The Classic Cancel

#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.

#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.

#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.

#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.

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#W131, VF 2 cent Jackson wrapper entire, opened for display. The wrapper was sent to Paris, France from New York, where it received a black cork killer, and red NEW YORK PAID JUL 1 exchange office postmark and red boxed "PD" front and back. Front bears a red "ETATS-UNIS CHERBOURG 12 JUL 75 receiver. Cover sent to Smith Owen c/o N. F. Fenwick, No. 8 Rue St. George, Paris (blue oval receiver on reverse). Address penned out and a new address for Smith Owen c/o Messrs. Rob't Thode & Co., Banker, Dresden, Germany applied on reverse where a green 5 centime Ceres head stamp canceled JUL 13 has been applied for forwarding postage. Unfortunately, the wrapper has lost a (presumed) 1 cent Banknote stamp that was positioned just below the wrapper indicia and would have just been canceled by the cork killer. The missing stamp would have completed the 3 cent newspaper rate to France. Nevertheless, this is an extremely scarce example of a foreign destination wrapper forwarded to a second foreign destination.

#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.

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