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Lot 1079 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 1¢ vermilion (O15), tied by "Washington, D.C. Aug 23" 24 mm 1873 c.d.s. duplexed with quartered cork on post card to Capron, Ill., reverse with printed Bureau of Education request for receipt confirmation of 1872 report; faulty, Fine and rare post card usage, correct 1¢ post card rate as it does not contain additional manuscript writing on message side.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1080 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 1¢ vermilion (O15), cancelled by "Olympia, W.T. Oct 7" duplexed grid on local drop letter, United States District Land Office corner card; slight cover reduction at left, Fine, 1¢ drop letter rate within Olympia, Wash. Terr..
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1081 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 1¢ vermilion (O15), tied by quartered cork cancel on cover from Washington, D.C. to Sodus, N.Y., Dept. of Interior Bureau of Education corner card; some edge wear, Fine, 1¢ domestic circular rate, a datestamp was not required for third class mail per postal regulations.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1082 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 2¢ vermilion (O16), strip of three and a single all tied on large size cover by large grid cancels of Washington, D.C. to Allegan, Mich., Pension Office corner card with commissioner signature certifying the package contained no written matter; cover reduced at ends, minor stamps faults, Fine, 8-times the 1¢ third class printed matter rate.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1083 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 3¢ vermilion (O17), pair and single tied by Washington, D.C. Sep 8 duplex to Galesburg, Ill., illustrative Western patent office mailing label with magenta manuscript addressee; edgewear and cover reduction at top, minor stamp faults, Fine; triple the 3¢ first class letter rate, One of only three recorded examples of this spectacular Patent Office mailing label.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1084 |
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Interior Dept., 1879, 3¢ vermilion (O98), tied by light "Olympia, Wash. (Territory) May 17, 1883" duplexed quartered cork on cover to Union Ridge, Wash. Terr., Surveyor General's office penalty imprint, stamp with short transfer at lower right, Fine; The penalty imprint was not valid on mail corresponded to private citizens. The Washington statehood date was November 11, 1889.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1085 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 6¢ vermilion (O18), tied on cover by "Washington, D.C. Jul 8" duplex with quartered cork to Prof. O. C. Marsh in New Haven, Conn., manuscript "pork contract" at left, ornate Dept. of Interior Indian Affairs corner card; portion of stamp missing, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1086 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 12¢ vermilion (O20), cancelled by "Washington, D.C." duplex c.d.s. with cut cork on General Land Office local cover, docketed "Rec'd Apl 6, 1876", reverse with Washington, D.C. Apr 6 c.d.s. and "Carrier" c.d.s., Very Fine usage, six-times the 2¢ local letter rate.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1087 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 12¢ vermilion (O20), tied on large size cover by "Washington, D.C. Sep 30" duplex with quartered cork to Lockport, N.Y., U.S. Patent Office corner card with printed matter crossed out in manuscript; patent 167,788 mentioned on reverse, two edge faults at top, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1088 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 12¢ vermilion (O20), tied on legal size cover by cork cancel and manuscript "X", light "Yankton, Dakota (Territory) Apr 7" c.d.s. to Elk Point, Dakota Territory, Yankton U.S. Land Office Yankton corner card; overall toning and slight gum staining around stamp, scarce Dakota Territorial usage paying 4-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1089 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 24¢ vermilion (O22), single tied on cover by duplex c.d.s. addressed to an attorney in Portland, Oreg.; large size envelope reduced at left, Fine and rare usage of an official high value.
Scott $2,500
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Lot 1090 |
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Interior Dept. covers, group of 23 covers with 2¢-12¢ Interior (O15-O20, O98, O99), various combination usages and corner cards, total covers by denomination: four 2¢ thirteen 3¢ three 6¢ one 10¢ and two 12¢ covers, better include 3¢ on Office of Indian Affairs from Lawrence, Kan., 10¢ on a local Washington D.C. usage paying 5-times the 2¢ first class local letter rate, 1¢3¢12¢ on cover from Wakeeney, Kans., condition is mixed with various faults, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1091 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), tied on legal size cover by "Washington, D.C. Sep 22" (1873, 24mm c.d.s.) duplexed cork to New York City, illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept. of Justice; some edge toning and slight wear, stamp with corner crease, Fine; The third earliest documented usage on cover with two recorded from Jul 25, 1873.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1092 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ and 6¢ values (O27, O28), single of each tied on legal size cover by "Washington, D.C. Mar 8" duplexed quartered cork on legal size cover to New Orleans, La., illustrated corner card featuring the crimson seal of the Dept. of Justice; faults, Fine, triple the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1093 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 3¢ ultramarine (O37), tied by "New Orleans LA Sep 24" duplex with circle of wedges cancel to Portsmouth, N.H., Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1094 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 3¢ ultramarine (O37), tied by "Warrington, Fla. Jul 10" duplex on legal size cover to Chilton, Fla.; stamp with faults, cover toning and a vertical file fold at left, Very Good.
