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Lot 673 |
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Afro-American Postal History, collection of 33 different illustrated covers showing a remarkable range of black caricatures, from the Civil War to the Depression, includes several Union caricatures (including one used in 1880s), advertising including sheet music, a fertilizer co. with a striking litho of slaves picking cotton, multicolor Duluth Imperial flour, beautiful group of Gold Dust Twins ads (all different) including. #269 pair, #307 registered and great all-over Wright Bros. caricature, Aunt Jemima and a taxi ad utilizing Amos & Andy; faults when present are usually confined to small edge tears, etc., Fine or better, a difficult group to assemble with ample room for expansion and informed writing.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 674 |
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1851, 1¢ blue, type II (7), horizontal strip of three, position 56-58L2, mostly large margins, minor scrapes at top of middle stamp, tied by New York c.d.s.s on advertising cover to Salem, N.C., red cameo-type corner card for Provision Dealers; fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Hill
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Lot 675 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), huge margins to just in, tied by "Hartford, Ct. Nov 15" c.d.s. to all-over illustrated Intemperance propaganda cover to Williamstown, Vt., exceptionally fresh and clean, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 676 |
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1861, 3¢ rose (65), single tied by Six Point Hollow Star on stunning embossed lady's envelope painted in green, blue, red and gold, text in arc above stamp "speed the soft intercourse from Soul to Soul," light blue "Clayton, O. Mar. 28" c.d.s. in address panel, Very Fine, a very beautiful and rare usage.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 677 |
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1861, 3¢ rose (65), nicely centered, cancelled by true green target and tied by well struck matching "Vincennes, Ind Jul (?)" c.d.s. on orange cover to Alton, Ills., Nurseryman & Fruit Grower's corner card, Extremely Fine, an eye-catching usage.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 678 |
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1861, 3¢ rose (65), tied by partly struck Old Point Comfort Va. double circle on small cover to Antwerp, N.Y. with fancy hand-drawn address of vine leaves, most likely by a Union soldier in camp; Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 679 |
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1863, 2¢ black (73), Fine single tied by target and double circle "Flushing, N.Y. Apr 9, 64" c.d.s. on all-over illustrated advertising cover from the American Agriculturist, addressed to Mt. Joy, Pa., design includes a boxed element for placing the stamp; cover with small mended edge tear above the stamp not noted on the certificate, still fresh and Extremely Fine, one of the most visually appealing all-over advertising covers of the period.
Estimate 600 - 800
Expertization: 1983 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 680 |
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1867, 2¢ black, Z. grill (85B), strong grill, average centering, rosette cancel on a small 22-page advertising booklet for various novelties published in 1868 by M. Westbrook & Co. of New York, cover features a U.S. Grant campaign badge in black on yellow; small stain at bottom, Fine and rare.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 681 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), three illustrated advertising covers: one a publisher with ornate frame around stamp, the other two all-over designs, the first for the Great American Tea Co., the other the New York Times, F-VF.
Estimate 250 - 300
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Lot 682 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), tied by neat North Grange, N.Y. target duplex on immaculate illustrated North Granville Ladies' Seminary advertising cover, Extremely Fine stamp and cover.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 683 |
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1881, 1¢ gray blue, re-engraved (206), tied by bold quartered cork and "New Bedford Mass. Mar. 13" c.d.s. on black on white advertising cover for fine hearses & undertakers wagons; Very Fine and choice.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 684 |
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1901 Pan-American Exposition, multicolor all-over advertising cover from Buffalo to Southington, Conn., franked with 2¢ carmine (267) tied by post office paper tape and Official Seal OX7, violet 2-line handstamp "Damaged by Cancelling Machine at Buffalo, N.Y., P.O." with attendant crumpling, backstamped Southington, Oct. 2, 1899; a Very Fine and unique Pan-American Expo cover.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 685 |
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1895, 2¢ carmine, type III (267), tied by "Los Angeles, Cal. Apr 11 96" duplex postmark on cover to Brookline, Mass. with nearly all -over multicolored advertisement for La Fiesta de Los Angeles, fresh and Extremely Fine, a rare and attractive design.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 686 |
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Two "Remember the Maine" patriotic covers, both postmarked "Philippine Station, San Francisco Cal." duplex, first with 2¢ pink (267a) Aug 26, 1898, to Algona, Iowa (backstamped Sept 26); second is stampless with Post Chaplain's "Soldier's Letter" handstamp, Aug 22, 1898, to Berkeley, Calif., free frank not accepted with magenta "Postage Due, 2 cts." handstamp applied at San Francisco, Sept 22 with a pen-cancelled 2¢ postage due; each with a different unit imprint in the cachet; Fine pair.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 687 |
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1898, 1¢ deep green (279), single tied by 1902 Philadelphia machine cancel on all-over illustrated ad cover showing three pocket watches with all-over design and text on reverse, in blackish brown; stamp with corner nick, still Very Fine, with significant eye-appeal.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 688 |
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1903, 2¢ carmine (301), tied by New York machine cancel, July 6, 1903, on Remember the Maine Spanish-American War patriotic cover to Zollikon, Switzerland, handstamped "T 15 Centime N.Y." with blue crayon "30" and 10c and 20c Swiss Dues (J24-25) applied and cancelled at Zollikon, July 15, Very Fine and most attractive.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 689 |
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1903, 2¢ carmine, type I (319), tied by 1907 Philadelphia station flag cancel on striking 3-color ad cover for Weisbrod & Hess Brewery; stamp with few trivial toned perfs, still Very Fine, scarce beauty.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 690 |
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1911, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (384), tied by Milwaukee, Wis. machine cancel, Apr 27, 1911 on legal size multi-color advertising cover for stock food featuring a large illustration of the "Champion Six-Horse Team of the World"; minor edge wear, Fine, a beautiful cover.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 691 |
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1917, 3¢ violet, type I, coil (493), tied by 1919 New York City machine cancel on multicolor ad cover for Abbot's Bitters with logo of gentleman in tuxedo, reverse with all-over table setting showing bitters bottle, pumpkin pie, grape fruit cocktail, wine jelly, etc.; Extremely Fine and beautiful.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 692 |
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1917, 1¢ green (498), pre-cancelled Springfield, Ohio, used to seal a beautiful multicolor tri-fold circular for Willliam Tell Flour featuring Tell shooting the apple off his son's head; the stamp has been bisected in opening, minor separation along folds, Very Fine and spectacular.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 693 |
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Medical advertising covers, 14 different covers, majority Bank Note period, includes Nat. Surgical Institute, ads for trusses, oxygen treatment, embalming fluid, two different Merchant's Gargling Oil Liniment, Emergency Wound Clip Co., etc., a number with interesting printed enclosures; mixed condition, generally Fine group, with a number of scarcer ads present.
Estimate 300 - 400
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