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Sale 320
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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Lot 104 |
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1881, 1¢ gray blue, re-engraved (206), tied by extremely rare "Philadelphia Pa. Jan 9" Leavitt experimental machine cancellation (Type X1B Phil. Die II) on pristine 1882 yellow cover to Weisport, Pa. at the unsealed printed matter rate, blue "Parlor & Sulphur Matches" merchant corner card, magenta Weisport (1.10.82) backstamp; Extremely Fine and attractive with a perfect strike.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Fowke
The Leavitt experimental type X1B with Philadelphia die II was known used from December 10, 1881 to January 11, 1882.
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Lot 105 |
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1881, 3¢ blue green, re-engraved (207), tied by rare "Washington D.C. Nov 7 '81" Leavitt experimental machine cancellation (Type X1A Wash. Die II) on cover to Philadelphia Pa., attorney corner card, "Philadelphia, Pa. Rec'd Nov 7" arrival backstamp; Very Fine and attractive with a superb strike.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Fowke
The Leavitt experimental type X1A with Washington D.C. die II was known used from October 29, 1881 to November 18, 1881.
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Lot 106 |
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Envelope, 1874, 1¢ light blue, die 2 (U113), cancelled by "Boston Mass. Sep 1" Leavitt experimental machine cancellation (Type X3A Boston Die I) at the unsealed printed matter rate to Grand Lake, New Brunswick, blue Lumber merchant corner card, New Brunswick backstamps including Grand Lake (9.4) arrival; Very Fine and scarce foreign mail usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Fowke
The Leavitt experimental type X3A (dial A) with Boston Mass. die I is known used only four days from September 1, 1882 to September 4, 1882. This example is the earliest known use by three hours (the Robert Patkin Collection contained a Sep. 1 example cancelled at 4PM).
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Lot 107 |
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Envelope, 1874, 1¢ light blue on orange, die 2 (U116), cancelled by "Philadelphia Pa. Dec 10 '81" Leavitt experimental machine cancellation (Type X1B Phil. Die II) at the unsealed printed matter rate to England; some wear, a Very Fine and rare foreign mail usage.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Fowke
The Leavitt experimental type X1B with Philadelphia Pa. die II is known used from December 10, 1881 to January 11, 1882. This example is the earliest known usage.
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Lot 108 |
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"World's Fair Station Oct 9, 1893" (Bomar C93-11C), American machine cancellation with Dial G on 1¢ Columbian (U348) entire addressed to Chicago, Ill. and bearing Liberia 1¢ (33) used on "Chicago Day" at the fair, Extremely Fine with a superb strike.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS WORLD'S FAIR MACHINE CANCELLATION.
Provenance: Fowke
This cover was discussed by Reg Morris in his article "Bar Talk - World Fair Station 1893" in the April 1982 issue of Machine Cancel Forum. Featured in the Bomar's "Postal Markings of US Expos".
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