Estimate 200 - 300
Warrington, Florida was the nearest post office to the naval base at Pensacola.
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Lot 1095 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 3¢ ultramarine (O37), group of three covers, first is a single tied by "New York Apr 29" duplex with negative numeral cancel to Cortland, N.Y., Pay Dept. corner card; second cover has two singles tied by violet "Washington, D.C. Local Apr 29" (1878) duplex to Philadelphia, Pa., the local marking was mistakenly applied, a marine had illegally furnished his sister Navy stamps for personal usage; third cover has a single tied by Washington D.C. Aug 21 duplex to Rear Admiral Case in Newport, R.I., Navy Dept. corner card; second cover with small faults including toning, latter cover has clipped corners, Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1096 |
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 2¢ black (O48), single tied on cover by magenta "E.T.H." h.s. as a non-postal precancel marking to the Auditor, N.Y.P.O., magenta corner card reads "Please return the 'Memorandum Receipt' for stamps and weight…"; Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1097 |
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 2¢ black (O48), two covers, first with a single tied on a yellow cover by a light "Boston Mass Reg." postmark used locally to 27 Hancock St in Boston, 1877 return registered-letter receipt enclosure with additional strike of registry postmark, opening tears at top; second cover with a single tied on a small cover by Worcester, Mass. unduplexed ten-section leaf cancel used locally; stains and reduced at left, Fine pair.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1098 |
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 3¢ black (O49), tied by "Kansas City, Mo. Dec 17" duplex c.d.s. on official business printed post card requesting additional 4¢ postage from the addressee, dated Dec 17, 1878, Very Fine and rare post card usage, post cards with manuscript writing in additional to printing were rated at the first class rate.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1099 |
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 3¢ black (O49), cancelled by cork on cover to Amherst, Mass., attempted illegitimate use of cancelled stamp, Boston "Held for Postage" handstamp, light "Boston, Mass. May 11" postmark on reverse, Fine, unusual usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1100 |
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 3¢ black (O49), cancelled by Maltese cross from Washington, D.C. on a return letter mailing to Sing Sing, N.Y., unusual blue "D. L. O. Sent Nov 8" c.d.s. struck lightly on front, Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1101 |
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Post Office Dept. Dead Letter Mail, group of twelve covers all franked with 3¢ Post Office (O49) comprising ten return letter service envelopes with lower left control numbers 5, 6, 15, 16, 19, 21 (two different envelope styles), 32, and 34; additional return letter service envelope postmarked with blue "D.L.O. Sent Sep 26" and the stamp cancelled by unduplexed black cork; last is a legal size cover postmarked "Fairfield, Vt. Dec 15" to the Third Assistant P.M. General, D.L.O. in Wash., D.C., manuscript "monthly returns of dead letters from Faifield Vt."; mixed condition, Fine and scarce group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1102 |
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 6¢ black (O50), strip of three tied by light cork cancel on legal size cover to Trenton, N.J., "Trenton, N.J. Mar 25" c.d.s. used as receiver; strip with a couple nibbed perfs., a few opening tears at top, Fine, six-times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1103 |
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Post Office Dept. covers, group of eleven Post Office covers with better cancellations or towns franked with mostly 3¢ Post Office (O49,O108), better include Hudson, Mass. star cancel, Whitehouse Stat'n, N.J., Fitzwilliam, N.H. with receipt for registered package, Hamley, Pa., Berwick, Pa., and Springfield, Mass. with a large serrated circle of wedges geometric and U.S. Postal Card Agency corner card, Very Fine group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1104 |
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Post Office Dept. covers, group of sixteen covers and one piece franked with 1¢-10¢ Post Office (O47-O51) comprising three 1¢ one 2¢ five 3¢ seven 6¢ and one 10¢ cover, better include a 1¢ circular rate to Richmond, Me. and the 10¢ cover paying triple the first class rate with a 1¢ convenience overpay; condition is mixed, Fine group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1105 |
