| U.S. Postal History: 1869 Pictorials and 1870-1888 Bank Note Issues (Scott Nos. |
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Lot 3469 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), single used with 2c brown & 3c ultramarine (114) on double rate cover to San Jose, Cal., stamps tied by blue targets, matching "Sharon Springs N.Y. Aug. 4" c.d.s. at left, cover with two small tears at R., 2c with internal crease, Fine and colorful.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3470 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), tied by nearly complete strike of Pumpkin on immaculate cover to Vermont, clear "Waterbury Ct. Jul. 5" c.d.s.; cover slightly reduced at R., just into stamp's margin, fresh and Fine. Ilustrated in Skinner/Eno, p. 153.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3471 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), five singles tied together by pencil squiggle and blue star cancels on 1869 white envelope to Paris, France, bold red French paquebot octagon, purple "Philadelphia Pa. 12 Paid Apr. 30" c.d.s., Very Fine usage, scarce early use.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: Emerson, Gibson, Griffths
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Lot 3472 |
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1869, 6¢ ultramarine (115), tied by segmented cork cancel, clear "Hartford Ct. Jun. 18" c.d.s. on illustrated ad cover for the Roper Sporting Arms Co. with vignette of shotgun, original 1870 2 page enclosure with Roper letterhead with good content des cribing recent target shoot (writer came in 2nd), includes news clipping with list of winners, Very Fine, very scarce with the 6¢ Pictorial.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 2002 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3473 |
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1869, 6¢ ultramarine (115), cancelled by small circle of wedges and tied by Boston Ms. c.d.s. on NOv. 15, 1869 cover to Harvey Corner, New Brunswick, St. John transit and Harvey Corner receiving pmk., Very Fine.
Scott $425
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Lot 3474 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), three large margins, ample at left, neat circle of wedges cancel, on white envelope from Shanghai, to Amenia Union, N.Y., light but clear "P.O.D. U.S. Con. Gen. Shanghai May 12" c.d.s., June 15th San Francisco postmark., manuscript "Via San Francisco per Am. mail" at top left, Very Fine, exceptionally fresh.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 1996 P.F Certificate.
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Lot 3475 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), single with nat. s.e. at R., tied by small circle of wedges and "San Francisco Cal. Jan. 18" c.d.s. on cover originating in Shanghai, partial strike of Shanghai c.d.s., manuscript "via Pacific Mail" at top; cover slightly reduced at R., Fine & scarce.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3476 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), horizontal pair, used with two copies of 2c brown (113), each with matching cork cancel, 10c tied, on legal size registered cover to Illinois, clear "Leavenworth Kan. Jul. 15" c.d.s., ms. "Registered Letter- 34" at top left, vert. file fold at center and a couple of tiny edge tears otherwise intact, stamps sound and Fine, scarce domestic use of the 10c 1869 Pictorial.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3477 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), tied by quartered cork cancel on May 29, 1869 cover to Newport-Monmouthshire, England, partial Ohio c.d.s. and light red New York exchange pmk.; cover with small edge tears at top, Fine.
Scott $425
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Lot 3478 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), horizontal pair, tied by targets on eight times rate legal size cover to Concord, N.H., clear "Hanover N.H. Jul. 14" double circle, slightly reduced at R., Fine, uncommon domestic usage of the 12c.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3479 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), single, used with 6c ultramarine (115)and tied by multiple targets on on double rate registered cover to Winona, Minn., clear "Wasioja Minnesota Mar. 22, 1870" dble line c.d.s., small margin tear in 15c, Fine and ve ry scarce.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3480 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), canceled by bold 7-bar open grid, matching "Metamora Ill. Aug. 2" c.d.s. on 1870 cover to Meilen, Switzerland, red New York Paid All Br. Transit postmark., cover with mended nick at TR, otherwise fresh appearance, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3481 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), single tied by cork cancel, matching "San Francisco Cal. Dec. 2" c.d.s. on five times rate legal size yellow envelope with printed address, to Independence Lodge #158, Railroad Flat, Cal., "I.O.O.F." at top left; cover with some edge flaws, still Fine, very scarce intra-California use of the 15c 1869.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3482 |
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1871, 7¢ vermilion, grilled (138), single used with #156 and #158, each with matching target, on 1874 registered cover to Winona, Minn., clear "Lewiston Minn. Apr. 8" c.d.s., neat docketing on reverse, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3483 |
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1870, 3¢ green (147), tied by Geometric and "Chicago Ill. Nov. 11" c.d.s. on excellent all-over illustrated ad cover for fish dealers, with wood engraving of fishing ships in port, all in red on white, original 1872 enclosure with matching vignette in black with letterhead in red printed over it, Extremely Fine, beautiful exhibit page.
