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Department Officials (#6)

Item # Description Price Picture
4923 #O98, fine, thinned, bearing a superb SOTN strike of bold crossroads killer.  Quite eye catching. SOLD
4374 #O98, 3 cent Interior soft paper, VF, thin, canceled by an XF SOTN strike of unusual asymmetric circular grid killer, possibly New Orleans in origin. (HCS)

SOLD

4371 #O98, 3 cent Interior soft paper, just fine, sound, cancel by a SOTN strike of negative letter N killer. (HCS) $10
4328 #O99, 6 cent Interior soft paper, fine, sound, tied by cork killer with Marysville, CA postmark on US Land Office, Marysville penalty cover to private citizen in Oroville. Cover reduction just affecting penalty clause. Scarce stamp on cover.

SOLD

4743 #O114, fine, sound, canceled by a VF-XF SOTN strike of bluish black FORT BRIDGER, WYOMING (territory), JUL 12, 1884 postmark (obsolete late usage). Scarce fort cancel.

SOLD

4927 #O115, fine, sound 2 cent War on soft paper, on a VF, intact, small preprinted O.R.R. War Department cover to Washington, D.C., postmarked MONROE, MICH, MAR 19, 1884 (D.C. receiving stamp on reverse). $75
2101 #O115, XF, sound 2 cent War on soft paper, on a VF-XF small, unreduced preprinted O.R.R. War Department cover to Washington, D.C.  Cover has a VF Des Moines, IA, MAR 26, 1884 postmark and ellipse killer with a Washington, D.C. receiving stamp on reverse. SOLD n2101.jpg (18215 bytes)
4359 #O115, 2 cent War soft paper, SE, thin, bearing a superb SOTN strike of unusual outline right-facing face/portrait fancy killer, town of origin unknown. A wonderful fancy cancel on an official. (HCS) SOLD
4270 #O116, 3 cent War soft paper, mint block of four, fine centering, disturbed gum, possible regum, upper right stamp with distinct evidence of plate damage at the the bottom left part of the portrait (detail). Rare.

SOLD

4665 #O116, fine, SE, thin, canceled by a VF strike of partial UTAH, 1882 postmark. $25
4634 #O116, fine, SE, sound, canceled by an XF strike of solid purple outlined Maltese cross killer. $10
4368 #O116, 3 cent War soft paper, thin, bearing a fine, clear partial strike of elaborate, large negative shield killer (Whitfield 1301). (HCS)

SOLD

4145 #O116, 3 cent War soft paper, fine, bearing an XF SOTN strike of numeral 8 within a 3 (Cole NU-75, "38", a perfect match, which may also be an "83" year date consistent with the issue, or a broken version of a negative "8").  Scarce killer, especially so nicely struck on an official. SOLD
2713 #O116, fine, sound, tied by killer that appears to be a letter E and partial "SAS CITY" postmark, on VF unreduced War Department Signal Service Railway Bulletins cover. Small nick at bottom left from opening.

SOLD

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4760 #O117, 6 cent War, bearing a bold and XF strike of a hexagon nut style killer. Alan Campbell, noted Official collector, reports this cancellation as a bottle stopper killer. Stamp has light diagonal crease. $60
4636 #O117, fine, sound, bearing a superb SOTN strike of 5-point star in circle killer. A WOW star killer. $25
4358 #O117, 6 cent War soft paper, VF, sound, canceled by VF+ strike on large serifed letter A in circle killer (Cole La-21, Whitfield 5413B). (HCS)

SOLD

4027 #O117, XF 6 cent soft paper War, bearing a VF black star in circle killer. $10
3972 #O117, F-VF+, sound, bearing a SOTN strike of an unusual crossroads killer. Neat. SOLD
       
       

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