| U.S. Postal History: 20th Century Issues (Scott Nos. 294-677) |
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Lot 3535 |
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1901 Pan-American set complete (294-299), complete set tied on two matching registered covers to Germany by 6/12/01 Barry involute flag exposition cancels, Bomar #B-01-19, registry labels and purple registry handstamp on front of each, backs with New York, N.Y. and German transit/receiving strikes, both opened at bottom instead of top, Very Fine and most attractive pair.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3536 |
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1901, 1¢ Pan-American (294), Electricity Building postcard with 10/11/01 American Machine involute flag exposition cancel, Bomar #B-01-20B, exceedingly fresh, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
Bomar records only 20 known of this cancel when used as a cancel and not as a backstamp receiving mark; a rare cover.
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Lot 3537 |
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1901, 1¢ Pan-American (294), tied by 9/14/01 Buffalo, N.Y. Barry advertising publicity slogan machine cancel, with large McKinley add-on "day-of-death" cachet, canceling machine pinholes at right edge Very Fine.
These covers are also considered by some to be Roosevelt's inauguration covers.
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Lot 3538 |
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1901, 2¢ Pan-American (295), tied on six different multi-colored cacheted covers by International exposition machine cancels, Fine-Very Fine, a beautiful range of designs.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3539 |
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1901, 2¢-5¢ Pan-American (295-297), tied to three matching covers by 9/10/01 International exposition machine cancels, #296 with natural s.e., Very Fine lot.
Scott $760
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Lot 3540 |
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1901, 5¢ 10¢ Pan-American (297. 299), tied to two matching covers by 9/17/01 International exposition machine cancels, each with small neat red buffalo handstamp cachet at top left, Very Fine, a beautiful pair.
Scott $1,350
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Lot 3541 |
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1901 Pan-American set complete (294-299), set tied on large registered manila cover to Baden-Baden, Germany by Kings Bridge Sta., N.Y. oval cancels, boxed 5/4/01 (fourth day of issue) registry cancels on back with German receiving strikes, front with exposition flag label and future dated ticket stub add-ons (the latter probabaly was taken from a book of consecutively dated daily passes), stamps mostly well centered especially the difficult #298, Very Fine, attractive cover.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3542 |
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Pan-American Exposition Collection, balance collection of covers and cards with and without exposition station cancels, advertising/promotional covers with pre-event publicity cancels, mint picture post cards, admission tickets, mint envelopes and letterheads and finally a Pan-American Exposition Co.ornately designed stock certificate with gold seal with a tied 5¢ Battleship documentary revenue (missing corner) attached, some small flaws but basically Fine-Very Fine, a most attractive lot.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3543 |
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1904 Louisiana Purchase set complete (323-327), set, tied on blue legal size cover with Mass. State Bldg. illustrated c.c. by 10/13/04 handstamp exposition duplex cancels, Bomar #ST. LO4-01 ($1,250.00), some insignificant age tone spots, Very Fine, an attractive combination of colors.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3544 |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition Covers, group of six different multi-colored cacheted covers with mostly publicity slogan cancels including one franked by 5¢ #326; one #319 cover with a set of four exposition seals on reverse, few small flaws, Fine-Very Fine lot with a very attractive range of designs.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3545 |
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Louisiana Purchase Picture Post Cards, 98 mint cards in thirteen different partial or complete sets including Cupples silver official, Photograph multi-colored, Argentine Republic, Regal shoe and three different types Jerusalem views, some usual corner/edge chipping, but the vast majority are Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3546 |
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition Collection, small balance of 32 covers and mint or used picture post cards including a cover and enclosed letter from the Ohio Building giving great detail as to the furnishings as well as two attractive hold-to-light cards, Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3547 |
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1909, 2¢ Alaska-Yukon, imperf (371), tied along with large green and red label on cover by 7/12/09 Seattle, Wash exposition cancel, accompanied by a handwritten not on official U.S.P.O.D. letterhead in which the mailer extolls his "Ona" to save the two mint seals enclosed (she did) for his collection, Very Fine, a beautiful and rare cover.