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: Griffiths
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Lot 3484 |
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1870, 10¢ brown (150), single tied by "N. York Steamship Feb. 22" c.d.s. on Feb. 14, 1873 folded letter from St. Thomas, clear St. Thomas pmk. and greenish blue merchant's oval, ms. "pr. Ontario" at top left, exceptionally fresh, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3485 |
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1870, 10¢ brown (150), horiz. pair, used with 2¢ Red Brown (146), tied by matching cork cancels on 1872 cover to Lima, Peru, clear "Portchester N.Y. Mar. 14" c.d.s. and red New York exchange postmark with 12 credit, docketing at left, Lima receving postmark. on reverse, cover with some small toning confined to area at left, stamps bright and fresh, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3486 |
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1870, 12¢ dull violet (151), single used with 10c brown (150), each with matching small circle of wedges, 10c tying, on white envelopeto Callao, Peru, Boston and New York postmarks, 12c with single short perf at T., Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3487 |
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1870, 24¢ purple (153), single tied by bold negative "5" cancel on an 8 times rate cover to Jacksonville, Fla., New York City c.c. at left; stamp with corner fault, cover slightly reduced at R. (clear of address) and small edge tears, Fine appearance, a very rare domestic use of the 24c on a standard size envelope, probably unique with the numeral cancel.
Scott $1,500
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Lot 3488 |
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1870, 24¢ purple (153), rich color, tied by circle of wedges with 10¢ Brown (150) on double rate 1873 Bissell cover to India, via Southampton, red London transit and red crayon crdit markings, reverse with "Sea Post Office" oval and Ahmednuggur receiving postmark, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3489 |
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1870, 30¢ black (154), large margins with flawless centering, deep shade, tied by quartered cork, matching "San Francisco Cal. Jan. 23" c.d.s. and "G.B./ 40c" accountancy handstamp on 1871 folded letter to Cerons, France, two red New York exchange postmarks. dated Jan. 31 and Feb. 4, bold "10" decimes due handstamp at center, Calais transit, London and French postmarks on reverse, contents in French, Extremely Fine, exceptionally choice usage of the 30¢ National.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3490 |
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1870, 30¢ black (154), horizontal pair, well centered, used with 6¢ Carmine (148), tied together by matching circle of wedges cancels on May 1871 Bissell cover to India, paying a triple 22¢ rate via Southampton, red Boston and London postmarks on face, fine appearance international Sea Post Office oval and red Ahmednuggur receiving postmark, some small edge wear, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3491 |
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1873, 6¢ dull pink (159), horiz. pair, tied by cork cancels, matching "Station B Philad. Mar. 6" c.d.s. on 1879 cover to Wellington, New Zealand, corner card for wood working machinery, clear receiving postmark on reverse, very slight edge toning does not affect stamps, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3492 |
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1873, 10¢ brown (161), pair and single, tied together by cross-roads cancels on narrow legal size cover to Tokyo, Japan, magenta "San Francisco Cal. Paid Jun. 15" c.d.s., blue merchant's datestamp of 1875 and Yokohama Jul 9th postmark. on reverse; cover with small tears at top left & BR, otherwise Very Fine, very scarce example of the short-lived 15c treaty rate (x2) of Jan. 1875.
