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Covers (#1)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |

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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |

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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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