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Department
Officials (#1)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 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 |

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| 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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