Sale 284

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U.S Parcel Post through Revenues
 
 
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Lot 1131

Parcel Post, 1913, 10¢ carmine rose (Q6), beautifully centered with wide margins. O.g., never hinged. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $120

Expertization: 1994 P.F. Certificate for a strip of 3.
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Lot 1132

Parcel Post, 1913, 25¢ carmine rose (Q9), near perfect centering, luminous color. O.g., never hinged. Extremely Fine.
Scott $180
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Lot 1133

Parcel Post, 1913, 50¢ carmine rose (Q10), near perfect centering, brilliant color. O.g., lightly hinged. Extremely Fine.
Scott $280
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Lot 1134

Parcel Post, 1913, 50¢ carmine rose (Q10), nearly perfectly centered. O.g. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $280
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Lot 1135

Parcel Post, 1913, 50¢ carmine rose (Q10), fresh, brilliant color, well centered. O.g., very lightly hinged. Very Fine.
Scott $280
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Lot 1136

Parcel Post, 1913, $1 carmine rose (Q12), well centered with vibrant color. O.g., very lightly hinged. Fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $350
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Lot 1137

Carrier, 1851, 1¢ Eagle (LO2), block of 6. Large margins all around, exceptionally bright and fresh. O.g., never hinged. Extremely Fine.
Scott $300 for hinged
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Lot 1138
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New York, N.Y., U.S. City Despatch Post, 1842-45, 3¢ black on light blue (6LB3), four huge margins, strong impression. Light red cancel. Extremely Fine.
Scott $500

Expertization: 1993 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1139
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New York, N.Y., U.S. City Despatch Post, 1842-45, 3¢ black on blue (6LB5b), large to huge margins. Red "U.S" in octagon cancel. Very Fine.
Scott $250

Expertization: 2001 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1140

City Despatch Post, 1842, 3¢ black on grayish (40L1), four large margins. Full o.g., hinge remnant. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $375
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Lot 1141
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Wells Fargo & Co., 1861, $1 blue (143L6), large even margins. Extremely Fine.
Scott $750 for o.g.

Expertization: 2002 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1142

Envelope, 1870, 90¢ carmine on cream (U107), mint entire, size 21, U.P.S.S. #253 ($900), strong embossing, bright color on very fresh paper, Extremely Fine. UPSS 253 $900.
Scott $950
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Lot 1143

Envelope, 1875, 90¢ carmine on cream (U213), mint entire, size 21, strong embossing, Very Fine, scarce in this condition. UPSS 635 $3,000.
Scott $3,000
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Lot 1144

Envelope, 1920, 2¢ surcharge, type 4 on 3¢ green, die 2 (U467), mint entire, size 3, U.P.S.S. #2914 ($350), bright white paper. Extremely Fine.
Scott $500
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Lot 1145

Envelope, 1920, 2¢ surcharge, type 4 on 3¢ green, die 2 (U467), mint entire, size 3, U.P.S.S. #2914 ($350). Very Fine.
Scott $500
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Lot 1146

Envelope, 1978, 15¢ inverted surcharge at LL on 16¢ U.S.A. Error (U586d), mint entire, size 21, future U.P.S.S. #3621b-47, Extremely Fine, rare newly listed error with only six reported known from Jerry Summers (Ed. of upcoming U.P.S.S. catalogue).
Scott $450

Expertization: copy of letter of authentification.
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Lot 1147

Postal Card, 1873-1920 issues (UX1//UY8), group of 15 different mint cards including #UX1, UX6, UX6a, UX10-UX11, UX14-UX16, UX18, UX24, UX33, UY1-UY2, UY8, all with fresh card stock, Very Fine.
Scott $757
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Lot 1148

Postal Card, 1873, 1¢ brown on buff, "Big Hole" damage (UX3 var.), unused card, clean face, back with very detailed black and red brown Portable Railway Syphon illustrated advertising, U.P.S.S. #S2F, subject plate 4, Very Fine, rare combination card highlighted in Fricke (p. 61).
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1149

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff (UX4), used card with 1/15/(77) Waterbury, CT. cancel, "MISSENT & FORWARDED" strike at left. Very Fine. UPSS S3 $350.
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Lot 1150

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff, reversed watermark (UX4), used card with Baltimore, MD cancel, unusually clear, strong watermark for this difficult issue, Extremely Fine. UPSS S3b.
Scott $350

