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New
York Foreign Mail (NYFM) Cancellations (#3)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 4156 |
#179, tied by an XF detailed and complete strike of
the exceptionally rare NYFM geometric, Weiss GE-EP 13, on VF,
entirely intact mourning cover to France. This is a
newly discovered cover, previously unknown to NYFM collectors.
(According to my source this cover was acquired in Europe.)
Prior to this, only three inbound foreign mail covers each bearing
Scott 179 (including a spectacular one additionally franked with
with Peru 1d green #14) and one cover front to Japan with 157, 158
and 161 (ex-Boker) have been known to exist. This cover is
the only reported transatlantic use of GE-EP 13 and only the
fifth on-cover usage now recorded. Weiss records the three
inbound foreign mail covers with dates of use ranging from 1/20/1876
to 5/6/1876; the Japan cover front is postmarked APR 23. This
cover's cancellation date, interestingly, is DEC 9, 1876 based upon
the station postmark on the reverse and confirmed by the blue Paris
receiving stamp on front, perhaps demonstrating a gap in the use of
this killer. Note that the geometric cancellation is quite
clear and distinct showing little wear from earlier uses.
Also note that this fancy NYFM killer was applied when foreign mail
ellipse killers had already come into regular use. The 179 has
separation faults at left and a corner crease at bottom right.
However, these faults are trivial relative to the importance of this
cover and hardly detract from this spectacular usage. This
cover deserves to be a centerpiece of any NYFM cover collection and
exhibit. |
SOLD |
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| 4124 |
#179 pair, VF, tiny thin in right stamp, otherwise
sound, canceled by a VF strike of NYFM fancy geometric killer,
Weiss GE-C9, rare on values other than 2 cent vermilion,
especially so on a multiple since used on circulars. |
SOLD |
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| 4066 |
#158 strip of 3 with #156, SE, paying the 10 cent
closed mail rate to Rome, Italy on VF intact cover with two
strikes of NYFM geometric, Weiss GE-C1. Red DEC 3 (1874) NEW
YORK PAID ALL Br. TRANSIT exchange office postmark. One cent stamp
has corner fault at UR where it overlapped the edge of the cover. |
$125 |
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| 4061 |
#149, F-VF+, canceled by a VF-XF detailed strike of
NYFM fancy star killer, Weiss ST-MP3. Stamp has small thins.
Attractive. |
$50 |
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| 4062 |
#161, superb centering, crisp perfs all around,
a beautiful appearing stamp with tiny corner bend at bottom right.
Stamp bears a F-VF strike on NYFM fancy star killer, Weiss
type ST-MP3. |
$35 |
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| 3961 |
#179, VF-XF stamp, sound, cancelled by VF-XF
strike of NYFM circle of wedges killer, Weiss TR-W17, on VF FLS
to France with VF red NEW YORK JUN 24 transit mark and blue JUL 6,
1876 PAQ. FR. BREST French receiver. |
$95 |
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| 3968 |
#179, fine, tied by VF strike of NYFM wedge killer
(VW F5b, Weiss TR-W 13 variety) on unreduced cover to England, red
1878 London receiving, NYC station E APR 4 ellipse on reverse.
This killer was typically used to cancel foreign destination mail
posted at a branch and delivered to the main post office.
One third of back flap missing. |
SOLD |
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| 3909 |
#179, VF, tied by VF strike of NYFM fancy solid
star killer with hollow center (Weiss ST-8P1) on intact cover
to Germany, NYC DEC 1 back stamp and Duisburg 12-14-77 receiving
mark. Late use of this NYFM killer, very scarce on cover.
Note, cover has several pencil erasures. |
SOLD |
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| 3869 |
#179, VF, perf faults at left, tied by fair-fine
strike of unlisted NYFM geometric type killer on VF FLS to
Holland postmarked JAN 22, 1876, Amsterdam back stamp. I have
seen one other NYFM cover with this killer dated 1/29/76 that was
offered on eBay (image). |
SOLD |
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| 3118 |
#W148, VF 2 cent vermillion wrapper on manilla, cancelled by
VF strike of NYFM wedge killer (Weiss TR-W16), going to Holland. Cover is
back stamped Rotterdam, DEC 24, 1877. Mild vertical bend in center of wrapper. |
SOLD |
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| 3585 |
#163, VF-XF, canceled by a superb SOTN strike of
NYFM fancy killer, Weiss TR-S5. Stamp has a single very tiny
perf tear at left, but is otherwise sound. A gem quality NYFM
fancy cancel on a beautiful stamp. (Click image for
enlargement.) |
SOLD |
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| 3947 |
#155, F-VF, sound, nice margins, bearing a superb
SOTN strike of very scarce NYFM fancy killer (Weiss TR-M6). All
reported uses of this killer are from 1871, verifying that this is
the 90 cent National issue. Terrific NYFM item. 2008 PFC
verifying cancel and soundness. |
SOLD |
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| 3419 |
#O38, faults, bearing a fair 50% strike of NYFM killer, Weiss GE-C4, 12-spoke spiral fancy
geometric. NYFM fancy killers are extremely rare on officials.
(Click scan for enlarged image.) |
SOLD |
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| 2911 |
#O 80, fine, SE, bearing a light but definitely readable strike of the very rare NYFM GE-EP 13 geometric
killer. This cancel is normally found on inbound foreign mail. To find
this fancy killer on an official is incredible. UNIQUE.
(Click stamp image for enlarged scan.) |
SOLD |
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