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Lot 4105 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine, grilled (137), pair and single, cancelled by donuts on registered circa 1870 cover to East Somerville Mass., "Slatersville RI May 11" dcds, large "Advertised" handstamp, stamp faults, Fine, prepaid 3¢ letter rate plus 15¢ registry fee.
Estimate $300 - 400
Expertization: 1980 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 4106 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine, grilled (137), used in combination with 1868 10¢ green, F. grill (96), straight edge at right, tied by cross roads on 1871 cover to Spain, "Syracuse N.Y. Apr 3" c.d.s. at the 16¢ British mail rate via France for up to 1/3 oz., red "New York '12' Apr 4" exchange c.d.s. and red crayon "2" rating, red London (4.14.71) transit and matching oval "PD" h.s., Malaga (4.19) arrival backstamp; opening tears, 6¢ flaws, Fine and attractive mixed issue franking, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4107 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine, grilled (137), two, used with 2¢ red brown, grilled (135), tied by two strikes of negative "E" station duplexes on cover to London, England, partial "New York Jun 11" exchange c.d.s., ms. registry numbers, red "Registered E.D.O. JU 24 '73" arrival c.d.s.; flap and edge tears, some soiling, Fine and unusual usage.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4108 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine, grilled (137), tied by attractive blue Four Rectangles fancy cancel duplexed with partial "Chicago Ill. Jun 24" c.d.s. on U.S. Life Insurance illustrated eagle ad cover to Rockford, Ill.; stamp lifted to check grill, that now affects right side of envelope; otherwise Very Fine and clean use.
Scott $700
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Lot 4109 |
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1870, 30¢ black, grilled (143), used with 6¢ carmine (148), both tied by cork cancels on legal size orange cover to Germany at six-times the 6¢ NGU rate, "Detroit Mich. Oct 11" c.d.s., red "New York Paid All Direct Oct 14" exchange c.d.s., Bremen (10.27.71) transit, Saxony (10.29) arrival backstamp; cover faults, 30¢ slight tone spot, Fine and scarce grilled use, Ex-Landau.
Scott $5,000
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Lot 4110 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine (148), two singles, used with two Hawaii 6¢ green (33) singles, tied by rings cancels on 1873 mourning cover front from Hawaii to England, red "G.P.O. Honolulu Paid All Mar 18" d.c.d.s., magenta "San Francisco Cal. Paid Apr 1" foreign mail transit; repaired upper right, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: Klein, Landau
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Lot 4111 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine (148), tied by "Meadville Pa. Jul 8" duplex on cover to London, England, forwarded to Heidelberg Baden with large blue "5" due h.s., four Germany 3kr carmine singles tied by "Heidelberg 27 7 72" framed h.s. to Paris, France, blue Paris (7.27) arrival c.d.s., various transits and ratings; one 3kr faulty, 6¢ perf flaws, a Fine and scarce mixed franking, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $500 - 750
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Lot 4112 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine (148), two singles used with two 3¢ green (147) singles, all tied by NYFM grids (Weiss TR-G37) cancels on 3¢ green entire with "Wells Fargo & Co." printed frank and cancelled by blue Wells company oval, addressed to Savoy, France, red "New York 'Paid 6' Jul 3" exchange c.d.s., London transit and oval "PD" h.s., Cluses (1.19) backstamp; edge nick, one 6¢ with corner fault, Fine, a rare NYFM use to France handled by Well's Fargo & Co.
Estimate $300 - 400
Provenance: Landau
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Lot 4113 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine (148), creases, tied by blue cross roads and red "Phila Paid All" exchange c.d.s. on 1872 cover to London, England, forwarded upon arrival with G.B. 1d red and 2d blue (32, 33) to Geneva, Switzerland (7.19) and again to Basel (7.20); some stamp flaws, a Very Fine forwarded use, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $300 - 400
Expertization: 1978 Friedl Certificate.
