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Curran Consignment (#4): Banknote Issues
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| c385 |
#134A, fine, sound SE pair tied by two
strikes of red quartered cross killers and matching WASHINGTON D.C.
LOCAL DEC 1 postmark on drop letter envelope, 15mm reduction at
left. Scott price for single off cover stamp $375, unpriced on
cover. A very scarce use of this I-grill multiple on cover and
with a very pretty, exceptional quality red cancellation. |
$300 |
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The following four related
covers are offered as a group. Anyone interested in acquiring
individual items from this group should contact seller. |
$250 |
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| c388 |
#207 pair, tiny fault at upper right, tied by two
XF strikes of solid black star with "BEACH HOUSE, SEA GIRT, N.J."
killer and matching SPRING LAKE N.J. AUG 3 1882 double ring postmark
on mourning cover to Buffalo, NY. The cover is slightly reduced at
top and is missing its back flap. This unusual, star killer is
listed in Cole as STU-58, mistakingly tracing and listing the source
as "BEACH HAVEN". Exceptionally fine strikes of this scarce
commercial advertising killer. (Enlarged
stamp image.) (Whitfield
7093 tracing.) |
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| c389 |
#182x2, #184, fine sound copies, tied by three
light strikes of solid magenta star with "BEACH HOUSE, SEA GIRT,
N.J." killer on unreduced cover (small edge faults) with
matching SPRING LAKE N.J. AUG 17 1881 double ring postmark,
sent to Paris, France, blue DREXEL HARJE & Co. 30 AUG 1881
forwarder's hand stamp. This cover has corner advertisement for
three different summer vacation residences: Monmouth House and
Carlton House (both in Spring Lake) and Beach House, Sea Girt, L.U.
Maltby (proprietor). This cover well documents the use of this
very unusual star commercial advertising cancel (Cole STU-58).
Roger, in his "A Summer Vacation Cancel" USCC NEWS November 2005
article (pp. 125-6) pictures and discusses this cover and its BEACH
HOUSE killer. (Enlarged image of
stamps.) |
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| c390 |
#184, fine, sound, XF SOTN black star killer
with large, serrated double circle SPRING LAKE N.J. JUL 14 1881
postmark on VF intact cover to Philadelphia, PA. |
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| c391 |
#184, F-VF, sound, SOTN magenta star killer
with large, serrated double circle SPRING LAKE N.J. AUG 18 1880
postmark on VF cover, small reduction at left, to
Clinton, NY. |
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| c350 |
#147, average, sound, tied by scarce NEW
YORK 6 SHIP FEB 17 postmark with second off-stamp strike on
VF intact cover to Porsmouth, NH "US America". Cover is docketed
"Ship Letter USS Mayfower" at upper right. The ship letter
fee for single rate letters to destinations beyond the entry port
was 6¢. The red crayon "6" apparently represents a postage due
doubling of the 3¢ short pay of the fee. Also struck at upper
left in blue is a ticket ribbon double oval hand stamp for "MOSS &
WARD NEW YORK FEB 17 1871", the ship broker handling the incoming
letter. The USS Mayflower, first commissioned in 1866 and
recommissioned in 1870, spent the fall and winter of 1870-71 off of
Central America surveying the isthmus for a possible interoceanic
canal and gathering valuable data about the area's topography. A
very attractive ship letter with scarce markings. |
$200$170 |
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| c352 |
#184, fine, sound, canceled by XF SOTN
strike of 8-segment arrowheads killer (Rohloff B-17) with
WATERBURY, CONN. APR 7 postmark on VF intact cover to New York,
APR 8 79 receiver on reverse. |
$60 |
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| c295 |
#206, 3 fine (pair+1) copies, canceled by three VF+
strikes of negative letters "Mc" killer (Cole ML-215), ST.