Scott $450
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Lot 3548 |
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Panama-Pacific Exposition Collection, small balance of 20 covers/cards with exposition station or pre-event publicity cancels including a pair of #397 tied on cover by two different scarce cancels (Bomar #SF15-1, SF15-05), plus 20+ used picture post cards with mostly exposition or West Coast scenes, some flaws, Fine-Very Fine, an attractive and quite varied lot.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3549 |
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U.S. Exposition Covers and Collateral Collection, balance of approximately 100 items representing ten different smaller (or less prolific) expositions, including a wide range of covers (with and without exposition station cancels), mint and used picture post cards, admission tickets, unused exposition envelopes and letter sheets, etc. In addition, there is a one binder collection of the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress Expo. with approximately. 150 covers (many with P.M. autographs), F.D.C.s and stamps, some faulty but vast majority are Fine-Very Fine, worth a careful review.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3550 |
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1895, 8¢ violet brown (272), Laredo, Tex. red registry label tied by purple Oct. 18, 1902 Yorktown Tex. registry datestamp on 2c Carmine entire with 8c violet brown (281) to Galeana, Mexico, purple "Nuevo Laredo" reg. handstamp, file crease at top thru label and 2c, opened irregularly at R., still Fine and rare, Kugel census records less than 5 labels from Laredo.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 3551 |
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1898, 5¢ dark blue (281), single used with #267 (2) and #279, each with matching ms. "X" on registered cover to Papeete, Tahiti, readdressed to Taiohae, Marquesas, bold Brigham Utah Registered postmark with 4/28/99 date in ms., San Francisco registry label a t BL, reverse with S.F. oval and Papeete c.d.s., ms. "small picture enclosed" at top, an additional 3c stamp is missing otherwise a Very Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3552 |
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1898, 10¢ orange brown, type II (283), single used with 5c Blue (281) in addition to #279 and #279B on registered cover to Dunedin, New Zealand, stamps tied by New York reg. ovals, c.c. for Standard Varnish Works of Elm Park, Staten Island with attractive ill ustration of factory, town & harbor, San Francisco registry label, multiple backstamps; cover with edge wear and small toned spot at TR edge, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3553 |
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1901, 1¢ Pan-American (294), single with nat. s.e. at top, used with #294 and tied by cork cancels on cover from Mexico, with corner card "Nogales, Zona Libre/ Sonora Mexico", clear "Nogales Ariz. Feb. 26, 1902" c.d.s., to Nimes, France, Paris transit on face, New York and Nimes backstamps, Very Fine usage, scarce "Free Trade Zone" usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3554 |
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1903, 50¢ orange (310), centered to L., well tied by bold "New York N.Y./ Wall St. Sta." handstamp on Jul. 27, 1905 registered parcel to a Mr. Takahashi, London, England from the Yokohama Specie Bank in New York, readdressed within London, additionally franked with 15c olive green (309) and #300 & #319, New York reg. label, reverse with N.Y. and London markings and red wax seals; cover slightly reduced at left and opening tear into address panel, still Fine, a highly desirable and rare usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3555 |
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1903, 2¢ carmine rose, type I (319n), without tab, tied on cover sent special delivery from Brownsville to San Antonio, Tex., Aug 16, 1907; postmarked on reverse magenta R.R. agents handstamp "W.A. Hamilton./Aug. 16, Tr. 1/Bay City & Browns." with San Antonio receiver alongside on the same day; small cover tear at top and internal pre-use tear affecting two stamps, otherwise Fine and exceedigly rare, especially so as a non-philatelic usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
The pane correctly pays the 2¢ postage plus the 107 special delivery fee.
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Lot 3556 |
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1909, 50¢ violet (341), horizontal pair tied on large portion of registered money parcel tag, along with a 4¢ brown (303) and a strip of three 8¢ olive green (337), by Fairbanks, Alaska double circle dated Oct. 28, 1909, the earliest known use of the 50¢ violet; several stamps with faults including one 50¢ Fine appearance.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3557 |
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1909, 5¢ blue coil (351), paid tied by Chicago ovals on registered cover to New York, Oct. 6, 1909, backstamped New York Oct. 8; Very Fine (accompanying P.F. Certificate mentions a "small corner crease" on bottom stamp, which is very faint and truly insignificant), the pair properly paid 2¢ for postage and 8¢ for registration.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 1989 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3558 |
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1909, 5¢ blue coil (355), a choice Very Fine guide line pair tied by boxed DEGRAFF/OHIO cancels, along with 5¢ vertical coil (351) and two 1¢ green (405) on back of registered parcel tag/envelope with endorsement "Postage Stamps Printed Matter", magenta DeGraff c.d.s. Oct 19, 1912, attaching wire intact, Extremely Fine, a most unusual usage and most likely unique.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 3559 |
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1909, 10¢ yellow coil (356), a Fine single paying the 10¢ registration fee on a 2¢ entire (U412) from Chicago to Riverside, Calif., April 27, 1911, tied by Chicago oval with magenta Chicago c.d.s. and Riverside receiver, May 1, on reverse; cover faults but Fine appearing and very rare, one of only four known examples of #356 on cover.
