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Banknote Stamps (#4)

Item # Description Price Picture
4131 #149, fine, fresh, two tiny corner creases at top, bearing an XF SOTN strike of upside down large black negative letter E killer of Chicago, IL (Cole LE-76), very eye-catching. $45
4057 #159, F-VF block of 4, fresh and bright color, each stamp canceled by target killer, bottom right stamp with small corner crease, scarce and attractive multiple. $175
3820 #163, VF appearing, reperforated at left, bearing a VF strike of an early and scarce NYC 11-bar numeral 6 ellipse. Stamp is definitively the Continental intermediate soft paper, as verified by the cancel used only in 1878. $50
3176 #148, F-VF, sound, bearing a superb SOTN strike of letter N killer of Nagasaki, Japan. An incredibly rare and desirable killer on this issue. 2006 PFC.  Click stamp image for enlargement.

SOLD

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3257 #150, fine pair, used in Japan. The letters "JAPA" of the Yokohama, Japan postmark are readable at left, the killer is the well known circle of wedges. Scarce and pretty item.  Click image for enlargement. $100 n3257.jpg (5775 bytes)
2345 #183, XF, with a superb SOTN strike of 6-segment radial geometric killer. Very eye-catching cancellation.

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2219 #157, F-VF, bearing XF SOTN strike of New York City local delivery fancy killer, similar to but smaller than NYFM elaborate negative geometric killer GE-EN1. Stamp has crease. Wonderful eye appeal.

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2029 #206, VF pair, bearing an XF SOTN strike of fancy violet oval postmark from WAVERLEY, MASS. APR 4 1887. An extremely eye-catching killer. $35 n2029.jpg (6354 bytes)
2028 #148, VF, fresh color, moderate cork grid overstruck by French numeral (8 clearly visible) in fine grid killer. Scarce foreign cancellation, an interesting item. Stamp has tiny pin hole at bottom. $30
1861 #189, F-VF, large top margin copy with large part plate number 31 visible. Nice position piece.  Paper wrinkle.

SOLD

1859 #205, VF, bearing a VF+ strike of large numeral 5 British postage due rate marking. Interesting cancellation.

SOLD

1736 #210, VF, bearing a beautiful SOTN strike of a shield with 13 negative stars in a circle. One of the finest shield fancy cancels that I have ever seen. Unlisted in Cole.

SOLD

1737 #213, VF, sound, bearing an XF strike of "kicking mule" fancy killer and partially double ring postmark, verifying authenticity of the cancellation.

SOLD

256 #217, XF, sound and fresh with large margins and crisp perforations all around, a gem stamp with a neat strike of NYC 9-bar ellipse cancellation, numeral 2.  2006 PFC, "genuine," graded VF-XF 85. $150
       
       
       

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