| U.S. Newspaper Stamps - Miscellaneous including Wrappers and Advertising Covers |
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Lot 1215 |
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Newspaper wrapper, ca. 1875, 2¢ Eagle essay (Undersander E751a), minor wrinkles at ends Very Fine very rare, the example used for the catalogue illustration (page 313).
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1216 |
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Newspaper wrapper, 1861, 1¢ blue (63), intact wrapper from Auburn, N.Y. to Great Falls, N.H. Very Fine complete wrappers bearing 1861 issues are scarce.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1217 |
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Newspaper wrapper, 1874, 1¢ light blue on manila, die 2 (W120), complete wrapper with printed Goodyear Rubber Co. ad cancelled by New York oval cancel and mailed to Montevideo, Uruguay Very Fine uncommon foreign destination usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1218 |
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Newspaper wrapper, 1887, 1¢ blue on manila (W301), 1897 full wrapper used to Pasoeroean, Island of Java, Netherlands East Indies, Batavia transit and Pasoeroean receiving datestamps Very Fine a scarce destination.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1219 |
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Newspaper wrapper, 1887, 1¢ blue on manila (W301), 2¢ first Bureau (Scott 267) tied by dateless Englewood, N.J. postmark on full wrapper mailed to Valencia, Spain Very Fine uncommon destination.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1220 |
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Newspaper wrapper, 1899, 1¢ green on manila (W357), entire wrapper cancelled with oval Brooklyn, N.Y. cancel sent to Hong Kong, China light vertical fold in center Very Fine uncommon destination.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1221 |
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Newspaper wrappers with 1894-1902 First Bureau issue, five wrappers (Scott W303, W316, W357) bearing first Bureau adhesives mailed to Hungary, Switzerland and France 2¢ single on one wrapper missing a corner o/w Very Fine attractive foreign usage for these wrapper issues.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1222 |
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Newspaper wrappers, twelve wrappers to Germany, England and Austria, three with uprated with stamps, two missing stamps, one with small tear, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1223 |
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[Newspaper advertising cover] 1852, 3¢ dull red (11), bottom margin single tied by Philadelphia datestamp on large blue newspaper advertising cover featuring a beautiful cameo of the Pennsylvania coat of arms, a printing press, the American eagle, and a sailing ship slightly erased address otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1224 |
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Newspaper advertising covers, 1857-69, Group of six covers attractive group of newspaper printer advertising covers, including two all over ad covers (The Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Journal), a Blackjack used Lexington, Ky., a strip of 3 of 1¢ type V a couple with small cover faults otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1225 |
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Newspaper advertising covers, 1870-91, Twenty-nine covers franked with large and small banknote issues with newspaper printer or publisher ads on them, including a number with all-over advertising. a couple with small cover faults otherwise Very Fine an excellent opportunity to obtain a specialized collection of newspaper-related advertising covers of the late 19th century.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1226 |
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Wells Fargo & Co., Publishers' Stamp, 1876, blue (143LP10), large margins to cut in left and bottom, blue Wells, Fargo & Company cancel to J.C. Horton, Mexico City envelope and sent to Oroville, California; manuscript "Mexico City" docketing below corner card small tears at top, horizontal fold at center, small aging spot at left Fine.
Scott $1,750
UNUSUAL AND RARE CROSS BORDER PUBLISHER'S LETTER.
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Lot 1227 |
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Wells Fargo & Co., Newspaper Stamps, 1861-70 (143LP3//10), seven items including. 143LP3 pair, 143LP7 block of four, and an 143LP9b strip of three imperf vertically mixed condition.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1228 |
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Wells Fargo & Co., Newspaper Stamps, 1861-88 (143LP5/143LP7-10), assorted lot of unused and used stamps including 143LP5 (3), 143LP7 (4), 143LP8 (8), 143LP9 (31) and 143LP10 (10) plus a full sheet of 50 #143LP9 with selvage removed some stamps with small faults mostly F.-V.F.
Scott $793
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Lot 1229 |
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Private Express Company newspaper stamps, thirty-two different private company express stamps for the shipping of newspapers or periodicals; twelve from the American Express Co., two from the American M.U. Express Co., four from Wells, Fargo & Co Express, nine from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, two from the Chicago & North Western Railway, two from South Eastern Grayhound Lines and a single label from Merchants Parcel Delivery Co. a number with small usage faults otherwise F.-V.F. an attractive lot of these underappreciated items.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1230 |
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Newspaper fake and forgery collection, interesting collection of over 350 imitations, fakes and forgeries of both the large first issue Newspaper issues and small 1875 issues, partially mounted on exhibition pages. The collection includes the fake and forgery pages from the Lynne Warm-Griffiths collection. Complete sheets of forgeries, many different types and methods of reproduction illustrated, and a number of proofs of the fakes make this a very interesting study lot.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Warm-Griffiths
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Lot 1231 |
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Post office newspaper accounting forms, 1833-1868, three different Post Office Dept. forms used in 1833, 1844 and 1868 to record the payment of postage for the mailing of various newspapers or periodicals by two different Massachusetts post offices, Waterforde for the first two, and Florence for the last 1844 form has some light water staining, all with normal paper folds to be expected still Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1232 |
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1883 Requisition Book for Newspaper Stamps, beautiful clean softbound form book from Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania containing six Post Office Dept. Form 3203 "Requisition for Newspaper and Periodical Postage Stamps", filled out and signed by postmaster George A. Rehr between 1893 and 1897 Very Fine despite its age, the book and the forms are remarkably fresh and attractive. A wonderful exhibit item.
Estimate 200 - 300
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