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Lot 4149 |
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1903, 1¢ green, 5¢ blue (300, 304), single and vertical pair respectively, tied by large circular grid cancel on newspaper wrapper front from Shanghai with "The China Medical Missionary Journal, American Presbyterian Mission Press, Shanghai" printed return address and "Newspaper" handstamp, addressed to Chicago Ill.; accompanied by smaller piece from same correspondence bearing 5¢ blue (304) pair and 2¢ Wash. single tied by oval grid and with printed "The China Medical Missionary Journal" c.c., Fine, a scarce newspaper rate usage from the U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai, China.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4150 |
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1903, 5¢ blue (304), tied by "Hoboken N.J. Feb 3 1904" machine cancellation on McKinley Spanish American War patriotic cover to Germany, reverse with New York (2.4) transit and Erfurt (2.14) arrival; Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4151 |
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1903, 5¢ blue (304), two singles, one s.e., tied by "Pittsburgh Pa. Feb 25, 1905" machine cancellation on 1904 St. Louis World's Fair illustrated envelope depicting Mine and Metallurgy Building to Russia; reduced at left and some edge wear, Fine and scarce.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4152 |
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1903, 5¢ blue (304), tied by "New York N.Y. Dec 29, 1904" machine cancellation on multicolored U.S.S Maine and Sitting Liberty Spanish American War patriotic cover to Switzerland, Basel (1.8) arrival backstamps; Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200
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Lot 4153 |
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1902, 13¢ purple black (308), used with 10¢ orange (307), both tied by "Pago Pago, Samoa, Oct 22, 1902" duplex on registered cover to New Zealand, partial purple registered d.c.d.s. lower left; minor edgewear, Very Fine and scarce destination from Samoa.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4154 |
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1908, 2¢ carmine (332), single with plate number "4988" selvage with small solid star, tied by New York station oval on 1909 cover to Collector E.H. Ackerman; second cover bearing 1¢ green (331) with plate number "4980" selvage with small solid star, tied by "Columbus Ohio, Sep 2 1909" machine cancel on post card to Bucyrus, Oh.; Fine, a very scarce matching pair of covers with the small solid star.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
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Lot 4155 |
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1909, 1¢ & 2¢ bluish paper (357-358), tied on pair of matching covers (1¢ a pair) to Maywood Nebr.by Pepperell Mass. c.d.s.s, Dec 24, 1909, backstamped Maywood, F-VF.
Estimate $200 - 300
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Lot 4156 |
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1909, 2¢ Lincoln, bluish paper (369), tied on legal size cover by neat Washington, D.C. machine cancel, Apr 7, 1909; Columbia Planograph Co. corner card, F-VF.
Scott $425
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Lot 4157 |
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1917, 1¢ green (498f), complete unexploded booklet, horizontal pair from the top row, left stamp faulty from opening tear, tied by "U.S. Army Postal Service, No. 3, Oct 11, 1917" duplexes on cover to Pittsburg, Pa., blue examiners marking with clear examiner's manuscript at left, Fine and scarce.
Estimate $300 - 400
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Lot 4158 |
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1917, 5¢ rose error (505), nicely centered with bright color, used with 1¢ Wash., tied by partial "Welutka, Okla. Mar 4" duplex on cover to Oklahoma City, Okla.; no flap, clean and Very Fine, a rare usage of the 5¢ rose error.
Scott $2,250
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Lot 4159 |
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1917, 20¢ light ultramarine (515), used along with 1¢ green and 2¢ carmine block of four, all tied by "Shanghai Registered" ovals on cover from Shanghai to Germany, purple bilingual "Registered" handstamp at upper left and reverse with matching "A. A. Dobrovolsky, Tsinanfoo, China" company oval h.s., reverse with "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai China, Jul 20, 1920" origin d.c.d.s., New York (8.18.) transit and Duesseldorf (9.2) arrival; small edge flaws, Very Fine and scarce registered use from Shanghai.
Estimate $200 - 300
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