Lot 105
Envelope, 1876, 3¢ green (U219), entire cancelled by "Centennial Phila'da Pa. May 19" duplex datestamp and addressed to Gernmany, additional orange Philadelphia exchange datestamp and circle of wedges cancellations tie 2¢ vermilion (178) for the 5¢ UPU rate, German arrival backstamp; faults including piece of back removed; also includes UPSS 644-7-30-3) entire front cancelled by "Centennial Phila'da Pa. May 25" duplex datestamp, the earliest documented date for this UPSS var., with Centennial typewriter address to Utica N.Y., Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USAGES OF THE CENTENNIAL ENVELOPE ISSUE.
Expertization: 2003 & 2005 A.P.S. Certificates (respectively).
Both examples offered in this lot are discussed in Ken Lawrence's article. The May 25 date was reported by Ellis and Maisel many years ago as the earliest green envelope use. It is still the earliest with watermark 3, the May 19 is the earliest with watermark 2. The May 19 use is also the earliest Centennial entire to a destination abroad.
Illustrated (May 19) in Ken Lawrence's, "Commemorating the 1876 United States centennial," Scott Stamp Monthly, March 2005, pp. 23, fig. 4.
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