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Lot 1745 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢ purple (O25), cancelled by "Washington, D.C. Aug 6" 24mm duplex with cork cancel on legal size cover to the Bexar District, Texas, certification by C. A. Bally, Chief Clerk that no written matter was enclosed, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice; edge wear at top and stamp with a couple pulled perfs, 1¢ circular rate (1¢ per 2 oz.).
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
THE EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF THE 1¢ JUSTICE DOCUMENTED BY THE SMALL 24MM WASHINGTON, D.C. C.D.S. USED UP TO 1873 ONLY.
Provenance: Ehrenberg
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Lot 1746 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 2¢ purple (O26), tied by grid cancel on legal size cover from Washington, D.C. to Clarksburg, W.V., certification by Chief Clerk that no written matter was enclosed, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice; heavy cover restoration and stamp fault, Very Fine appearance, double the 1¢ circular rate (1¢ per 2 oz.).
Estimate 750 - 1,000
OF THE NINE RECORDED 2¢ JUSTICE COVERS, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE PAYING THE CIRCULAR RATE.
Provenance: Ackerman
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Lot 1747 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied on legal size cover by "Washington, D.C. Jul 25" duplex with incised pentagram cancel to Brooklyn, N.Y., illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice; few tiny tone specks in stamp, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USAGE OF ANY JUSTICE STAMP.
The cover can be accurately dated to 1873 as the killer and c.d.s. combination is known to exist only in 1873.
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Lot 1748 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied on legal size cover by "Washington, D.C. Sep 12" 24 mm 1873 duplex misaddressed to Charlestown, W.V., forwarded to Clarksburg, "Kanawha, W. Va. Sep 15" cds, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, heavy cover restoration at left, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1749 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied on 1875 cover by "Washington, D.C. Aug 7" duplex with cork cancel to the Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont in New York, N.Y., ornate "Department of Justice" corner card; stamp with a couple nibbed perfs, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Edwards Pierrepont was Attorney General under President Grant from April, 1875 to May, 1876 and was then appointed U.S. minister to Great Britain.
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Lot 1750 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), cancelled on legal size cover by "Washington, D.C. May 11" duplex with fancy geometric cancellation addressed to Clarksburg, W.V., illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, major cover restoration, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $575
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Lot 1751 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), very fine centering, tied on 1876 cover by "Washington, D.C. Jan 22" duplex with cork cancel to New Haven, Conn., addressed to Simeon Baldwin at Yale College, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, docketing on reverse "E. Pierrepont" dating the cover to 1876; sealed opening tears at left, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Simeon Baldwin, a founder of the American Bar Association and Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, earned the title "The First Citizen of Connecticut".
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Lot 1752 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied by "Washington, D.C. Oct 29" duplex with cork cancel on legal size cover to W.C. Whitson in Boise City, Idaho Territory, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, cover restoration at right, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $575
W.C. Whitson was appointed associate territorial justice by President Grant in 1870.
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Lot 1753 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied on cover by violet "Washington, D.C. Jan 24, 1878" duplex with quartered cancel to Clarksburg, W.V., unusual straightline red Department of Justice corner card; slight gum toning around stamp, Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1754 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied by "Washington, D.C. Oct 29" duplex with cork cancel to Worcester, Mass., blue "Department of Justice" corner card, stamp with nibbed perf, Fine.
Scott $575
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Lot 1755 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ and 6¢ values (O27, O28), two covers from Washington, D.C. to Albany, first with a 3¢ paying the 3¢ first class letter rate and the second with a 6¢ paying double the 3¢ first class letter rate, no corner cards, the absence of a corner card may indicate private unofficial usage by a Department of Justice official; stamp fault on first and cover fault on second, Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Provenance: 6¢ Hollowbush, Ehrenberg
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Lot 1756 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 6¢ purple (O28), tied by "Washington, D.C. Mar 16" duplex with quartered cork cancel on legal size cover to Columbus, Ind., undeliverable and marked returned with "Columbus, Ind. Mar 30" duplex with skull and crossbones cancel, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice; minor edge toning, stamp with small corner crease, Fine, double the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: Shumsky, Markovits
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Lot 1757 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 6¢ purple (O28), tied on 1875 cover by "Washington, D.C. May 16" duplex with cork cancel to Saginaw, Michigan on an obsolete free frank envelope with stamp affixed over the space for the clerk's signature, ornate "Department of Justice" corner card; stamp with upper left corner missing, otherwise Very Fine and clean, 2-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Scott $800
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Lot 1758 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 6¢ purple (O28), cancelled by "Washington, D.C. Feb 15" duplex with circle of wedges cancel on a legal size cover to Frederick Douglass, U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, some edge wear, 3-times the 2¢ local letter rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Frederick Douglass was the son of a slave, a leading abolitionist, and the first black U.S. Marshal, serving from 1877 to 1881 for the District of Columbia.
