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Lot 2580 |
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1906, 1¢ blue green, imperf (314), horizontal pair with large margins cancelled by a neat strike of the c.d.s. portion of a New York, N.Y., Sta. J machine cancel dated Feb. 1, 1907, the Earliest documented use of this stamp. Extremely Fine and choice.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 2581 |
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1906, 1¢ blue green, imperf (314), bottom sheet margin block of 44 with imprint and plate #3365 used on, and completely covering, the reverse of a 1¢ entire (U352) sent registered from Washington D.C. to Germany via New York, cancelled by multiple strikes Washington and by N.Y. Foreign Registry Division (Feb 9, 1908) double ovals with an exchange office registry label applied in N.Y., manuscript registration number "3138" and green "10" (weight?) have been erased, the names of the sender and the addressee have been obliterated, flaws around the edges of the block as would be expected; nonetheless a marvelous usage representing the largest known used multiple of this stamp. The 45¢ postage represents 11x the U.P.U. rate plus 10¢ for registration.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 2582 |
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1908, 5¢ blue, imperf (315), lower left corner sheet margin single with large margins on the other sides, neat barred oval duplex cancel, bright fresh color. Simply Superb.
Scott $600
THE ULTIMATE USED SINGLE.
Expertization: 1990 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2583 |
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1908, 5¢ blue, imperf (315), horizontal pair with large margins and a neat wavy line machine cancel. Several creases. Otherwise Very Fine. A rare used pair.
Scott $2,500
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Lot 2584 |
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1908, 5¢ blue, imperf (315), horizontal pair with large margins all around. Tied to piece by three strikes of a magenta SHASTA SPRINGS, CAL./ M.O.B. double circle dated Sept. 15, 1908, the earliest documented use of #315, negligible toning around edges of pair (certificate overstates as "staining"). Still Extremely Fine.
Scott $2,500 ++
Expertization: 1973 P.F. Certificate.
Not only is this the earliest documented usage, but it is also one of just a few used examples of this stamp to be unquestionably used contemporaneously.
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Lot 2585 |
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1908, 5¢ blue, imperf (315), used block of four with large margins and partial "MASS." double oval cancels. Couple small thins in the upper right stamp only. Otherwise Extremely Fine. An exceedingly rare used multiple.
Scott $5,250
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Lot 2586 |
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1906, 2¢ carmine, type I, imperf (320), corner block of four and horizontal pair tied by Boston ovals on 1¢ entire (U402) registered to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Boston registry d.s. April 13, 1909 on label on reverse backstamped N.Y. exchange office oval, April 14 (where registry label was applied on front) and Buenos Aires, May 10; Very Fine, properly rated cover with 5¢ for postage and 8¢ for registration.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 2587 |
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1908, 1¢-5¢ Washington-Franklins complete, imperf (343-347), blocks of four 1¢-3¢ and horizontal pairs 4¢ and 5¢ tied by New York Station "O" double ovals on local registered cover, postmarked on reverse Dec 26, 1911 (Sta. O), two different N.Y. registry division ovals on the same date and Madison Square Branch d.s. on Dec 27; file fold along right edge not affecting stamps, Very Fine and most unusual.
Estimate 300 - 400
THE COVER IS SLIGHTLY OVERSIZED AND COULD HAVE CONTAINED HEAVY CONTENTS JUSTIFYING THE 42¢- 10¢ FIR REGISTRATION PLUS 16X THE 3¢ LETTER RATE.
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Lot 2588 |
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1908, 2¢ carmine, imperf (344), upper right part-sheet of 80 with plate two plate #4883 blocks, cancelled by undated Washington, D.C. double ovals. Couple tears along the bottom edge and some very light vertical bends. Otherwise fresh and Very Fine. the largest recorded used multiple of this stamp, probably cancelled and given as a receipt.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2589 |
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1908, 2¢ carmine, vertical imperf coil error, foreign entry of the 1¢ Franklin (344V Var.), pair with the bottom stamp showing the faint, mostly eradicated earlier transfer of the 1¢ design. Rich color. Fine. An attractive example of this rare and little known variety, listed but not priced used.
