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Milgram Consignment: 1¢, 2¢, Other Values
Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
j0107 |
#178, #158, tied by VF "CENTENNIAL PHILA'DA PA. JUN
27 [1876]" postmark and killer and red Philadelphia exchange
office foreign mail postmark on intact cover to London,
England, cover with central vertical bend and corner bend at
bottom left clear of stamps and markings. The #178 with blunt perfs
at right and small corner bend. Use of this 1876 Centennial
postmark on mail to foreign destinations is quite scarce. |
SOLD |
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j0059 |
#178, fine, cork killer and PHILADELPHIA PA.
OCT 25 postmark on VF intact all over illustrated advertising
cover picturing the Colosseum, an exhibition hall at the corner
of Broad and Locust Streets, T. B. Pugh, Manager. Cover opening cuts
slightly into cover front at right. Still, very attractive. |
SOLD |
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j0060 |
#183, fine sound pair tied by two XF-superb
strikes of negative letter N killer with matching WORCESTER, MASS. 7
03 81 6 PM Wesson Time on Bottom postmark, stamps paying a
double drop rate on VF fresh local cover, small reduction at right. |
SOLD |
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j0061 |
#156, corner fault, #178, fine, tied by an XF
strike of negative fiery cross killers (Blake & Davis #1454) on
VF intact Homoeopathic Mutual Life Ins. Co. corner advertising
cover. Lovely example of a very scarce Boston fancy cancellation. |
SOLD |
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j0058 |
Marcus Ward good samaritan label on VF intact cover,
1¢ #145 added to complete 3¢ rate, HELD FOR POSTAGE hand stamp in
circle. Label tied by 2nd NEWARK NJ OCT 26 postmark of added 1¢
stamp; original NEWARK postmark OCT 25. Previous dealer description
on reverse. Cover not listed among
the 14 with Box 582 labels in the census published by Dan
Knowles in USPCS Chronicle May 2021, Vol. 73 No. 2, Whole No.
270. Scarce, clean and desirable samaritan label usage. |
$350 |
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j0067 |
#134, fine sound split I grill variety, tied by two light partial
strikes of solid 5-point star in circle NYCM killer on XF unsealed
circular envelope to Newburgh NY. Scott catalog $240+. |
$80 |
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j0063 |
#145, fine, sound, tied by a VF-XF strike of very scarce letter "H"
in serrated circle on VF intact NYCM unsealed publisher's circular
with original printed content dated DEC 10 1873. A key NYCM item,
one of several bearing a killer incorporating the letter H. |
SOLD |
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j0062 |
#156, VF, scissor trimmed at bottom, tied by an XF strike of fancy 5
wedges in circle killer on VF fresh and intact printed U.S. District
Clerk's Office Southern District of N.Y. printed bankruptcy notice.
This New York circular mail (NYCM) killer was first reported and
illustrated in Part III (figure 23, p. 13) of Issue 216, January
1995 USCC NEWS article by Valenti on "New York City Cancellations on
Circulars and Printed Matter, 1870-1878". Both the illustrated and
offered covers are from the same correspondence from March 1875, the
offered cover with a more complete strike of this killer. Very
scarce. |
SOLD |
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j0064 |
#156, fine, small perf faults, tied by a VF+ strike of NYFM style 8
point star fancy killer (Weiss ST-8P10) on intact NYCM produce
commission merchant unsealed circular envelope with printed address,
part of the J. J. Cover & Co. Shauks, Morrow Co., Ohio NYCM find.
Cover has a very mild horizontal bend at top, a central vertical
bend and a corner bend at lower left. |
SOLD |
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j0068 |
#206, F-VF sound copy tied by an XF-superb strike of rimless arched
POYNETTE WIS (Columbia County 1850-) undated circular mail postmark
(1884 docketing) on VF unsealed envelope with handstamp corner
advertisement for dealer in Apiarian Supplies, sent to Fort Ann NY.
An extremely scarce and striking circular mail postmark. |
SOLD |
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j0043 |
#156, #161, fine
sound copies, quartered cork killers with PRINCETON N.J. JUN 15 postmark and red NEW YORK PAID ALL JUN 16 exchange office postmark,
stamps paying the 11¢ NGU closed mail rate to
Constantinople, Turkey. Red New York crayon "4" (cent credit to Germany)
and light red "Wf 2" hand stamp (weiterfranco 2 silbergroschen
foreign postage notation), "Kaiserlich Deutsches Postamp"
receiver on reverse. Sent to Rev. Geo. Washburn, "For Mrs. Washburn". Clean and attractive cover, scarce rate. |
SOLD |
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j0042 |
#150, fair,
creased, red cork killer and matching BALTIMORE MD DEC 13 postmark with red
NEW YORK PAID ALL BR. TRANSIT DEC 14 exchange office postmark on VF intact cover to Rev. Dr. S. M. Chatard, American College,
Rome, Italy, stamp paying the 10¢ Italian closed mail rate. 1874 ROME receiver on reverse. |
$85 |
 |
j0023 |
#178, fine, barely
tied by superb SOTN strike of intense black geometric killer with partial SAN FRANCISCO postmark on VF
November 10 1876 prices current circular to Tepic, Mexico. Circular docketed "pr Newbern via Mazatlan". Blue crayon "5" [centavo] internal postage due for conveyance from
Mazatlan to Tepic. A beautiful foreign destination
circular usage. |
$200 |
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j0027 |
#206 pair, VF,
sound,
canceled by a VF+
simplex strike of commercial rubber fancy shield killer (Cole
SH-126) with VF-XF
strike of DICKSON'S CROSS ROADS, LA. OCT 29 1885 triple ring postmark (DPO
Bossier County, 1871-86, Helbock R6 scarcity) on cover to Shreveport, 6mm
reduction at left. Contains original letter. A
great combination of very scarce Louisiana discontinued post office and fancy
killer. |
$75 |
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