Estimate 300 - 400
Provenance: Griffiths
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Lot 3493 |
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1873, 10¢ brown (161), tied by circle of wedges on 1877 cover by Am. packet via San Francisco to Swatow, China, manuscript. "Via San Francisco" at top left, reverse with Boston, Hong Kong and Swatow datestamps, neat docketing on flap, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Griffiths
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Lot 3494 |
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1873, 10¢ brown (161), horiz. pair, used with single #158 and #179 on cloth-lined Dec. 1875 registered cover to France paying double the 9¢ rate, stamps tied by indistinct reddish brown foreign mail cancels, red New York c.d.s., blue French markings on face, wax seals on flap indicate New York City origin; cover with two small tears at top, 10¢ pair with pulled perf in right stamp, colorful and Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3495 |
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1873, 12¢ blackish violet (162), horizontal pair, used with #156 & #158, each with matching cork cancel and tied by red London Paid on Apr. 9, 1875 cover to a Capt. Jones of the Argentine Torpedo Defenses at Buenos Ayres, Argentina, this paid the 28c British packet rate via England, Richmond Va. c.d.s. and red New York exchange postmark., no flap, still a Very Fine usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
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Lot 3496 |
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1873, 12¢ blackish violet (162), perfectly centered, rich color, well tied by NYFM cancel on 1875 folded cover to Cadiz, Spain, paying the North German Union closed mail rate, red "New York 5 Mar. 11" exchange pmk., red transit markings, blue merchant's datestamp on reverse, Cadiz receiving pmk., Very Fine usage, stamp Extremely Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3497 |
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1873, 15¢ yellow orange (163), single used with #158, each with matching segmented cork cancel, on Nov. 1874 cover to Cordoba, Argentina, paying the 18c Amer. packet rate to Rio de Janeiro, then by Br. pkt. to Buenos Ayres, clear Salem Mass. c.d.s. with date corrected in pencil, bold "8 New York Nov. 24" exchange pmk., blue crayon "10" due mark, tiny docketing on reverse, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3498 |
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1873, 15¢ reddish orange (163), horiz. pair, canceled by quartered cork cancels and tied by "Greencastle Pa. Jan. 16" c.d.s. on cover to "Heidelberg, Baden", paying a 3 times UPU rate, pair addtionally tied by red exchange postmark., pencil "3" to left of postmark, Heidelberg receiving postmark. on back, left stamp with tear, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3499 |
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1873, 15¢ yellow orange (163), horizontal pair, nicely tied by 6-Pt Star on July 1874 small white envelopeto Brazil, light Philada. pmk. and red New York exchange c.d.s., Rio de Janeiro pmk. and blue Joseph M. Wright & Co. forwarder's oval on reverse; slightly reduced at R., left stamp with tiny margin tear, Fine and scarce.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3500 |
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1873, 30¢ gray black (165), single tied by perfect strike of "New-York Feb. 17 P.M." duplex on 1877 folded cover to Vera Cruz, blue merchant's datestamp at lower left, clear "-60cs." due handstamp; stamp with short perf at right, Very Fine usage.
Scott $725
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Lot 3501 |
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1873, 30¢ gray black (165), single used with #156 and #158, each with matching target, on 1874 registered cover to Winona, Minn., clear "Lewiston Minn. Apr. 8" c.d.s., neat docketing on reverse, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3502 |
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1873, 30¢ gray black (165), single used with 10¢ brown (161) pair and 6¢ dull pink (159), tied by matching cork cancels on Bissell cover to India, paying double the 28¢ rate via Brindisi, red Boston c.d.s. ties 10¢ pair, Sea Post Office and Ahmednuggur postmarks on back, some creasing in 30¢ Very Fine usage.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: Gibson
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Lot 3503 |
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1875, 5¢ blue (179), canceled by 4-bar open grid, on 1875 cover to Hamilton, Bermuda, "Coxsackie N.Y. Jan. 25" c.d.s. and three different New York postmarks indicating there was some confusion as where it was addressed, red Jan. 27 postmark. and missent to Germany, returned and postmarked Feb.25th and "New York P.O. Mar. 9" (latter in black), blue crayon "2" due at Bermuda, cover with tiny nick at top from opening, Fine and unusual.
Estimate 300 - 400
Provenance: Ludington
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Lot 3504 |
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1879, 2¢ vermilion (183), single used with 15¢ yellow orange (163) and tied together by struck twice "3" in barred oval on Jan. 20, 1879 folded cover to Valparaiso, Chile, the earliest known use of the 2¢ to a foreign destination, well struck "New York Jan. 20 79" red datestamp and large bold "10" handstamp, Very Fine, an excpeitonally handsome and rare suage.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: 1998 A.P.S. Certificate.
