| U.S. Postal History - Bank Note Issues through 20th Century |
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Lot 1319 |
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1870, 10¢ brown, grilled (139), Fine with a reasonably defined grill, tied by crossroads cancel on 1871 folded letter to Mexico, postmarked red "New-York/+/Apr 1 (8)" foreign mail c.d.s., with handstamped "4" (reales due), manuscript "P ‘City of Merida’ ", Very Fine.
Scott $650
Expertization: 1979 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 1320 |
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1870, 3¢ green (147), each on an advertising cover featuring identical cameo-style corner card for the same Petersburg, Va. Grocer & Liquor Dealer, the first in green, the second in red stamps each tied by Petersburg star-in-circle duplex; both reduced slightly at right with small cover repair but otherwise fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1321 |
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1870, 10¢ brown (150), New York Foreign Mail grid cancel on 1872 folded cover to Laguna de Terminos, Mexico, tied by "New York", **, Oct 29" foreign mail c.d.s., handstamped "2" and "Via Progreso", small breaks along horizontal file fold, Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1322 |
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1873, 2¢ brown, vertical bisect (157e), tied by target cancel to 3¢ green (158) strip of four on registered cover to Bangor, Mich., Hopkinton, N.Y. c.d.s. at lower left, manuscript "65" registry number, slightly reduced at left, couple small faults in strip, Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
ONE OF ONLY THREE 2¢ BROWN CONTINENTAL BISECT COVERS ARE CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.
Expertization: 1999 A.P.S. and 2004 P.F. Certificates.
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Lot 1323 |
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1873, 7¢ orange vermilion and pair of 10¢ brown (160, 161), tied by cork cancels on 1876 cover from New Haven, Conn. to Wellington, Cape of Good Hope via New York, London and Cape Town, with all appropriate markings on front including scarce "New 1.10 York" integral rate c.d.s. and red manuscript "1", 10¢ pair has split arrow and bit of "captured" plate number in top margin, Very Fine and very scarce. 42 days in transit, April 11 - May 22, 27¢ rate by British packet via Southampton.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1324 |
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1873, 10¢ brown (161), with large part "captured" plate number in top margin, tied by perfectly struck New York Foreign Mail cancel (Weiss ST-MP3) on 1873 folded letter to France, red New 6 York, postage due, Dec 8 and "London Paid 29 De 73" c.d.s.s, "PD" in oval, French entry c.d.s. and blue senders oval handstamps, backstamped, Very Fine and most attractive use of a captured plate number.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1325 |
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1873, 30¢ gray black (165), used with 2¢ vermilion (178) on 1877 cover to Mahe, Seychelles, "New Bedford, Mass., Mar 1" c.d.s., brown Boston/Paid and red London/Paid transit c.d.s.s., backstamped Seychelles, Apr 30, addressed to "Capt. David E. Allen, Bark ‘Minnesota’, Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Care American Consul"; flap missing, corner of 30¢ damaged, a Fine whaling correspondence cover to a rare destination.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 2001 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1326 |
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1875, 5¢ blue (179), pair and single used with 2¢ red brown (146), tied by quartered cork cancels and by Cranbury, N.J. c.d.s. on small pink cover to Payta, Peru, red "New 12 York, Jul 29" transit c.d.s., manuscript "Care of U.S. Consul", no other markings, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1327 |
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1875, 5¢ blue (179), pair and two singles tied by magenta "Bloomfield, New Mexico, Nov 4, 1881" double-line double circles duplexed with Maltese cross, on registered cover to Paris, France, manuscript "26/16" registry number applied at Bloomfield with no registry postmark, blue handstamped "7966" applied in New York with N.Y. registry postmarks on reverse dated Nov 14 and 15, red French entry c.d.s. on front, Paris receiver on reverse; couple minor perf creases, a Fine New Mexico territorial overseas registry usage with 10¢ for double weight letter plus 10¢ for registration.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1328 |
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United States, Despatch Agent, B.F. Stevens, London, two covers franked with 5¢ banknotes; first bears #179 from Orange, N.J., Dec 27, 1878 to Charing Cross, forwarded to France with rose-pink Stevens oval, Jan 7, 1879; second bears #216 from Washington, D.C., Mar 20, 1889, to Charing Cross, forwarded to Alexandria, Egypt with violet Stevens oval and matching "Care of the/United States Consul/Alexandria Egypt" handstamp; Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1329 |
