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Lot 1270

Registry, 1911, 10¢ ultramarine (F1), tied by registry ovals on cover from Vera Cruz, Mexico to Lawrence, Mass., handstamped "Found in Ordinary Mail" in purple, purple "Galveston Tex. Registered Jul 15 1914" backstamps, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1271

Postage Due, 1884, 2¢ red brown (J16), block of five tied by "Aurora Ill. Jul 26" c.d.s. on reverse of incoming mourning envelope from Sweden with "Wadstena 5 7 1886" origin c.d.s., New York due 10¢ handstamp, cover tears, Fine use.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1272

Parcel Post Postage Due, 1913, 1¢ dark green (JQ1), vertical strip of three, straight edges, tied by Sterling Ill. oval cancellations on cover from Peoria, Ill. bearing 2¢ Wash. tied by Jan. 14 duplex to Sterling, Ill., handstamped "Due 4 Cents." in purple, Very Fine and choice use.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1273

Parcel Post Postage Due, 1913, 1¢ & 2¢ dark green (JQ1, JQ2), 1¢ pair and 2¢ single tied by "Fort Riley, Kan." c.d.s. on separate 1916 covers from Columbus N.M. to Fort Riley, Kan. marked with "Postage Due 2 Cents" handstamp, Fine and scarce correspondence pair.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1274

Parcel Post Postage Due, 1913, 2¢ dark green (JQ2), on picture post card addressed to New York City, "Hudson Terminal Sta. Jul 8 1913" due 2¢ handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1275

Parcel Post Postage Due, 1913, 2¢ dark green (JQ2), precancelled pair on 1914 incoming cover from Germany bearing Germany 20pf. tied by Berlin (6.29) c.d.s., Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1276

Parcel Post Postage Due, 1913, 5¢ dark green (JQ3), two singles, tied by New York oval cancellations on 1913 incoming cover from Russia to Brookline, Mass. bearing Russia 10kp. tied by June 12 c.d.s., New York due 10¢ handstamp, cover creasing and light stain, a Fine use.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1277
 
Parcel Post Postage Due covers, group lot of five covers including JQ1 pair and JQ2 single on separate Columbus, N.M. to Fort Riley Kans. correspondence covers, JQ2 single on 1914 cover, JQ1 block of six used on philatelic cover, and JQ2 on legal size cover dated July 10, 1913; Fine group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1278
 
Offices in China, 1919, 4¢ on 2¢ rose (K2), two single usages to the U.S., 1919 & 1920; plus K3, K14 pair & K15 tied on piece by U.S. Postal Agency/ Shanghai China parcel cancels, K3 & K14 with natural s.e.; F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1279

Offices in China, 1919, 12¢ on 6¢ red orange (K6), each with a straight edge, tied by partial "U.S. Pos. Service, Shanghai, China" duplexes, Oct. 20, 1922, addressed locally to P.S. Yih at the Sparks Insurance Office; vertical file fold not affecting stamps, Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1280

Agriculture Dept., 1873, 1¢ yellow (O1), cancelled by split cork on complete seed wrapper to Sugar Grove Pa., preprinted Department of Agriculture official business package label, pencil "Return Dec 1 1873" endorsement over stamp; file fold through stamp and erosion, Fine and scarce.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1281

Executive Dept., 1873, 3¢ carmine (O12), tied by Washington, D.C. duplex on Executive Mansion envelope to A. Hiestand Glatz as "Secretary &c, York, Pa., F-VF. Glatz was a Union General, a Pennsylvania state senator and an officer of the York County Free-Masons.
Estimate 600 - 800

Expertization: 2002 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1282

Treasury Dept., 1879, 10¢ brown (O111), tied by large grid cancellation on registered penalty envelope from the Office of the Lighthouse Inspector to the Santa Cruz, Cal. light station keeper, purple San Francisco Cal. registered postmark, couple file folds, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1283

Post Office Dept., 1874, 2¢ black on lemon (UO5), cancelled by purple grid duplexed with "Cincinatti, O. Dead Letter Dept, Jul 19 1881" large double circle datestamp; file fold at center, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1284

Blood & Co., 1854 (1¢) bronze on lilac (15L14), tied along with 1851 3¢ dull red (11) by "Philadelphia Pa May 15" c.d.s. on cover to Simsbury Ct., "Blood's Despatch May 15 1857" c.d.s., forwarded upon arrival to Canandaigua, N.Y. with 1851 3¢ dull red (11) tied by "Simsbury Ct May" c.d.s. with manuscript "18" date; edge tear, Fine and scarce forwarded use.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1285

Blood & Co., 1855 (1¢) black (15L18), margins to cutting at right, tied by red "Blood's Despatch Nov 22" d.s. on to-the-mails use with 3¢ dull red (26), faulty, tied by Philadelphia d.s. on cover to Reading Pa.; refolded flap, Fine.
Scott $350
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Lot 1286

Wells Fargo & Co., 1862-64, 25¢ red (143L9), lightly tied on 3¢ entire (U10) by one of two light strikes blue Marysville, Cal. Wells Fargo oval, faint horizontal file fold, minor flap tears, F-VF.
Scott $4,000
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