| Lot | | | Description | | 1 |  | | | Scott R1c
1862-71 1c Express, red
Pennsylvania Mine draft. Kewenaw County, Michigan. 1863. Stamp tied by black circular date stamp. VF |
| | | Item Status  | | | | | 2 |  | | | Scott R1c
1862-71 1c Express, red
horizontal pair. Perkins & Co. billhead for the purchase of mining cancels and 1,000 feet olf fuse. Hancock, Michigan. 1864. F-VF toning at left side |
| | | Item Status  | | | | | 3 |  | | | Scott R4c
1862-71 1c Telegraph, red
horizontal pair. J. Hoar & Bro., Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothing, Millinery, Hats & Caps, Boots & Shoes, billhead. Houghton, Lake Superior, Michigan. 1864. F-VF |
| | | CV | Starting Bid | | $20.00 | $2.00® |
| Item Status | | | | | 4 |  | | | Scott R5a
1862-71 2c Bank Check, blue
large vertical pre-print paper fold, SdeV (Simon De Visser printed and ms. cancels, F-VF |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 5 |  | | | Scott R5a
1862-71 2c Bank Check, blue
Mess'rs. Parrott & Co., Bankers bank check. San Francisco, California. 1863. VF |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 6 |  | | | Scott R7a
1862-71 2c Certificate, blue
black h/s, F-VF |
| | | CV | Starting Bid | | $20.00 | $2.00® |
| Item Status | | | | | 7 |  | | | Scott R7c
1862-71 2c Certificate, blue
black handstamp, VF light crease |
| | | CV | Starting Bid | | $32.50 | $2.00® |
| Item Status | | | | | 8 |  | | | Scott R13c
1862-71 2c Proprietary, blue
Hentsch & Berton bank check. Minturn, Fresno Co., California. 1868. Train Vignette. VF |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 9 |  | | | Scott R15c
1862-71 2c Bank Check, orange
diagonal pre-print paper fold, F |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 10 |  | | | Scott R15c
1862-71 2c U.S. Internal Revenue, orange
Delaware Mining Company of Michigan bank check issued to and endorsed by Samuel W. Hill (What in Sam Hill). Western National Bank. Philadelphia, Pa. 1865. Used, VF
Samuel W. Hill was a surveyor, geologist and mining developer working in Michigan's copper mines. His use of profanity was legendary and is friend would substitute "Sam Hill" in place of cuss words when relaying his stories, making the phrase "What in Sam Hill" common in the English language. |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 11 |  | | | Scott R15c
1862-71 2c U.S. Internal Revenue, orange
John Conly & Co., Bankers, La Porte, bank check. Port Wine, California. 1867. Stamp tied by Kleckner & Bro. Port Wine, Cal., blue cds, F-VF stamp is faulty |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 12 |  | | | Scott R15c
1862-71 2c U.S. Internal Revenue, orange
stitch watermark, blue handstamp, VF |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 13 |  | | | Scott R23c
1862-71 5c Agreement, red
stitch watermark, manuscript cancel, F-VF |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 14 |  | | | Scott R44c
1862-71 25c Certificate, red
diagonal pre-print paper fold with two R36c on a promissory note. Tippecanoe, Ohio. 1865. F-VF |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 15 |  | | | Scott R53c
1862-71 40c Inland Exchange, brown
Folger & Pitkin promissory note. New Orleans, Louisiana. 1870. Stamp tied by blue oval handstamp. F-VF |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 16 |  | | | Scott R68c
1862-71 $1 Foreign Exchange, red
Entry for Consumption. District of Champlain, Rouses Point, New York. Stamp with F.W. Myers & Co., Rouses Point, N.Y. blue SON cds. VF |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 17 |  | | | Scott R72c
1862-71 $1 Manifest, red
Hall, Kimbark & Co. Chicago, blue SON circular date stamp, two strikes, F-VF small flaws |
| | | CV | Starting Bid | | $40.00 | $2.00® |
| Item Status | | | | | 18 |  | | | Scott R73a
1862-71 $1 Mortgage, red
F |
| | | CV | Starting Bid | | $27.50 | $2.00® |
| Item Status | | | | | 19 |  | | | Scott R81a
1862-71 $2 Conveyance, red
F |
| | | CV | Starting Bid | | $250.00 | $2.00® |
| Item Status | | | | | 20 |  | | | Scott R89a
1862-71 $5 Conveyance, red
F-VF crease |
| | | CV | Starting Bid | | $50.00 | $2.00® |
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