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1879, 1¢ dark ultramarine (182), pair tied on 3¢ entire by "New York Mar 3" duplex to Bucarest, Roumania, 1877 receiver on reverse, manuscript "Per Str. Neckar via Bremen", Very Fine, one of the rarest original U.P.U. members with only 4-5 Banknote era frankings recorded.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1330 |
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1879, 5¢ blue (185), single cancelled and tied by two strikes of "PM/ London/ 22 De/ 82" c.d.s. on cover with printed address to England, readdressed with label to Seville, Spain, reverse with red London postmark. and purple Brown, Shipley oval, indistinct Spanish marking, tiny Dec. 27th receiving note at lower left; stamp with small tear at top, Very Fine appearance, a remarkable usage. Devoid of U.S. postmarks, without sailing instructions and the stamp uncancelled, it is likely this cover was prepared for mailing in the states, but then carried privately and handed over to Brown, Shipley, who placed it in the British mail system, which treated the cover as fully paid.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1331 |
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1879, 5¢ blue (185), two covers, each with single paying the U.P.U. rate to Burma, each with different fancy Spencerport N.Y. postmark, 1880 and 1882, first in purple with tiny Maltese Crosses and stamp tied by star, other in grayish black with serrated edge and star ornaments and stamp tied by negative star, Sea Post Office and Brindisi backstamps; former cover with small tear, otherwise Very Fine exhibition pair.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1332 |
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(Baseball), 1¢ re-engraved (206) tied by bold Boston, Mass. oval on cover for a "Spring Good and Fireworks" dealer featuring a baseball player in uniform with a bat on his shoulder along with a garden cart and a wheel barrow, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1333 |
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1881, 1¢ gray blue, re-engraved (206), irregular block of 10, manuscript cancelled, paying the registration fee on the reverse of a 2¢ entire (U277) to St. Louis, "Desoto, Miss., Wilbur J. Knight, P.M." c.d.s. along with St. Louis "Received" c.d.s. on front; block has straight edge at left, extends beyond edge of cover at B, F. The largest recorded used multiple of the 1¢ re-engraved.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1334 |
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(Seven Sutherland Sisters), two mild covers featuring the sisters with "Hair 7' long, 4' thick", first and all-over design in blue & red with 3¢ green (207), tied by Boston duplex, Apr 2, 1883, the other with a central vignette offering a sample of hair grown by the sisters for 50¢ & $1.00, franked with 2¢ green (213) tied by N.Y. duplex, Dec 31, 1888; Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1335 |
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1882, 10¢ brown, re-engraved (209), deep dark brown shade, tied by "New York Oct 7 '87" duplex on cover addressed to Buenos Aires, Argentina in care of the Bishop of the Falkland Islands, "Buenos Aires No. 10 '87" backstamp; some age spots, Fine and scarce destination.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1336 |
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1883, 2¢ red brown (210), tied by "New York Dec 17, '84" duplex on 3¢ green entire (U167) to San Jose, Costa Rica, St. Thomas 1885 transit on reverse, Very Fine, rare destination.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1337 |
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1883, 2¢ red brown (210 var), one stamp diagonally bisected and placed at upper left and right corners of a locally mail cover to Boston, upper right half tied by full Boston "L" duplex, June 11, 1887, upper left by killer portion only; somewhat toned, Fine and unusual.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1338 |
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1888 (Sep. 14) Philadelphia to Seoul, Korea, duplex c.d.s. tying 5¢ Indigo (216) on cover addressed to Col. John G. Lee, Royal Korean Service, "Yukun Kiosa", reverse with San Francisco, Yokohama, and Nagasaki transits, front with additional Nagasaki transit, Asian backstamp; stamp with surface abrasion and cover wrinkling, Fine and rare destination.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1339 |
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1888, 30¢ orange brown (217), tied along with 10¢ brown (209), by New York Supplementary Mail type F duplexes, Sept 5, 1889 on cover to England, backstamped Liverpool, Sept 13; 10¢ s.e. at left, F.-V.F. 4x 5¢ U.P.U. rate, doubled for supplementary mail.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1340 |
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1888, 30¢ orange brown (217), horizontal pair tied by N.Y. Supplementary Mail "1" duplexes, Jan 9, 1889 on large cover to England; left stamp faulty, cover which has two sealed tears, has been cut down and refolded at the left, a rare usage, 6x the 5¢ U.P.U. rate doubled for supplementary mail service.
