The Classic Cancel

Item #	Description	Price
3997	#116 and #113, both fine, tied by small circle of wedges killer and AURORA, IL postmark on small unreduced cover to Scotland, Glasgow JAN 5, 1870 receiving on reverse. Small tear at top. Cover is listed in 1869 Issue Census. Scarce combination of stamps to pay the double 6 cent treaty rate.	$350
3897	#115, F-VF, cork wedge killer ties on fine, fresh cover to England, red BOSTON PAID, MAR 15 postmark and MR 28, 1870 London receiving, with VF strike of red B.F. STEVENS DISPATCH AGENT forwarding mark. Cover sent to Commander J. G. Walker aboard the Frigate Sabine, forwarded to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where docketed May 11, 1870 upon receipt. One of a large correspondence to Cmdr. Walker. Listed in the 1869 Issues on Cover, p. 41. Cover has small reduction and a small tear at left plus minor edge faults. Scarce and very attractive item.	SOLD
3875	#71 and #69, fine SE stamps, canceled by FOXBORO, MA, MAR 3, 1863 postmark, paying 42c rate via France to Switzerland. Cover intact, Boston Br. Pkt and Geneve back stamps. Couple of tone spots at right affect the #71.	SOLD
3865	#179, fine, tied by VF strike of NY numeral 1 simplex ellipse on F-VF tissue paper cover to Sidon, Syria. The cover is neatly opened at right, back stamped TRIESTE and BEIRUTH 1878. The JUL 13 station C postmark and ellipse killer on front and back stamps verify that this is a JUL 13, 1878 usage. This date precedes by several months the previously recorded OCT 8, 1878 earliest reported use on outbound mail, making this a new earliest reported use. (See USCC News, Vol. 28, No. 1, Whole No. 258, February 2006 article by John Donnes, "New York City Ellipse Foreign Mail Cancels.")	SOLD
3599	#115, VF-XF sound copy on VF intact small cover to England. Stamp is tied by light HARTFORD, CT postmark and killer and light red London 1870 receiving mark. Clear red NEW YORK FEB 12 transit mark. Beautiful stamp and cover.	$500
3591	#205, VF, tied by NYC 1885 postmark and ellipse killer, cover posted to HAITI, a very scarce Caribbean destination, back stamped Port-au-Prince (scan). Cover entirely intact with minor rounding at upper right. Nice.	$95
3517	#205, fine, on 1887 cover to Burma. Postmarked JUL 18, SANDY HILL, NY and docketed via Italy (Brindisi), cover double struck by blue Constantinople AUG 2 transit marks on front. Cover has multiple markings on reverse: Suez (Egypt) AUG 14 transit, Sea Post Office and Bassein, B.B. (British Burma) receiving. An extremely scarce and desirable destination item.	$250
3338	# 69, #65, avg-fine, fresh sound stamps, tied by two XF strikes of NORWICH, CT geometric fancy killer (S-E GE-P 36) on VF, intact lady's cover postmarked FEB 12, 1866 to France. Contains 2 page personal letter. Pretty, small cover, scarce combination of foreign destination and fancy cancel.	SOLD
2892	#139, XF, small faults, light grill, cancelled by black New York grid killer on VF unreduced cover to Brazil. Cover has blue crayon "Due 8" over which it received a boxed SHORT PAID hand stamp. Scarce markings and destination, attractive cover.	SOLD, on extension
2942	#32, #36, F-VF sound copies, tied by Milford, MA JUL 22, 1859 postmark on unreduced cover to Joseph Marshall, Paita, Peru. Cover has Boston Br. Packet JUL 27 back stamp (scan), and double ring PANAMA AUG 15 transmit mark and red 12 rating mark on front, docketed "by San Francisco". Cover top has small repaired tear. Flap is torn but intact and is embossed with E. M. Marshall, Watch Maker and Engraver, Milford, Mass oval. Copy of 1977 PFC. Terrific.	SOLD
964	# 36, avg-fine sound pair, light Washington, D.C. balloon postmark on VF and fresh unreduced cover to England. Red July 8, 1859 London receiving and 3 credit mark on front, York receiving stamp on reverse. Tear on back from opening, but cover intact. A very nice example of this usage. Scott 2001 catalog $525.	$300
2808	#158 pair, Columbus, OH leaf killers tie to unreduced cover to Switzerland, straight line VIA OSTENDE (Belgium) and INSUFFICIENTLY PAID (4c underpay of 10c Swiss closed mail rate via England, 1874 usage. Scarce.	$125
2374	#158, VF pair, tied by two strikes of circular diamond geometric killer, matching New Orleans, LA postmark, on unreduced corner card advertising cover to Dublin, Ireland, AUG 1882 back stamp. One cent overpay.	$85
2155	#189, F+, sound, tied on F-VF unreduced U223 5 cent Garfield entire by two XF strikes of 1884 New York Supplementary Mail type F postmarks (numeral 1 ellipse). Cover posted to Belgium, back stamped Charleroi. A wonderful example of double rate supplementary mail.	SOLD
1465	#189, fine plus #205, VF pair, paying the 5X UPU rate to Paris, France, FEB 24, 1888 usage. The cover is a heavy vellum pre-printed business envelope, unreduced and sealed on the reverse by a large red embossed wax seal (back image). The cover is endorsed Steamer "La Bourgogne" in red ink, and has a purple dated rectangular company hand stamp at left. The stamps have been cancelled by New York City duplexed numeral 42 ellipse killers. Part of the postmark has been removed by contact with the wax seal of another similar cover placed over this cover. A very attractive cover paying a scarce multiple rate with a nice combination of stamps.	$250
1382	#205, Boston to Constantinople, Turkey, forwarded to Philippolis, Bulgaria (the ancient name of the modern city of Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria). Cover has red British Post Office Constantinople and blue Philippople back stamps. (See enlarged image.) The Philippole back stamp shows the city's name in both its Cyrillic and Roman spellings and the date in the Gregorian calendar. A wonderful 1885 usage to a very rare destination. Cover is opened on 3 sides for exhibit. The back flap is torn, missing a small piece.	SOLD
243	#206 on UX7, two strikes of out-bound foreign mail NYC ellipse cancellations, numeral 6 (Cole EL-93) on 7/9/84 card to Germany, Baden receiving mark on front, scarce usage. Back faults on card.	$20

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