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Item # Description Price Picture
5544 #214, 3¢ vermilion, XF, combined with #302 and #303 to pay the 2¢ postage plus 8¢ registry on intact 1905 registered cover from San Francisco to Council Bluffs, Iowa, a late philatelic use of #214, Makins & Co., Inc. red "Postage Stamps" seal on reverse. $45
5369 #267, VF-XF, sound, bearing a superb SOTN strike of jack-o'-lantern face killer. A GEM fancy cancel.

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5306 #300, fine, tied by ST. LOUIS, MO., NOV 8, 1908 wavy line machine killer on color advertising post card for F. C. Taylor & Co. furrier, the stamp with the perfin initials FCT. A very early perfin control letters example, first appearing on this issue. $45

5206 #220, fine, canceled by an XF strike of a smiling pumpkin face/mask killer with a matching MONROE, WIS., JUN 23, 1891 postmark on VF intact cover, stamp overpaying the 1¢ drop rate. Killer unlisted in references. $85
5207 #219, fine, canceled by a VF strike of a smiling pumpkin face/mask killer with a matching MONROE, WIS., JUN 23, 1891 postmark on VF intact drop letter cover. Killer unlisted in references. $50
4864 #320 with Shermack type III vending machine coil tied by SEP 25, 1908 Chicago machine killer on XF intact Marshall Field & Company corner advertising cover, VF New London, CT flag receiving postmark on reverse. $75
4816 #220, fine, tied on cover by fine letter N in ellipse killer with matching NASHUA, NH, Wesson TOB APR 9, 1890 postmark on F-VF cover, neatly opened at right. $5
4487 #270, VF, minor faults, canceled by an XF SOTN strike of U.S. POSTAL AGENCY, SHANGHAI (China) DEC 11, 10 P.M. postmark, scarce usage, outstanding cancel.  (HCS)

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3900 #246, 250, 255 on VF intact U311, each stamp and envelope indicia bearing a SOTN strike of small letter G surrounded by serrated double ring killer, matching GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. fancy oval 1895 REGISTERED postmark.  Scarce, colorful and attractive example of a registered cover with fancy cancel. $85
3682 #279B, F-VF strip of 3, on U258 4 cent Jackson entire, 1902 registered KEYPORT, NJ to Newton Highlands, MA. Several VF registry and receipt markings. Late commercial use of entire, vertical crease at left.

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3371 #220, fine, tied by XF strike of BELLOWS FALLS, VT 1890 postmark with unusual letter B 13-bar ellipse killer on cover, opened at right, minor toning at BR. $10 n3571.jpg (52856 bytes)
3251 #231, fine, by WORLDS FAIR STATION 1893, JUN 27 machine killer (Bomar C93-11A) on unreduced advertising cover for Chicago Commercial Company. Scarce. $35 n3251.jpg (31678 bytes)
2960 #279B, #282C, tied by two VF strikes of unduplexed "kicking mule" killers on unreduced, 2 cent overpaid 1899 registered cover from Post Townsend, Washington (light green Port Townsend REGISTERED at left). Cover is part of a turn of the century correspondence to Lamar, MO.  (See scan of enclosed letter.)  Both stamps with SE, #279B with pulled perf. Very scarce.

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2647 #220, fine, tied by XF strike of bluish-black negative 5-point star-in-circle killer with matching 1896 ALMORAL, IOWA, J. B. DUNHAM, P. M. postmaster postmark on fine, unreduced cover, small stamp fault. Delaware County DPO 1857-1921. $30 n2647.jpg (23098 bytes)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
 

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