| U.S. 1882-88 5¢ Garfield Foreign Destinations |
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Lot 1249 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), single, small perf flaws, tied by indistinct cork cancel, matching clear "Pilot Point Tex. Aug. 6, 1887" c.d.s. on cover to San Paul de Loanda, Angola, reverse with New York, London and Lisbon transits, original enclosure, opened at bottom, Fine and very scarce.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1250 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), two pairs and three singles tied by "Meriden Conn. Jul. 4, `90" duplexes on double rate cover to Wellington, Cape of Good Hope, reverse with entry and receiving postmarks, fresh, Very Fine usage, uncommon franking.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1251 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), tied by "Nantucket, Mass. Dec 20" duplex with fancy star on cover to St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, London 1883 transit marking on reverse, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1252 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), single canceled by cork smudge, matching "Valley Falls R.I. Feb. 26" c.d.s. on 1886 cover to Egypt, redirected to Jerusalem, Palestine, well struck Alexandria postmark at left; cover with corner nick at lower right, still Very Fine usage, very scarce.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1253 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), tied by "Louisville Ky APR 8 1889" duplex on cover to Goree, Senegambia, marked short paid 25 centimes for double weight, reverse with New York, London, French and Goree postmarks, cover reduced slightly at right with small sealed cover tear, clean and Fine, scarce destination.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1254 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), African Destinations, three covers, first with single 5¢ tied with 10¢ brown (209) by NY Jul 7 '87 duplex to Capetown, South Africa, redirected to Pretoria where purple "Not Called for" and DLO handstamps applied, returned to N.Y.; second is a single (205) used with a 10¢ brown (209) paying the 15¢ treaty rate to Cape of Good Hope; third cover is a pair of 5¢ tied by Phila. Paid All Aug 7, 1882 duplex to Gaboon, West Africa, minor cover faults; Fine group.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1255 |
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1882-88, 5¢ yellow brown, 5¢ indigo (205, 216), three covers and a front, three are to Australia including two short paid covers with different short paid markings including N.Y.P.O. One Rate Short Paid, and a cover sent to Melbourne and marked unclaimed, fourth cover is a double 12¢ treaty rate to New Zealand, some minor cover faults, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1256 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), three 12¢ direct rate covers from New York to Australia, first is 1883 double rate with two pairs and two copies of #183, 2nd is 1885 with two singles and #210 with fragment of Return to Sender label (the earliest reported use), last has two singles with #213 and red "Paid" All" straightline hs; stamps on double rate cover with creases (one with small tears), otherwise Very Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1257 |
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1882-88, 5¢ yellow brown, 5¢ indigo (205, 216), four covers to Hawaii at the 5¢ U.P.U. rate, one has a large violet handstamped corner card for a ladies seminary in Lebanon, N.H., another is to Hilo with a purple receiver struck on front; Fine group with some minor faults.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1258 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), tied by Oct 11 Boston, MA duplex single U.P.U. rate on cover to Batavia, Java via Brindisi, addressed "ship North America care of Northlands Trading Company", 1889 Batavia receiver on reverse, Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1259 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), two singles, used with 2¢ red brown (210) and tied together by two strikes of "Brookline St. Mass. Au 22 `85" duplex on 12¢ treaty rate cover to the whaling bark Swallow at "Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand,", reverse with Boston, San Francisco, Auckland and Russell postmarks; 2¢ with small fault, cover with minor soiling, Fine, rare destination.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1260 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), light target cancel, on 1886 cover to Norfolk Island, via New Zealand, clear "Westport Point Mass. Aug. 13" c.d.s., marked "Held For Postage" in fancy handstamp, manuscript. "Due 7¢" with purple "Foreign" straightline (matching San Francisco c.d.s. on reverse), blue crayon "4" ship captain's fee; cover with small opening tear at right edge, certificate mentions light gum staining in perfs which has been subsequently removed, Very Fine.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
A UNIQUE COVER AND ONE OF THE RAREST DESTINATIONS IN 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY U.S. POSTAL HISTORY.
