375th Auction

1870/82, 2 c. brown, 6 c. carmine and 10 c. brown in horizontal pair, tied to lettersheet with part of contents from New York 1871 with transit and arrival marks; a fine 28 cents rate cover

3 c. green, tied by mute cancel to envelope from London 1876 to Boston, franked with 2½ d. rosy-mauve, here redirected to Manchester, Massachusetts, fine combination cover

Red River Settlement: 1844, entire letter from „Sault de St. Marie“ (dated 25.1.) to Rev. John Smith, Indian Settlement, rare Missionary post carried by the Hudson’s Bay Company with Dogsled mail, fine
 

Red River Settlement: 1855, „Pembina M.T. 2.March1855“, manuscript postmark and „Paid 10 cts.“ to small envelope with handwritten endorsement „Care of Dr. Burns…“ and red handstamp „U.STATE PAID 6d.“ to Toronto with arrival mark and manuscripted „Recd. March 20th 1855“ on front, transported in parts by dog sled mail, small part of flip missing, otherwise fine, rare  

Dogslede Post: 1853, Washington 3 c. red brown tied by pen stroke to cover with manuscript assigment mark „North American Mine’s, Lake Superior Mich. Jan.7.“ to Ohio, letter inside with interesting text „…This is the first mail that has left this place for six weeks: it is carried by the way of Greenbay by a dog-train…“, cover reparied at the edges, otherwise fine and rare, sign. Jakubek BPP with certificate (1982)  

CANAL ZONE. 1924/5, USA 1cent with CANAL ZONE overprint, positional block of nine with straight margin at right with inverted overprint in position 30 of the sheet of 400.  Ex Brian Moorhouse Scott71b, SG 75c