The American Bank Note Co. did not take over until Feb. 20, 1879. but stamps on soft paper used prior to this date are classified as American Bank Note stamps. Documented examples of these stamps, found used from late August Feb. 1879 are very scarce; this example, clearly showing the differences in papers, is exceptional.
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Lot 3505 |
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1879, 2¢ vermilion (183), single used with #184 (faults), cork cancels, 2c just tied, on 1880 cover to Yokohama, Japan, with bold strike of "The Fast Mail N.Y. & Chic. R.P.O. Nov. 9/ 1 Div./ West" rimless postmark., San Francisco and Yokohama backstamps, F ine and rare combination of postmark & destination.
Estimate 300 - 400
Provenance: Griffiths
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Lot 3506 |
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1879, 3¢ green (184), wide B. margins, tied by quartered cork cancel, matcing L'k Have. & Harrisburg Agt c.d.s. on illustrated ad cover for railroad box cars in black and red on yellow, original enclosure with similiar illus. in green with text in red, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Griffiths
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Lot 3507 |
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1879, 5¢ blue (185), horizontal pair, few perf flaws, tied by light cork cancels on cover used from Shanghai to Vineland, N.J., clear "U.S. Postal Agcy. Shanghai May 3" c.d.s., original 6 page 1882 enclosure with P.S.: "Send next letter to Yokohama, Japan. Postage 5 Cents", Very Fine usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: 1979 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3508 |
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1879, 6¢ pink (186), horiz. pair, tied by "New-York Jan. 7 1881" duplex on cover to Auckland, New Zealand, importer's corner card on flap, magenta San Francisco transit, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3509 |
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1883, 2¢ red brown (210), horiz. pair, tied by very bold "Brooklyn N.Y. Sep. 29 `87" duplexes on 2¢ Brown entire to Reikjavik, Iceland, 1¢ overpayment of the 5¢ UPU rate, manuscript "Via Copenhagen" at upper left, various transit and receving postmarks on reverse; small cover tear at right, Very Fine usage, very rare destination in the Bank Note period or earlier, believed to be one of two known with the 2¢ 1883.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3510 |
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1883, 2¢ red brown (210), single tied by 1887 Philadelphia duplex on cover to France, readdressed to Rome with printed forwarder's slip pasted over address, additionally franked with French & Italian 30¢ postage dues, each tied, two different Rome postmarks, manuscript. due at center, Fine and colorful.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3511 |
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1887, 3¢ vermilion (214), single tgied by "Indianapolis Ind. Aug. 26 `89" duplex on 2¢ Green on Amber entire to Guernsey, Channel Islands, New York transit and Guernsey receiving postmark on reverse, slight edge wear, still a Very Fine usage with the 3¢ vermilion.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Shuh
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Lot 3512 |
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1888, 30¢ orange brown (217), single used with #212 and two copies of #216 on intact legal size U325 to Argentina, #209 on reverse, Baltimore reg oval ties each stamp, N.Y. registry label at right, purple 1889 Baltimore reg date stamp at lower left, 30¢ lifted and put back, one 5¢ with tear, cover folded at left (clear of address) for exhibit, Fine, a very rare commercial transatlantic of the 30¢; nearly all surviving examples are found on domestic covers.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 3513 |
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1876, 3¢ red (U218), entire with "CENTENNIAL/JUL 21 5PM/PHILA'DA PA" handstamp exposition cancel, Bomar, type P76-01, typed address plus accompanied by the special form letter that was created by the newly introduced typewriter at the Remington Co. exhibit in Machinery Hall. Letter and entire both on very fresh paper with the latter being slightly reduced at left, still Very Fine for this rarity which Bomar prices at $750 as only eight are recorded known.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3514 |
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1874, 1¢ blue on cream, die 2 (U115), unsealed entire with oval Louisville, Ky cancel, back with NEW ORLEANS, EX. STA. LA./MAR 31/RECD. exposition receiving strike, either Bomar #NO84/85-02 "World" or N86-02 "American" as there is no year marking, small edge wear/tears at top away from strike, Fine, rare marking as only three are reported known for either exposition.
Estimate 300 - 400
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