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Dues, Dead Letter Office (#2)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| j0030 |
#210, target killer and LEESBURG,
FLORIDA MAR 17 1885 postmark
(Lake County, 1871-) on intact
cover to Chicago, IL,
manuscript "Due 2¢" at left. Cover
bears a VF sound 2¢ #J16 postage due bearing a scarce Chicago
precancel consisting of 2 horizontal bars (Smith,
"Silent Precancels" type CHICAGO G). |
$50 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| 8401 |
#281x2, fine, Chicago NOV 25 1902 postmark, double
weight cover to Argentina. Boxed
NON-RÉCLAMÉ (unclaimed), large "U", and small red "RETURNED TO
WRITER" pointing hand on front. MENDOZA
30 DEC 1902 receivers and manuscript "Desconocido [unknown] ???"
indicating that recipient could not be located. The
cover apparently took a very long time (nearly a year) to get
returned.
There is a red
double ring "DEAD LETTER OFFICE USA NOV 3 1903" hand stamp and
a CHICAGO STA. U. NOV 5 1905 machine postmark receiver on
back.
Small cover reduction at left. |
SOLD |
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