Sale 259

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U.S. Postal History: Private Vending Coils on Cover
 
 
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Lot 1981
 
Farwell group 4 covers, six 2¢ #409 covers: five type A, one type B (paste-up single), Chicago machine cancels 1913-16; also a 1¢ #408, type B, tied by Chicago machine cancel on legal size front only; all with Farwell cornercards, F-VF.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1982
 
Farwell & Co. corner cards, group of six covers, 1876-1909, stamps comprise 3¢ #184, 2¢ #231, 1¢ #279, 2¢ #278B, 2¢ #320a, and 2¢ #344, the last two with Schermack type III perfs; F-VF, nice collateral group showing that the company existed long before they went into the stamp vending business.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1983
 
1908, 2¢ carmine, Mail-O-Meter type I perfs (344), tied along with 2¢ #331, by St. Louis duplexes, Nov 23, 1910, on legal size window envelope, backstamped Sherman, Tex., reduced a tad at L, small tear at R, F-VF double rate cover.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1984
 
1911, 2¢ carmine, Mail-O-Meter type IV perfs (384), tied by Wichita, Kans. machine cancel, Oct 7, 1911, on window envelope with Bell Telephone corner card, slight opening tear at R, otherwise fresh and Very Fine, scarce used in cities other than St. Louis, Chicago, or Detroit.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1985
 
1912, 1¢ green, Mail-O-Meter type IV perfs (408), paste-up single tied by St. Louis machine cancel, Dec 24, 1914, on receipt card for electric bill, Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1986
 
1912, 1¢ green, Mail-O-Meter type IV perfs (408), single precancelled St. Louis/Missouri cover to Metuchen, N.J., Very Fine, unsealed 3rd class mail.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1987
 
1912, 1¢ green, Mail-O-Meter type IV perfs (408), pair tied by Detroit machine cancel, Aug 30, 1912, on cover to Superior, Neb., Kodak dealer's c/c with large ad on reverse, F-VF scarce multiple franking.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1988
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Mail-O-Meter type IV perfs (409), tied by Bethlehem, Pa. machine cancel, Sept 23, 1916, on multicolor National Oats advertising cover, Very Fine and very scarce town for Mail-O-Meter usage.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1989
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Mail-O-Meter type IV perfs (409), tied by Kansas City, Mo. machine cancel, July 7, 1912 on cover to Council Bluffs, Iowa, Montgomery Ward cornercard, enclosed is Ward's order form for "2 sets of ball bearrings for passenger elevator", F-VF, scarce usage.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1990
 
1912-14, 2¢ Mail-O-Meter perfs (384/409), three covers: type I (384) and two type IV (409), St. Louis machine cancels, all different illustrated conrner cards, Very Fine.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1991
 
1906, 1¢ blue green, Schermack type III perfs (314), tied by 1908 Pittsburgh East Liberty Sta. machine cancel on advertsing cover for a livestock lice killer featuring a large bull; back tear extends about 1" onto front at B, otherwise F-VF, 1¢ unsealed circular rate.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1992
 
x (320, 320a (3)), Each on separate cover with Chicago machine cancel, 1908-09, all different, commercial corner cards, F-VF.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1993
 
1906, 2¢ lake, Schermack type III perfs (320a), tied by Detroit machine cancel, Jan 27, 1909 on advertising cover from the Royal Mfg. Co. to Ashtabula, O., forwarded to Austinburg, O. with Ashtabula duplex Jan 28 also tying stamp, Austinburg receiver on back, enclosed are four fascinating Royal advertising pieces soliciting distributors plus a return envelope also franked with a#320a Schermack type III; the originial cover is soiled and abraided but a most unusual and intriguing group.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1994
 
1908, 2¢ carmine, imperf (344 smk 3), tied by Detroit machine cancel, June 4, 1910, on a gorgeous multi color advertising cover for the Detroit Industrial Exposition featuring a nighttime waterfront scene, couple small trivial stains, VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1995
 
1909, 4¢ orange brown, Schermack type III perfs (346), tied by Chicago machine cancel, Mar 30, 1910, on legal size cover to Sun Prairie, Wis.; edge tears plus high sulphur content of envelope has toned the stamp somewhat, otherwise Fine and exceedingly rare.
Scott $3,000
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Lot 1996
 
1909, 2¢ Lincoln, Schermack type III perfs (368), tied by Chicago machine cancel, Mar 8, 1909 on illustrated Strouss, Eisendrath & Co. advertising cover, Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1997
 
1911, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (384), tied by N.Y. machine cancel, Dec 22, 1911, on PPC to England, Very Fine, card is a picture of the Red Star Liner Kroonland.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1998
 
1911, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (384), tied by Chicago machine cancel, Spet 20, 1913, on cover to Canada, F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1999
 
1911, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (384), tied by N.Y. machine cancel, Oct 18, 1911, on PPC to Denmark, F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2000
 
1911, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (384), Very Fine line pair tied by Coalgate, Okla. duplex, Apr 1, 1912, on legal size double-rate cover to Sherman, Tex., minor cover faults, Fine looking and very scarce usage.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2001
 
1912, 1¢ green, Schermack type III perfs (408), tied by 1914 Chicago machine cancel on cover to Canada, forwarded within Winnipeg, F-VF, printed matter rate.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2002
 
