The Classic Cancel

Item #	Description	Price
10394	#73, F-VF sound pair, on VF 1864 FLS bearing a VF straight line "REGISTERED" (Milgram type R-NY-3), double circle "NEW YORK AUG 19" with fleurons and light, fancy geometric killer (both only used on registered mail), plus manuscript "Registered" & "5228" registry number. Registry apparently paid in cash. This is an unique Blackjack usage, exceptional. Ex-Milgram, pictured in his Registered Mail book, fig. 205, p. 134.	$650
10395	#71, VF sound 30¢ orange, #77 15¢ black (neat bottom right corner repair), tied by target killers on an essentially intact 1868 registered cover to Freiberg, Germany. Cover postmarked "HALLETTSVILLE TEX. NOV 25" with manuscript "No. 29 Registered", with red "NEW-YORK, REGISTERED DEC 8" rimless cds and matching straight line "PAID ALL", blue crayon "2009" number, red "VERVIERS-COELN, FRANCO, 29 12" transit and "Recomandirt" framed hand stamp. Cover reverse bears a VF FREIBERG (12.31.68) arrival back stamp that ties the registry receipt remnant. The 45¢ postage may have paid the domestic registry fee (20¢) instead of the then 8¢ foreign mail registry to Germany. Very Fine appearance and quite scarce foreign destination registry, especially from a small Texas town. Ex Milgram.	~~$550~~ $525
10177	#115 vertical pair plus SE #146 paying 8c foreign mail registry + 6c treaty rate on small, intact cover to England, Macclesfield MR 9 71 receiver on back, KAN. postmark overwritten "Emporia". 2009 PFC mentions [light] internal crease across the bottom #115. Very scarce combination of 1869 and Banknote issues on foreign mail registered cover.	SOLD
10123	#96 used with #145 and #149, fine copies, target cancels, "BELLEVUE NEB. JUL 14" postmark on intact registered cover to Alfred Me., part of the extensive Shaw correspondence of registered covers. Very unusual and scarce franking combination for 18¢ rate (3¢+15¢). Attractive and interesting usage.	SOLD
9331	#94, XF, #96 average, fine SE grill pair paying 20¢ domestic registration on intact ca. 1868 UNION PACIFIC R.R. corner cover tied by three strikes of NYC fancy star of David surrounded by inward pointing wedges (Milgram NY439), NEW YORK REGISTERED JUL 21 (Milgram R-NY-9) registry postmark. I believe this killer to have been used exclusively on NY registered mail. Milgram (United States Registered Mail 1845-1870, Fig. 206, p. 135) illustrates a similar killer on an 1863 registered cover, differing by the fact that the surrounding wedges point outward.	$300
9714	#98, F-VF F grill, #114, sound stamps, grid cancels with KEITHSBURG ILL. DEC 22 postmark (Mercer County 1848-), VF intact buff registered cover to Rev. William Nelson, Bedford, Iowa, attractive and scarce mixed franking.	$250
9997	#115, #97, fine copies, "PETALUMA CAL. APR 12" [1871] postmark, pays 10¢ rate + 8¢ registry on cover to Locarno, Switzerland. Light red "New York Registered Apr. 22" rimless date stamp and large framed "CHARGEE" on front, Basel, Luzerne, Locarno receivers on reverse. Cover barely reduced at right, a VF and rare mixed-issue franking that realized $885 in 2023 in the Siegel auction of the Jeffrey M. Forster "Collection of The 1869 Pictorial Issue Used In International Mails".	$600
9318	#158, #153, #154, fine sound copies, PATERSON, NJ MAY 23 (1873 docketing) postmark and SL "REGISTERED", on VF intact legal size cover to Richmond, VA. This is a rare, colorful combination use of high value Banknotes on a registered cover. Combined Scott catalog for these stamps on cover exceeds $2000. According to docketing at left, the cover contained bonds. Very nice and exceptional.	SOLD
7182	#159, VF pair, #156, SE, paying 3¢ postage plus 8¢ registry rate from PITTSBURGH, PA to Roxbury, MA, stamps tied by VF strikes of blue straight line REGISTERED on intact cover, blue Pittsburgh postmark on intact canary envelope.	SOLD
9807	#237, fine, sound 10¢ Columbian, tied by WASHINGTON D.C. REG double oval killer paying registry on Post Office Department penalty envelope, manuscript "Stamp Dept.", magenta MAY 7 1894 double circle REGISTERED WASHINGTON D.C. postmark, to Portland ME. VF and intact cover, tiny tear at top. The content most certainly consisted of stamp proofs or special printings, with the buyer having provided 10¢ for 2¢ postage plus 8¢ registry.	$75
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
9409	#232 SE, #236 on unreduced #U311 (missing flap), a 1¢ convenience overpay on double weight registered cover, the stamps and indicia canceled by five clear tying strikes of small Masonic square & compass with letter G killer, First National Bank NEWCASTLE, PA corner. Fancy cancels other than stars are quite scarce on Columbian issue covers, fraternal symbol killers are rare. Very unusual and desirable.	~~$100~~ $90
7880	#264, VF, #271 vertical pair, fine, all sound, on cover to Waimea, Kauai, Hawaii, paying the UPU 5¢ plus 8¢ registry on registered cover bearing scarce San Francisco registry exchange label FX-SF1a tied by Honolulu OCT 9, 1897. Cover mailed to a member of the well known Blackstad family. Cover bears a 3-line purple San Francisco, Cal., Oct 2 1897, Registry Div. hand stamp and is reduced 7mm at left.	SOLD

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