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Curran Consignment (#3): 1861-67 and 1869 Issues
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| c384 |
#65, fine, sound, just tied by double ring NEW
LONDON CON. FEG 5 1866 postmark, lightly canceled on intact
lady's cover to Westerly, R.I. Apparently, because of the light
killer and tie, the stamp bears the additional manuscript
admonition, "This Stamp is used up - don't you see". (Enlarged
stamp image.) Very unusual. |
SOLD |
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| c348 |
#64b (quite possibly #64 pink), fine, sound, tied by DEC 23 postmark (town
name unclear) on VF intact cover to Philadelphia. To the
right of the stamp someone has ink doodled a Washington portrait and
added several ink enhancements to design elements of the
stamp. Unusual. |
$75 |
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| c349 |
#65, fine, sound, tied by a very unusual
manuscript "postmark" consisting of the town name, "Oil Mill Village
NH" along the left and top of the stamp
with a "May 16 1862" date on the stamp. This is a scarce
Hillsboro County DPO, 1847-1894 (R5 scarcity). The cover is a
small, intact lady's cover, embossed back flap, with some corner
and edge wear. Quite a different manuscript cancellation! |
SOLD |
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| c307 |
#65, fine, small perf faults at top, bearing an XF
strike of "OK" fancy killer (Skinner-Eno LC-OK 5), not tied,
with double ring SARATOGA SPRINGS N.Y. AUG 13 postmark on
F-VF cover, 1cm reduction at left. |
$75 |
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| c240 |
#65, fine, sound, just tied by a VF strike of small
negative numeral "3" in circle and octagon (Skinner-Eno
GE-H 10), VF FORT PLAIN N.Y. APR 14 (1863) postmark
(Montgomery County 1821-), on VF, fresh and intact cover to
Cooperstown, NY. Cover contains original printed and dated bank form
Fort Plain Bank. A very scarce and unusual numeral fancy killer
from this era on a pretty cover. |
$95$85 |
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| c224 |
#65, VF, sound, tied by a gem strike of "U.
S. SHIP" in double ring postmark with fleuron on small cover to
Poolville, Madison Co., NY. Cover has a 2mm reduction at left
affecting nothing and a few minor tone spots. A very nice example of
this difficult marking. |
$175$150
$135 |
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| c204 |
#63, two fine sound copies, tied by two VF strikes
of BLUE framed "PAID" killers on VF intact small drop cover,
light red BOSTON MASS, DEC 12 double ring postmark. The killers are
the 22½x8½ mm variety (Bake and Davis 632). Strikes in any color
other than black ink of this otherwise common BOSTON PAID killer are
exceedingly rare. (January 1852 U.S.
Cancellation Club quarterly article by Wilbur W. Davis, co-author of
the Boston Postmarks book, regarding the framed PAID killer.)
Cover has a 2020 APS certificate of authenticity opining that the 1¢
stamps are darker bright blue, not "dark blue". A wonderful
exhibition quality item for the collector of Boston postal markings
or the 1¢ 1861 issue stamp. |
SOLD |
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| c187 |
#65, fine, sound, tied by an XF strike of negative
anchor fancy killer (Skinner-Eno PO-An 21, Whitfield 725) with
matching COOPERSTOWN, N.Y., AUG 15, '65 double ring postmark on
VF,
fresh and intact cover locally addressed with original content. I
could locate only a single other on-cover example of this handsome
killer on the PF or in auction. Clearly a scarce item. |
$225$200 |
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| c189 |
#63, #73, fine copies, each canceled by manuscript "SX",
on mourning cover with manuscript Essex, VT, Oct 5 postmark. The
stamp cancellations are a wonderful phonetic abbreviation of the
town name. This cover was pictured and discussed in the February
2005 edition of the USCC NEWS. The cancel is reported in The Postal
History of Vermont by George C. Slawson, et al. The mourning cover
is intact with the upper right corner barely clipped. An exceptional
example of a purposeful manuscript cancel and a very interesting
mourning cover. |
SOLD |
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| c136 |
#94, VF, sound, tied by an XF strike of rare
right-flying blue bird fancy killer and matching blue ROCKFORD,
ILL., MAR 31 postmark on cover to Garrattsville, Otsego Co., NY.
Cover is docketed "Aug 29, 1869" (probably an answer date), is
neatly opened, barely trimmed at right, and contains original dated
letter (no year). There are three reported varieties of "blue bird"
killers from Rockford. The earliest and most common (albeit still
quite scarce) is the left-flying, used from NOV-DEC 1867. Another,
known on a single reported cover (offered as item 1520 in R. A.
Siegel Auction #1063) has a left-facing bird inverted to the
postmark on a 3¢ 1869. (The PF has certified a single off cover
example of this on another 3¢ 1869.) The offered cover is one of
only two reported (the other being on a 3¢ 1861 entire postmarked
APR 1) bearing the right-flying killer. The PF has certified
just three examples off cover of this, all on different values of
1869 issue stamps. This is a terrific, rare, and highly
exhibitable cover, indeed. |
SOLD |
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| c064 |
#114, fine, fresh, sound, tied by red grid cork
killer and blue DEERFIELD, MA postmark on VF unreduced small
cover. A beautiful and very scarce combination of color
cancellations on a single stamp and cover. |
SOLD |
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