The Classic Cancel

Item #	Description	Price
4776	#O3, 3 cent Agriculture, VF, corner crease at bottom right, bearing a VF, nearly complete strike of fancy leaf killer, appears to match Whitfield 1655.	$25
4303	#O3, fine, faults, bearing a VF strike of purple shield commercial rubber fancy killer. Fancy cancels on Agriculture issues, especially color ones, are scarce.	SOLD
4342	#O3, fine, sound, canceled by Iowa ("IOA.") town postmark. Scarce cancellation.	$25
3246	#O3, F+, lightly cancelled. This is plate position 28, short transfer of UL frame lines, clearly showing type. This very scarce variety is described in The Chronicle of the USPCS, Nov. 2004, vol. 56, No. 4, whole 204, pp. 295. (Click on image for enlarged scan.)	SOLD
2512	#O4, VF, fresh, 3 large margins, cancelled by neat SOTN strike of quartered cork killer. Stamp has a small shallow thin. Attractive.	$25
4617	#O6, 12 cent Agriculture, F-VF, small corner crease at bottom right, canceled by a VF strike of 5-point star in circle killer. All fancy cancels on high value Agriculture officials are very scarce.	SOLD
3950	#230, fine pair, tied by Washington, DC 1896 duplexed ellipse killers on Dept. of Agriculture Division of Entomology illustrated preprinted postal card to Portugal. The card is fine, with small faults. Extremely scarce destination and a terrific usage of the one cent Columbian issue stamps.	SOLD
2375	#O12, fine, sound, tied by light Washington, DC postmark and light broken leaf killer on VF unreduced Executive Mansion cover to Cincinnati, OH, blue Cincinnati receiving stamp on back. Very scarce, especially this nice.	SOLD
4970	#O15, 1 cent Interior, VF, large margins, light cancel, sound, from position 91 showing the catalog listed plate variety, short transfer at bottom right. Desirable item for the specialist and a very attractive stamp.	SOLD
4325	#O16, 2 cent Interior, fine, just tied by small 6-wedge killer with Washington, DC postmark paying the local mail rate on fine General Land Office cover, black AUG 11 carrier on reverse, 1/4 inch reduced at right, minor docketing at left.	$100
4954	#O17, fine, sound, canceled by a VF-XF strike of fancy Washington, DC geometric killer (Cole GR-78 family).	$15
4963	#O17, fine, canceled by VF strike of DENVER, CO negative letter M in box fancy killer (Cole Lm-63).	$15
4761	#O17, 3 cent Interior, VF, small perf fault at upper right, canceled by an XF strike of an unusual ring and dots target killer, unlike any I have previously encountered.	SOLD
4716	#O17, 3 cent Interior, F-VF, sound, tied by notched quartered cork killer and SEP 12, WASHINGTON, D.C. postmark on VF intact Pension Office envelope. Based on 24 mm dimension and postmark format, this is a scarce 1873 first year of issue use.	$75
3424	#O17, fine 3 cent Interior, tied by light postmark and quartered cork killer on fine small U.S. Land Office, Concordia, Kansas envelope to Olathe, KS, reduced 3/8 inch at right, affecting nothing.	$80
3405	#O17, VF, tied by quartered cork killer and Washington, DC postmark on VF Department of the Interior Pension Office envelope to Iowa, quarter inch reduced at left, ting edge stain at UL, otherwise fresh and attractive.	$75
3808	#O17, #O18, both VF stamps, paying triple rate on VF intact Interior Dept. Pension Office envelope, each stamp canceled by pretty strikes of Washington, DC fancy geometric killer, with a particularly nice strike on the 6 cent. Combination of clean cover and VF Official stamps with well struck fancy cancels is rare.	SOLD
4329	#O18, 6 cent Interior, margin selvage copy, tied by Washington, DC postmark and cork killer on clean intact Pension Office cover to Newburgh, New York. Stamp fault where overlaps cover edge.	$40
4924	#O18, F-VF, canceled by a VF-XF SOTN strike of Maltese cross style cross killer.	$15
4662	#O19, F+, SE, canceled by a VF+ SOTN strike of blue black double oval WASHINGTON D.C. REG registry cancel, infrequently found this well struck.	SOLD
3970	#O19, VF, sound, canceled by a VF strike of Washington, DC circular geometric fancy killer (Cole GR-78). Stamp also shows trace of red foreign mail postmark along the bottom. Pretty stamp.	$40
2628	#O20, fine, tied by XF strike of serrated quartered cork killer with matching Washington, DC JUL 20 postmark (probably 1874, based upon postmark and cancellation style) on fine Interior cover. The cover has a small reduction at right not affecting the stamp, and small edge faults. A scarce on-cover example of the 12 cent Interior value.	SOLD
4858	#O20, 12 cent Interior, perf creases, showing a major listed plate variety, position 6, short transfer/erasure at lower right, not obscured by dark blue target killer. Scarce and desirable variety.	SOLD
4347	#O20, 12 cent Interior, F-VF, sound left margin copy showing a distinct plate scratch in the left margin.	SOLD
4955	#O21, VF, sound, unused n.g. stamp with proof-like impression clearly detailing the Huggins type IIb double transfer variety at left. (See George Sayers, USPCS Chronicle, February 2009, pages 67-68.). Numerous other unerased transfer lines visible throughout stamp design. A gorgeous example of this scarce, catalog-listed plate variety. Wow!	$150
4256	#O21, VF, double transfer at left variety, Huggins type 1b, clearly showing the variety's distinct set of transfer markings. (See George Sayers, USPCS Chronicle, February 2009, pages 67-68.)	$45
2958	#O27, F-VF, sound, cancelled by a superb SOTN strike of patent killer, likely from Louisville, KY. Killer shows 14 wedge segments and just a few of the killer points in its center. A gorgeous example of patent on official, scarce thus.	SOLD
3758	#O28, VF large-margined stamp, small faults, bearing a VF strike of a black geometric killer consisting of eight blunted wedges surrounding a solid circle. Interesting cancellation.	SOLD
368	#O29, 10 cent Justice, F-VF, fresh and sound, moderate cancel.	$30
384	#O30, 12 cent Justice, superb centering and fresh, moderate 9 bar ellipse cancellation. Tiny corner crease at upper right, otherwise entirely sound. A gem.	$75

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