| U.S. 1882-88 5¢ Garfield Incoming Foreign Mail |
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Lot 1185 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), horizontal pair, natural s.e. at R., tied by open grids, on double rate cover from U.S. Consulate at Hankow, China to Kansas City, Mo., light strike of "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai. 22 Apr. 87" double oval in purple, San Francisco entry pmk. on reverse, neat docketing in Chinese at right edge, very minor toning from gum on flaps, otherwise Very Fine, very scarce usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1186 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), single tied by four bar open grid on blue cloth-lined mourning envelope from the U.S. Consulate at Ningpo, China to Mojave, California, with light but complete strike of "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai 11 Aug. 88" large double oval in purple, manuscript. "On So. Pa. R.Rd." at lower left, San Francisco entry postmark on reverse; stamp with small faint water stain at top, still attractive, Fine and very scarce.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1187 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), horizontal strip of eight, tied by open grid on legal size cover from Shanghai, China to San Diego, made from two envelopes, light U.S. Postal Agency oval, bold strike of purple "Advertised./ Sep. 6, 1887" at right, San Francisco and San Diego backstamps, piece out of two stamps; edge wear, Fine, rare multiple.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1188 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), singles on two undated covers from Shanghai to Taunton, Mass., each with partial strike of red U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai c.d.s., stamps canceled by matching grids; some faults, each almost Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1189 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), single tied by segmented cork cancel on brown envelope from China to Stanford, Ky. via Imperial Japanese Postal Agency, bold strike of "I.J.P.A. Shanghai 11 Feb. 1887" small c.d.s. with partial strike of Yokohama transit, Stanford receiving postmark on reverse; cover with some minor edge wear, still a Very Fine usage, rare.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1190 |
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1882-88, 5¢ yellow brown, 5¢ indigo (250, 216), two covers, both are inbound mail to the U.S. first was sent unpaid from Denmark and marked 10¢ due in N.Y., pair of 5¢ yellow browns added in South Norwalk to cover the deficiency- second cover was mailed from England with a 5¢ indigo tied by 1889 Llandudno, Wales duplex to New York where marked paid all, nice pair, Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1191 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), single applied to Great Britain 1d entire, postmarked by "London May 22 `90" SW38 duplex and used to Kalamazoo, Mich., allowed to pass without penalty, New York Paid All on reverse in addition to Carrier c.d.s., Very Fine, a unique conversation piece.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1192 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), single tied by fancy circle of wedges on Mexico 5¢ Wells Fargo entire from Puebla, Mexico to El Paso Tex. as part of paste-up, reverse with 2nd envelope with full El Paso address, light purple 1890 company datestamp cancels 5¢ blue, repeated over frank; entire with light vert. bend at right from other cover, still Extremely Fine, excellent example of this scarce express usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1193 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), single with natural s.e. at R., tied by bold strike of fancy segmented cork cancel on Feb. 29, 1888 cover from Jaluit, Marshall Islands to San Francisco additionally franked with Samoa 6d maroon (17b) tied by blue Apia Samoa Apr. 24 c.d.s., magenta San Francisco receiving c.d.s. with integral Paid All struck at far left, reverse with sender's datestamp confirming origin, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
Provenance: Albert
Though Samoa was not a member of the U.P.U., the Garfield stamps were made available at the Apia post office to facilitate mail to the U.S.
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Lot 1194 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), single tied by two strikes of small fancy segmented cork cancel on 1889 cover from Samoa to Charlestown, Mass., additionally franked with Samoa 1p green & 2p brown orange (11b, 13b) tied by very light strike of Apia c.d.s., San Francisco transit and Charlestown receiving c.d.s., very slightly reduced at left, fresh and Very Fine, very scarce.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 1195 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), single with natural s.e. at R., tied by Hoboken, N.J. c.d.s. on incoming registered cover from South Australia with single 1s red brown (73) and ½d chocolate brown (76) block of four tied together by Adelaide Registered postmarks., bold "U.S. Charge to Collect 5 Cents" at bottom, Registered handstamp at top left in arc with manuscript, San Francisco entry postmark on reverse, Very Fine, a magnificent and unique usage.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
ONE OF THE KEY PIECES IN THE ENTIRE FIELD OF GARFIELD COLLECTING.
Expertization: 1990 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Knapp, Albert
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Lot 1196 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown, 10¢ brown (205, 209), two 5¢ pairs and a 10¢ block of four, used on large envelope with 17 Mexican Wells Fargo 20¢ entires pasted on reverse, mailed from Sonora, Mexico to Paris, France via Benson, Arizona Territory and New York City, some stamp faults on the lower stamps in the 10¢ black, minor cover wear, rare usage.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
AN INCREDIBLE COVER - THE LARGEST KNOWN NUMBER OF STAMPS RECORDED ON ANY GARFIELD COVER.
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), horizontal block of 12, tied by Benson Ariz. and New York postmarks on large size 20¢ Mexican entire from Guaymas, Mexico, with Wells Fargo printed frank, as part of paste-up to Paris, France, purple Nov. 20, 1886 company oval, blue Paris receiving postmark, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1198 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), two pairs, paying quadruple rate to Paris France on 12¢ + 12¢ Mexican Wells Fargo entire from Guaymas, Mexico, entered mails at Benson, Arizona, purple company oval dated Nov. 20, 1885, light edge wear, still Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
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