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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
 |
| 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 |
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| 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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