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Covers (#4)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 4063 |
#178 and #158, fine copies, tied by VF violet
quartered cork killers and matching Washington, DC 1878 postmark on
fine cover to Cairo, Egypt, Brindisi and Cairo back stamps.
Cover has some back faults, small reinforcement (back
image). Scarce destination for this period. |
$40 |
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| 4070 |
#281 on W357 wrapper to Germany, both canceled
by small, indistinct oval killers. Very scarce and unusual
combination paying a 6 cent (6x) rate. |
$45 |
 |
| 4071 |
#268 tied by BOSTON, MASS, CAMB[ridge] station double
oval killer on printed label to Societe Malacalogique, Bruxelles,
Belgium, from museum at Harvard. Scarce use and rate foreign
destination. Stamp has small bottom right corner fault. |
SOLD |
 |
| 4006 |
#211 pair, VF, plus #205, fine, tied by ST. LOUIS, MO
double oval station C postmarks on illustrated publisher's
advertising #U277 cover paying registry to Germany, New York, NY
Exchange registry label, 1885 use. A scarce combination of
features make this a desirable destination usage. |
$250 |
 |
| 3910 |
#189, faults, tied by NYC 12/26/83 ellipse killer on
legal size envelope to SCOTLAND, Packet Letter Glasgow
back stamp, red INSUFFICIENT ADDRESS and NOT CALLED FOR, purple
crowned Glasgow Returned Letter Branch. Stamp has unusual
printing variety. Nice markings, interesting cover. |
$35 |
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| 3867 |
#185, VF, corner fault UR, tied by NEWPORT, RI
postmark and geometric killer on VF intact mourning cover to Italy,
back stamped ROMA, 1882. Pretty. |
SOLD |
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| 3806 |
#W120, VF wrapper entire to DENMARK, canceled
by a VF strike of 1885 NYC double ring oval foreign mail postmark.
Reverse bears a nice blue strike of the seal of the Royal Danish
Consulate of New York. Pretty. |
$40 |
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| 3679 |
#210 pair + #206, fine, minor foxing, cancelled by
F-VF strike of OGDEN & SAN FRAN R.P.O. 1886 postmark (Towle &
Meyer 976-D-2) and triply struck bold letter E killer on fine
intact cover to Switzerland, back stamps. |
SOLD |
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| 3596 |
#179, fine, tied by lightly struck, small 6-segment
wedges killer with VF U.S. POSTAL AGCY. SHANGHAI (China) postmark
on VF cover front to Connecticut. Scarce and desirable
marking. Neat. |
$50 |
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| 3609 |
#178, #158, fine copies tied by SAN FRANSCISCO, CA
crossroads killer on VF intact cover to Stockholm, Sweden, OCT
1877 receiving back stamps. Attractive cover, nice destination. |
$45 |
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| 3524 |
#209, F-VF, canceled by quartered cork killer with
matching 1886 PRINCETON, NJ postmark on intact cover to Sao
Paulo, Brazil, back stamped Rio DeJaniero and Sao Paulo. Cover
neatly opened at right. |
SOLD |
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| 3557 |
#206, VF, on clean UX7 postal to Paris, France, canceled by VF strike of
HEMPSTEAD, TEX, JUN 26, 1882 postmark. Stamp is tied by VF strike of blue Paris, France receiving mark. |
$20 |
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| 3518 |
#185, fine, tied by SAN FRANCISCO geometric cork killer on intact
illustrated advertising cover for Cyclops Machine Works, picturing a machine tool, to
England, back stamped Nottingham, 1881. Scarce foreign destination
illustrated advertising. |
SOLD |
 |
| 2951 |
#210, VF, on U163 unreduced entire, 1886 New Bedford, CT to Great
Britain. Addressee could not be found. Cover opened in
error and officially resealed by the British postal service (Drummond
OS1, a seal used to repair letters damaged in the mails and to
reclose letters opened in error, as here attested by post office
docketing on reverse). Cover, returned to sender, bears a
variety of markings, including, Washington, DC Dead Letter Office
triangle on reverse and purple pointing hand.
Scarce and desirable usage. |
SOLD |
 |
| 2822 |
#182, #183x2, #187, fine stamps, small faults, paying the 5 cent UPU and 10 cent
registered rate to England, on fine, unreduced cover canceled by
purple straight-line Chicago, IL June 14, 1881 postmark and blue
London crayon. |
$55 |
 |
| 2596 |
#179, avg, tied by a VF-XF strike of unusual empty-centered cross in circle killer with matching BROOKLYN, NY (1875) postmark on fine unreduced cover to Belfast, Ireland. |
$30 |
 |
| 2310 |
#UX3, fine, with fine #156, to Austria, bearing
two VF strikes of NYC positive 8 in circle killer, postmarked JAN 23, 1874, with red NY JAN 24 transit mark and black DOBLING receiving marks on front.
By the Weiss standard, this cancellation now qualifies as a NYFM
usage. Scarce and attractive use of this New York City
killer to a foreign destination. |
SOLD |
 |
| 1900 |
#281, VF, 1901 NYC ellipse killer ties with
Mexican 5 centavo stamp postmarked Guadalahara. Cover
originated in Mexico, mailed to New York where U.S. postage was added and
cover sent to Thomas Cook & Sons forwarding agent, Venice,
Italy, then forwarded to Taomina, Sicily. Appropriate back
stamps, half inch cover tear at top. A VF mixed franking
usage. |
$150 |
 |
| 1847 |
#161 pair, #179, all fine, on 1878 cover from
New Orleans to France, via New York, stamps paying a triple UPU rate plus ten cent
registration. Cover is fine, unreduced, back stamped NY Registered with two French receiving marks. |
$95 |
 |
| 1872 |
#187, XF sound stamp, tied by New
York City 1881 duplexed vertical FM numeral 6 ellipse on VF FLS to
Mexico. Cover has blue oval forwarder stamp on front and is
back stamped New Orleans and Vera Cruz. |
$50 |
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