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Lot 501 |
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Airmail, 1912 Oakland, Cal. 3rd International Aviation Meet, Feb 17-25 (AAMC 16a), 1¢ Franklin tied by special Aeroplane Station cancel, Feb 17, on picture postcard (real photo of aviatrix Blanche Scott in flight suit), Very Fine. AAMC $275.
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Lot 502 |
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Airmail, 1912 San Francisco, Ingleside Park Aviation Meet, Nov 24 (AAMC 65), 2¢ entire with special "Aviation Post Office No. 1" c.d.s., Very Fine. AAMC $400.
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Lot 503 |
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Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C15), tied by Washington, D.C. machine cancel, April, 19, 1930, on dual-cacheted First Day cover flown Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, Very Fine.
Scott $1,250
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Lot 504 |
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Postage Due, 1879, 2¢ brown (J2), tied by pen cancel on legal size cover with large illustrated corner card of the Governor of Illinois featuring a beautiful engraving of the state seal, franked with a 2¢ red brown (210) tied by Springfield, Ill. c.d.s., June 1, 1885, handstamped "DUE 2" and blue crayon "Cragin" (?), Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
Sent from Illinois governor, Richard J. Oglesby, a former Civil War General to New York governor, David B. Hill, the lieutenant governor of Grover Cleveland. He assume office in January of 1885 when Cleveland resigned to become President.
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Lot 505 |
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Shanghai, China. U.S. Postal Agcy. Rec'd. 14 Nov 1910, four strikes of bold c.d.s. tie U.S. #303, 305, 306, 308, 331-333 & 340 on document by a Count M. M. Raitchevitch stamped and signed at the U.S., Austrian-Hungary, Russian and French Consulates in addition to the Club Union, it is unlikely this passed through the mails; the 57¢ may represent the count's age, a Fine piece, highly exhibitable.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 506 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 2¢ brown (O73), horizontal pair tied by cork cancels on legal size envelope postmarked Washington D.C. c.d.s., addressed locally to the Honorable N.P. Banks, a congressman from Mass., Sec'y of Treasury corner card, Fine double 2¢ local rate cover.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 507 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 3¢ brown (O74), cancelled by "Washington, DC Jul 3" duplex with fancy quartered cork to Senator Dominion Parliament, Toronto, Canada, Treasury Dept. Bureau of Statistics corner card; rough opening at right and repair at upper right, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
Scarce use of U.S. Official issue to Canada at the 6¢ per ½ oz. treaty rate.
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Lot 508 |
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Envelope, 1887, 2¢ green on manila, die 2 (W316), cancelled "Baltimore Md 22" double oval to Frankfurt a/Main, Germany, undeliverable and returned to Baltimore, handstamps "48" in circle and "Baltimore, Md. F.D. May 1 1900" c.d.s. and magenta "Unavailable Subject to Letter Rate of Postage" with blue manuscript "12", magenta handstamp on reverse "Sent to D.L.O. Baltimore, Md. May 5 1900" and blue on white Dead Letter Office label on front with red manuscript D.L.O. record number, Very Fine and most unusual.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 509 |
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Postal Card, 1894, 1¢ black on buff (UX12), cancelled "Mil. Sta No. 1 Manila, Phil. Islds." duplex, Feb 13, 1899, to Wadi Natron, Egypt via Hong Kong (Feb 17), Colombo, Crete (Mar 1), Suez (Mar 13) and Cairo (Mar 14), message in German; closed spindle hole, Very Fine and rare Spanish American War usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 510 |
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1897 Train wreck cover, "Post Office New York, N.Y., October 25, 1897. This piece of mail matter was damaged in an accident on the N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. near Garrison, N.Y. on October 24, 1897. C. Van Cott Postmaster" mimeographed label on 1¢ postal card (UX14) postmarked Savanac Lake, N.Y., Oct 24, with Newark, N.J. receiver, Oct 25; laminated in plastic but otherwise Fine and rare.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 511 |
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Postal Card, 1910, 1¢ blue on bluish (UX22), used example with striking all-over advertisement for New York Feather Hospital showing ostriches, small faults, Fine and rare.
Estimate 100 - 150
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