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Lot 3484 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 2¢ yellow (O2), tied by fancy cork cancel, "Washington, D.C. Mar 3" (1875) c.d.s., on Dept of Agriculture envelope mailed locally to D.D. Pratt, U.S. Senator from Indiana, Very Fine, single 2¢ local rate. Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
ONLY SEVEN COVERS AND FIVE WRAPPER LABELS BEARING THE 2¢ AGRICULTURE HAVE BEEN RECORDED.
Provenance: Ackerman, Waud
There is a note dated 1949 from Phil Ward stating "only copy I have ever seen on cover".
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Lot 3485 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 2¢ yellow (O2), the cork cancel on Dept. of Agriculture obsolete free-frank wrapper label on complete wrapper from Washington to Forrestville, Md. signed by Commissioner Fredk. Watts, Very Fine, double the circular rate of 1¢ per 2 oz. Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
ONLY 12 EXAMPLES OF THE 2¢ AGRICULTURE ON COVER OR LABEL ARE RECORDED.
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Lot 3486 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 2¢ yellow (O2), horizontal pair tied by cork cancels, "Washington, D.C., Mar 28" c.d.s., on Dept of Agriculture envelope mailed locally to J.A. McMahon, U.S. House of Reps.; negligible light stains, stamps with short perfs and light pre-use bend, Fine, double the 2¢ local rate. Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
THE ONLY RECORDED PAIR OF THE 2¢ AGRICULTURE ON AN INTACT COVER.
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Lot 3487 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 2¢ yellow (O2), horizontal pair tied by light cork cancel on an Dept. of Agriculture wrapper label from Washington to Charlotte, Tenn.; some age toning, Fine, quadruple the circular rate of 1¢ per 2 oz. Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
ONLY 12 EXAMPLES OF THE 2¢ AGRICULTURE ON COVER OR LABEL ARE RECORDED.
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Lot 3488 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 3¢ yellow (O3), tied by beautifully struck "Washington, D.C., Dec 25, 1882", fishtail numeral "1" duplex cancel on small cover to New Haven, Conn., blue Dept. of Agriculture corner card, New Haven receiver on reverse, addressed to Paleontologist Othneil C. Marsh, choice Very Fine, single 3¢ domestic rate. Illustrated in The Chronicle, Vol. 51, No. 4, Nov 1999. Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
CONSIDERED TO BE THE FINEST OF THE 21 RECORDED AGRICULTURE COVERS AND THE LATEST RECORDED USAGE OF AGRICULTURE STAMPS OUT OF WASHINGTON.
Provenance: Ackerman, Waud
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Lot 3489 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 3¢ yellow (O3), tied by cork cancels to Dept. of Agriculture to label on nearly intact wrapper from Washington D.C. to Hamilton, Ga.; stamp with corner crease, wrapper and label with faults, Fine triple the unsealed circular rate of 1¢ per 2 oz. Estimate 500 - 750
THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF A 3¢ AGRICULTURE ON LABEL.
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Lot 3490 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 3¢ yellow (O3), with regular issues 1¢ #212 and 2¢ #220 [4] on overpaid cover from Wetmore, Colo. to Lynn, Mass.; some perf damage along top of stamps, the 1¢ was originally folded over the top of the cover, Fine and unusual illegitimate use. Estimate 300 - 400
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 6¢ yellow (O4), tied by cork cancel, "Washington, D.C. Aug 11" c.d.s., on obsolete Dept. of Agriculture free frank envelope to Tuskegee, Ala.; opened a bit roughly at right barely affecting stamp (opening cosmetically restored), small tear at top, Fine, double the 3¢ domestic rate. Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED 6¢ AGRICULTURE COVERS, THIS BEING THE ONLY ONE OF SMALL SIZE.
Provenance: Ackerman, Knapp, Anderson, Waud
Described in Ackerman as "believed unique".
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 12¢ yellow (O6), tied by quartered cork cancel, "Washington, D.C., Aug 22" c.d.s., on legal size Dept. of Agriculture envelope to Hamilton, Ga.; small tear at top, toning, vertical folds at ends slightly split, not affecting stamp which is fresh and Fine, quadruple the 3¢ domestic rate. Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
ONE OF TWO RECORDED 12¢ AGRICULTURE COVERS; THE OTHER IS A PACKAGE LABEL.
Provenance: Hughes, Waud
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