The Classic Cancel

Item #	Description	Price
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.)	$45
2480	#O3, XF, small thin, cancelled by a VF SOTN strike of fancy star in circle killer. A beautiful and scarce item.	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
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
3949	#300, avg, tied by Washington, DC 1905 machine cancel on Dept. of Agriculture Division of Publications penalty envelope, paying the UPU unsealed circular rate to Switzerland, stencil address. Scarce use of penalty.	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
3776	#O15, F-VF strip of three, each cancelled by a VF strike of numeral 9 in barred double ring killer of Cincinatti, Ohio. Tiny nick in bottom of right stamp, otherwise sound. Extremely eye-catching item.	SOLD
3942	#O16, fine, bearing large part of PENSACOLA (Florida) postmark. All town postmarks are scarce, southern states especially.	SOLD
2714	#O16, VF pair paying double local delivery rate, tied by split cork killer with Washington, D.C. postmark and two red carrier hand stamps on reverse. General Land Office cover is unreduced and opened at right with minor faults and toning. Right stamp shows a double transfer in CENTS, especially the letter S (enlarged image), left stamp creased before application. Scarce rate and a desirable plate variety on cover.	SOLD
3521	#O17, fine, quartered cork killer ties on small Department of the Interior, United States Land Office, Jackson, Miss. penalty envelope. Scarce southern states office usage. Small reduction at R, small repair at BR, otherwise VF.	$95
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
3037	#O17, O18 (sheet margin copy), fine, tied by cork killer with AUG 14 Washington, DC postmark (24 mm dimension, 1873 usage) on Dept. of the Interior General Land Office cover to Washington Territory. Very early use for these stamps.	SOLD
2455	#O18, VF, sound, bearing an XF strike of negative letter M in box killer of Denver, CO. (Cole Lm-63). Scarce fancy killer on official.	SOLD
3970	#O 19, 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
1394	#O19, VF-XF, bright, fresh, sound large margin stamp bearing a superb, intense strike of a "bow tie" wedges cancellation. A dramatic cancel.	$25
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
2406	#O21, F-VF, perf faults, bearing a superb SOTN strike of small Maltese style solid cross of Washington DC. Very eye catching killer.	SOLD
217	#O24, 90 cent Interior, fine, fresh and sound, with neat F-VF strike of SOTN cross fancy cancel.	$20
3995	#205, Washington, DC 1886 ellipse killer ties to intact Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey penalty envelope to a Prof. McKenny Hughes, Cambridge, England, receiving stamps. Small stamp, cover faults. Proper use of penalty cover with stamps paying UPU postage rate to foreign destination. All such usages are scarce.	SOLD
2933	#O27, fine, sound 3 cent Justice, bearing an XF SOTN strike of intense black Maltese cross with interior geometric design killer of New Orleans, one of 4 known copies. Similar in Lockyear sale went for over $400.	SOLD
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.	$125
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.	$50
622	#O28, VF and fresh, cancelled by blurred strike of blue Cincinnati, OH numeral in grid.	$22
368	#O29, 10 cent Justice, F-VF, fresh and sound, moderate cancel.	$30
384	#O30, 12 cent Justice, superb centering, fresh and sound, moderate 9 bar ellipse cancellation. A gem.	$75

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