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Lot 4114 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine (148), s.e. at left, mixed issue franking with 1869 2¢ brown (113), both tied by cork cancels on 1870 cover to France at double the 4¢ British open mail rate, black "Boston Jul 15" c.d.s., red London (7.30) transit backstamp with black "GB/40c" accountancy h.s., Calais (7.31) entry c.d.s. and ms. rating; reduced at right, cleaning affects address, Fine and scarce franking, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4115 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine (148), tied by framed "Paid" cancel on 1871 cover to London, England, manuscript "Grantville Mass, Sept 13" magenta origin postmark, red "New York Sep 14" exchange c.d.s., London (9.27.71) arrival c.d.s., forwarded to Munich, Germany with red Lombard Street (9.27) c.d.s. and matching oval "PD" h.s., red ms. "6" rating, Munich (9.29) arrival backstamp; small edge and flap tears, Very Fine, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4116 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine (148), bright and fresh, tied by NYFM cross-roads (Weiss TR-C4) on 1871 folded cover to London, England, red "New York Oct 25" exchange c.d.s., endorsed "p Colorado" of the Guion Line that arrived at Queenstown on June 11, London (11.7) arrival c.d.s.; 6¢ small scoring line, clean and Very Fine, Ex-Boggio, Kirke.
Estimate $200 - 300
Expertization: 2004 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 4117 |
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1870, 6¢ carmine, vertical bisect (148a), large margins, tied by target cancel on orange buff cover to Wooster, Ohio, matching indistinct town c.d.s., docketed at left "Answered May 9/72"; upper left corner torn away upon opening, not affecting bisect.
Scott $6,500
A NEW DISCOVERY, ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED 1870 6¢ BANK NOTE BISECT USAGES, THIS BEING THE ONLY DIAGONAL BISECT KNOWN.
Expertization: 2011 P.F. Certificate.
The other 1870 6¢ bisect use was a vertically bisected example and was recently sold by Matthew Bennett in Sale 335 as part of the Eliot Landau collection and realized $6,613.
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Lot 4118 |
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1870, 10¢ brown (150), two singles, one s.e., used with singles of 3¢ green (147), 6¢ carmine (148), and 7¢ vermilion (149), s.e., all cancelled by matching blue cross-road cancels on 1872 cover to Port-au-Prince, Haiti at double the 18¢ British mail rate via St. Thomas, red "New York Apr 23" exchange c.d.s. and crayon "16" credit, "St. Thomas AP 30 72" transit backstamp; flap tear, 6¢ small tear, F.-V.F.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
A REMARKABLE FOUR-COLOR FRANKING PREPAYING DOUBLE THE 18¢ BRITISH MAIL RATE TO HAITI.
Expertization: 2011 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Albert, Landau
The Philadelphia foreign mail office used blue cancelling ink with a 22mm cross-roads killer, recorded from March 1872 to August 1872. This cover was apparently cancelled by the Philadelphia foreign mail section and forwarded to the New York exchange office.
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Lot 4119 |
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1870, 10¢ brown (150), tied by bold circle of wedges on cover to West Dresden, N.Y., "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, Sep 20" origin c.d.s., San Francisco (10.22) transit d.c.d.s., pencil docketing on reverse "Trip to Pekin"; some light tone spots, a F.-V.F. use.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4120 |
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1870, 15¢ bright orange (152), three singles, used with 2¢ red brown (146) and 6¢ carmine (148), all tied by mtching circular cancels on 1873 court house cover to Galveston, Texas, red "New York, Registered, May 20" c.d.s.; reduced at left, some ms. on 6¢ stamp, Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4121 |
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1870, 24¢ purple (153), used with 2¢ brown (157), horizontal pair, right with small repair at top, all cancelled by matching corks duplexed with "Auburn N.Y. Jul 20" c.d.s. on Lore correspondence cover to Moradabad, India, endorsed "Via Brindisi", red "New York '110' Jul 21" exchange c.d.s., red "1" colonial credit, reverse with Sea Post Office (8.13) transit and Moradabad (8.28) arrival datestamps, a Very Fine and attractive 24¢ usage to India.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: 2001 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Fosdyke-Ray,
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Lot 4122 |
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1873, 2¢ brown, double paper (157a), huge straddle single with s.e. at right showing adjacent stamp, used with 1¢ ultramarine (156), both cancelled by violet geometric cancels on cover to Chabloe, Oh., matching "Sidney O. Jan 12" c.d.s.; 1¢ and cover small faults, Fine and rare.
Scott $2,500 on cover
ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED ON-COVER USAGES OF THE 2¢ BROWN DOUBLE PAPER VARIETY.
