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Lot 3146 |
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Stampless Covers, group of 25 including Rochester, N.Y., 1829 New Orleans, 1848 Feb. 29 New York, couple ladies envelopes, etc., Fine group.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 3147 |
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1851 1¢ Postal History, group of 14 covers with various frankings, better includes strips of three from Pulaski, Oh. and Clarksville, Oh., single tied by blue Zanesville Oh. c.d.s. on medical society invitation, circular rate usages, etc., some flaws, a Fine lot.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3148 |
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1851, 3¢ Orange Brown, Types I & Ii (10/10A), six covers and one front, three are type II; a clean, F-VF group, though only two stamps have four full margins. Scott $1,465.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3149 |
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1851 3¢ on Lady's Envelopes, group of 33 covers with 1851 3¢ singles on embossed lady's envelopes in a range of designs used from towns including New Gloucester, Me., South Danvers Mass., Lisbon Ill., Cornwallbridge Ct., Ironton Ohio, etc., Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3150 |
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1851 3¢ Plate Varieties on Cover, group of twelve covers including varieties of #10 recut button, #11: three lines recut, double transfer, 20R2 with various recuts, triple left frameline, etc.; Fine and interesting group for the specialist.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3151 |
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1851 3¢ Sheet Margin Examples on Cover, group of 27 covers bearing 3¢ 1851 sheet margin examples, some with large margins and several corner margin examples, some mixed condition, a Fine lot.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3152 |
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1851 3¢ Multiples on Cover, six covers comprising two covers with pairs, one cover with two pairs, block of four with pair and single from San Francisco to Leavenworth Kans., block of four, strip of four, and strip of five with single on courthouse cover; faults, Fine and rare group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3153 |
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1851 3¢ Fancy Cancellations, group of eight covers with fancy cancellations comprising multiple strikes of "5" rate marker, small six-pointed star, six-point intertwined star of Chicopee Mass., dotted grid, circular grids in red, blue and black, circled "Paid 3", "Steam / Ship" and "Way", few faults, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3154 |
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1851 3¢ Waterway and Railroad Covers, group of 12 covers and a piece, including New Orleans "Steam" use with #10 (creased) and #11 combination franking, "New York & Phila. R.R.", "Vermt. & Mass. R.R.", "Norwich & Worcester R.R." in blue, "Sullivan & Passumpsic", etc.; some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3155 |
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1851 3¢ Advertising Covers, group of 17 covers, including Cameos and insurance, watches (in shape of pocket watch), dealer in shoes in shape of boot on flap, druggist, German bitters, whig review, etc. some faults, a Fine and interesting group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3156 |
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1851 3¢ Auxilliary Covers, group of 14 covers including forwarded uses with additional frankings paying the additional postage including a #10 use, "Mis-sent & Forw'd" blue straightline of Mansfield Con., "New York Post Office Advertised" oval handstamp, "Due 5", and "Missent" in blue and black; some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3157 |
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1851 3¢ Postal History, collection of over 190 covers including numerous #10s, entirely single frankings with a variety of postmarks and towns, few with four large margins, few color cancellations; some faults, Fine collection.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3158 |
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3¢ 1851-57 Issue Postal History Collection, three albums comprising 115 1851 issue and 137 1857 issue covers neatly mounted for exhibition, many better including some 1851 orange browns, Harwich Mass. green cancellation, combination use with Blood's local, steamboat and railroads, several perf and imperf selvage uses, etc., some recut varieties and plating information provided, also includes a used imperf block of four; some faults, Fine to Very Fine, a fabulous basis for further study.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3159 |
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1857 1¢ Postal History, group of 29 covers with frankings that include strips of three, some better including #20 strip of three on cover (left stamp trimmed), #24 strip of three on ladies envelope cancelled by bold strike of "Bethel Ill May 3" c.d.s., #24 with large straddle margin clip with 25% of left stamp showing, Emory Va. fraternity cover, 1860 Dead Letter Office cover, Baltimore blue paid circular, some 1¢ and 3¢ combination usages prepaying carrier fees and a use to England; some faults, considerable value, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3160 |
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1857 3¢ Types I & II Postal History, group of 15 type I (25) and 3 type II (25A) covers, includes two type I pairs on cover, few interesting markings including "Held for Postage", "Brevoort House" hotel backstamp, "Baltimore R.R." straightline, one with straddle margin selvage; faults, Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3161 |
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1857-61 Three-Cent Type I Perforated (25), group of 18 covers including a green Granville, O. and a "Free" handstamp, condition is a little mixed but generally F-VF. Scott $2,720.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3162 |
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1857 3¢ Imprint and Straddle Lines, group of ten covers with singles showing imprint capture (four), straddle line margin (four) and sheet selvage (two), Fine and interesting group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3163 |