LOUIS, MO. JAN 24 postmark on artist material corner advertising
cover, 7mm reduction at right, sent to Troy, MO. A very scarce
St. Louis fancy cancel. |
SOLD |
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| c296 |
#210, fine, sound, tied by an XF strike of scarce
RUT. AND TROY R.P.O. JUL 3, MORRISON SOUTH, OK railway combined
postmark/killer cancellation on VF Rutland, VT corner
advertising envelope, cover barely reduced at left. This is the
finest, most complete on cover example of this railway postmark that
I have ever encountered. A wonderful and showy 2 cent red brown
cover. |
SOLD |
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| c276 |
#184, fine, tied by unusual double oval NEW YORK N.Y.
MAR 24-80 5-P.M. postmark that is design both to simultaneously date
the mailing and kill the stamp. Note the brownish tinge of the
postmark. This cover and its killer was first illustrated and
discussed in
NOV 2009 USCC
NEWS 273 (Roger Curran, "Odd to Say the
Least", p. 118). In that article it was first speculated that the
postmark may have been applied by applied by heat scorching the
stamp and cover. A second
AUG 2010
NEWS 276 article ("Odd New York
Double Oval", p. 37) expanded information about the potential
scorching nature of the postmark, also adding two more example
covers. Finally, John Donnes presented his research in the
NOV 2010
NEWS 277 ('New York City's "Pyro-Canceling Device"', p. 57) discussing
patents for heat activated cancellation devices to "brand" a stamp,
rather definitively establishing that the subject postmark was for a
device produced by A. S. Gear (patent approved May 11, 1880) and
apparently tested by the New York post office. John's article also
identified two additional example covers bearing this postmark, one
of which appears to have been canceled in the more traditional ink
application manner. This brought to five the total reported covers,
two first class (both heat branded) and three circular rate covers.
The cover remnants of this failed experiment are exceedingly rare.
The subject cover is unreduced with damage at top, including a tear
and a small portion missing behind the stamp where portions of the
back flap have been removed. The stamp evidences damage from the
scorching postmark. This cover is one of the highlights of Roger's
interest in New York City postal markings. |
SOLD |
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| c262 |
#210, fine, sound, tied by an XF strike of purple
letter "H" in wreath killer (Cole L-6) with matching HULMEVILLE,
PENNA. JAN 4 1884 postmark on unreduced cover to Doylestown, PA.
with part replacement repair of back flap. A gorgeous example of
this member of the town name letter in wreath series of commercial
rubber fancy killers. (See item c263.) |
SOLD |
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| c263 |
#210, VF, sound, tied by VF letter "H" in double
oblong circle commercial rubber killer with HULMEVILLE, PENNA. OCT
21 1886 postmark on unreduced cover to Doylestown, PA, small portion
of back flap missing, tear into postmark. The way the killer is
struck makes it appear the the circle may be a letter "C" or "G".
Killer unlisted in major references. (See item c262.) |
$30$25 |
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| c242 |
#210, fine, tied by a superb strike of the rare
"BERRY" postmaster clerk (Charles Berry) name killer (Cole ML-9)
with clear ANN ARBOR MICH. MAR 7 (1885) postmark on intact
cover to Salem, WI, forwarded to Chicago (MAR 9 Salem receiver
on back, MAR 10 forwarding on front, MAR 10 1885 Chicago receiver on
back). The cover has a horizontal crease through the address and a
mild central vertical bend. This is an exceptionally scarce on
cover example of this wonderful Ann Arbor fancy name killer of which
there are almost certainly fewer than half a dozen known. |
SOLD |
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| c038 |
#158x2, fine, tiny faults, canceled by two XF
strikes of fancy "OK" killer with XF LAW. & BRAD R.R., JUL 18
postmark (Towle & Meyer 26-B-1, Lawrence & Bradford Rail Road)
on VF intact cover to Port Hope, Ontario, Canada (Kingston, Ontario,
JUY 21, 1874 receiver back stamp). A terrific railroad fancy
cancel cover! Cover has 1985 Philatelic Foundation
certificate 149934, "genuine usage with the stamps having small
faults". |
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