Expertization: 1991 P.F. certificate.
Provenance: Gallagher
Possibly franked under the assumption that New Zealand, like the Australian States, was part of the U.P.U., the 12¢ treaty rate via San Francisco was still in effect. Norfolk Island's close association in the public mind with Australia may have also influenced the use of a single 5¢. Until the 1850s it was part of England's vast convict transportation system, with Norfolk Island conceived as a terrifying, ultimate punishment for the worst incorrigibles on the Australian mainland. At 1000 miles east of Sydney and 400 miles north of New Zealand, it was the nadir of the English penal system; its reputation was not exaggerated.
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Lot 1261 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), two singles on separate covers to Manila, Philippines, from Thetford, Vt., 1887-88, each redirected, one to Zamboanga, the other to Iloilo and then forwarded to Cebu; some cover faults, still Fine pair.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1262 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), tied by twice struck "Los Angeles Cal. Sep. 7 `90" c.d.s. on double rate, short paid cover to Manila, Philippines, "25/ CTMS/ T" bold handstamp and large Philippines currency due hs ("010") below, redirected to Iloilo; small tear at top from opening, still Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1263 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), single tied by "New York Aug. 22 `85" duplex on 5¢ brown on amber entire (U223) to Penang, Straits Settlements, London and Brindisi transits, Penang receiving postmark on face, collector's handstamp on flap, Very Fine, scarce.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1264 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), single, tied by "Riverside Cal. Jul. 29, 1889" c.d.s. on cover to Tahiti, San Francisco backstamp in addition to docketing in Tahitian, Very Fine, choice and rare.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 1265 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), single used with #213 on 5¢ brown entire (U222) to Launceston, Tasmania, from St. Louis, June 28, 1888, stamps tied by bold duplexes, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
THE ONLY RECORDED USAGE TO TASMANIA.
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Lot 1266 |
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1882-88, 5¢ yellow brown, 5¢ indigo (205, 216), Asia Pacific mail, seven covers including a U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai usage to the U.S.; a legal size cover to Japan, registered with 5¢ indigo and pair of 10¢ (209) with San Francisco registry label; three covers to China with different receivers including U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, China; and a use to the American Consul in Manila Philippines; Fine group, mixed condition.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1267 |
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1882-88, 5¢ yellow brown, 5¢ indigo (205, 216), single of each on separate covers to Burma, first tied by Sandy Hill, N.Y. 1887 duplex to Bassein via Turkey (Constantinople transit mark on front), slight reduction at right, other tied by 1889 Boston machine to Rangoon via Brindisi, stamp with some missing perforations, both with various backstamps including Burmese receivers, Fine pair.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1268 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), tied by "New Haven, Conn, Oct 31 9:30 AM" duplex on cover to Peking, China at the 5¢ U.P.U. rate; transit backstamped San Francisco Nov. 6, "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, 5 Dec 87" double oval in purple and "U.S. Postal Agency, Tientsin, 11 Dec 87" double oval in purple; stamp slightly cut in from reduction at right, Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
EXTREMELY RARE USAGE OF THE TIENTSIN AGENCY OVAL USED AS A TRANSIT MARK FOR MAIL PASSING THROUGH THE AGENCY.