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Lot 1759 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 10¢ purple (O29), tied by "Washington, D.C. Apr 20" duplex with cork cancel on legal size cover to Frederick Douglass, U.S. Marshal in Washington, D.C., illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, minor edge wear, cosmetically refolded slightly at top, F.-V.F., 5-times the 2¢ local letter rate.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
ONLY FOUR 10¢ JUSTICE COVERS ARE RECORDED, ONE BEING IN THE NATIONAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION.
Provenance: Waud, Markovits
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Lot 1760 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 12¢ purple (O30), tied by the violet "Washington, D.C. Jul 8, 1878" duplex on a legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, stamp was lifted for slight cover cleaning, Very Fine appearance, 4-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Scott $1,100
ONE OF ONLY TEN RECORDED 12¢ JUSTICE COVERS.
Provenance: Hollowbush
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Lot 1761 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 12¢ purple (O30), cancelled by the violet "Washington, D.C. Oct 26, 1878" duplex on a legal size cover to John C. Patterson in Wilmington, Del., illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, cover cleaning with slight restoration in file fold, Very Fine appearance, 4-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Scott $1,100
ONE OF ONLY TEN RECORDED 12¢ JUSTICE COVERS.
Provenance: Duckworth, Ehrenberg
John C. Patterson was appointed the U.S. Attorney for Delaware in 1881.
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Lot 1762 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 15¢ purple (O31), cancelled by "Washington, D.C. Oct 17" duplex with cork cancel on legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., no corner card but part of the Moore/Goff correspondence; stamp with perf faults at bottom, cover with a couple scrapes, Fine.
Scott $1,250
ONE OF ONLY EIGHT RECORDED 15¢ JUSTICE COVERS.
Provenance: Ehrenberg
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Lot 1763 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 15¢ and 6¢ values (O31, O28), sheet margin singles, tied by "Washington, D.C. Feb 5" duplex with cork cancel on legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., 1876 docketing on front, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice; edge tears, Fine, one of only two recorded 6¢/15¢ frankings, 7-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
ONE OF ONLY EIGHT RECORDED 15¢ JUSTICE COVERS.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 1764 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 30¢ 6¢ and 3¢ values (O33, O28, O27), tied by "Washington, D.C. Jan 26" duplex with split cork cancel on legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, cover faults with some restoration in corners, 6¢ with couple perf faults, Fine, the only recorded combination of these values, 13-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED 30¢ JUSTICE COVERS AVAILABLE.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. certificate.
The second of the 30¢ Justice covers is in combination with the 90¢. A third was in the stolen starnes collection and is presumed lost.
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Lot 1765 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 90¢ and 30¢ values (O34, O33), franked with three 90¢ and four 30¢ values for a total of $3.90 postage, generally well centered, two 30¢ and one 90¢ faulty, tied to each other, through perfs, or to the legal size Goff correspondence cover to Clarksburg, W.V. by matching quartered cork cancels, "Washington, D.C. May 19" c.d.s. at bottom, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice, cover with portion of backflap missing and piece out at top center affecting one 30¢ stamp, otherwise fine, a truly stunning cover.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
THE ONLY RECORDED 90¢ JUSTICE COVER AND ONE OF ONLY THREE 90¢ OFFICIAL FRANKINGS ON FULL COVER.
ONE OF THE GREATEST OFFICIAL COVERS IN EXISTENCE.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. certificate.
The notch at the top of this cover and the absence of stress marks from heavy contents suggest that this envelope was used as the mailing face on a tied bundle of courthouse documents weighing over four pounds.
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Lot 1766 |
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Washington, D.C. Justice Covers, five, each with illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept of Justice and franked with single 3¢ Justice (O27), four are part of the Goff/Moore correspondence to Clarksburg, W.Va., one with violet Washington, D.C. 1878 duplex, two have Very Fine appearance after restoration, some mixed condition.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1767 |
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U.S. Attorney's Office, Chicago, corner card for the Northern District of Illinois, local use with 2¢ Justice (O26) tied by "Chicago, Ill Jan 12" duplex with cut cork cancel, stamp torn at right, Very Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
ONE OF ONLY NINE 2¢ JUSTICE COVERS.
