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Lot 1568 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), tied by "Hartford Ct. Jun 18" duplex c.d.s. on a gun advertising cover depicting "The Roper Four Shooting Shot-Gun", addressed to Windsor Locks, Ct.; opened and reduced slight at top, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1569 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), horizontal pair tied by bright green cork cancels on legal size cover postmarked matching "Greenwich, N.Y., Dec 27"; address slightly smeared, file fold at left end, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1570 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), two legal covers franked with blocks of four paying the quadruple rate, one Alfred, Me. to Malden, Mass., the other Winchester, Ind. (? postmark not quite readable) to Valparaiso, Ind.; both blocks and covers with faults (see photo), scarce usages.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1571 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), well tied by "N. York Steamship Mar. 31" c.d.s. on 1870 folded cover from Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Cuban origin indicated by blind embossed "J.M. Morales & Co., Cardenas" on otherwise blank lettersheet, Halifax receiver (Apr 5) on reverse; some reinforced splitting along vertical file fold, Fine. A very rare, if not unique, usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: clear 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1572 |
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1869, 12¢ green (117), tied by red boxed "Bremen/ Franco" 1873 entry datestamp on 6¢ purple entire (U65) from Unionville, Nev. (Feb 1 c.d.s.) to Darnstadt, Germany, red New York Paid All c.d.s. (Mar. 1) and Darnstadt distribution backstamp (Mar 15); stamp with average centering, otherwise Very Fine, an apparent 3 x 6¢ usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1573 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), small faults, tied along with 3¢ F. grill (94) on registered cover from Vinton, Iowa to Chillacotha, Mo.; 3¢ with toned perfs (probably pre-use), Fine mixed issue franking and scarce domestic use of the 15¢ 1869.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1574 |
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United States * Despatch Agent * B. F. Stevens London, red double oval datestamp, May 12, 1871 on U.S. Consulate at Sheffield imprint cover to Norwich Conn., signed C.B. Webster, Consul, and free franked by Sevellon A. Brown, Chief Clerk, blue Dept. of State handstamp; reduced slightly at both ends, Fine and rare use of free frank on transatlantic cover handled by B. F. Stevens.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1575 |
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1870, 2¢ red brown (146), block of six, minor flaws, tied on legal size cover New York to Plymouth, Ind., July 27, 1872; reduced a bit at left, Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1576 |
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1870, 3¢ green (147), horizontal pair tied by nice strike New York Foreign Mail "flying clothespins" (Weiss TR-C7) on small 1872 cover from New York to England, pair also tied by one of two "New York, Mar 14" c.d.s.s, red London Paid receiver, Mar 25, also on front; right stamp with perf fault, a Very Fine and attractive example.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1577 |
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1870, 10¢ brown (150), fine horizontal pair, tied by two strikes scarce New York Foreign Mail grid (Weiss type TR-GR-25a) on 1872 folded cover to St. Croix, New York, Feb 22, and St. Thomas, Feb 29, c.d.s.s along with blue sender's "A. Baiz & Co." datestamp Feb 21, manuscript instruction " South America via St. Thomas", F-VF.
Estimate 400 - 600
ONLY SEVEN OTHER EXAMPLES OF THIS NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL CANCELLER REPORTED BY WIESS.
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Lot 1578 |
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1870, 15¢ bright orange (152), short perfs at top, with 3¢ green (147), tied by grid cancels on small registered cover from Putney, Vt. to Montpelier, Vt.; part of flap missing, Fine.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1579 |
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1873, 3¢ green (158), pen cancelled and tied by Canadian target cancel on cover from Canada to Fulton, N.Y., red "Farrako Point Ont. MR 9 75" split-ring postmark at lower left, Prescott Ont. transit (Mar. 10) on reverse, large embossed "A" corner card; small tear at bottom, Very Fine and unusual usage shortly after the new (Feb. 1875) treaty rate of 3¢.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1580 |
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1873, 30¢ gray black (165), single used with horizontal pairs of the 2¢ (#160) and 10¢ (#178) and single 5¢ (#179) on large size registered cover from Boston to Quebec, Apr. 21, 1877; cover with mended tears and file folds slightly affecting the stamps, reduced at sides, Very Good. 59¢ postage is a 1¢ overpayment of the 58¢ rate for an 8 oz. letter at 3¢ per ½ oz. plus 10¢ for registration.
