Sale 269

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U.S. - Postal Cards
 
 
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Lot 1809
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Postal Card, 1¢ velvet brown Liberty essay (UX1E), ms "1873P" at center. Very Fine. Scarce essay.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1810

Postal Card, 1873, 1¢ brown on buff (UX1), mint card, U.P.S.S. #51, subject plate 62 with unusual split water mark at top and bottom. Very Fine.
Scott $350
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Lot 1811

Postal Card, 1873, 1¢ brown on buff (UX1), mint Pre "Big Hole" damage card, U.P.S.S. #51, subject plate 4 ($400). Faintest top edge toning mentioned for accuracy only. Very Fine, exceeding rare card as the damage is believed to have occurred during the first week of production.
Scott $350
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Lot 1812

Postal Card, 1873, 1¢ brown on buff (UX1), watermarked Large U.S.P.O.D. With Corrine, Utah territorial cancel, used to Montana territory, manuscript 7/21/1873 date on reverse with printed banking message. Very Fine. Rare usage.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1813

Postal Card, 1873, 1¢ brown on buff (UX1), used card with blue 11/19/(73) Seneca Falls, N.Y. cancel, back with bold Corn Sheller and Separator illustrated advertising along with along printed text and date, U.P.S.S. #51, subject plate 32. Some light toning (mostly on face). Fine, attractive vertical design.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1814
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Postal Card, 1873, 1¢ brown on buff (UX3), used card with 10/8/(74) Ft. Union, N.M. territorial cancel, used to Santa Fe with blue double rectangular receiving strike at bottom left for Army Quartermaster General. Fine. An exceeding rare usage.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1815

Postal Card, 1873, 1¢ brown on buff (UX3), two unused cards, clean faces, backs with elaborate illustrated advertising including a Wood Turning Lathe (some scuffing and penciling-in at top center) and a red Safety Inkstand with printed text changes. F.-V.F. attractive pair.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1816
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Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff (UX4), used card with 10/10/(77) Detroit, Mich. cancel, U.P.S.S. #53 ($300), sharp corners. Very Fine.
Scott $350

Expertization: 2003 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1817

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff (UX4 var.), with reversed watermark used from Baltimore, Md. to a physician, at the W(est) V(irginia) L(unatic) Asylum (U.P.S.S. #S3b). Very Fine.
Scott $300
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Lot 1818

Postal Card, 1879, 2¢ blue on buff (UX6), cancelled "Mil. Sta. No. 1 Manila, Phil. Islds" c.d.s., Mar 31, 1900, to Zurich, Switzerland, written in German, F-VF, scarce usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1819

Postal Card, 1881, 1¢ black on buff, "ONE CENT" Re-Entry (UX7), unused card with printed face and clean back, U.P.S.S. #56d, sharp impression on fresh card stock clearly shows the re-entry. Very Fine scarce variety unused.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1820

Postal Card, 1881, 1¢ black on buff, 23 teeth below "ONE CENT" (UX7, UX7a), set of two unused cards with clean faces and the same green Columbian Bank Shield and matching text illustrated advertising on back, U.P.S.S. #56, 56b ($230). Very Fine pair.
Scott $216
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Lot 1821
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Postal Card, 1886, 1¢ Jefferson specimen (UX8S), ms "1886" at top. Very Fine. UPSS S7-Sp-1 $250.
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Lot 1822
 
Postal Card, 1891, 1¢ black on buff (UX10), ten mint cards, U.P.S.S. #EX15-EX24. A very fresh and Very Fine set.
Scott $200 U.P.S.S. Cat.
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Lot 1823

Charleston, S.C./W. Indian Sta., 4/18/02 exposition duplex cancel on 1¢ Adams postal card #UX15 used to Maine, Bomar cat. #C)1/2-01 ($350), reverse pencil message mentions being at The Charleston & West Indian Exposition. Diagonal crease not readily apparent on face. Fine an incredibly rare margin with less than a dozen examples reportedly known.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1824

Postal Card, 1916, 1¢ green on gray, die 2 (UX27D), used card with printed address and message, U.P.S.S. #539 ($350) very fresh card stock with four sharp corners. Extremely Fine.
Scott $375
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Lot 1825
 
Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on cream, die 2 (UX33), group of 39 different mint cards, U.P.S.S. #S45-1-7, 9-19, 21-27, 29, 31-38, 40-44. F.-V.F. UPSS $919.
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Lot 1826

Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on cream, die 2 (UX35), mint card with Washington press printed surcharge, U.P.S.S. #547-1 ($250), light internal bends from sheet rolling as is very often seen on this issue. Very Fine.
Scott $225
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Lot 1827

Postal Card, 1958, 3¢ Statue of Liberty (UX46 var), mint card with 38mm manila tape, U.P.S.S. #563Puv-1a. Extremely Fine.
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Lot 1828

Postal Card, 1958, 2¢+1¢ carmine rose on buff, "General Electric" (UX47), unused card, U.P.S.s. #S64-1, ETR 1720-2 with Bob Corley address. Very Fine. UPSS $185.
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Lot 1829

Postal Card, 1972, 6¢ Liberty Centenary (UX64), unused card with clean face and printed back, strongly miscut with large position of next card at right causing the tagging bar, while at the correct position on the card, to be printed directly on the indicia, U.P.S.S. #582, note "b" (which does not mention if these are mint or unused cards). Small internal bends. Very Fine a quite striking true error as those cards were never sold in sheets.
Estimate 200 - 250
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Lot 1830

Paid Reply Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ Cleveland surcharge on 2¢ Washington severed (UY9m var), mint Message half, U.P.S.S. #548-2. bright, fresh and stock. Extremely Fine scarce issue.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1831

Paid Reply Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢+1¢ on 2¢ red on buff, typographed surcharge (UY10), unsevered. Mint card, U.P.S.S. #MR17 ($325), fresh and stock. Very Fine.
Scott $325
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Lot 1832
 
Paid Reply Postal Card, 1981, 13¢+13¢ buff, reply card blank (UY34a), mint unfolded card, U.P.S.S. #MR44a ($225), pristine condition. Extremely Fine.
Scott $200
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Lot 1833
 
Postal card printing varieties 1873-1956, small lot of nineteen cards including mint 1920 and 1952 surcharge varieties (some listed in U.P.S.S.) plus unused U.P.S.S. #S2d, S6d, etc., few minor corner bends. F.-V.F.
Estimate 150 - 200
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