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Lot 1768 |
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U.S. Attorney's Office, Davenport, corner card for the District of Iowa, 3¢ Justice (O27) tied by "Davenport, Ioa. Sep 17" duplex with target cancel on cover to Rock Island, Ill.; light cover cleaning, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1769 |
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U.S. Attorney's Office, Detroit, corner card for the Eastern District of Michigan, 3¢ Justice (O27) tied by "Detroit, Mich. Dec 1" duplex with quartered cork cancel on a blue cover to Utica, Mich; horizontal file fold affecting the stamp, no backflap, Fine.
Scott $575
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Lot 1770 |
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U.S. Attorney's Office, Grand Rapids, corner card for the Western District of Michigan, 3¢ Justice (O27) tied by "Grand Rapids, Mich. Oct 15" duplex with fancy circle cancel on cover to Leeland, Mich.; cover restoration at right, stamp with couple short perfs, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $575
Provenance: Ackerman, Markovits
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Lot 1771 |
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U.S. Attorney's Office, Helena, legal size cover with 6¢ Justice (O107) tied by "Helena, Mont May 12" territorial duplex with cork cancel on cover to Virginia City, Mont. Terr., manuscript "O.B" corner card; stamp missing lower left corner, cover edge faults, Fine, rare territorial usage, double the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
THE ONLY RECORDED 6¢ JUSTICE SOFT PAPER ON COVER.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 1772 |
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Jefferson, Mo., Apr 19 duplex with cork cancel tying 3¢ Justice (O27) on cover to Pittsburgh, Pa., stamp with faults from edge placement, right side of cover exploded to fix stamp, no backflap, Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1773 |
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Joliet, Ill., Jan 4 duplex with cork cancel tying 3¢ Justice (O27) on cover to Watertown, N.Y., the absence of a corner card may indicate private unofficial usage by a department or Justice official; stamp with pulled perf, Very Fine.
Scott $575
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Lot 1774 |
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U.S. Attorney's Office, Newark, corner card for the District of New Jersey, 6¢ Justice (O27) tied by "Newark, N.J. Mar 7" duplex with quartered cork cancel on cover to the Chief of Police in New Brunswick, N.J.; opening reduction at left, otherwise Very Fine, double the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Scott $800
Provenance: Ehrenberg, Arch
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Lot 1775 |
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U.S. Attorney's Office, St. Louis, corner card for the Eastern District of Missouri, 3¢ Justice (O27) tied by "St. Louis, Mo. Dec 29" duplex with fancy grid cancel on legal size obsolete free frank envelope to Muskogee Creek Nation in Indian Terr., pencil 1873 docketing on front; opening reduction at left, Fine and scarce with fancy cancel.
Estimate 500 - 750
The only recorded Justice usage to Indian Territory.
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Lot 1776 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢ and 2¢ values (O25, O26), tied on cover by "Washington, D.C. Dec 30, 1880" duplex with "1" in three rings cancel on cover to Anthony Comstock in New York City, Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card, New York receiver on reverse; slightly trimmed at bottom, opening tears on reverse, and light rubber band stains, 2¢ with nick at top, otherwise Fine, 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
THE ONLY RECORDED COMBINATION OF THESE VALUES AND THE LATEST RECORDED USE OF JUSTICE STAMPS OUT OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
Provenance: Col. Green, Stone, Markovits
Addressed to Anthony Comstock, a prominent philatelist of the day…note the Nassau street address.
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Lot 1777 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied by "Washington, D.C. Apr 19" with quartered cork cancel on an obsolete Treasury Dept free frank envelope to Clarksburg, W.V., 1875 docketing, cover restoration, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 500 - 750
This obsolete free frank envelope is the only recorded usage without the specific "Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury" corner card.
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Lot 1778 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied on cover by "Washington, D.C. Jan 10" duplex with bisected cork cancel to New Orleans, La., 1876 docketing, Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card.
Scott $575
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Lot 1779 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied by the violet "Washington, D.C. Apr 4, 1878" duplex with quartered cork cancel on legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card; some minor foxing, stamp with a couple nibbed perfs, Fine.
Scott $575
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Lot 1780 |
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Justice Dept., 1879, 3¢ bluish purple (O106), tied by indigo "Washington, D.C. July 3, 1879" duplex with ellipse grid cancel to Clarksburg, W.V., Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED 3¢ JUSTICE SOFT PAPER COVERS.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. certificate.
Indigo cancelling ink was used in 1879-80 in Washington, D.C. with the first steel duplex postmarks.
