The Classic Cancel

Item #	Description	Price
4971	#183, fine, SE, tied by NYC station D 1883 postmark and ellipse on fine, locally mailed cover with printed address bearing bold, black Due 2 and VF #J2 postage due canceled by XF strike NEW YORK D double oval killer, scarce use of this killer on this issue. Minor flap faults.	$45
4945	#210, fine, black target killer with XF strike of blue MILLBORO DEPOT, VIRGINIA, 1885 postmark (Bath County DPO, 1874-1896) on intact cover, pencil Due 2 with fine #J16 tied by SOTN Richmond, VA, REC'D postmark. Attractive.	SOLD
4948	#J62, F+, SE, tied by beautiful strike of red double ring WEST WARWICK, R.I. JAN 23, 1927 postmark, matching duplexed ellipse postmark where stamp missing, on VF intact cover. Pretty.	$10
4831	#J15, fine, tied by bold UNCLAIMED on cover with #210 postmarked Zanesville, OH to Washington, DC. Cover with various DC markings, ADVERTISED on front, Received, General Delivery and DLO on reverse.	SOLD
4893	#207, fine, Louisville, KY target killer ties to fine, unreduced cover (edge faults), to LOCK HAVEN, PA, where it was stamped Due 3 and a #J3 applied, tied by Lock Haven, FEB 1, 1883 M.O.B. ticket ribbon postmark.	SOLD
4786	#J68, fine, with Rochester, New York precancel, on intact Rochester, NY postmarked cover with #582. Postage required for first class local rate was 2 cents. Sender attempted to send this at the third class, unsealed local rate of 1 1/2 cents, but as envelope was sealed, it had to go first class, meaning 1/2 cent short paid. Cover bears two XF strikes of red "Postage due 1/2 cent". Scarce single use of this due. Ex-Pusecker.	SOLD
4785	#J39, VF tied on postcard by VF strike of NEW YORK M.I.&R. 3-25-1908 postmark and ellipse with DUE 2 CENTS binocular rating mark. This card was inadvertently sent to the short-lived New York "Mail Inadmissible & Returnable" office. Created to keep dangerous (explosive and flammable, or poisonous or hazardous) materials out of the mail stream, the regulations were vague and frequently misunderstood, and much short paid mail ended up in their hands. Anything that a clerk was uncertain how to handle was shunted off to the M.I.&R. office. Card bears 5 Heller Austro-Hungarian monarch stamp postmarked Kutná Hora (now part of the Czech Republic). Card reverse bears a real photo image of the town. Ex-Pusecker.	$30
4251	#184, XF, canceled Rogersville, TN to Chicago, IL on intact cover, stamped DUE 3 in circle and bearing #J3, first issue postage due with single vertical pen stroke precancel, first style of precancel used in Chicago. Magenta carrier back stamp. (Cover is ex-Warren Bower exhibit.)	SOLD
3859	#210, two fine copies, target killers, light WARM SPRINGS, VA (Bath County, 1877-) postmark and purple DUE 2 and matching JUN16, 1886 date stamp with #J16 not tied on intact advertising cover to Chicago for the warm sulphur springs Ladies' Bath, with all over yellow illustration of the bath. Interesting.	SOLD
3442	#J3, VF, tied by blue star killer on intact 1880 #184 cover from New York City to Redwood, Jefferson County, NY. Cover bears DUE N.Y. 3 CENTS in circle. The star killer is duplexed to a very lightly struck Redwood postmark, where the J3 was applied. Minor toning at UR, small corner fault at LL. An extremely scarce fancy cancel tying due on cover.	$85
3296	#J3, VF, tied by unusual blue, fancy POST OFFICE ASHBOURNE, PA JUL 19, 1881 oval postmark and target killer on cover from Washington, DC. Postage due apparently applied for remailing of cover to Long Branch, NJ.	$45
3106	#J3, average strip of 5, canceled by 4 strikes of light blue LEXINGTON, MICH., MAR 3, 1886 postmark with duplexed target killer. Right stamp has 1/2 inch tear at top. Scarce multiple, especially with town postmark.	$30
3095	#J3, fine, just tied by negative letter P killer on VF cover (enlarged scan) postmarked St. Louis, MO 1882 to Portland, ME. Cover also bears two light strikes of ultramarine large DUE 3 in circle of St. Louis. Fancy cancels on dues scarce.	$40
3050	#J3, fine, tied by red incised cross killer (Cole CSU-4) on fine, unreduced cover to Boston, MA from Danvers, MA with #207. Cover with manuscript Due 3 cts.	$35
3006	#212, fine, plus #J15, VF, paying return postage, each cancelled by a different NYC PO double oval killer on F-VF unreduced circular, bearing a violet OCT 31, 1887 pointing hand and RETURN POSTAGE DUE 1 CENT.	SOLD
2896	#J15, VF, SE, tied by WILLIAMSPORT, PA JUN 5, 1890 postmark and numeral 1 ellipse killer on VF unreduced U314 cancelled NYC APR 3, 1890, "ADVERTISED" in circle, MAY 12, 1890.	$45
2336	#183, VF, Williamsport, PA postmark and target killer tie to VF unreduced cover also bearing a J2 postage due. Cover is neatly marked with DUE 2 in circle and large, bold numeral 2. Very attractive.	SOLD
2335	#J39 (3), each tied by strike of Worcester, MA oval killer on VF 1899 cover from England, one penny stamp short pays, cover marked DUE 6 CENTS, doubling the 1 1/2 penny (3 cent) shortage. Attractive.	$30
2333	#J15, 2 VF large margin copies tied by a SOTN strikes of MATTAWAMKEAG, ME (Penobscot cnty) postmarks on U312 postmarked New York City with N.Y. DUE 2 CENTS in circle marking. Cover reduced slightly at top, no backflap. Eye-catching postmarks are scarce on postage due stamps.	$35
2286	#J3, VF tied by unduplexed violet ellipse killer (Cole EL-134) on fine unreduced cover to Washington, D.C. with fine #207 cancelled New Haven, CT. Scarce cancellation on postage due.	$25
1407	#J3, fine, bearing SOTN DUE 3 in circle of Philadelphia, PA on fine unreduced cover with #207 cancelled Ottumwa, IA, Philadelphia back stamps. Nice cancel on postage due.	$30
1406	#J3, fine, tied by VF strike of thin hollow circle killer on VF cover with #207 cancelled Morris Plains, NY, to New Haven, CT. Unusual killer for a postage due stamp.	$30
1404	#J16, fine corner margin copy, tied by bold Portsmouth, NH postmark without date slug, pencil Due 2, on cover, slightly reduced at right into #210. Unusual cancellation for a postage due stamp.	$15
926	#J18, 5 cent due, F+, small faults, nicely struck with intense black NEW ORLEANS REC'D circular receiving stamp. Eye catching. (Click stamp for enlarged image.)	$15

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