Scott $10,000
The owner discovered this cover in a dealer's dollar cover box about 25 years ago and kept its existence to himself. Until he had it certified by the Philatelic Foundation, in December of 2002, there had been only three covers recorded bearing the rare 10¢ yellow coil.
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Lot 3560 |
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1909, 10¢ yellow coil (356), nicely centered, tied along with 2¢ Alaska-Yukon (370) by "WALL STREET/STATION/N.Y." double ovals on registered cover to Washington, D.C., July 16, 1909; cover is very brittle and has been partly restored and the 2¢ is faulty but the 10¢ is Very Fine and this is one of only four examples known on cover.
Scott $10,000
Expertization: 1980 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3561 |
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1910, 1¢ green coil (392), guide line pair tied on cover by Marquette, Mich. flag cancel Oct. 26, 1913; mild file fold not affecting stamp, otherwise fresh and Very Fine, an exceptionally scarce cover.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3562 |
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1914, 5¢ blue coil (447), strip of 7 plus a strip of 3, a pair and a single, tied along with a 65¢ Graf Zeppelin (C13) on dual-cacheted legal size Zeppelin cover from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, signed on front and back by 15 Zeppelin crew members; F-VF, a unique make-U.P.S.S. # of the $1.30 rate and the largest multiple of #447.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Siskin
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Lot 3563 |
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1915, 2¢ red, type I, rotary coil (449), fresh and Fine tied on mourning cover by New Haven, Conn./Westvilla Sta. duplex handstamp March 18, 1916, F-VF and rare; with enclosure.
Scott $1,350
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Lot 3564 |
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1915, 2¢ red, type I, rotary coil (449), six singles tied by Columbus, Ohio duplexes on a Special Delivery cover to Forkton, Ky., stamps are fresh and Fine except for the right one, which has faults from having been affixed at the extreme edge of the envelope, a Very Fine and probably unique usage correctly paying 2¢ for postage and 10¢ for special delivery.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
Expertization: 2002 P.F. Certificate.
In all likelihood, the largest known franking of.
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Lot 3565 |
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1916 U.S. 3¢ 4¢ and 20¢ perf. 10 (463, 464, 476), tied by blurred strike U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai China oval on censored registered cover from the Netherlands Trading Society in Shanghai to Amsterdam; Shanghai registry d.s. on reverse, Nov 4, 1916, backstamped New York Dec 3 and 4, and (faintly) Amsterdam Jan 1; with one paper and four wax seals of the N.T.S.; Very Fine and most unusual.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3566 |
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1917, $5 light green (480), two blocks of four and four singles, tied by mute ovals on large (11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.) Federal Reserve Bank registered parcel from Minneapolis to Deluth, Apr. 18, 1935, additional $4.99 meter, cover opened at top and with small reduction at left otherwise completely intact, each block with small corner fault, one single with scrape, Fine and rare usage.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 3567 |
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1916, 2¢ carmine, type II, coil (491), fresh and Fine, tied on picture postcard (New Year's greeting) by New York machine cancel, Dec 23, 1918, Very Fine, scarce war rate postcard usage.
Scott $725
Expertization: 1988 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3568 |
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1917, 2¢ deep rose, type Ia (500), tied by "MADISON SQUARE BRANCH/N.Y. oval" along with pair 5¢ blue (504) on registered cover to Albany, N.Y., postmarked on reverse Jan 19, 1920 with Albany receiver alongside, Jan 20; Fine.
Scott $650
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Lot 3569 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine Offset, type Va (528), neatly tied by New York machine cancel dated June 18, 1920, the earliest known use of the 2¢ type Va, Fine stamp on a fresh Very Fine cover.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3570 |
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1921, 1¢ green, rotary coil waste (545), vertical paid tied on cover by neat Cleveland, Ohio slogan cancel, March 31, 1922, with additional "smudge" cancel tying bottom stamp, fresh and Fine, exceedingly rare on cover.
Scott $1,800 + for singles Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: 1989 and 2001 P.F. Certificates.
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Lot 3571 |
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1923, 30¢ olive brown (569), tied on unaddressed First Day Cover by Washington, D.C. slogan cancel, Extremely Fine.
Scott $850
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Lot 3572 |
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1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate (610), tied on 4 5/8 x 2 3/4" first Geo. W. Linn cacheted First Day Cover, Planty-Mellone #610-1 ($800.00), bright and fresh, Very Fine, rare F.D.C. as only about 200 were created.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3573 |
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1929, 8¢ Nebr. (677), tied by Indianola, Nebr. duplex, June 13, 1930, on commercial cover to California, Very Fine, edge folds indicate thick contents which would have justified the 4x rate. A very rare solo commercial usage of the 8¢ Nebraska.
Estimate 300 - 400
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