Expertization: 2003 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 4123 |
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1873, 3¢ green (158), tied by purple "Randolph Mar. 11, 1879" c.d.s. on underpaid cover from Ohio to Tokyo, Japan, endorsed "via San Francisco" at bottom, New York (3.13) backstamp with circled "T" due handstamp and blue crayon "15" since the letter was shortpaid for the 5¢ direct mail treaty rate, "Due 7" handstamp (double difficiency due of 10¢ less credit for 3¢ postage paid), three Japanese 1 sen, 2 sen and 4 sen Kobans (Scott 56, 57, 58) were added as postage due stamps and tied by vivid red Xs, reverse shows and Yokohama (4.13.78) backstamps; reduced slightly at right, Very clean and attractive, Very Fine and quite attractive.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
A RARE MULTICOLORED JAPAN POSTAGE DUE USAGE DURING THE 5¢ DIRECT MAIL TREATY PERIOD.
Provenance: Gibson
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Lot 4124 |
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1873, 6¢ dull pink (159), two singles, used with 2¢ brown (157) single, all cancelled by corks on registered cover to Germany, "East Cambridge Mass. Jul 23" origin c.d.s. and brownish "Boston Paid All Direct Jul 24" exchange c.d.s., red "Recommendirt" fancy framed handstamp, Bockenheim (8.3) arrival backstamp; Very Fine and scarce registered use, without gum as issued.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4125 |
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1873, 6¢ dull pink (159), horizontal pair, used with 3¢ green (158), tied by corks on 1874 yellow cover to Cairo, Egypt underpaid the 15¢ German closed mail rate via England & Brindisi, "Denver Colo. May 26" origin c.d.s., "New York Br Transit May 30" backstamp and "Insufficiently Paid" straightline for double weight letter, various due ratings and red crayon credits, Coeln (6.10), Brindisi, Alexandria (6.18) & Cario (6.18) backstamps; irregularly reduced at right, Fine, Fine, a scarce Colorado Territorial use to Cairo, Egypt, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $500 - 750
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Lot 4126 |
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1873, 6¢ dull pink (159), three singles, used with 2¢ brown (157), s.e. at right, all tied together by central strike of NYFM circle of Vs (Weiss TR-W4) on 1874 folded cover from New York to Mexico, endorsed "Via El Paso Texas" land routing, reverse with blue Theo. Hermann & Co., New York, Mar 28, 1874 company oval handstamp; file fold affects 2¢ otherwise Very Fine and scarce usage.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4127 |
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1873, 6¢ dull pink (159), pair used with 1¢ ultramarine (156), cancelled by purple star cancels on registered cover to South Orrington Me., matching purple "Camp Grant, Arizona, Jan 15 1878" c.d.s.; right 6¢ with small fault, reduced at left, a Fine Fort use, prepaid 3¢ letter rate plus 10¢ registry fee.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4128 |
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1873, 6¢ dull pink (159), two covers from Elk Ridge Mich. to Valparaiso, Chile, Feb. 27 with three 6¢ and two 2¢ brown (157) singles prepaying the old 22¢ rate, other Jan. 5 use with three 6¢ overpaying 1¢ the 17¢ treaty rate, both with "New York '12'" integral credit exchange c.d.s. and "10" inland postage due h.s.; first soiled, later reduced a bit at left; a Fine correspondence pair.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4129 |
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1873, 7¢ orange vermilion (160), used with 1¢ blue and 6¢ dull pink (159), two singles; all cancelled with targets on cover to Teneriffe, Canary Islands at the 20¢ Belgian mails rate for 1/3 to ½ oz. (eff. July 1, 1873 to June 30, 1875), "Saratoga Springs N.Y. Apr 12" c.d.s., red "12" crayon credit, partial Teneriffe (5.20) arrival backstamp; mended edge tear, Fine and rare.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
THE ONLY RECORDED 6¢ BANK NOTE USE TO THE CANARY ISLANDS.
