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Banknote Stamps (#4)

Item # Description Price Picture
4805 #159, VF strip of 3 canceled by two VF-XF strikes of Philadelphia, PA foreign mail star geometric killer. Strip has a couple small perf faults, pressed crease in left stamp. A very attractive Lincoln strip. $65
4703 #159, fine, canceled by an XF-superb SOTN strike of negative 5-point star with center circle.  Neat killer.

SOLD

4454 #148, VF, canceled by an XF SOTN strike of patriotic shield fancy cancel of St. Louis, MO (Cole SH-57, Whitfield 1331). Stamp has tiny corner crease at upper left, otherwise sound. Neat cancel.  (HCS)

SOLD

4479 #159, fine, tiny faults, canceled by a VF+ strike of 3-ring circular geometric verifying that stamp was used from Hawaii. Killer is MH ring3-23, Davey 117, Shaffer 2-158, used from Hawaii on foreign mail 1876-84. Rare usage.  (See Post Office in Paradise web site, ring cancels.)  (HCS) $100
4480 #159, F-VF+, sound, canceled by an XF strike of red PAID ALL rate marking, typically used on circulars and newspapers send abroad to indicate full payment of postage. Very scarce usage on the 6 cent issue.  (HCS)

SOLD

4481 #159, fine, bearing a VF-XF strike of Waterbury, CT hollow 8-point rosette killer (Cole GST-7, Rohloff P-25, RRR scarcity, not more than 8 copies known, used 1878-82), stamp with minor printing smudge at top.  (HCS)

SOLD

4482 #159, VF, sound, canceled by XF SOTN strike of boxed negative letter M killer of Denver, Colorado (Cole Lm-63).  (HCS)

SOLD

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
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.

SOLD

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
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.

SOLD

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
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.

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. $175
       
       
       

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