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Destination Covers (#3)

Item # Description Price Picture
5504 #215, fine, sound, tied by ST. LOUIS, MO station E postmark and ellipse on intact U294 1¢ entire, combination paying UPU rate to Germany, 1889 Hannover receiving on back. All four corners with mounting stains, thus the low price for what is a rather scarce usage of this stamp. $20
5408 #212, #213 pair, fine copies, tied by ROCK ISLAND, ILL., MAY 3, 1889 postmark on Jacob & Ramser, Jeweler corner advertising cover to Switzerland. Interesting LAUSANNE EXP. LETTER. postmark on reverse. $25
5424 #182 (2), #184, small faults, tied by New York City OCT 11, 1878 postmark and numeral 7 ellipse killers on intact cover to England, Brown & Shipley double oval forwarders mark, red London receivers, front and back. $25
5454 #U300, VF intact unsealed entire, canceled by VF APMC, NEW YORK, N.Y. STA. P. 1896 dateless postmark and machine1 flag killer to Mexico, via steamer SEGURANCA, purple ship name and address hand stamp. $25
5212 #300, fine, 1906 NYC machine killer tied to postcard short paid to Portugal, NY binocular 5 centime due. 20 reis Portuguese due applied and canceled at Lisbon. Card, with vertical crease, pictures photo of RMS Baltic ship.

SOLD

5159 #W301, VF, with 2 fine copies of #213, all canceled by fine strikes of BUFFALO, New York multi-barred double oval killer, paying 5 times the newspaper rate to Germany, Ratzenried, FEB 9, 1890 receiver on reverse. $65
5093 #U294, XF 1 cent entire, canceled by New York station P barred double ellipse, paying unsealed circular rate to Caracas, Venezuela. Purple S.S. "VENEZUELA." boat name hand stamp and CARACAS, VENEZUELA address stamp. Pretty. $30
5047 #279, 279B on U362, all canceled by XF strike of LANSING, MICH, MAR 10, 1900 postmark and flag killer on intact cover to Honduras, Central America, manuscript "via New Orleans" (N.O. Transit back stamp). Scarce destination. $40
5049 #W283, with corner return hand stamp address for famous philatelist C.H. Mekeel, Turner Building, St. Louis, MO., to Alexandria, Egypt, light St. Louis oval postmark. Very scarce destination.

SOLD

5050 #W120 canceled by New York City foreign mail dated double oval killer, to Curacao, West Indies. Desirable destination. $50
5051 #W357 with #300, both tied by VF strike of REDLANDS, CAL boxed postmark, to Victoria, Australia. Attractive and scarce use. $45
5052 #W301, canceled by VF strike of large New York, 6-19, 1894 foreign mail double oval killer, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Manuscript SS Delcomyn (misspelled Delcoymn) of the Blue Anchor Line. NYC merchant back stamp. $35
5053 #301, canceled by small NEW YORK U.S.A. 12-1, 1900 double oval killer to Santos, Brazil, New York City merchant back stamp. $20
5054 #W301 canceled by HARTFORD, CONN. double oval killer sent to U.S. CONSULATE (in blue hand stamp), San Cristobal, Venezuela. $30
5055 #W301, black cork killer, sent to Slagelse, Denmark, SLAGELSE double ring receiving postmark on reverse. $30
4999 #234, VF, 1893 Albany, NY postmark and machine killer tie to F-VF intact Hotel Kenmore illustrated corner advertising cover Puerto Plata, San Domingo, West Indies (Dominican Republic), purple Puerto Plata receiving postmark. A very scarce destination on an exhibitable cover. SOLD
4836 #183, VF, tied by CHARLESTON, SC postmark and bold target killer paying the unsealed circular rate on VF folded prices current circular to England.

SOLD

4784 #U300, VF unsealed 1897 entire to Antwerp, Belgium, canceled by VF strike of Barry machine killer (Hanmer dial 2, undated as typical for circulars, killer 2 machine 1) with similar New York, NY Barry machine killer used as transit marking on reverse. $15
4780 #178, #158, fine copies, canceled by a F-VF strike of NYC simplex numeral 3 ellipse on fine, intact small cover to Germany, DEC 20, 1879 station G ellipse killer on reverse, 35 mm sealed tear at top not affecting stamps. $50
4294 #W301, intact wrapper opened at bottom, New York U.S.A. 1-28 1893 double oval foreign mail postmark, addressed to PATRAS, GREECE. All mail to Greece from the U.S. is rather scarce and foreign mail wrappers are uncommon. $45
3625 #205, VF, Boston, MA 1886 machine cancel ties to XF intact cover to Turkey, part of the Rev. Washburn correspondence. VF Boston PAID on front and VF British Post Office, Constantinople back stamp. Attractive cover. $50
3511 #U300, fine entire, cancelled by F-VF strike of SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (territory) oval killer, to Germany. Scarce use of unsealed circular rate from western territory. $25 n3511.jpg (86802 bytes)
3271 #267, #272, fine copies, postmarked St. Louis, MO 1896, paying double rate to Germany on F-VF unreduced blue and black Cigar Makers Union advertising cover. Attractive and scarce color advertising used to foreign destination. $85 n3271.jpg (47896 bytes)
2520 #179 (2), XF sound copies, tied by 1879 NYC foreign mail vertical numeral 4 ellipse killers on VF FLS to Amsterdam, Holland, via ship Scythia. Very attractive. $80 n2520.jpg (28890 bytes)
2521 #179, XF large margin stamp, slight dry print impression, on VF FLS from New Orleans to France, via NY. Red NY transit and blue octagon U.S. French packet hand stamps on front, black Bordeaux receiving stamp on back. $75 n2521.jpg (22503 bytes)
       
       
       

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