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1857 3¢ Multiples on Cover, group of three covers and front comprising block of nine on front, block of seven on cover from Phil. to N.Y.C., strip of three and pair on separate covers, some stamp faults, Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3164 |
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1857 3¢ Fancy Cancellations, group of 18 covers with various fancy cancellations including fancy ms. cancels like "3" and "S", green bull's eye, numeral "10", Chicopee intertwined six-pointed star, large circled "Paid 3", red dotted grid, "Steam" and circled "Way" in blue, etc.; some faults, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3165 |
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1857 3¢ on Lady's Envelopes, group of 13 envelopes with embossed or enamel designs, some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3166 |
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1857 3¢ Advertising Covers, group of 15 covers and 5 fronts bearing #26, various advertising plus a couple illustrated designs including Lincoln campaign design, red white and blue waving flag patriotic, all-over wagon advertising, embossed corner cards, some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3167 |
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1857 3¢ Postal History, group of over 120 covers and a few fronts, many interesting uses including forwarded, mourning envelopes, neat central strikes of town datestamps like New Ipswich N.H., Black River N.Y., Hotchkissville Ca., East Pepperell Ms., etc., few in color, some plate varieties, etc. Fine group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 3168 |
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1861-68 3¢ Fancy Cancel Covers, group of 29 covers with fancy cancellations or postmarks, better including green Richmond Va. (stamp faulty), stars, two Wells Fargo uses, geometrics, "Paid 3", circled spade, leaf and shield, etc., some faults, a Fine group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 3169 |
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1861-68 3¢ Imprint Selvage Covers, group of six, five bearing a single with selvage showing part of the imprint, the sixth cover bearing a pair with captured imprint in the left margin (faulty) with preprint crease; Fine and interesting group for the specialist.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3170 |
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1861-68 3¢ Multiples on Cover, group of eight covers including block of six on small cover from Easton, Conn., 1864 cover to Switzerland with block of ten on reverse, some pairs and strips, mixed condition, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3171 |
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1861-68 3¢ Registered Covers, selection of nine covers and a front, five with handstamped registration markings, the rest with manuscript registration numbers and/or values; includes a 64b (s.e.), a cover bearing a 3¢ + 5¢ + 15¢ (76, 77, both VG), another with a 3¢ + 15¢ (77 VG), and another (the front) with two pairs, of 3¢; a generally F-VF and interesting group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3172 |
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1861-68 3¢ Covers, group of 65 covers from a range of towns, some forwarded uses, "Paid" cancels in blue and black, 1864 Dead Letter Office use with large blue P.O.D. oval handstamp, double perfs, Philadelphia "U.S. Ship", Westtown local use; some mixed condition, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3173 |
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Black Jack Advertising Covers, group of 25 covers with better including Burnham's American Business College in green, all-over Great American Tea Co., all-over American Agriculturalist, seedman with large Apple engraving, some building scenes, etc., mixed condition, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3174 |
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Black Jack Domestic Mails, collection of 170 covers in three albums, wide range of material including many grills (87, 93), circulars, wrappers, some fancy cancellations,a few revenue usages, Montana territorial use with 93 strip of three, valentine use with original enclosure, patriotic, etc., tremendous value, some mixed condition, a Fine collection.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 3175 |
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Black Jack New York City Local Mail, group of five New York City local covers bearing single frankings cancelled by geometric corks including star and negative types; couple faults, a Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3176 |
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Black Jack New York Circular Rate Mail, group of eight New York City circular rate covers bearing single frankings including grills cancelled by geometric corks including star and negative and various geometric types; few faults, a Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3177 |
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Black Jack Usages Abroad, group of 12 covers comprising destinations of Germany, England, Brazil and Canada, some better including pair with 24¢ to Wurttemburg, single with 3¢ and 10¢ to Germany, etc., mixed condition, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3178 |
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Black Jack Circulars Abroad, group of three comprising 1864 San Francisco wrapper to France, 1866 printed letter to France and 1867 prices current to Amsterdam (faulty), Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3179 |
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1869 Pictorial Issue Postal History, group of six covers comprising 1¢ on I.R.S. envelope; 1¢ on 2¢ entire from the H.B. Shaw correspondence to Alfred, Me.; 2¢ on local Philadelphia cover; 6¢ used with 15¢ F. grill on legal size cover Meridian, N.Y. to Franklin, Pa.; 12¢ from Morristown, N.J. on B.F. Stevens use to England; 15¢ type II paying registry fee on cover with 3¢ 1861; mixed condition, interesting group.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3180 |
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3¢ Bank Note Postal History, group of about 50 covers in one album, bearing 3¢ green frankings including with grill (136), some fancy cancellations and unusual postmarks, includes a cut down cover franking with 15¢ value, colors including magenta, few faults, Fine lot.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3181 |
