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| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 9524 |
#179, F-VF+, sound,
tied by NEW
YORK OCT 7 78 postmark and foreign mail ellipse killer on VF
unreduced cover,
neatly opened at top, with preprinted
address to
John D. Philbrick, United States Section of Education, Universal
Exposition, Paris, France.
Cover front bears blue double ring ETATS-UNIS V. ANGL. PARIS
receiver and clear
strike of "YALE LOCK MAN'FG. CO., CENTENNIAL MODEL POST OFFICE,
STAMFORD, CT." hand stamp and duplexed target killer.
This Yale Lock cancel (Bomar
P78-02, only 4 known),
applied to the envelope upon receipt at the Exposition model post
office, was probably created for use at the Yale Exhibit at the
Centennial, but no such use has been reported. Cover is backstamped
with partial strike of French "Exposition Universelle/Postes &
Telegraphe" double circle Exposition postmark. A
wonderful cover and one of the great Exposition rarities. 2012
PFC. |
$550 |
 |
| 9333 |
#214, F+, sound, tied on XF
fresh and intact #U311 entire,
NEW YORK D FEB
20 88 postmarks and
ellipse killers, to Perigueux, Dordogne, France,
French 3 MAR 88 receivers front and back. Beautiful
small cover and nice #214 usage. |
$100 |
 |
| 9265 |
#179, F-VF, ink spot, tied by XF
strike of negative numeral "5" killer (Whitfield
6566), SAVANNAH
GA. DEC 31 [1875] postmark,
intact cover to England,
red London 7 JA 76 receiver, forwarded internally, English
"hot cross bun" marking,
multiple LONDON back
stamps. |
$40$35 |
 |
| 9059 |
#234, F-VF sound
5¢ Columbian tied
by Washington DC APR 15 93 postmark and ellipse killer on intact
Post Office Department Dead Letter Office cover to England,
sent to Baring Bros., London and forwarded. Cover bears three
receivers, a black "26 APR 93 R" on front, a red "27 APR 93 AK" and
LONDON-W.W APR 27 93 P" on back. Foreign
destination usages of Columbian issue stamps on penalty mail abroad
are quite scarce.
Cover wrinkled at right. |
SOLD |
 |
| 9034 |
#185, fine bottom margin copy tied by target killer with RICHMOND,
VA. APR 5 (1882) postmark on XF
intact cover to RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (VF
13 MAY 82 Rio receiver on reverse). Very clean. |
$30 |
 |
| 8977 |
#139, fine SE horizontally
split grill copy,
on cover to England,
stamp paying the 6¢ treaty rate (4¢ overpay), partial blue WHITE
[???], PA AUG 1 1872 postmark and red PHILA. PAID ALL AUG 2 exchange
office postmark. Red AUG 14 London receiver and red
B.F. STEVENS UNITED STATES DESPATCH AGENT LONDON AUG 15 72
forwarding agent receiver.
Cover unreduced with both side edges resealed, stamp with small edge
faults, including a tear. 1994
PSE certificate and illustrated owner's write up. Scott
catalog $1000+. |
SOLD |
 |
| 8904 |
#210 pair, #206, sound, light CANANDAIGUA
NY JAN 16 1885 postmark and
target killers, on VF
intact cover to
Ltnt. C. S. Sperry, USS
Quinnebaug,
c/o forwarding agent B. F. STEVENS, London, England. Purple
28 JAN 85 B. F. STEVENS LONDON UNITED STATES DESPATCH AGENT double
oval receiver and VF "VILLEFRANCHE, SUR MER, FRANCE" forwarding
directive.
Nice markings, attractive. |
$80$75 |
 |
| 8959 |
#W120, VF
1¢ Plimpton wrapper, uprated
by #206 canceled
by strikes of large NEW
YORK letter "D" barred double oval killer,
paying newspaper rate to Leipzig, Germany.
Minor toning at stamp bottom. |
$25 |
 |
| 8815 |
#281 on #U377, two strikes of bright
magenta New York supplementary mail type G/1 postmark on intact
cover to Switzerland, manuscript "S.S. Germanic Suppl. Mail"
(White Star Line), SOUTHAMPTON SHIP-LETTER 27 JA 01 transit mark.
Edge wear at top. Piszkiewicz, United States Supplementary Mail, p.