Scott $1,250 for mint
The 2¢ stamp of 1908-1910 with the foreign entry of the 1¢ design, is one of the most interesting of the few major 20th century Plate varieties. Max Johl, in his monumental work The United States Postage Stamps of the 20th Century, offers the following likely explanation of this variety: "It seems that the transfer man, in making up Plate no. 5299, made an erroneous entry with a one cent relief, discovered his error, and eradicated it as best he could and then transferred the proper two cent relief in the same position leaving, however, sufficient lines of the one cent entry so as to produce a most interesting variety. This occurred in the upper left pane and is the fourth stamp under the plate number "5299". This variety is therefore a double entry similar to the 5¢ error of 1916 but in this case the wrong entry came first rather than last.
That this variety is exceedingly rare, and very seldom offered is due to two factors: the incorrect entry occurred in only one of the approximately 100,000 possible positions on the various plates used to print these stamps; the variety is not as readily noticeable at first glance as the case with the 5c error (though still quite apparent to the naked eye) and, in fact, was not conclusively identified for many years after the stamp was discovered.
According to Wagner only two used examples of the imperf version of this variety have been discovered. This example which was the first discovered, and another with a 1933 cancel.
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Lot 2590 |
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1909, 4¢ orange brown, imperf (346), vertical pair with top sheet margin tied on cover, paying 4x the domestic rate, to Tacoma Park, "D.C." (now Md.) by Washington, D.C. duplex dated March 13, 1909, the Earliest Documented Use of the 4¢ imperf, minor mounting remnants on reverse. Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 2591 |
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1909, 4¢ orange brown, imperf (346, 347), horizontal pair of each, along with a 1¢ #331 and a 10¢ #338, tied by Chillicothe, O. ovals on a 4¢ wrapper (W376) sent registered to Edam, Holland, magenta Chillicothe Registered c.d.s. Aug. 10, 1910 with New York Exchange Office registry label and N.Y. (Aug. 17) and Edam (Aug. 26) backstamps, the sender folded the left end of the wrapper as an envelope and closed the right end with two homemade paper "seals". A Very Fine and spectacular usage exactly paying 7x the U.P.U. rate plus the 10¢ registry fee.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 2592 |
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1909, 5¢ blue, imperf (347), horizontal block of 27 with large margins cancelled by neat Hartford, Conn. roller cancels. Closed tears and corner creases affecting four stamps. Otherwise fresh and Extremely Fine. The largest recorded used multiple of the 5¢ imperf and a spectacular showpiece.
Scott $1,185 ++
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Lot 2593 |
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1909, 2¢ Alaska-Yukon, imperf (371), tied on legal size commercial cover to Camden, Me. by Richmond, Va. machine cancel dated June 7, 1909, the Earliest Documented Use of this stamp, light overall toning and small tear at bottom, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 2594 |
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1909, 2¢ Hudson-Fulton, imperf (373), horizontal strip of three tied, along with a 16¢ green airmail (#C2), by Philadelphia Airmail Service duplex cancels, Aug. 1, 1918, on a small cover to "Egyptian Soudan", the strip is also tied by a Sudanese censor marking and there is a "Shellal-Halfa/T.P.O." (Nile riverboat) c.d.s. on the reverse dated Nov. 17. Minor toning but otherwise a Very Fine and rare usage. the C2 paid the airmail postage to New York while the strip of three overpaid by 1¢ the U.P.U. surface rate.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 2595 |
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1912, 1¢ green, imperf (408), two horizontal pairs, paying double the domestic rate, tied on cover from Washington, D.C. to Syracuse, N.Y. by partial strikes of a Washington duplex cancel dated March 27, 1912, the Earliest Documented Use of this stamp, the the month and day are clearly visible on one of the strikes of the canceller and the year on another. Very Fine with a C.E. Nickles (pioneer FDC maker) corner card.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 2596 |
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1914, 2¢ carmine, imperf coil (459), pair. Neatly cancelled by a light N.Y. & PITTS. R.P.O. duplex. Very Fine. Exceedingly rare contemporaneously.