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Lot 1269 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), three singles tied by Logansport, Ind. Jan 6, 1889 duplex paying the triple U.P.U. rate to Peking, China, redirected to Macao, various receivers on reverse including purple U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, Customs Shanghai and Macao; some edge wear and light soiling, Fine and scarce.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1270 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), tied by New York Mar 12 '85 duplex on cover to Chin Kiang, China at the 5¢ U.P.U. rate, manuscript via San Francisco Shanghai, reverse has San Francisco steamship transit mark and red double circle "U.S. Consulate General, Shanghai, China" April 20, 1885 receiver; cover reduction at left, scarce consular marking, Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1271 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), s.e. single tied by segmented cork cancel, matching "Richmond Me. Jun. 3, 1886" c.d.s. on cover to the captain of the ship Charles Dunn in Hong Kong, redirected to British Columbia, purple "United States Consulate/ Victoria B.C." handstamp at top, reverse with Hong Kong, Victoria and two San Francisco postmarks; cover slightly reduced at R. and some light smearing in address, still neat and Fine and unusual.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1272 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), cancelled by purple "Glastonbury, Conn. Oct 29 1890" duplex to Palmaner, India, unusual yellow inspectors label tied by Indian postmark reading Please return cover to Postman for transmission to Inspector General R. M.S. Calcutta, various backstamps including Sea Post Office, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1273 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), two singles on separate covers to Japan, first from Boston to Yokohama, then forwarded to Shanghai with Walsh, Hall & Co. forwarder's oval, readdressed back to Yokohama and postmarked with Imperial Japanese Postal Agency c.d.s., then forwarded finally to Tokyo, in addition there are Japan postmarks in both English and Japanese; 2nd cover with stamp tied by purple Maltese Cross cancel of Burr Oak, Iowa (1886) and addressed to Nagasaki, flap with Yokohama & Nagasaki postmarks, covers with minor edge wear, Very Fine usages.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1274 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), well tied by bold "Boston Mass. Apr. 5 `88" duplex on cover to Yokohama, Japan, redirected to Shanghai with bold blue "Walsh, Hall & Co." forwarder's oval, readdressed back to Yokohama and forwarded to Tokyo, various postmarks in English and Japanese, one of latter also tying stamp, Very Fine, superb example of a forwarded Far East usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1275 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), two singles on separate covers to Seoul, Korea, same correspondence, first is Philadelphia, 1889 with safe deposit corner card, 2nd from Washington, 1889, original enclosure, each with San Francisco, Nagasaki and Yokohama transits but 2nd cover has an additional Nagasaki postmark struck on face; first cover with opening tear into corner card, otherwise Very Fine pair, rare and desirable destination.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1276 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), two pairs, each on separate 1884 covers from New York to Bangkok, Siam, first paying 10¢ for American packet via San Francisco, other is 1¢ rate by British packet via Brindisi and additionally franked with #206 and #210, all stamps well tied by New York duplexes; first pair with small creasing in margin of right stamp, 2nd cover with small tear in 2¢ still Very Fine usages, the only reported examples.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1277 |
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1888, 5¢ indigo (216), tied by light Medford Mass. 1889 duplex on cover to Singapore, reverse with various backstamps including. Chiasso-Milano Amb. No. 3 railway transit, Very Fine usage, rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1278 |
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1882-88, 5¢ yellow brown, 5¢ indigo (205, 216), Asian Destinations, eight different covers each with a single Garfield used to Turkey, India, Western India, and Burma, various backstamps including blue Constantinople arrival, Brindisi, Sea Post Office; F-VF group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1279 |
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Yokohama, Japan, 3 July 1886, small c.d.s. and matching partial strike of "Ship" handstamp on 4¢ brown entire (U222) to Yokohama, redirected to Canton, reverse with Yokohama, Hong Kong and Canton postmarks, Very Fine, very scarce and unusual usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1280 |
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Pacific Mail S.S. Co./ Sep. 1, 1885/ Superintendents Office, purple oval datestamp with ornaments, boldly struck on 5¢ brown entire (U222) to Corinto, Nicaragua, private datestamp on reverse indicates New York City origin, entire with light vertical fold at center, still Very Fine, attractive and rare usage.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1281 |
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5¢ brown Garfield Stationery, 19 entires all postally used with wide range of destinations and limited duplication including Burma, St.Thomas, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Denmark with a 5¢ yellow brown (205), China with U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai backstamp, St. Petersburg, Russia and Venezuela, other covers include a Wells Fargo usage from San Antonio, Tx. to Sonora Mexico with a Mexican frank, Very Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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