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State Dept., 1873, 12¢ and 6¢ values (O63, O60), each on separate covers, 12¢ cancelled on legal size cover by "Washington, D.C. Jan 24" duplex with cork cancel to S. Sherman in Brookfield, Conn., cover reduced at left through Dept. of State corner card; 6¢ tied on cover by "Washington, D.C. Apr 17, 1882" duplex with "2" in three rings to Minneapolis, Minn., cover missing portion at left, both stamps have faults, Fine and rare pair.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1106 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 1¢ brown (O72), strip of three tied by Beaufort, S.C. duplexed quartered cork on cover to Ellenton, S.C., U. S. Internal Revenue corner card; cover reduced slightly at right, Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1107 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 1¢ brown (O72), group of four covers paying different rates comprising a single tied on a drop letter by a blue York, Pa. duplex, single tied by cork cancel paying the circular rate to the U.S. Revenue Cutter Dobbin at the Port of Castine, Me., two strips of three tied on legal size cover by "Galveston, Tex. Jun 6" duplexed cork paying double the first class letter rate, and a single along with a 2¢ Treasury (O73) tied by Montgomery, Ala. duplex to Goodwater, Ala. at the single first class letter rate; mixed condition, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1108 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 2¢ brown (O73), single tied by large bold circular grid from Washington, D.C. on a legal size cover to Westport, Me., signed auditor label affixed to upper left certifying no written matter enclosed; cover crease and tear at upper right affecting stamp, Fine, double the 1¢ printed matter rate, a datestamp was not required for third class mail per postal regulations.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1109 |
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Treasury Dept., 1879, 6¢ brown (O110), cancelled by manuscript along with two 3¢ green (184) singles and a 1¢ dark ultramarine (182) on registered cover to North Shrewsbury, Vt., marked missent and forwarded with "Shrewsbury, Vt. Oct 22" c.d.s., Bushnell, Ill. manuscript corner card; irregular opening at left repaired, Fine usage, rare mixed franking paying the 3¢ first class letter rate plus 10¢ registry fee.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1110 |
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Treasury Dept., 1879, 10¢ brown (O111), tied on large size penalty envelope by a cork cancel to Philadelphia, Pa., purple "Washington, D.C. Apr 28, 1881 Registered" postmark; some edge faults and wear, Fine, 10¢ registry fee paid by the Official stamp with domestic postage covered by the penalty imprint.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1111 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 15¢ brown (O79), cancelled by "Washington, D.C. Apr 11" duplex c.d.s. with cork on legal size Second Auditor's Office cover to Clifton, Canada, printed matter endorsement crossed out in manuscript, Clifton 1877 receiving backstamp, two-line "Advertised-& / Not-Called-For" handstamp, indistinct rimless Canada dead letter office and blue "U.S. Dead Letter Office Jun 28, 1877" triangle backstamps, blue Second Auditor's June 30, 1877 receiving double-oval, various crayon markings; opened at top, two edge tears, Fine, rare official usage to Canada.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1112 |
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Treasury Dept. covers, group of five covers with interesting corner cards or cancels comprising a 3¢ tied by a light "Balt. & Graf. R.P.O. Jun 14" duplex to West Virginia, 1¢ cancelled by a purple cork with matching light "Sag. Har. & Manor Agt. Jan 7" c.d.s. to Freeport, N.Y., unusual Office of the Superintendent of Life-Saving Stations corner card and enclosure, 3¢ on an Office of the Light House Inspector cover, 3¢ cancelled by a Philadelphia geometric, and a 6¢ tied on a legal size cover by "Raleigh, N.C. Jun 7" duplex with a unusual corner card for the U.S. Court House and Post Office; mixed condition, Fine and attractive group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1113 |
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Treasury Dept. covers, group of fourteen covers franked with 1¢ 3¢ or 6¢ Treasury (O72, O74, O75), better include a single 1¢ paying the circular rate from Auburn, N.Y., 3¢ tied by "Washington, D.C. Jul 1" duplexed cork to Sisseton Agency via Fort Wadsworth, Dakota, and a 3¢ tied by purple Greeneville, Tenn. duplex; mixed condition, Fine group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1114 |
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War Dept., 1873, 1¢ rose (O83), tied by cork cancel on wrapper from Washington, D.C. to N. Cambridge, Mass. with unusual address label, Signal Service Weather Report; Very Fine, 1¢ unsealed circular rate, a datestamp was not required for third class mail per postal regulations.
