The Classic Cancel

Item #	Description	Price
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
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
9914	#210, fine, SE, DEC 3 1886 Belleville IL postmark on essentially intact cover to St. Louis MO, St. Louis receiver on reverse. The cover bears a #J15 precanceled by 3 vertical bars (type Hoover A) for paying the 1¢ advertising fee. There is a bold, 3-line purple "ADVERTISED / NOT CALLED FOR / Cannot be Found" and "DEC 11 1886" date stamp on front. The reverse bears a purple "Post Office St. Louis, Mo. INQUIRY DIVISION JAN 8 1887" double ring hand stamp and January Washington DC DEAD LETTER OFFICE triangle. Carrier pencil notations regarding delivery failure also on back, with a letter "A" on front representing the recipient's last name initial used for recording the cover at the DLO.	SOLD
9567	#J38, fine SE 1¢ postage due pair tied by "BUCYRUS, OHIO REC'D AUG 14, 1898" cds on VF cover postmarked "SANTIAGO DE CUBA, YSLA DE CUBA AGO 2 98" with VF purple "SOLDIER'S LETTER, Collect postage from Addressee, J.N. KIEFFER, Chaplin, 8th Regt. Ohio Vols." four-line hand stamp. VF Spanish American War Cuba occupation soldier's use.	$125
9244	#220, perf faults at top, target killer and WESTON VT JUL 15 1892 postmark on small cover (original letter) to Springfield VT. Purple "ADVERTISED." (7/22 pen dated), fee paid by VF #219 rather than postage due stamp, tied by SPRINGFIELD JUL 27 1892 postmark. Very unusual use of a postage stamp to pay the 1¢ postage due fee for advertisement.	SOLD
9215	#319, average, CHICAGO, ILL. FEB 17 1907 machine cancel ties to intact Beer Pump and Supplies illustrated advertising cover, magenta 2 line DUE 2 CENTS (not listed Piszkiewicz), 2¢ #J39 postage due with blue crayon crossed precancel (probably Silent Precancels Chicago V).	$25
8582	#J16 on Great Britain ½p postal card, London DE 18 1889 postmark, to West Troy, NY, forwarded to Troy. Card bears hexagonal T 5 (centime) British due mark and NY U.S. CHARGE TO COLLECT .2 Cents, penalty doubling 1¢.	SOLD
8645	#219, fine, sound, on unsealed locally mailed circular, indistinct NY cancel, forwarded to Chicago,with VF strike of purple "Forwarded Due 1c". The Chicago post office applied a precanceled #J15, probably wavy line, horizontally applied, paying the 1¢ penalty for forwarding of a circular.	$50
9224	Intact cover from England, OC 19 82 GLASGOW postmark, to Haverhill, MA. Black circled UNCLAIMED, redirected to Boston, red boxed UNCLAIMED and purple boxed "Undelivered for reason stated / To be returned to Sender at the address shown on cover". JAN 8 83 DEAD LETTER OFFICE triangle and various receiving and transit postmarks on reverse.	SOLD
8674	#205, fine, NEW YORK JUL 21 85 postmark, to London, England c/o Brown Shipley & Co. forwarder. The letter was apparently undeliverable. Letter returned to D.C. Dead Letter Office (SEP 7 85 DLO triangle on reverse and D.C. receiving postmark on front) with purple DLO RETURN TO THE WRITER small pointing hand on front. Multiple NY and London transit markings on reverse, as well as a later, collector-applied, adhesive tape to seal flap.	SOLD

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