1912, 1¢ green, imperf (408), horizontal pair, tied along with 10¢ #416 by Ypsilanti, Mich. ovals on registered cover to England, handstamped "AR", Ypsilanti postmark on reverse Aug 15, 1914, other backstamps are New York Aug 17, U.S. Seapost Aug 19, Bath Aug 27, and Wincanton Aug 28, Very Fine 2¢ treaty rate plus 10¢ for registration. Schermack multiples are quite scarce on cover as are overseas usages.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2003
 
1912, 1¢ green, Schermack type III perfs (408), single, tied with two 2¢ Pan.-Pacific #398, by N.Y. machine cancel, July 24, 1913, on cover to France, Paris receiver Aug 2 on front, 1¢ with damaged corner (pre-use), F-VF.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2004
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (409), tied by Hoboken, N.J. machine cancel, May 31, 1916, on picture postcard to Canton, China, Shanghai & Canton receivers, F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2005
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (409), tied by New York machine cancel, Sept 30, 1915, on advertising cover to England, Very Fine.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2006
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (409), tied by N.Y. machine cancel Dec 2, 1916, on advertising cover (music publishers) to Port-au-Prince Haiti, strip of 3 1¢ #424 added to make up the U.P.U. rate and tied by New York, N.Y./Foreign ovals, slight stains, F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2007
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (409), tied by N.Y. machine cancel, Aug 2, 1912, on cover to Las Cascadas, Canal Zone, backstamped, part of back missing, F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2008
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (409), two singles tied by small boxed "PAID" cancel on legal size advertising cover, large red and blue eagle & shield ad for "Shubert Raw Furs" with Shubert pre-printed address, return-address label indicates R.F.D., Fairfield, Conn. usage, Very Fine and very scarce.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2009
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (409), six singles tied by Keswick, Va. duplexes, Feb 18, 1916, on registered cover to Milwaukee, stamps also cancelled by pencil, backstamped Feb 20, 21; stamp dealer's c/c, F-VF, very scarce franking.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2010
 
1912, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (409), nine singles, tied by San Francisco ovals on registered cover to El Paso, Tex., postmarked on reverse Sept 11, 1916, El Paso receiver Sept 14; reduced at L, edge wrinkling from thick contents that necessitated the 4x rate, F-VF and most unusual.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2011
 
1916, 1¢ green, Schermack type III perfs (481), tied by 1917 N.Y. machine cancel on postcard to France, card is a 1916 financial statement of the Southern Pacific Co., porbably sent to a French stockholder, backstamped, F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2012
 
1916, 2¢ carmine, type I, Schermack type III perfs (482), tied by Laredo, Tex. machine cancel, Oct 26, 1917, on cover to Mexico City, unclaimed and returned to sender with multiple Mexican backstamps, stamp dealer to stamp dealer correspondence, Very Fine, stamp with B margin cut at an angle indicating it was likely cut from a block.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2013
 
1916, 2¢ carmine, type I, Schermack type III perfs (482), tied, along with 10¢ registry #F1 by Washington, D.C. ovals on 1¢ entire registered to Wild Rose, Wis., postmarked on reverse Aug 10, 1918; reduced a bit at L, Fine. The Schermack perfs are only visible at the left and the stamp is cut irregularly at the bottom, indicating that it was probably cut from a block, most unusual, 3¢ war rate.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2014
 
1917, 3¢ violet, types I & II, imperf (483-484), each on separate cover tied by N.Y. machine cancel, #484 is a paste-up single, F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2015
 
1917, 3¢ violet, type I, imperf (483), tied by Cincinnati machine cancel, Aug 1, 1918, on cover to Rockford, Ill., J61 & J62 tied by Rockford ovals to pay deficiency when cover was found to weigh more than one ounce, edge wrinkling from thick contents, F-VF.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2016
 
1916, 3¢ violet, type II, Schermack type III perfs (484), tied, along with 9¢ #509 (perfin), by N.Y. oval on registered cover to England, handstamped magenta "S S SCANDINAVIAN/VIA MONTREAL," postmarked on reverse Oct 23, 1919 with Montreal transit c.d.s. Oct 24; small nick at B, otherwise F-VF, 2¢ treaty rate plus 10¢ for registration.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 2017
 
1919, 1¢ green Offset, Schermack type III perfs (531), pair tied by Chicago machine cancel & duplex, Apr 19, 1921, on cover to Covel Mfg. Co., Benton Harbor, Mich., Very Fine, scarce multiple usage.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2018
 
1918, 2¢ carmine Offset, type V, Schermack type III perfs (533), tied by Chicago "Join the Navy" slogan cancel, Oct 9, 1920, on window envelope, illustrated letterhead enclosure; reduced slightly at R leaving stamp protruding but undamaged, Very Fine and scarce.
Scott $225
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Lot 2019
 
13 covers, #343, 383, 384 each on an advertising cover, 408 (2) including an advertising cover with/encl., 409 (4) one with two singles, 481 (3), one with pair, one with/two singles, 482 with 1¢ postage due for war rate; F-VF.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2020
 
1¢ U.S. Automatic Vending type I (343/383), #343 on two 1910 postcards; #383 single with normal imperf #383 on 1912 cover; #383 pair tied by U.S.S. Sonoma duplex on 1931 philatelic cover; Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2021
 
Farwell type IV and Schermack type III, small selection of used multiples, Farwells comprise #408: three pairs, a line pair, a strip of 3 and a pair #409; Schermacks comprise 14 pieces including #314 strip of 3, #368 strip of 4; #532 strip of 3 and two strips of 5, #577 pair and brown "MAIL-OM-ETER" test stamp mint strip of 4; mostly F-VF, scarce group.
Estimate 100 - 150
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