Estimate 300 - 400
Provenance: Vincent G. Greene
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Lot 1581 |
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5¢ Taylor (179, 185), four covers, one is a usage from England with 5¢ cancelled by London transit, three to Eastern Siberia comprising two single frankings and single on 3¢ entire and with 2¢ vermilion; mixed condition, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1582 |
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1¢ 2¢ 12¢ and 30¢ banknotes (145, 146, 151, 190), tied by multiple NY Station H duplexes, Jan 10, 1891, on small registered local cover, two NY registry postmarks on reverse along with manuscript notation "Found in
‘collection box’, Br[anch] ‘H’, N.Y.P.O."; stamps with slight pre-use faults, as would be expected on a philatelic cover of this nature, Fine and unusual.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1583 |
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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.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1584 |
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1883, 2¢ red brown (210), block of 13 tied by Philadelphia "12" double ovals on reverse of legal size registered cover to Dover, Del., magenta boxed Philadelphia registry postmark Dec 29, 1883 and blue registry #23035, additional magenta Philadelphia datestamp on reverse; reduced somewhat and opening tear at right, block with a few perf franks, Fine. Postage was 16¢ for an 4 oz. letter, at 2¢ per ½ oz., plus 10¢ for registration.
Estimate 300 - 400
THE LARGEST RECORDED USED MULTIPLE OF #210, ON OR OFF COVER.
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Lot 1585 |
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1883, 4¢ blue green, diagonal bisect (211 var.), paying the 2¢ local rate, tied by bold NY Station duplex, Aug 5, 1888, backstamped P.O.N.Y. the same day; light file fold, stamp with a missing perf, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 100 - 150
Expertization: 1976 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1586 |
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1883, 4¢ blue green, diagonal bisect (211 var.), paying the 2¢ local rate, tied by NY Station C duplex, Dec 26, 1883 (complete strike at left, inverted killer portion ties stamp); horizontal file fold, Fine.
Estimate 100 - 150
Expertization: 1977 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1587 |
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1876, 3¢ red entire (U218), used in 1876 from New York to Toronto cancelled clear "New-York Aug. 14" c.d.s. "11" duplex, Toronto receiver on reverse (Aug 15), distribution datestamp at left, Very Fine. A rare usage of a Centennial entire to Canada.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1588 |
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1890, 2¢ lake (219D), tied by "Philadelphia Pa., Feb 26, 5 PM, 90" duplex c.d.s. on small cover to New York, manuscript notation "First 2 cent stamp received", backstamped 11 PM the same day; small opening tear at upper right, stamp with straightedge at top, Fine and scarce early use.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1589 |
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1893, 1¢ Columbian (230), top plate block of eight tied with 6c claret (305) by Chicago Sta. O ovals on 4¢ entire (U324b) sent registered from Chicago to New York, postmarked magenta Eaglewood Station registry c.d.s., Mar 27, 1907 with red and magenta New York registry backstamps; each stamp with manuscript cancel as well as handstamped oval, plate block with two left stamps creased prior to usage; a Fine and unusual properly franked 5-times rate cover with 8¢ for registration.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1590 |
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1893, 3¢ Columbian (232), block of 13 and pair tied by Hoboken, N.H. duplexes, Dec 20, 1893, on registered legal size cover to Stettin, Germany, magenta Hoboken registry postmark on reverse, along with New York registry oval and Stettin receiver; cover and some stamps with faults, Fine and unusual franking, 7-times rate plus 10¢ for registration.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 1591 |
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1894, 5¢ chocolate (255), tied by Toledo, Ohio duplexes on cover to Tokyo, Japan, Aug 10, 1895, backstamped New York, Tacoma, Wash., and Yokohama, red French/Japanese "Unclaimed" handstamp, as well as violet "Held at Consulate, Sent to Dead Letter Office, ‘Unclaimed’" with "Consulate" changed to "destination" in red manuscript; small opening tear to right of stamp, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1592 |
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1898, 4¢ Trans-Miss. (287), imprint and plate #634 pair on registration 2¢ entire from Columbia, S.C. to Bloomington, Ill., Nov 7, 1898, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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