Scott $3,000
Expertization: 1984 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2597 |
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1916, 1¢ green, imperf (481), horizontal pair tied on cover by neat Chicago machine cancel dated Nov 17 1916, the earliest known use of the 1916 1 1¢ imperf, small cover nick at upper right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1970 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2598 |
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1919, 1¢ green, Offset imperf (531), right plate #9509 block of six. Cancelled two neat strikes Beloit, Wis. duplex dated March 17, 1919, the Earliest Documented Use of the imperf 1¢ offset. Small, insignificant thin otherwise. Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 2599 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type V (533), block of four with vertical guide line neatly cancelled by two undated Seattle, Wash. ovals and by the barred oval station "5" portion of a duplex canceller. Huge margins. Fresh and choice Very Fine.
Scott $525
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Lot 2600 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type V (533), bottom arrow block of four with a clear Benton Harbor, Mich. machine cancel dated Dec. 17, 1920 (and a blurred duplex handstamp of the same date). Large margins. Extremely Fine.
Scott $650
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Lot 2601 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type V (533), center line block of four, Benton Harbor, Mich duplex cancels Sept 29, 1920, a new earliest documented use for the 2¢ type V imperf, huge margins with adjacent stamps visible on three sides. Extremely Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
This block was just discovered and beats the previous EDU, an off cover plate block of 6, by one day!
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Lot 2602 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type V (533), top plate #11260 block of six. Huge margins and neat Benton Harbor, Mich. duplex cancels dated March 9, 1921. Slight thinning in selvage only. Otherwise Extremely Fine. Unpriced used.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 2603 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type Va (534), large margins including partial right sheet margin, neatly cancelled by a Chicago duplex dated July 3, 1920, the Earliest Documented Use of the imperf type Va. Light usage wrinkle affecting only the lower right stamp. Otherwise fresh and choice Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 2604 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VI (534A), block of six with large margins tied by Peoria, Ill. ovals on a registered cover to Detroit, purple Peoria and Detroit Registered c.d.s.s on reverse dated respectively March 12 and 14, 1923. A Very Fine and attractive properly paid cover.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2605 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VII (534B), huge margins and neat slogan cancel for a 1921 Chicago Exposition. Small thin and faint corner crease at upper right clear of design. Choice Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $1,250
Expertization: 1977 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2606 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VII (534B), horizontal pair with large margins including sheet margin at left. Neatly cancelled by a partial Chicago Pageant of Progress Exposition slogan cancel June 5, 1922. Wonderfully fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $3,250
A SIMPLY SUPERB PAIR, USED DURING THE PROPER TIME PERIOD.
Few used pairs exist as the normal letter rate was 3¢ and the airmail rate was 5¢ both rates normally being paid with single stamps.
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Lot 2607 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine Offset, type VII, Schermack type III perfs (534B), horizontal pair. Cancelled Madison, Wis. machine cancel and part of violet First Flight cachet, bright color, Fine and extremely scarce.
Estimate 500 - 750
EXCEEDINGLY RARE AS A PAIR, WAGNER STATES HE HAS NEVER SEEN ANOTHER.
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Lot 2608 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VII (534B), left sheet margin block of four neatly cancelled by two Oak Park, Ill. duplexes dated March 3, 1922. Large margins. Very Fine. An extremely rare used multiple.
Scott $6,500 as pairs
Expertization: 1984 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2609 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VII (534B), a choice Extremely Fine single with huge margins and bright color tied on cover by N.Y. Grand Central Sta. machine cancel dated March 22, 1923, stamp dealer corner card. Very Fine. A rare cover.
Scott $3,500
Expertization: with 1992 P.F. Certificate.
There are only three certified covers bearing the type VII offset: the two offered here plus a 1926 philatelic usage.
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Lot 2610 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VII (534B), a Very Fine single with large margins tied on cover by "Green Bay & Grand Rapids R.M.S." duplex cancel dated Aug 15 (trip 4) with no year date, hardware dealer corner card, minor cover bend not affecting stamp. Very Fine. A rare commercial usage.
Scott $3,500
Expertization: with 1986 P.F. Certificate.
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