Expertization: 2004 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1151

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff, reversed watermark (UX4 var), used card with 1/17/(77), New York, N.Y. duplex cancel, strong clear watermark. Very Fine. UPSS S3b $350.
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Lot 1152

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff, reversed & inverted watermarks (UX4 var), used card with 2/3/(77) New York, N.Y. duplex cancel, strong clear watermark. Very Fine. UPSS S3c $350.
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Lot 1153

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff (UX5), ten used cards with mostly strong 2/14/76-3/15/78 Boston, Mass. Leavitt, type A-2, die Ia, IIa machine cancels including two with reverse illustrated advertising and one rare card with two cancels (one inverted at bottom left). Very Fine lot.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1154

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff (UX5), used card addressed to Sharps Rifle Co. with 6/27/(76) New York, N.Y. cancel, back with beautiful woodblock Hunting Scene illustrated advertising.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1155

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff (UX5), two used cards addressed to Sharps Rifle Co. with 8/1/(76) Philadelphia, PA and 6/27/(77) Boston, Mass. cancels respectively. First with green Deriger other large John Lovell Gun Importers building illustrated advertising. Very Fine pair.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1156

Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff (UX5), two used cards with Manchester, N.H. and St. Louis Mo. cancels respectively. First with large green Carriage, other with attractive Haydock Bros. line of twelve different models illustrated advertising, Fine-Very Fine pair.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1157

Postal Cards, twice-mailed, group of three 1¢ postal cards remailed as receipts: UX5 mailed from Worcester, Mass. June 18 & 27, 1878, the latter with a 3¢ green (158) added; UX7 mailed from Springfield, Mass. Sept 11 & 26, 1884, the latter with a 2¢ red brown (210) added; UX5 mailed from Charlotte, Mich., Oct 1 & 24, 1881, the latter with a 1¢ blue (182) added; the first two are Masonic Mutual Relief Assoc assessment and bears correct first class postage, the last is underpaid by 1¢ but was not caught. Postcards, after having done normal duty, had to be franked with the first class rate for additional mailing.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1158

Postal Card, 1879, 2¢ blue on buff (UX6), with "Eddy N. Mex. Jul 1, 1894" c.d.s. used to Papeete, Tahiti, San Francisco transit and Tahiti receiving strikes on back, message in French stating that sender is a French Swiss and inquiring about agricultural opportunities, Very Fine, rare territorial usage and destination.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1159

Postal Card, 1879, 2¢ blue on buff (UX6), with 2¢ red brown (206) tied by "N.Y. Supplementary Paid Jul 19, 1884" duplex to Hamburg, Germany, German receiver on front, Very Fine, rare supplementary mail usage of a postal card at double the normal 2¢ rate.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1160

Postal Card, 1879, 2¢ blue on buff (UX6), with 6/21/94 New York, N.Y. duplex cancel on card used to Gibraltar, receiving strike at left, Very Fine, rare destination.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1161

Postal Card, 1879, 2¢ blue on buff (UX6), four cards with various origins used in 1897 to Calcutta, India, all with clear Sea Post Office strikes at left, F.-V.F. lot.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1162

Postal Card, 1881, 1¢ black on buff (UX7), used with 1¢ re-engraved (206), bold New York "D" duplexes, Sept 19, 1884, on to Paramaribo, Suriname, "D.E.I." [Dutch East Indies] with "E" changed to "W", backstamped Georgetown, Br. Guiana and Paramaribo, Very Fine, message is from Scott & Co. (Forerunner of Scott Stamp & Coin Co.) telling a collector that his first order was mistakenly sent to Prince Edward Island ["D.E.I" was read as "P.E.I"] but that a new order is on the way.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1163

Postal Card, 1885, 1¢ brown on buff (UX8), unused card, face with elaborate rose border, back with similar olive border and matching Marble and Granite Works advertising, Very Fine, quite scarce and most attractive.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1164

Postal Card, 1886, 1¢ black on buff, ship wrecked (UX9), with faint duplex cancel from Norwalk, O. to Vienna, Austria, two strikes violet handstamp "Gehoben aus den gesheiterten Shiff ‘Eider’" (lifted from the sunk ship "Eider"); expected water damage and a 1¢ stamp that was used to make the 2¢ rate has been washed off, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1165

Postal Card, 1891, 1¢ Grant Columbian Exposition (UX10), with 1¢ a.a. #230 tied by 6/6/93 Chicago, Ill. duplex cancel on card used to Munich, Germany, U.P.S.S. #EX79, receiving strike at left, Very Fine, rare international use of this issue. UPSS $250.
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Lot 1166
 
