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Department Officials (#2)

Item # Description Price Picture
4345 #O35, 1 cent Navy, sound, VF-XF centering with bright, fresh ultramarine color and nearly face-free cancel. A premium quality stamp. $60
4321 #O36, 2 cent Navy, F+, bearing an XF strike of NEW ORLEANS, LA negative bow and arrow killer, one of two known copies of this fancy cancel, both on the a 2 cent Navy. This stamp has small faults, including a nibbed perf at top, a repaired perf at left, and a very small corner crease at bottom left.  Irrespective of these faults, this is one of the finest fancy killers on an official that exists. (HCS) SOLD
3941 #O37, 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

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 n3403.jpg (54045 bytes)
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

437 #O38, 6 cent Navy, VF and fresh, moderate black cancellation. $15
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
4660 #O40, VF 10 cent Navy, faults, bearing an XF SOTN strike of positive letter H killer of San Francisco, CA (see cover 3164 for example). SOLD
4658 #O43, F-VF+ 24 cent Navy  Department official, canceled by two partial strikes of NYFM elaborate positive geometric killer (Weiss GE-EP 3). Stamp has a narrow thin that becomes a 4 mm tear at upper left, obscured in the cancel.  All NYFM on officials are rare and desirable. SOLD
4271 #O45, 90 cent Navy, fine, tiny faults, canceled by negative 5 point star fancy killer.  Scarce stamp, especially scarce with fancy cancel. $175
4881 Post Office Department official business patent envelope designed to carry large pieces of registered mail, made of heavy paper stock with sealed slotted flap on back.  Special handling instructions are detailed at lower left, a VF NEW YORK REGISTERED, MAY 3, 1867 postmark at upper right and a hand penciled registry number.  Intact item with small fault in address area.  Unusual and scarce. $30
4720 #O47, fine 1 cent Post Office, 8-segment cork grid killer ties on intact obsolete free frank postmaster envelope to Georgetown, ME (receiving stamp on front). Stamp (small scuff on left edge) pays unsealed circular rate. On cover examples of this stamp are far scarcer than catalog value represents. $95
4910 #UO5, XF intact 2 cent on lemon Post Office Registered Business entire canceled by a VF strike of New York City local mail JAN 10, PO (Post Office) postmark and matching PO in ellipse killer.  Pretty. SOLD
4592 #UO5, 2 cent Post Office unreduced entire (UPSS P20a) bearing a VF strike of blue CLEVELAND, O REGISTERED, MAR 28 postmark.  The entire pays postage only since the P.O.D. had free registry for this locally addressed cover. SOLD
4804 #O 49, F-VF, sound, canceled by fine strike of unusual boxed grid of small dots killer of CHARLTON, MA (Cole GE-74). SOLD
4631 #O49, VF, bearing an XF-superb SOTN strike of blue Masonic keystone fancy killer with small center hollow. Stamp has horizontal crease. A wonderful, unlisted fancy cancel. SOLD
4841 Post Office Deptartment Money Order Business penalty envelope from Williamston, NC post office (postmarked), bearing a same date (JAN 30, 1889) strike MISSENT TO WASH. D.C. and sent on to Helmetta, NJ, its original distination. $15
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. SOLD n3548.jpg (51219 bytes)
4894 #O49, VF, sound, on XF intact canary Post Office M.O. (Money Order) Business official envelope, stamp bearing a SOTN negative letter H killer with WINDSOR, VT postmark. $35
4724 #O49, VF jumbo copy, sound, tied by ring killer with ALPINE, NY, JUN 23 (1874) postmark on registered package receipt. Stamp used along right edge to connect several receipts together. Attractive and unusual. $45
4723 #O49, fine, just tied by cork killer with PETERSHAM, MA MAR 17, 1875 postmark on canary Reg. Bus. Post Office cover to Postmaster, Worcester, MA. $35
4323 #O49, fine, SE, black grid killer with VF strike of JACKSONPORT, ARK. JAN 22 (1874) postmark on Post Office Money Order envelope, cover barely reduced at right just affecting UR stamp perfs. Back docketed 1874.  Arkansas is a scarce state for usage.

SOLD

4878 #UO7, XF, intact Post Office 3 cent on canary entire, Registered Business imprint, canceled by a superb strike of New York City, numeral 11 ellipse killer. Attractive. SOLD
4782 #O50, F-VF, canceled by VF strike of small purple Maltese cross in circle. Weak transfer along BR side leads to small short transfer at BR corner. Notable in this image is that the stamp design is distinctly out of square: 25 mm at vertically at left and only 24.5+ mm at right.

SOLD

4868 #O50, 6 cent Post Office, F-VF+, tied by small quartered cork killer with Washington, DC OCT 4 (circa 1874-5) postmark on fine, old style Office of Second Assistant P. M. General envelope, half inch reduction at right, small tear bottom center. $65
172 #O51, 10 cent Post Office, fresh, sound and VF with large margins, black cork cancel (appears darker in scan than actual). $30
4258 #O55, 30 cent Post Office, XF, canceled by a terrific strike of red cork killer, quite scarce on high value issues.  2009 PSE certificate notes, "it is genuine used, with a red cancel, a shorter perf at the lower left and seven holes reperforated at the top left."  Nevertheless, this is a beautiful stamp with attractive cancellation.

SOLD

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
       
       

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