Expertization: 1981 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Albert, Landau
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Lot 4130 |
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1873, 7¢ orange vermilion (160), used with 2¢ brown (157) and 6¢ dull pink (159) singles, all tied by grids on registered cover to Germany, "San Francisco Registered Dec 5" c.d.s., reddish brown "New York Registered Dec 15" d.c.d.s. and "British Transit Paid All" framed h.s., red "Recommendirt" h.s.; reduced at left, and lower corner tears, Fine, a colorful registered use with a three-color franking., Ex-Landau.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4131 |
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1873, 10¢ brown (161), horizontal pair, used with 1¢ ultramarine (156) and 6¢ dull pink (159), all cancelled by matching corks on 1879 cover to St. Helena at the 27¢ British mail rate via Southampton, "New Bedford Mass. Mar 5" origin c.d.s., red "New York Mar 6 '79" exchange duplex with "110" credit, London (3.19) transit; edge toning, Fine and scarce use, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $500 - 750
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Lot 4132 |
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1873, 10¢ brown (161), used with 6¢ dull pink (159), both tied by circle of wedges on 1875 cover to Portugal, red "Boston Paid Dec 29" c.d.s. and red crayon "12" credit rating, red London (1.11.75) transit and oval "PD" h.s., oval "Franca" h.s., Lisbon (1.22) arrival backstamp; repaired at right and minor edge flaws, light soiling, Fine and scarce use, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4133 |
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1873, 15¢ yellow orange (163), used with 6¢ dull pink (159), horizontal pair, faulty, all tied by cross-roads on 1876 Lore correspondence cover to India at the 27¢ British mail rate via Brindisi, orange "Philadelphia Paid All Feb 29" exchange c.d.s., red London (3.7) transit with "1d" credit h.s., Moradabad arrival backstamp; opening tears, Fine., Fine, Ex-Landau.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4134 |
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1873, 30¢ gray black (165), used with 2¢ brown (157), dark color, and 6¢ dull pink (159), two singles, all tied by matching circular grids on legal size registered court house cover to Raleigh, N.C., red "New York Registered Jun 5" c.d.s.; reduced at ends, one 6¢ rounded corner, F.-V.F. and scarce franking.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4135 |
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1879, 2¢ vermilion, bisect (183b), diagonal half, tied by segmented grid duplexed "High Bridge N.J. Dec 31" c.d.s. on drop cover to local attorney; reduced at left from opening, edge wear at bottom, Very Fine.
Scott $750
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Lot 4136 |
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1879, 6¢ pink (186), horizontal pair, tied by "Bethlehem Pa Jul 1" double-circle duplex on orange buff Shaw correspondence cover to New Zealand, San Francisco Cal (7.8) transit backstamp and magenta "Too Late" oval handstamp, Christchurch arrival backstamp, pencil docketing; Very Fine and attractive use at the 12¢ treaty rate, Ex-Mercedes.
Estimate $400 - 500
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Lot 4137 |
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1889, 90¢ carmine, overprinted "Sample A" (189SL//212SL, 191SK), small group comprising #189SL, 190SL, 191SL, 191SK, 205SL, 208SL, 209SL, 211SL, 212SL (two, both faults), some o.g., rest unused, F.-V.F. group.
Scott $815
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Lot 4138 |
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1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205), tied by grid cancel on mourning cover from Ningpo, China to Mojave, Cal., red "United States Consulate, Ningpo" corner card handstamp, purple "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, 20 Oct. 88" double-oval postmark, endorsed "on So. Pacific R.R.", San Francisco (11.10) backstamp; opened at top and bottom, Very Fine.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
A SCARCE MOURNING COVER USAGE FROM NINGPO, CHINA WITH THE RARE SCRIPT STYLE NINGPO CONSULATE HANDSTAMP.
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Lot 4139 |
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1881, 3¢ blue green, re-engraved (207), tied and used to pay forwarding postage on 1883 cover originating in Yokohama, Japan to Duxbury, Mass and forwarded to Boston, bearing Japan 5s blue Koban cancelled by cork, light toning, "Yokohama Mar 22 1883" origin c.d.s. and endorsed "Per S.S. 'Oceanic' ", reverse with magenta "San Francisco Paid All Apr 14" transit c.d.s., upon arrival forwarded with "Duxbury Mass. Apr 23" duplex and "Forwarded." straightline, Boston (4.25) arrival backstamp, Very Fine, a scarce U.S.-Japan mixed franking usage.
Estimate $500 - 750
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Lot 4140 |
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1882, 10¢ brown, re-engraved (209), two registered covers from Indian Territory, first bearing 209 and 210 tied by "McAlister Ind. Ter. Jul 8 1887" c.d.s. on cover to Boston, Mass. small edge tear; second with #209 on 2¢ entire tied by "Fort Reno Ind. Ty. Apr 13 1887" duplex on cover to New York City; couple small flaws, Fine pair.
Estimate $150 - 200
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