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Destination Covers (#3)

Item # Description Price Picture
10057 #279, #279B pair, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. MAY 2 99 postmark ties to VF intact Spanish-American War period flag cover to Brazil bearing two VF strikes red DEAD LETTER OFFICE F.D. SEP 7 1899 postmark with purple RETURN TO THE WRITER D.L.O. pointing hand (front and back).  Manuscript "Non reclamee 13-5-99" and Washington D.C. and Northampton receivers on reverse.  Very attractive cover, scarce destination, nice DLO use. $125
9956 #179, fair, sound, tied by NEW ORLEANS LA. JUL 24 postmark and fancy geometric killer on VF intact small cover, JACQUES SIEGFRIED & Co. fancy design company address on back, to Alsace, Germany, Rothau 1880 back stamp. $25
9955 #281, VF sound, on #U330 intact entire (bend at left) paying the double 5¢ supplementary mail rate (2 strikes of type G postmark) to Austria. Blue steam ship hand stamp "PER S. S. CAMPANIA", blue CZERNOWITZ double ring receiver on reverse. $40
9978 #212, #213 on #U277 VF intact entire with 3 strikes of CLARKSVILLE, TENN. JAN 21 [1888] postmark and ellipse killers, mail to Antwerp, Belgium, NY transit and ANVERS receiver on back. Very pretty 3 color franking paying th 5¢ UPU rate. $30
9979 #304, sound, San Francisco JAN 18 1908 cancel, on intact Belgium Consul General envelope to Belgium. Cover returned when addressee could not be located, as indicated by the "INCONNU / Onbekend [Unknown]" label and "REBUT [Rejected]" hand stamp. Red DEAD LETTER OFFICE F.D.U.S.A. FEB 28 1907 receiver on reverse, DLO Washington DC "RETURNED TO WRITER" pointing hand on front. $25
9915 #U190, VF unsealed 10¢ entire with purple boxed "REGISTERED / STATION No. 164 / DEC 12 1907" and NY STA. 164 double oval killer, typed address, sent to Belgium. Late use for this entire, very scarce registered printed matter. $50

9729 #230, fine, soundSAN FRANCISCO JUL 20 93 postmark and ellipse killer tie to underpaid cover to Canada, "MORE-TO-PAY" and large Canadian "2" postage due hand stamp, 7/22 Seattle transit postmark and Victoria 7/23 receiver on reverse.  Cover reduced 5mm at right.  Unusual with scarce Canadian markings. SOLD
9477 #147x2, leftmost with small fault, tied by two strikes of very unusual and unlisted solid "fan-shaped" killer, PENSACOLA FLA. AUG 11 postmark on intact cover (opened at left, small upper left edge fault) sent to Ireland, DUBLIN AU 27 1873 receiver. $25
9792 #U222 intact entire, #223, target killers, BEAR RIVER CITY UTAH JUN 24 1891 postmark (Box Elder County 1871-), double rate to Skanderborge DENMARK. Reverse bears CORRINE UT and NYC transits and Skanderborge receiver. Scarce destination and Utah Territory usage. $45
9696 #U330, VF intact entire sent from New York City to Java, E.I. [East Indies]. The cover has several back stamps: Marseille transit; WELTEVREDEN (8 3 1899); CHERIBON (9 3 1899), English for Cirebon; INDRAMAIOE (10 3 1899).  Nice destination. $40
9657 #UX10 with VF sound #230 1¢ Columbian issue canceled by NEW YORK JUL 3 93 station P postmark and P in ellipse killer, paying the UPU card rate to Belize, Honduras, C.A. Reverse has a red printed advertising for CHAS. H. LEVY stamp dealer advertising.  Scarce destination. $50
9575 #300, fine, sound SE stamp, tied by small numeral 2 gridded NEW YORK double oval killer on unsealed Dennison's clasp envelope (tong removed), to Germany, "PRINTED MATTER" and "PRIVATE OFFICE" hand stamps. Unusual. $15
9123

#158, VF sound vertical pair, two XF strikes of BOSTON foreign mail killers, red BOSTON PAID ALL DIRECT JUN 11 exchange office postmark, blue French 1878 receiver, 1¢ convenience overpay to France. Small cover faults at upper left with some paper loss.

$30

$25

9132

#183, #184, fine margin copies, tied by XF strike of magenta EMMETSBURGH, PALO ALTO CO., IOWA 8/16/80 county name postmark (Doane-Thompson 1339, PO open 1877-) and Wheel of Fortune killer on VF intact cover to Scotland. This is one of the prettiest I have ever encountered and a very scarce foreign destination WOF usage.

SOLD
9139 #U349, VF intact 2¢ Columbian entire, corner tear at upper left, with 3¢ #268 and 5¢ #270,all paying the Supplementary Mail double 5¢ rate to England. Stamps and indicia struck by three VF brilliant magenta Type G, code 3 oval 1-16-97 postmarks. Nominate to go on the Cunard "S/S Lucania" it was back stamped in  red London 25 JA 97.  Colorful and attractive usage. SOLD
9145 #307, fine, sound, tied by a VF strike of NEW YORK 3-17-1909 Type G code 3 large double oval Supplementary Mail postmark on XF intact cover to Leeds, England, MR 24 09 receiver on back. An extremely scarce solo supplementary mail use of this stamp. SOLD
9104 #W399 2¢ Hartford issue wrapper with 1¢ #300 and 5¢ #304 Bureau issues, three strikes of small "NY" oval killer, paying an 8¢ newspaper bulk rate to Switzerland.  Colorful. $35
       
       

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