Sale 325

Harbour Auction


Postal Cards
 
 
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Lot 2570
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1873, 1¢ trial colors (UX1TC), three different, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2571
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Morgan 1¢ postal card essay (UX4E-I), two different colors, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 2572
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Brooks Message/Reply card essays, a total of 17 in various colors and formats, apparently 15 different, generally F-VF.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 2573
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1¢ Liberty Head proof, as used for Brooks essays, black on white wove, Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2574
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1873, 1¢ NBNCo. Liberty Essay (E35Db), same design as UX1/2, brown on white envelope, 153 x 89mm, Very Fine.
Scott $200
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Lot 2575
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1¢ + 1¢ Liberty essay, slate blue on pinkish, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 2576
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Lipman postal card forerunner, vermilion on white, erased pencil notations, reverse printed ad for John P. Charlton Copying Books, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2577
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Rodgers Letter Card essay, blue on white with hand-altered inscriptions and handpainted Eagle & Shield indicia affixed in stamp box, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 2578
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1¢ Franklin head embossed postal card essay, magenta on greenish gray, fresh and Extremely Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2579

1873, 1¢ brown, large watermark (UX1), crisp mint card, Very Fine. UPSS S1.
Scott $400
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Lot 2580

1873, 1¢ brown, small watermark (UX2), beautiful strike Waterbury fancy grid (Rohloff H-12), Jan 8 (1875), Extremely Fine. UPSS S2.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2581

1873, 1¢ brown, small watermark (UX2), large rocking chair ad in blue printed on gold overlay, used with beautiful blue Cincinnati "3" duplex; minor corner bend, Very Fine and spectacular. UPSS S2.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2582

1875, 1¢ black, small watermark (UX4), fresh mint card with just the slightest bit of rounding on the corners, Very Fine. UPSS S3.
Scott $4,000
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Lot 2583

1¢ black watermark varieties (UX4 vars.), reversed; inverted; inverted & reversed, the latter with punch holes at left, all neatly cancelled and Very Fine. UPSS S3a-c $900.
Scott $1,200
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Lot 2584

Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley" (UX17), unused Booth, Dailey & Ivins card, lightly toned across the top half, otherwise Very Fine. UPSS S21.
Scott $3,500
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Lot 2585

Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley" (UX17), used Booth, Dailey & Ivins card cancelled New York, Sep 20, 1902, reporting a Sep 18 run of the tug C Matthews, Very Fine. UPSS S21.
Scott $3,650
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Lot 2586

Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley", Die proof (UX17P), mint card with "Die Proof of McKinley Postal Card. Issue of 1901" imprint, Very Fine. UPSS S21P.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 2587

Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley", Die proof (UX17P), mint card with "Die Proof of McKinley Postal Card. Issue of 1902" imprint, Very Fine. UPSS S21P.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 2588

1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley", Specimen (UX17S), mint card with violet-black "Stamp Division, P.O. Dept., Apr 1, 1902" c.d.s., natural printing flaw in McKinley vignette, Extremely Fine. UPSS S21Sp-1 $3,000.
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Lot 2589

1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley", Specimen (UX17S), red violet Stamp Division c.d.s., May 15, 1902 with manuscript "Rejected Dieproof, Specimen (signed) J.H. Reeve", Extremely Fine. Believed to be one of only two known. UPSS S21Sp-1 var. $3,000+.
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Lot 2590

1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley", Specimen (UX17S), Die Proof card with gray-black "SPECIMEN-Not good for postage" handstamp, Extremely Fine. UPSS S21Sp-4.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 2592

Postal Card, 1917, 1¢ green on cream, double impression (UX28b), a pristine mint card, post office fresh and Extremely Fine. Only priced by Scott and U.P.S.S. as pre-printed. UPSS S40b.
Estimate 2,500 - 3,500
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Lot 2593

Postal Card, 1917, 1¢ green on cream, double impression (UX28b), unused card with stenciled address and unprinted back, light corner crease at upper right, Very Fine. UPSS S40b.
Scott $2,250
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Lot 2594

Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on cream, die 2 (UX31), a choice mint card, faint trace of erasure in center, visible only at an angle, fresh and Very Fine. UPSS S43.
Scott $4,500
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Lot 2595

Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on cream, die 2 (UX31), neat Washington, D.C. machine cancel, Oct 20, 1920 (very early use), couple small, light creases along the right edge, otherwise Very Fine. UPSS S43.
Scott $4,500
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Lot 2596

Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on cream, die 2, errors (UX33), double surcharge and inverted surcharge, both identified by the owner as Charleston, though the double in used from Coupland, Tex. to St. Louis, F-VF and rare. UPSS S43.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2597

Postal Card, 1926, 3¢ red on buff (UX37), wcd First Day cancelled, Feb 1, 1926, serviced by C.E. Nickles, small mounting thin on reverse, Very Fine.
Scott $225
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Lot 2598

Postal Card, 1926, 3¢ red on buff (UX37), with $1.30 Zeppelin (C14) and 5¢ winged globe, cancelled New York, Apr 24, 1930, flown by separation from Friedrichshafen to United Kingdom with both cachets and receiver on front, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 250
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Lot 2599

Postal Card, 1952, 2¢ on 1¢ green on buff, black surcharge error of color (UX39 var.), fresh with a bold strike of black surcharge, four sharp corners, Extremeley Fine and rare. UPSS S56-1a2.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS ERROR.

Provenance: Beachboard
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Lot 2600

Postal Card, 1952, 2¢ on 1¢ green on buff, inverted surcharge at bottom left (UX41a), uncut block of four cards, fresh and Very Fine. UPSS S57f.
Scott $310+
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Lot 2601

Postal Card, 1958, 2¢+1¢ carmine rose on buff, "General Electric" (UX47), pristine mint type 2 card, "Schmidt's Radio & T.V. Service, Platteville, Wis." imprint, on ETR-1725-2 ad, Extremely Fine. UPSS S64-2.
Scott $235
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Lot 2602

Postal Card, 1958, 2¢+1¢ carmine rose on buff, "General Electric", inverted surcharge (UX47 var.), fresh mint type 2 card, "The Television Clinic" handstamp on ETR-1057-2 ad, Very Fine. UPSS S64-2f.
Scott $500
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Lot 2603

1988, 15¢ Northwest Territory, blue, black & tagging omitted (UX124c), fresh and choice, Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,000

Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2604

5¢ red on buff (UXC2 var.), severly miscut mint card, dramatically transposing the indicia to the left and the inscription line to the right, fresh and clean, Very Fine and scarce. UPSS SA2 var.
Estimate 300 - 400

Provenance: Beachboard
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Lot 2605

Paid Reply Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢+1¢ on 2¢ message card without surcharge (UY10a), unfolded mint card, Very Fine and choice. UPSS MR17b.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000

ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED MINT UNFOLDED EXAMPLES OF THIS ERROR.

Provenance: Beachboard
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Lot 2606

Paid Reply Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢+1¢ on 2¢ message card without surcharge (UY10a), unfolded mint card; diagonal crease affecting message side, Fine and rare with only three mint unfolded examples being recorded. UPSS MR17b.
Estimate 500 - 750
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