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Lot 144 |
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Dept. of the Interior covers, five covers, all with Interior stamps including a.) a 6¢ on an 1876 cover with Office of Indian Affairs corner card addressed to Cherokee Chief Bushyhead at Ft. Gibson, Ind. Terr., b.) a 1¢ and 2¢ used together on an 1883 Jackson, Miss Land Office envelope (reduced) to Watthall, Miss., and c.) a 3¢ pre-affixed on an unused Official Business return envelope to the Supt. of the Census; also includes a 6¢ tied by Gainesville Fla., Jan 14, 1883" c.d.s. on a piece from a Gainesville U.S. Land Office penalty envelope, generally F-VF.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 145 |
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Post Office Dept. Postal History, group of 23 covers, better include 6¢ use tied by Alexandria geometric cancellation on British M. O. Bus. envelope, 3¢ tied by purple star with neat Youngs Store S.C. c.d.s., 6¢ usage on 1873 Aug. 6 from Washington D.C., 3¢ use on Official P.O. registry receipt form, and 3¢ on M. O. Bus. envelope with free registry; Fine to Very Fine group, many interesting usages.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 146 |
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Post Office Dept. covers, group of eight cards or covers: two with 3¢ O49, one with 6¢ O50, three 3¢ P.O. entires UO7 (one with a 3¢ O49), one a stampless "Reg. Business" envelope from Tampa, Fla. to N.Y.C. (1880), and one P.O.D. Return Letter Office "Free" envelope to Lubec, Me.; also includes a UO14 cut square with 3¢ & 5¢ Banknotes (179, 184) tied by Washington, D.C. double oval; some faults but generally F-VF.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 147 |
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Treasury Dept. Postal History, group of 26 covers, better include 1¢ circular use to N.Y.C., 3¢ & 6¢ tied by purple Bridgehampton N.Y. datestamps with Life-Saving Stations corner card, 2¢ & 10¢ on cover from Wiscasset Me., 6¢ on cover to Federick Md. with "Missent" handstamp and ultramarine "Registered" backstamp, 3¢ tied by "H.F. & Valley Br. R.R." c.d.s., 1¢ strip of three from Camden Me., and 3¢ on U.S. Coast Survey free envelope; some faults, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 148 |
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War Department Postal History, group of 15 covers, better include 1¢ War on West Point Military use to Gen. Daniel Ruggles at Fredericksburg Va., 6¢ War use from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Reno Indian Terr. (stamp clipped), 6¢ War use with "Cannot be Found" handstamp, 6¢ War use with blue Dead Letter Office handstamp, 2¢ use from New York City with station A duplex, 2¢ R.P.O. use on Atchinson, Topeka & Sante Fe R.R. corner card, and 10¢ & 6¢ registered front with returned to writer handstamps; some faults, Fine to Very Fine group with many interesting usages for the collector.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 149 |
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Official Cover Balance, balance of 40 covers, comprising nine Justice usages, five with illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice franked with single 3¢ Justice, two from Washington D.C. to Albany N.Y., one franked with a 3¢ and one with a 6¢ one 3¢ used from Jefferson City Mo., and last with 3¢ used from Washington D.C. with blue Department of Justice corner card; seven Justice penalty or corner card mailings; two Interior including a 1¢ franking with a handstamped Smithsonian corner card, six 3¢ Post Office including "D.L.O. Sent" and negative blue "M" duplex usages, one 3¢ State, five Treasury with all-different frankings including one reduced 12¢ use and one with a Chicago blue postmark, one 3¢ Navy, one 2¢ War with purple handstamped return to sender address for a local Dublin Ia. attorney, and five stampless free frank letters, some faults, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 150 |
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Official Covers, group of about 15 covers, either stamped, free-franked or with penalty clauses. Includes a 3¢ Executive on a small Executive Mansion envelope (1877, repaired); an unfranked Executive Mansion envelope postmarked Washington, D.C. duplex, Jun 19, 1886; a 3¢ State O59 on small 1874 cover to Adams, N.Y. (stamp not tied); an 1853 Treasury Dept. 2nd Auditor's free frank "P. Clayton", with enclosure; an 1863 Pension Office free-franked envelope signed "Jos. H. Barrett", Commissioner; a 1904 Louisiane Purchase Expo. Board penalty envelope postmarked Expo. Station machine cancel; two different Govt. Printing Office penalty envelopes, 1907 & 1919; a 1925 Penalty envelope from the U.S. Embassy in Paris, to Washington postmarked "U.S. Military Postal Express Service No. 702, Registered, 11 Sep. 1925"; a 1880 3¢ War Dept. entire UO51, with Army Headquarters corner card handstamped "Returned to Writer"; and a mid-20th century War Dept. Chief Signal Officer's envelope sent registered with red "SECRET" indicia, large multicolor Signal Corps label on reverse used to seal flap; etc., few minor faults but generally F-VF.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 151 |
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Official - Penalty - Free Franked Covers, 26 #10 size covers, 15 19th Century uses, and 11 from the 20th century. The 19th c. covers are from various government departments, most sent free with autographs, and some with original contents, plue one 1840 93 3/4c rate use from Louisiana, and one cover with 6c Banknote issue. 20thc covers include Arizona territory, War & Navy Dept. from ships in Far East & printed Lyndon Johnson franking.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 152 |
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Postal Savings, 1911, 2¢ carmine (UO72), group of five, all registered with additional adhesives, four are California usages: Oroville to San Francisco, Feb 9, 1911 (five O121) and Oct 21, 1912 (O121 (3), O124 (6), double rate), San Francisco local use, Sep 22, 1911 (five O121 - plate block with lower right stamp missing), and Coronado to San Diego, Feb 14, 1912 (O121(2), O126, triple rate); the 5th is Watertown, N.Y. to San Francisco with a 2¢ black (UO121) and eight 10¢ carmine (UO126) tied by Watertown double ovals, two other stamps have fallen off (apparently on of each); minor faults, the last heavily browned (perhaps to resemble UO72a), otherwise F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 153 |
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Postal Card Destinations, small group of six postal cards and one paid reply card, comprising four UX6 to India, UX8 to Gabon, UX24 to Ceylon forwarded to Singapore, and UY2 to Rhodesia Africa; Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 154 |
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Postal Cards & Stationery to Foreign Destinations, 1876-1957, 25 items sent to Europe and South America, including four to Colombia and three to Chile. Other unusual destinations include Denmark, Finland, Netherlands & Hungary. Fifteen 19th century usages, including three to Chile & two to Colombia. Ten are from the 20th century. Owner priced at over $1,350. A scarce group in VF condition.
Estimate 300 - 400
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