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1870-79 6¢ Bank Note Fancy Cancellations, group of 9 better covers including 148 strip of three cancelled by tiny negative "H" in blue on registered cover from Kingston N.Y., 148 with New York cross, 159,158 cancelled by small negative "M" from Denver Col., 159,158 tied by negative geometric "B" cancellations of Brooklyn Ct., etc., some small faults, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3182 |
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1870-82 6¢ Bank Note Fancy Cancellations, group of 7 covers including 208 with negative "P" of Princeton Ill. (reduced at left), 148 with Cincinnati blue four rings, 159 with Lebanon Ct. red maltese cross, etc., faults, Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3183 |
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1870-79 6¢ Bank Note Advertising Covers, lot of 10 covers and one front with Charter Oak Life Ins. cameo ad., better include Boston Musical Instrument ad in gold print, all-over pink ad for Mich. Auditor General Office to Germany, and all-over pink ad for the S.C. Sec. of State; faults, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3184 |
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1870-82 6¢ Bank Note Foreign Destination Covers, group of 11 including two 148 covers to B.F. Stevens in England with red oval h.s., 148 pair to Nova Scotia with large "10 Cis" circular handstamp, 208 with 206 on 3¢ entire to France with forwarders label, 208 with 207 and 206 to England, 159 on a mourning envelope to Scotland cancelled by a Jack-O-Lantern of Chenoa Ill., 1872 use to Germany with 145, 148, and an underpaid 1871 use to Germany with 148; some faults, Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3185 |
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1870-82 6¢ Bank Note Registry Covers, group of seven including 148 (2), 147 (2) paring 15¢ registry fee, 157-159 paying the scarce 8¢ registry fee, 159 pair to Canada, two 208 covers with different frankings, etc., some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3186 |
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1870-79 6¢ Bank Note Forwarded Covers, group of ten with some addressed in care of forwarders, better including 1879 use from Needham with purple circled "N" cancellations tying 178 pair and 159 on cover to France and forwarded to Switzerland, 1872 with 148 tied by Philadelphia positive five-pointed star to B.F. Stevens in England, East Chester Pa. with oval "Insufficently Paid" and Philadelphia (3.10) transit, "6d" handstamp upon arrival in London, and #137 to Paris on faulty cover; some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 3187 |
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1870-82 6¢ Bank Note Covers, interesting lot of 14 covers including #137 with 'I' grill on cover to Nova Scotia, 208 forwarded use, two R.P.O. uses including "Chicago & Dun. R.P.O. Jul 27" c.d.s. in blue on cover to Canada, 159 with Portland Me. negative "12" cancel, and 159 on all-over Maryland House of Delgates envelope; few faults, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3188 |
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Bank Note Domestic Mails, group of over 150 covers with mostly 1¢ 2¢ and 3¢ frankings, includes fancy cancellations and postmarks, better includes 1¢ block of four on 3¢ entire, 1¢ with imprint capture, jumbos, 3¢ block of ten on large cover, 30¢ + 15¢ + 10¢ + 2¢ paying 19-times rate on legal size cover, Territorials like Utah and Montana, Rail Road post offices, etc., some faults, a Fine lot.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3189 |
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Bank Note Registered Mail, group of nine, better include 1¢ + 15¢ to Canada, 5¢ + 10¢ (2) from New York City to Germany with red Walker Gun corner card, and two 3¢ + 15¢ domestic registry usages, some fault, a Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3190 |
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1870s-90s Bank Note Registered Mail, group of five registered covers including #205 (2) and 210 on cover from Mt. Pleasant, Utah Territory, #187 on 1883 cover from Byron, Olmstead Col. Minn. to Chicago Ill., etc., Fine group.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 3191 |
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Bank Note Foreign Mails, group of 40 covers used abroad including 15¢ to Cape of Good Hope, destinations include British Burma, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Syria, some forwarded and two with French postage dues affixed; some mixed condition, a Fine to Very Fine lot.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3192 |
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1870-76 New York Foreign Mail Covers, selection of 14 covers and one front on dealer auction pages, all priced and identified by Weiss number, values from 2¢ to 12¢ (no 10¢—see next lot) including a 5¢ entire and an 1869 6¢; destinations include Guatemala and Spain, several covers marked as one of two or only reported usages on cover, excellent variety, F-VF. Marked retail values total $5,700.
Estimate 1,200 - 1,500
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Lot 3193 |
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1870-76 New York Foreign Mail Covers, selection of 18 covers and two partial covers on dealer auction pages, all priced and identified by Weiss number, all bearing 10¢ Bank Notes to Europe, many rare types and beautiful strikes with a few marked as only reported usages on cover, excellent variety, F-VF. Marked retail values total $7,145.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 3194 |
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1870-88 Bank Note Postal History, group of 23 mostly registered covers, includes Portland Me. use with return address clipping stating sections 456 and 465 of the Postal Laws for proper returning, two 8¢ registry fees bearing 1¢ 10¢ frankings, some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 3195 |
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Advertising Covers Bearing 2¢ Columbian, group of 11 covers, each with a different design including Gibson House with building design, Ford's Hotel in bright green, Bouquet Champagne with large bottle design, Wire Cloth and Wire Works all-over front and back design, etc., some faults, Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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