Postal Card, 1891, 1¢ Grant Columbian Exposition (UX10), group of eight different unaddressed cards with matching 12/14/93 World's Fair Station machine cancels (Bomar #C93-11A), F.-V.F. UPSS $400.
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Lot 1167

Postal Card, 1891, 1¢ Columbian Exposition, set 7a, Transportation Bldg. (UX10), with 1¢ Columbian (230) added, from Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb 23, 1894 to Paramaraibo, Surinam, handstamped "T/Centimes 15 N.Y." with blue manuscript "15", backstamped Georgetown, Br. Guiana, Mar 14, with Mar 3 Paramaraibo receiver on front; stamp torn, otherwise Very Fine. Rare usage of Columbian Expo card. UPSS EX71.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1168

Postal Card, 1891, 1¢ Grant "Picture Hanger" (UX11 var), mint card, pristine condition, dark color, bright card stock with sharp corners. Extremely Fine. UPSS S12e $400.
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Lot 1169

Postal Card, 1891, 1¢ Grant "Picture Hangar" (UX11 var), two used cards (one with cancel and receiving strikes on back), in decidedly different shades, Very Fine pair clearly showing the variety. UPSS S12e $250.
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Lot 1170

Postal Cards, 1898, 1¢ Jefferson Trans-Mississippi Exposition, set of ten mint cards, U.P.S.S. #EX89-98 with half of each being types 1 and 2, top edge crease on #EX91, otherwise very clean with fresh colors and card stock, VF. UPSS $1,000.
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Lot 1171

Postal Card, 1898, 2¢ black on buff (UX16), with 7/7/06 Philadelphia, Pa. machine cancel (Quaker dateline in message) on card used to Friend's Mission, Tokyo, Japan. Three bold Japanese transit/receiving strikes on face including one on an attached routing slip, Very Fine, quite scarce used as such.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1172

Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff (UX18), with 1¢ blue green a.a. #300 tied by 4/4/07 Washington, D.C. machine cancel on card used to Sam-Kita, Gabon via Paris and forwarded back to Valence, France, bold receiving strikes on face, some edge wear/tear, still Fine for this much traveled card.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1173

Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff (UX18), with 1¢ deep green a.a. #279 tied by 11/22/02 Brockport, N.Y. machine cancel on card used to Labasa, Fiji, receiving strike at left, San Francisco and Suva transit strikes on back, pressed right edge crease, Fine, scarce destination.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1174

Postal Card, 1910, 1¢ blue on bluish (UX22), 1911 (Jul. 21) San Francisco to Keelung, Taiwan, addressed to U.S.S. Albany at Asiatic Station in care of P.M. San Francisco, pencil forwarding, received with "Keelung, Taiwan / Japan" August 23, 1911 c.d.s., Pan-Pacific Exposition slogan, Very Fine and rare destination.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1175

Postal Card, 1910, 1¢ blue on bluish, paste-up (UX22), mint card with a very fresh impression entirely on the horizontal tape, tiny shallow reverse thin spot, still Very Fine for this popular variety. UPSS S30PUh $300.
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Lot 1176

Postal Card, 1910, 1¢ blue on bluish, paste-up (UX22), mint card with a strongly overinked impression entirely on the tape, Very Fine, interesting variety of these very popular cards. UPSS S30PUh $300.
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Lot 1177

Postal Card, 1911, 1¢ red on cream (UX24), with 1¢ green perfin a.a. #405 tied by 4/24/13 New York, N.Y. machine cancel on card used to Colombo, Ceylon, forwarded to Singapore then reforwarded to Kuala Lampur, bold strikes on face, insignificant light corner creases, Very Fine rare destinations.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1178

Postal Card, 1916, 1¢ green on gray, die 1 (UX27C), unused card with printing on both sides, very fresh card stock, Very Fine. UPSS S38 $400.
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Lot 1179

Airmail Postal Card, 1958, 5¢ red Eagle, mis-cut (UXC2 var), mint card with full stamp indicia at left, pristine and Extremely Fine. A legitimate government issued error as airpost cards were never sold in full sheets.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1180
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Paid Reply Postal Card, 1878, 1¢ Brooks essay, third type of first design on light violet card, small bottom left corner tone spot, Very Fine, rare essay. Brazer UY1E-GA.
Estimate 300 - 400
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