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Lot 1781 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 6¢ purple (O28), tied on cover by the violet "Washington, D.C. Jun 24, 1878" duplex with quartered cork cancel on legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card, manuscript docketing "Act of Congress"; backflap missing, minor edge wear, slight gum toning around stamp, Fine.
Scott $800
Provenance: Ehrenberg
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Lot 1782 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 6¢ and 3¢ values (O28, O27), cancelled by the "Washington, D.C. Feb 1" duplex with cork cancel using violet cancelling ink on legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., 6¢ tied barely at top, Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card; couple short perfs, cover cleaned and ink strengthened, Extremely Fine appearance, 3-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
ONE OF THREE 3¢/6¢ JUSTICE COMBINATION COVERS AND THE LATEST RECORDED USE OF VIOLET CANCELING INK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON OFFICIAL MAIL.
Provenance: Hollowbush, Ehrenberg
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Lot 1783 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 6¢ and 3¢ values (O28, O27), tied by the "Washington, D.C. Aug 8" duplex with cork cancel on a legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card; 3¢ with a couple irregular perfs at left, slightly reduced at left from opening, Fine, a rare and attractive combination franking, 3-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
ONE OF THREE 3¢/6¢ JUSTICE COMBINATION COVERS.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 1784 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 12¢ purple (O30), tied on cover by "Washington, D.C. Aug 23" duplex with bold strike of an unusual fancy geometric cancel to Clarksburg, W.V., Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card, Very Fine and attractive use of the 12¢ 4-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 1999 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 1785 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 24¢ purple (O32), cancelled by "Washington, D.C. Nov 13" (1873) duplex with Maltese Cross cancel on legal size obsolete free frank envelope to Montgomery, Ala., stamp is affixed over the space for the clerk's signature, ornate Office of Solicitor of the Treasury corner card, June 1874 answer docketing; stamp with small faults, cover restoration, Fine, 5-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
ONE OF ONLY 9 RECORDED 15¢ JUSTICE COVERS.
Provenance: Ackerman, Hughes
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Lot 1786 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 24¢ purple (O32), two singles, lightly tied by "Washington, D.C. Aug 1, 1878" duplex with quartered cork cancel on legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., extensive cover restoration around edges, manuscript "Ward claim", Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card, 16-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
ONE OF TWO RECORDED 24¢ JUSTICE COVERS (THE OTHER BEING A SINGLE FRANKING).
Provenance: Ehrenberg
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Solicitor of the Treasury Justice Covers, two, each with Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury corner card, first is a small size cover with 3¢ Justice (O27) tied by Washington, D.C. duplex with unusual fancy geometric cancel to Port Gibson, Miss., faults; second cover is a legal size cover with 3¢ Justice (O27) cancelled by Washington, D.C. duplex with cork cancel to N. Goff in Clarksburg, W.Va., forwarded to Wheeling, W.Va., Fine pair.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1788 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 24¢ purple (O32), horizontal pair and single tied by segmented cork cancels on large fragment of a Department of Interior Pension Office envelope, portion of large boxed "Registered No." postmark also ties pair; repair at upper left, Fine.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
THE LARGEST RECORDED 24¢ JUSTICE FRANKING; OTHER THAN THIS PIECE, THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHER 24¢ JUSTICE COVERS RECORDED.
Provenance: Waud, Markovits
The only recorded use of Justice stamps on a Dept. of the Interior mailing.
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Lot 1789 |
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Department of Justice Penalty Mail, indigo "Washington, D.C. Jun 16, 1879" c.d.s. on cover to Randolph, Vt. with enclosure signed by Attorney General Charles Devens, violet Dept of Justice penalty imprint handstamp covered the postage, some edge wear, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
THE EARLIEST RECORDED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PENALTY MAILING.
Penalty envelopes were first authorized for use in 1877. During the transitional period, 1877-1884, both official stamps and penalty envelopes were valid for postage. Although few early Justice penalty franks have survived, it is clear that the department embraced this new concept enthusiastically as very few Justice official stamps were used from Washington, D.C. or elsewhere after 1880.
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Lot 1790 |
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Department of Justice Balance, comprising seven penalty mailings including one from Montana Terr. addressed to Charles Devens, Attorney General, 1882 Dept. of Justice mailing with 3¢ green (184), an unauthorized William Wirt free frank as Attorney General to his son, a signed photo of George H. Williams who served as Attorney General from 1865 to 1871, regular issue plate proofs on India (145P3-155P3) used to show the original dies used to prepare the official issues, and a (153P3) block of four used to show the difference between the regular issue and Dept. of Justice purple. F.-V.F. group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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