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Department
Officials (#2)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 2905 |
#O35, fine, bearing a SOTN Washington, DC geometric
killer. Perfs trimmed at LL, small tear, but a terrific
strike of this fancy cancel. |
SOLD |
 |
| 2729 |
#O35, VF, sound 1 cent Navy, large margins, cancelled by P. O. in oval WASHINGTON, D.C. circular mail killer. |
$45 |
 |
| 3978 |
#O36, VF, small faults, bearing an XF SOTN strike
of an unusual circular negative geometric cork killer that appears
to be a negative Masonic trowel (Whitfield 2011). Attractive cancel. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3941 |
#O 37, VF with nice margins, canceled by a nice
strike of large WASHINGTON, D.C. single-line oval killer, seldom
seen on this stamp. Attractive. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3860 |
#O37, fine, tied by Washington, DC geometric on
small Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation envelope. Cover is
unreduced, small fault at lower right with some paper loss on
reverse, stamp with minor perf foxing. Scarce. |
$125 |
 |
| 3403 |
#O37, fine, tied by Washington, DC cork killer, DEC 18 postmark, on clean, intact cover
to Navy Captain Maddux in Philadelphia, back stamped. |
$125 |
 |
| 4026 |
#O38, 6 cent Navy, F-VF+, sound, canceled by a
partial strike of a rare early Leavitt straight line machine
cancel, Stratton type A-1 (Boston). This killer is usually seen
on 1 and 3 cent stamps and government postals. This killer
is incredibly rare and desirable on a 6 cent official.
(The stamp is shown overlaid on a tracing of the killer from
Stratton, Frank B., Descriptive Catalog of the Leavitt Machine
Cancellations, USPSS, 1985.) |
SOLD |
 |
| 3419 |
#O38, faults, bearing a fair 50% strike of NYFM killer, Weiss GE-C4, 12-spoke spiral fancy
geometric. NYFM fancy killers are extremely rare on officials.
(Click scan for enlarged image.) |
SOLD |
 |
| 437 |
#O38, 6 cent Navy, VF and fresh, moderate black cancellation. |
$12 |
 |
| 3962 |
#O39, 7 cent Navy, F-VF, cancelled by an XF strike
of an unusual cork wedge killer. Stamp has a micro-perf tear at
left and a blunted perf at right, but is otherwise sound, fresh and
attractive. Scarce stamp this nice. |
$95 |
 |
| 3763 |
# O44, 30 cent Navy, fine, reperforated at right,
bearing a VF strike of a black 5-point star in circle
commercial rubber killer. Very scarce fancy cancel type on high
value Navy official. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3823 |
#O48, 2 cent Post Office, cancelled by an intense
red half moon killer. Very eye catching. Stamp has a couple
short perfs at top. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3534 |
#158, F+, tied by XF intense black 5-bar killer with
NEW ORLEANS, LA postmark on very scarce and unusual New Orleans
Post Office, John M. G. Parker, Postmaster personalized OFFICIAL
BUSINESS envelope. A wonderful departmental official
related item. |
$50 |
 |
| 3835 |
#O49, average 3 cent Post Office, canceled by a
SOTN strike of a transparent blue OK fancy killer, very scarce
on official issues. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3092 |
#O49, fine, bearing an inverted strike of old small PAID 3 in circle rating hand stamp used as
killer. Scarce, especially on an official. |
$8 |
 |
| 3394 |
#O49, F+, bearing a VF SOTN strike of solid 5-point star killer. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3896 |
Official Post Office Business notification card from
Providence, RI post office to Boston, MA, mailer requesting
additional information on addressee of undeliverable item, AUG 12,
1879, magenta Boston REC'D and blue CARRIER postmarks. Note
printed pointing hand design at UL. This is actually
quite a rare item, a postmaster privately printed card.
Postmaster C. (Charles) R. Brayton was quite a political individual
and it was probably worth it to him to have his name be well known
(see Wikipedia). |
$35 |
 |
| 3548 |
Post Office Department, Chicago, IL canary penalty envelope, cancelled by a
rare Chicago letter C in ellipse duplex killer (unlisted in Piszkiewicz, Chicago Postal Markings and Postal History).
The cover is VF and intact. |
$40 |
 |
| 3552 |
Post Office Department, Office of Supt. Railway Mail Service, Cincinnati, Ohio canary penalty envelope, with
JUN 9, 1882 letter on Railway Mail Service, Office of Chief Head Clerk
stationery. Scarce. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3911 |
#O49, F-VF, tied by VF+ strike of translucent
purple SYLVANIA, PA (Bradford County), NOV 8, 1878 commercial rubber
postmark with star killer on intact Reg. Bus. cover, with
original registered package receipt. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3567 |
#O49, fine, on Post Office Department Return Letter Office
envelope, Washington, DC postmark and wedges killer, to Rutland, VT. Quarter inch cover reduction at right.
Scarce use on this envelope. |
SOLD |
 |
| 2292 |
#O49, VF, SE, canceled by XF 5 point star killer with matching HUDSON, MA, JUN 24 postmark on VF unreduced canary Reg. Bus. Post Office Business official
envelope. Likely 1877 usage based upon similar cover.
Scarce on cover fancy cancellation of an official. |
SOLD |
 |
| 4078 |
#O50, F-VF 6 cent Post Office, sound, cork cancel (not
tied) and Washington, DC SEPT 15 time-dated postmark on F-VF old
style Post Office Department cover, half inch reduction at left. |
$45 |
 |
| 1890 |
#O50, 6 cent Post Office, on clean yellow Return Letter Office
cover, Washington, D.C. quartered cork killer. Quarter inch reduction at left and minor cover faults, but a
clean looking cover. |
$45 |
 |
| 172 |
#O51, 10 cent Post Office, fresh and VF with
large margins, black cork cancel (appears darker in scan than
actual). |
$30 |
 |
| 3836 |
#O56, XF centered 90 cent Post Office, mild
bend, bearing an XF strike of negative 5-point star in solid
5-point star fancy killer. Fancy cancels of any kind on high
value officials are rare. |
SOLD |
 |
| 203 |
#O56, 90 cent Post Office, F, light blue cork
cancellation. |
$5 |
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