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Lot 147 |
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1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue Post Office Announcement, June 11, 1898 Post Office Department announcement of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi "Omaha" Exposition issue, one page, minor mounting stains, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
Announcement starts, "The issue of these stamps began June 10th (to postmasters), and will cease December 31st, 1898…these stamps, as well as others, can be had only by purchase and of postmasters; and postmaster can secure them only by using the blank form of requisition designed for that purpose…".
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Lot 148 |
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1898, 1¢-5¢ Trans-Miss. (285-288), singles, plus an extra 2¢ & 5¢ tied by "Camden, N.J. Jun 17 '98" circular datestamps on registered 4¢ entire (U324) addressed to Ootacamund, India, registry control handstamp and crayon number, New York exchange label affixed, reverse with purple Camden (6.17) registry handstamp, New York (6.18) registry oval, Sea Post Office (7.10) and Ootacamund (7.11) arrival datestamp, flap with light blue "Geo. D. Woodward, Camden N.J." sender's handstamp; 4¢ & 5¢ with tiny flaws, minor cover edgewear, Very Fine.
Estimate 75,000 - 100,000
A SPECTACULAR TRANS-MISSISSIPPI COMBINATION FIRST DAY COVER TO AN EXOTIC DESTINATION.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
This is the only Trans-Mississippi first day cover to a foreign destination other than Germany.
There are only three recorded Trans-Mississippi combination first day covers as follows:
1. 1¢ 4¢ & 5¢ legal size P.O. Dept. business envelope registered from Washington D.C. to Wrentham Mass.
2. 1¢-5¢ with two 2¢ & 5¢ Camden N.J. registered to Ooctacamund, India. The cover offered here.
3. 1¢ to 10¢ values, from J.M. Bartels of Washington D.C. registered to Metz, Germany. Ex-McCoy.
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Lot 149 |
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1898, 1¢ Trans-Miss. (285), tied by "Washington, D.C. Sta. C. Jun 17 1898" waving flag machine cancellation on cover with typewritten address of "Herrn Hermann August Kah, Baden-Baden, Germany", Washington D.C. "Transit 2" machine backstamp, unsealed 1¢ circular rate; slight cover abrasion of no consequence, otherwise Extremely Fine.
Scott $15,000
REGARDED AS THE FINEST OF LESS THAN 5 RECORDED 1¢ TRANS-MISSISSIPPI FIRST DAY COVERS.
Provenance: Fischer
This first day cover comes from matched set of Trans-Mississippi first day covers sent by J.M. Bartels to Herrn Hermann August Kah. There are at least eight different values sent, the 2¢ and 5¢ examples are offered in the following lots.
Illustrated in the Alan Berkun census, First Days, June 1998, p. 279.
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Lot 150 |
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1898, 2¢ Trans-Miss. (286), well centered and remarkably fresh, tied by "Washington, D.C. Sta. C. Jun 17 1898" waving flag machine cancellation on cover with typewritten address of "Herrn Herm. August Kah, Baden-Baden, Germany", Washington D.C. "Transit 2" machine backstamp, unsealed circular rate; insignificant cover abrasion, otherwise Extremely Fine.
Scott $17,500
ONE OF THE FINEST OF ABOUT A DOZEN RECORDED 2¢ TRANS-MISSISSIPPI FIRST DAY COVERS.
Provenance: Fisher
Illustrated in L.S. Fisher's "Up-dating the Tran-Mississippi's", First Days, Jul.-Aug. 1969, p. 3.
Illustrated in the Alan Berkun census, First Days, June 1998, p. 279.
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Lot 151 |
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1898, 2¢ Trans-Miss. (286), tied by "Omaha, Neb./Jun 17 '98" machine cancellation on blue cacheted exposition envelope addressed to Grinnell Iowa, reverse with "Grinnell Iowa Rec'd Jun 18" receiver; reduced slightly at left, stamp with surface scrape, Fine.
Scott $15,000
THE UNIQUE EXPOSITION CACHETED 2¢ TRANS-MISSISSIPPI FIRST DAY COVER.
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
There are only two recorded Trans-Mississippi first day covers bearing an exposition cachet:
1. 1¢ with Official Seal cachet in light blue to The Legal Advisor in Chicago Ill.
2. 2¢ with Seated Liberty cachet in dark blue to Iowa College in Grinnell Iowa. The example offered here.
Illustrated in the Alan Berkun census, First Days, June 1998, p. 277.
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Lot 152 |
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1898, 5¢ Trans-Miss. (288), fresh with rich color, tied by "Washington, D.C. Sta. C. Jun 17 1898" waving flag machine cancellation on cover with typewritten address of "Herrn Herm. August Kah, Baden-Baden, Germany", Washington D.C. "Transit 2" machine backstamp, Baden-Baden (6.26.1898) arrival backstamp; slight cover abrasion at far left, otherwise Extremely Fine.
Scott $20,000
THE FINEST OF ONLY THREE RECORDED 5¢ TRANS-MISSISSIPPI FIRST DAY COVERS.
Provenance: Fisher
Illustrated in L.S. Fisher's "Up-dating the Tran-Mississippi's", First Days, Jul.-Aug. 1969, p. 34.
Illustrated in the Alan Berkun census, First Days, June 1998, p. 279.
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