16, reports this supplementary mail marking only in black by late
1890s and afterward, making this a late color use for this
postmark. Ex-Kristol. |
SOLD |
 |
| 8824 |
#206, fine, fresh, sound, tied by VF
NEW YORK U.S.A. 9-3 1884 double oval third class mail postmark on XF
folded Norwegian language printed circular to Norway.
Scarce and attractive. |
$115$110 |
 |
| 8846 |
#183, #184, fine, sound, simplex target killers with XF
double ring EWING COLLEGE, ILL. MAY 27 (1880) postmark (DPO
Franklin County 1879-90, R3 scarcity) on intact
cover to England (OUNDLE
JU 9 80 receiver and paper tape repair on back). Ewing College
began as a Baptist high school, offering college work 1874-1925,
when it closed. It is likely that the Ewing, IL postmaster also
served as postmaster for the college. |
$25 |
 |
| 8530 |
#279, #267 faulty pair, tied by TOOELE,
UTAH JAN 27 1899 postmark (Tooele
County, 1852-) on unreduced
cover to Papeete,Tahiti, Society Islands,
San Francisco transit postmarks on reverse. Cover is addressed to
(Rev.) Eli Holton, a Mormon missionary. Extremely
scarce destination. |
$40 |
 |
| 8527 |
#220, VF jumbo, #230 SE, on #U311 entire, small corner repair at
upper left, paying UPU rate to
Germany.
Each canceled by a strike of odd
geometric, superb separate strike, FORT LEAVENWORTH, KAN SEP 17
(1893) postmark. |
$30 |
 |
| 8467 |
#372, fine Hudson-Fulton
Celebration issue, New
York Madison Sq. Sta. OCT 22 1909 machine cancel, on illustrated
postcard to England, picturing Robert Fulton, "the pioneer of steam
navigation".
Minor edge wear. Interesting card tying together its subject with
the commemorative issue's subject. |
$30$25 |
 |
| 8421 |
#183, #184, F-VF copies, each canceled by XF
strike of stemmed leaf killer, LOUISVILLE, KY JUN 7 (1880) postmark,
on VF
intact cover to Switzerland,
Zurich and Thalwil 22 VI 80 receivers on reverse. Nice fancy cancel. |
$50$45 |
 |
| 8427 |
#UX5, VF sound postal, with fine, sound #156 paying the UPU
international card rate to Switzerland,
bearing two
XF strikes of NEW YORK SEP 7 (1876) postmark and duplexed numeral 4
ellipse killers and
red NEW YORK SEP 9 exchange postmark. This
is a scarce international and early use of the duplexed NYC 9-bar
ellipse killers. |
SOLD |
 |
| 8298 |
#205, ellipse killer and LOUISVILLE,
KY, JUN 23 1885 postmark on intact cover to Barbados, West Indies.
BARBADOS JLY 13 85 receiver on front and light BARBADOS SHIP LETTER oval
dated receiver on reverse. Stamp faults, cover wrinkles, nevertheless
an extremely
scarce and desirable destination for
this stamp issue. |
$125$115 |
 |
| 8256 |
#148, fine, sound, tied by XF
black 4-bar grid
with CHICAGO,
ILL. NOV
5 (1872) postmark on intact
cover to Germany,
red boxed 22 11 72 BREMEN FRANCO transit mark. Stamp pays the 6¢ NGU
direct rate via Bremen. |
$50 |
 |
| 8276 |
#W120, VF
intact wrapper with unusual
dated address label (1
SEP 87), NEW YORK T 5 CENTIME (1¢) binocular
postage due hand stamp, to Germany (HANNOVER
4 13 88 receiver), blue crayon 10 (pfennig), very
scarce postage due usage on a wrapper. |
SOLD |
 |
| 8149 |
#238, fine 15¢
Columbian,
sound w/ couple of foxed perfs, tied by small SAINT
PAUL, MINN. double oval postmark on #U350 entire.
Cover bears a magenta 3-line "ST. PAUL, MINN. / OCT 28 1897 / REG. NO."
hand stamp and NYC registry exchange label (FX-NY1b(i)). Postage
reflects registry
to Germany, double rate, a 2¢ overpay of the 8¢ registry.