Estimate 200 - 300
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War Dept., 1879, 1¢ rose red (O114), tied by "Received Albany, N.Y. Jul 6" c.d.s. on Signal Service Weather Report wrapper used locally with printed address label, "Ev'g Journal", tape stain from interior and corner fault, Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1116 |
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War Dept., 1879, 2¢ rose red (O115), tied by "Sante Fe, N.M. Mar 8, 1884" duplex c.d.s. on legal size cover to Denver, Col., Denver Mar 10 backstamp, Pay Dept. U.S. Army / Sante Fe New Mexico corner card, toning bands, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1117 |
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War Dept., 1873, 3¢ rose (O85), two singles tied on legal size Postal Service (UO14) entire to Montevideo, Uruguay, Washington, D.C. Jun 9, 1883 origin c.d.s., marked "Due 5" in pencil (beneath stamps), purple "U.S. Govt' Despatch Agency / P.O. Box 1243 / New York" handstamp, stamps added by the agency, additional purple "Deficiency in Postage supplied by / U.S. Gov't Desptatch Agency, New York" arched handstamp tying left stamp, letter entered the foreign mail section in New York where stamps cancelled by N.Y. simplex "3" ovals, "Port-au-Prince, Haiti 19 Juin 83" backstamp, blue Columbian transit, "Valparaiso, Chile 30 Jul 83" backstamp, and "Montevideo 21 Agost 83" receiving backstamp, Post Office Department corner card for the Division of Stamps, Stamped Envelopes and Postal Cards; minor cover foxing and edgewear, left stamp with s.e., Very Fine usage.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
THE ONLY RECORDED WAR DEPARTMENT USAGE TO URUGUAY, AND THE ONLY WITH WAR DEPARTMENT STAMPS APPLIED BY THE DESPATCH AGENT IN NEW YORK.
The United States Government Despatch Agency in New York was supplied with a stock of official stamps to aid in the handling of deficiently franked mail matter. The Postal Service envelopes were imprinted with a penalty frank that was only valid on official Post Office business foreign mail to the recipient country's postal department. Official stamps were required on foreign mailings to private citizens.
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Lot 1118 |
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War Dept., 1873, 3¢ rose (O85), tied by "Washington, D.C. Jan 8" duplex c.d.s. with quartered cork on an obsolete free frank envelope to San Francisco, Cal., three strikes of San Francisco "Return-to-Writer" handstamp, "San Francisco Feb 13" duplex, War Dept. Feb 25, 1874 receiver, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1119 |
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War Dept., 1873, 3¢ rose (O85), tied on legal size cover by bold "Washington, D.C. Apr 8" duplex to Chattanooga, Tenn., "Advertised Apr 24" c.d.s. struck, manuscript "returned" and "Chattanooga May 29" c.d.s., Quartermaster General's Office corner card, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1120 |
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War Dept., 1879, 6¢ rose red (O117), cancelled on a legal size cover by "Washington, D.C. Oct 3" duplexed cork to a Lieutenant in the 6th Infantry at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, crossed cannons corner card for the ordnance department in black; stamp with faults, cover with edgewear and a few tears, Fine, a rare Fort destination.
Estimate 400 - 500
Fort Abraham Lincoln existed from 1872 to 1891, and was the fort where Custer was based at the time of the Little Big Horn massacre.
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War Dept., 1879, 6¢ & 10¢ values (O117, O118), cancelled by matching quartered corks on legal size cover to Sante Fe, N.M., large "Washington, D.C. Registered Aug. 11, 1880" (year incorrect) oval postmark also tying 6¢ printed Adjutant General's Office official business corner card, blue crayon and pencil registration numbers; 10¢ with scuffed corner, Fine to Very Fine usage.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1122 |
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War Dept. covers, group of eight covers and one wrapper with various 1¢-6¢ War single frankings comprising two 1¢ one 2¢ five 3¢ and one 6¢ cover, better include 1¢ on small cover at the circular rate to Rock Island, Ill., and 3¢ from San Francisco, Cal. used locally to W. Sherman with a blue Headquarters Army of the U.S. corner card; few faults, overall Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1123 |
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1879, 5¢ blue (185), tied by "Washington, D.C. Apr 2, 1880" c.d.s. and "2" duplex on Postal Service entire (UO14) to Geneva, Switzerland, Dead Letter Office penalty imprint, receiving mark on reverse, couple opening tears at top, otherwise Very Fine and scarce use of the 5¢ with this envelope.
Estimate 500 - 750
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