of western expresses, lots 238-282, locals and independent mails 283-315, carriers lots 316-320R. Frajola CO

May 21, 1994—Duplicate hotel forwarders from the Ben Newman holding lots 245-255, expresses and independent mails lot 256-280, R. Frajola, CO.

July 20, 1994—Beaver II and Gilbert II estate sales with expresses and locals lots 323-348, including an Adams Pittsfield label, two 4L1 var. /s/Sloane, 7 Hussey’s ex-Sloane H.R. Harmer NYC

August 27, 1994—Paul Rohloff’s Chicago locals sale lots 305-339, R. Frajola, CO.

January 17, 1995—No name sale with independent ocean mail forwarder lots 294-309, hotel forwarders lots 310-362, eastern express lots 378-397, western expresses 398-425 and locals lots 426-448 with lot 426 being the Sloane reference collection, R. Frajola, CO

March 2-9, 1995—Unnamed sale with locals at Corinphila , Switzerland

May 4, 1995—The Dr. Kapiloff City Despatch Post covers (lots 624-665) and other carriers (lots 666-679) and locals (lots 680-745), R. A. Siegel NYC -

May 20, 1995—Unnamed sale with carrier lots 372-375, locals 273-276, forwarders 247-272 and expresses lots 146, 277-370 with Wells Fargo lots 339-370, R. Frajola, CO

June 5, 1995—Rarities sale lots 334-338 are western expresses, lots 339-359 are Dr. Kapiloff’s U.S. City Despatch covers, and lots 366-380 are carriers and locals, R. A. Siegel NYC

September 27, 1995—“Important Stamps and Covers” sale with locals and carriers lots 4143-4150, including a Greig/US Despatch combo, an Adams to Australia, a tied American Letter Mail pair, a sheet of twelve of 15L5, a sheet margin Gordon’s cover, a tied 108L5 and a sheet of Princes 122L1, Christies NYC

December 12-14, 1995—The Henry Stollnitz holding sale with 1847 issue local combos (lots 494-508), western expresses (lots 624-531), local Valentines (678-681), carriers (lots 1140-1152), locals (lots 1153-1159) R. A. Siegel NYC

March 1996—Unnamed sale with carrier lots 7855-7860 and locals lots 7861-7890 Cornphila Switzerland

March 26, 1996—Unnamed sale with carrier lots (1-144), locals (lots 145-330), forwarders (lots 357-378), Wells Fargo (lots 379-405), other western express (lots 406-433), R. A. Siegel, NYC

May 6, 1997—Siegel Rarities sale lots 266-292, R. A. Siegel NYC

June 25, 1997—Robert B. Meyersburg carriers (lots 1-343; 398-401) and locals (344-397); telegraph and telephone (lots 402-414) R. a. Siegel NYC

September 25, 1997—Part 23 (Western Express Companies) of the Lichtenstein collections with lots 258-265 being locals and 266-273 being non-western expresses, H. R. Harmer NYC

September 25, 1997—The J. R. Seacrest collection of Western expresses has lots 437 439 as independent mails and locals with western expresses being lots 440-472, 474 in U.S. City Dispatch Post, thru-lines express lots 584-585, H. R. Harmer, NYC

October 7, 1998—The ‘Courvoisier’ sale with carrier, locals and express lots 219-253, with Godfrey/Hale combo lot 233, Jefferson Ter. lot 236, Thompson express mspt. lot 243, H. R. Harmer NYC

April 20, 1999—The ‘Tito’ sale with carrier lots 85-89 and locals lots 90-94, including four Swarts’ lots, Christies NYC

November 15-17, 1999—The David Golden Collection sale with carriers (lots 1-427) and locals (lots 428-1611) R. A. Siegel NYC

June 29, 2000—The Richard Schwartz carriers (lots 1385-1554) and locals (lots 1555-1985) remainders after a private treaty sale. R. A. Siegel, NYC

November 13-14, 2000—The Hall Collection with lots 1-210 being carriers, 211-389 independent mails and 390-870 U.S. locals with 871-895 BNA expresses. R. A. Siegel NYC

December 2, 2001—Unnamed sale with carriers, locals and independent mail covers and stamps as lots 2392-2417) Matthew Bennett NYC sale

December 17-19, 2001—The Sandy Arnold carriers (lots 1657-1590) including Brown & McGill’s (lot 1565) and locals (lots 1591-1648, including a Bouton lot 1597, a Newark City Letter Express lot 1617, a Clark & Hall lot 1618, a Friend’s study holding lot 1622, a St. Louis City Delivery cover, five lots of Squier’s and a Jordan, westerns (1649-1667) and eastern expresses lots 1668-1683 at R. A. Siegel NYC

June 27, 2002—The Watt C. White sale locals lots 205-229 at Matthew Bennett NYC

December 14, 2002—Unnamed sale with carriers and locals lots 3471-3540 and western express lots 3541-3574—Ivy & Mader NYC

December 19-20, 2002—The Donald B. Johnstone holding of carrier stamps and covers (lots 2462-2607) and locals and independent mails (lots 2608-2694), R. A. Siegel NYC

February 5, 2003—The Horace Harrison express labels of Canada collection lots 149-173, Matthew Bennett, NYC