Scarce. |
SOLD |
 |
| 8064 |
#W120 VF
intact wrapper to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Black boxed printed matter hand stamp (in Spanish), purple oval NOVELTY
BELT HOOK CO. HARTFORD, CONN. MAR 4 1886. Eye
catching,
Ex-Judge Fay. |
$25 |
 |
| 7923 |
#189, fine, on intact
registered cover to GERMANY, oval
magenta St. Paul, Minn. 3 25 1989 REGISTERED postmark,
stamp paying the combined 5¢ UPU rate plus 10¢ registration, NYC
registry label, NEW YORK, N.Y. 3 29 1889 REG'Y. DIV. double oval and
MEISSEN 9 4 89 receiver on back. |
$50$45 |
 |
| 8010 |
#U142, VF unsealed 2¢ orange entire on white, NEW
ORLEANS. LA., OCT 18 (ca. 1880) postmark,
paying the unsealed
foreign mail circular rate to
Gladbach, Prussia (Germany). |
$15 |
 |
| 7882 |
#185, fault, on unreduced cover with KETCHUM,
IDAHO, DEC 1, 1882 postmark (Idaho territory) sent to Belfast, Ireland.
Cover is overall soiled, small portion of back flap gone. A
very scarce territorial foreign destination usage. |
$30 |
 |
| 7563 |
#205, F-VF, cork geometric killer, octagonal POCAHONTAS,
ILL., JAN 28, 1886 postmark (Bond
County, 1855-) on intact canary cover
to Switzerland, multiple Swiss transit marks on reverse.
Unusual town name. |
$35$30 |
 |
| 7614 |
#300, #319 on U395 intact entire, HONESDALE,
PA, JUL 24, 1907 postmark (Wayne
County 1826-) sent to
Sao Paulo, Brazil,
20 AGO 1907, S. PAULO receiver on reverse. |
$10 |
 |
| 7030 |
#205, fine, sound, canceled by CHARLESTON,
S.C.. AUG 14, 1886 Wesson TOB postmark on VF intact cover (tiny
edge fault at left) to England with nice illustration of
Banking House of G. Williams & Co., Carolina Savings Bank of Charleston. |
$45$40 |
 |
| 6958 |
#157, fine, SE, #158, fine, tied by black
grid killers, NEW ORLEANS,
OCT 13 and red New York exchange office postmarks on VF
FLS to Italy.
Black merchant oval at bottom left, VF MILANO STATZ., 2 NOV 75 receiver on back. |
$100$90 |
 |
| 6920 |
#U227, VF
intact unsealed 2¢ entire paying the foreign mail circular rate to Belgium,
canceled by large gridded double
oval NEW YORK letter Y station killer. |
$30 |
 |
| 6941 |
#328 (2) 1¢ Jamestown Exposition, on illustrated
post card to Norway, canceled FORTRESS MONROE, VA,
SEP 1, 1907, picturing a color-tinted
photo of U.S. sailors at gun practice (scan).
Right stamp torn at bottom before cancellation. |
$20$15 |
 |
| 6620 |
#205, fine, Chicago
JUN 3, 1885 postmarkand
ellipse killer ties to fine intact illustrated
corner advertising cover for Fraser and Chalmers, mining machinery,
to Chile,
New York City, Serena, Chile and Coquimbo, Chile back stamps. Scarce
destination. |
$75$50 |
 |
| 6604 |
#205, 2
VF copies, New York City MAR 31, 1884 postmark and
ellipse killers tie to VF Echeverria & Co. FLS
to Saltillo, Mexico, purple hand stamps including Via LAREDO (TEXAS),
back stamped Laredo APR 5, 1884. Clean and attractive. |
$45 |
 |
| 6540 |
#UX5, VF, with VF
#156 tied
by purple
targets with purple BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA. JUN 29 postmark (Franklin
County, 1876-), UPU card rate to
England,
VF red PAID LIVERPOOL U.S. PACKET 18 JY 78 receiver. Attractive. |
SOLD |
 |
| 6509 |
#216, F-VF, sound blue 5¢ Garfield, on VF
intact cover to Costa Rica,
NEW YORK, MAR 9, 1889 postmark and numeral 4 ellipse, The
Engineering and Mining Journal corner,
small cover faults. Very
scarce destination. |
$150 |
 |
| 6471 |
#149, F-VF+, tied by VF
strike of fancy blue double wedge crossroad killer (Berg
DW-2), Chicago MAR 3 (1874) postmark (ERU for this killer), on fine
intact cover
to Germany.
Attractive. |
SOLD |
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