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Lot 3275 |
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War Dept., 1873, 2¢ rose (O84), neat star-in-circle cancel, "Fort Wingate, N. Mex. (Territory), Apr 4, 1884" c.d.s., on small War Dept. envelope with printed address to Sec'y of War in Washington, "O.R.R." imprint indicates Office of the Records of the Rebellion correspondence; reduced opened at left, fresh and Extremely Fine, 2¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 500 - 750
ONLY TWO WAR DEPT. COVERS RECORDED FROM FT. WINGATE.
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Lot 3276 |
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War Dept., 1873, 2¢ rose (O84 [2]), two singles tied by fancy cork cancels, "Washington, D.C., Oct 17" (1873), c.d.s., on legal size Adjutant General's envelope to the D.C. Supreme Court opened at left Extremely Fine double the 2¢ local rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
A CHOICE COVER AND THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE 2¢ WAR DEPT.
Provenance: Knapp
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Lot 3277 |
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War Dept., 1873, 1¢ 2¢ and 6¢ (O83, O84, O86), single of each, tied by cork cancels, "Prescott, Ariz., Sep 7, 1881" c.d.s., on orange legal size Official Business envelope addressed to the Post Surgeon at "Camp on Walnut Creek, Arizona Ter.", stamps were applied unnecessarily over a printed penalty indicia; reduced at left, 6¢ with repaired corner, Fine, triple the 3¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Knapp
While the penalty indicia was not valid for field office correspondence with private citizens, it was valid in this case as correspondence with other government officials; this cover actually required no postage.
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Lot 3278 |
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War Dept., 1873, 3¢ rose (O85), tied by "Vancouver, Wash. (Territory), Jan 31", duplex cancel on small cover to Independence, Oreg., redirected to the Dalles, Oreg. with a 3¢ green (158) unnecessarily added for forwarding postage and tied by "Independence, Oreg., Feb 3" c.d.s. and target, "Headquarters Dept. of the Columbia, Vancouver Barracks, W.T." corner card; tiny tear at bottom, 3¢ War nibbed corner, Fine and most unusual, single 3¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Waud
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Lot 3279 |
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War Dept., 1873, 3¢ and four 6¢ (O85, O86 [4]), tied by 3-ring targets, "Buffalo, N.Y., Ju (n) 23" c.d.s., on legal size cover to Youngstown, N.Y., manuscript "OB" endorsement at upper left; small tear at bottom and slightly reduced at top, 9-times the 3¢ domestic rate Fine and scarce usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3280 |
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War Dept., 1873, 6¢ rose (O86), tied by Maltese cross cancel, "Fort Sill, Ind. Ter., Jul 8, 1882" c.d.s., on legal size cover to Eugene, Kansas, two strikes "Advertised" handstamp, one with manuscript "July 21", two Topeka backstamps, the last "North Topeka Sta., Kan., Aug 19" unclaimed and returned with triangular "Dead Letter Office, USA, Sep 13-'82" handstamp on reverse; small tear at top, small stain at right, minor edge toning, Fine, double the 3¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
THE OTHER OF THE TWO RECORDED FORT SILL COVERS FRANKED WITH WAR DEPT. STAMPS.
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Lot 3281 |
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War Dept., 1873, 6¢ rose (O86), tied by neat barred oval cancel, "St. Paul, Minn., Jul 27" c.d.s., on cover to Fort Keough, Montana Territory, Hq. Dept. of Dakota corner card; slightly reduced at right, fresh and Extremely Fine, double the 3¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3282 |
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War Dept., 1873, 6¢ rose (O86), horizontal strip of four tied by "Washington, D.C., Sep 17" duplex cancels, on legal size cover to Lake View, N.Y., obsolete Chief Signal Officer's printed free frank at upper right; reduced a bit at left, with part of flap missing, Fine-Very Fine, 8-times the 3¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3283 |
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War Dept., 1873, 10¢ rose (O88), tied by "Washington, D.C" double oval on legal size registered cover, front only, to Nashville, Tenn., magenta 3-line "Registered, Apr 5 1882, Washington, D.C." handstamp, red on white War Dept. Chief Engineer's Office penalty label at upper right; couple vertical wrinkles not affecting stamp, Very Fine, the domestic letter rate covered by penalty label, the 10¢ stamp was necessary to pay the registration fee.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1986 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 3284 |
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War Dept., 1873, 10¢ and 3¢ (O88, O116), tied by target cancels and by "Fort Sill, Ind. Ter., Mar 11, 1881" c.d.s. on yellow Official Business envelope registered to Philadelphia, magenta Philadelphia receiver on reverse; flap tear, Very Fine and most attractive, 3¢ domestic rate plus 10¢ for registration.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ONE OF ONLY TWO WAR DEPT. COVERS RECORDED FROM FT. SILL.
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Lot 3285 |
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War Dept., 1873, 12¢ rose (O89), tied by circle-of-wedges cancels, "Fort Leavenworth, Kans, Aug 7" c.d.s., on legal size cover to West Las Aminas, Colo., Chief Quartermaster's Office, Hqtrs Dept of Missouri corner card; tear at upper right affecting stamp slightly, Fine, quadruple the 3¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Ackerman, Hughes, Waud
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Lot 3286 |
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War Dept., 1873, 12¢ rose (O89), tied by cork cancel, incomplete "St. Paul, Minn., Jun (?) 21" c.d.s., on cover to Fort Totten, Dakota Territory, "Headquarters Department of Dakota" corner card; a bit soiled, otherwise Fine, quadruple the 3¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3287 |
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War Dept., 1873, 15¢ rose (O90), two singles and a pair tied by segmented cork cancels on a War Dept. package label from Washington, D.C. to New York, N.Y., small label affixed with Chief Clark H.T. Crosby's signature certifying absence of written matter in package; vertical file crease ending in tear, stamps with few minor perforation flaws, Fine, 60¢ printed matter rate at 10¢ per bound volume of official documents).
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
ONLY THREE 15¢ WAR COVERS RECORDED.
Provenance: Ackerman, Hughes, Waud
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Lot 3288 |
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War Dept., 1873, 90¢ and 24¢ (O93, O91 [4]), 90¢ single plus 24¢ single and strip of three, cork cancels (24¢ strip tied), partial "Mobile, Ala., Oct 1" c.d.s., on printed parcel label and part of wrapper to the Army Chief of Engineers in Washington, D.C.; horizontal crease through stamps where label and wrapper meet, one 24¢ slightly faulty; otherwise Fine and rare, $1.86 printed matter rate at 1¢ per 2oz. for a 23lb. 4oz parcel.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Provenance: Knapp, Waud
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Lot 3289 |
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War Dept., 1879, 2¢ rose red (O115), horizontal pair tied by bold negative 5-point star cancel, "W. St. Louis Stat., Mo., May 29" c.d.s., on small cover to Carthage, Mo., addressed in the hand of William Tecumseh Sherman, famed Civil War general and one of President Grant's Secretaries of War, Sherman's printed return address is at upper left minor ink smears in the address Very Fine, single 2¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3290 |
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War Dept., 1879, 10¢ rose red (O118), tied by "Washington, D.C./R" oval on 3¢ War Dept. entire (UO52), sent registered to New York, N.Y., magenta 3-line "Registered, Sep 14, 1881, Washington, D.C." handstamp, magenta New York receiver on reverse; reduced just a tad at left opening, fresh and Extremely Fine, 3¢ domestic rate paid by envelope indicia, registration by 10¢ War.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ONLY THREE COVERS RECORDED WITH THE 10¢ WAR ON SOFT PAPER.
Provenance: Waud
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