Scott $400 500
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Lot 1341 |
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1893, 30¢ Columbian (239), horizontal pair tied by one of two strike Winona, Minn. c.d.s. on 1c Columbian entire sent registered to Balaton, Minn., May 16, 1894, stamps with couple short perfs, cover Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1342 |
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1893, 50¢ Columbian (240), Fine, tied by neat New York machine cancel, Mar 3, 1894 on cover to Germany, F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1343 |
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1893, $1 Columbian (241), Fine, tied by clear New York REG oval on redg cover to Germany, postmarked "New York, N.Y., Reg's. Div., 8-10, 1893" double oval with exchange office registry label, backstamped Bremen, Aug 19, F.-V.F.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1344 |
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1895, $2 bright blue (277), average centering, tear upper right corner, tied by "Dodgeville, Mass., Jan 30, 1902" c.d.s. on printed reply envelope to J.S. Paige of Providence, R.I.; "0" of "30" in c.d.s. strengthened with pen, vertical file fold, Very Fine.
Scott $3,500
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Lot 1345 |
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1901, 1¢ Pan-American (294), six copies tied on 4¢ entire by Chicago, Ill. double oval and purple Chicago registered postmark to Boston, Mass., reverse with purple handstamps "Rec'd at Boston, Mass. / in damaged condition" and "re-enveloped at Boston, Mass.", opening tear at lower right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1346 |
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1903, 3¢ bright violet (302), tied by New Haven, Conn. machine cancel, Apr 23, 1907 on 2¢ entire (U395) to Syen Chyun, Korea, backstamped May 22, F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1347 |
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1909, 2¢ Alaska-Yukon (370, 372), three singles of each, along with a 1¢ & 2¢ #331-332, tied by Philadelphia "RD" ovals on registered cover to Germany, magenta Philadelphia registry c.d.s. Nov 1, 1909 and German exchange office registry label, German railroad cancel on reverse, 13.11.09; stamps with minor perf tones, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 250 - 300
Expertization: 2001 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1348 |
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1908, 2¢ carmine, China clay paper (332b), tied by partial "Wait’s River, Vt., Apr 17, 1909" duplex on cover to West Topsham, Vt.; opening tear at upper right resulting in tiny tear at bottom of stamp, Fine and exceedingly rare. Only a handful of China clay stamps used on cover have been recorded Not priced on cover [or even used!].
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Expertization: 1992 and 2003 P.F. Certificates.
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Lot 1349 |
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1911, 3¢ 5¢-10¢ Washington (376, 378-381), all tied on a registered 1¢ postal card by Philadelphia, Pa double oval cancels to Germany, magenta Philadelphia Apr 18, 1912 c.d.s. on reverse, German receiver on front, Very Fine, rare registered postal card rate.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1350 |
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1916, 2¢ carmine, type II, coil (491), single tied on cover by "Chicago, Ill. Jan 9, 1917" machine cancel to Wonewoc, Wisc., bank corner card, Very Fine and rare first week commercial usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 1994 P.F. Certificate.
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