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The Martin Richardson Gold Medal Collection of U.S. Post Office Seals (1872-1969 Post Office Seals o continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2666 c 1895, Official Seal, Gray Brown, Hyphen-Hole Perf 7 (OX9).> Used with 2c 1895 Ty. III, stamp tied by Chicago Ill. Feb. 8 1897 12-30P machine cancel on insurance corner card to Lake Co. Il, Return to Writer
handstamp, receiving backstamps, non-con1895, Official Seal, Gray Brown, Hyphen-Hole Perf 7 (OX9). Used with 2c 1895 Ty. III, stamp tied by "Chicago Ill. Feb. 8 1897 12-30P" machine cancel on insurance corner card to Lake Co. Il, "Return to Writer" handstamp, receiving backstamps, non-contemporary pen mark on front, scarce example of the typograph with hyphen-hole perfs on cover (Image)

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500.00

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2667 c 1900, Official Seals (OX11-OX11c).> 17 covers, wide variety of frankings and usages, both U.S. (Pan-American, 1895, 1902-1903 and Postage Due Issues) and foreign origins, highlights include illustrated 1904
Worlds Fair cover with 2c Louisiana Purcha1900, Official Seals (OX11-OX11c). 17 covers, wide variety of frankings and usages, both U.S. (Pan-American, 1895, 1902-1903 and Postage Due Issues) and foreign origins, highlights include illustrated 1904 World's Fair cover with 2c Louisiana Purchase and Orange Brown seal, "Damaged By Canceling Machine" straight line, cover from Calcutta India to University of Washington Library, missent and opened in error by George Washington University Librarian, cover from Olmutz, Czechoslovakia to Yokohama, Japan, forwarded to Vienna via New York where "Received in Bad Order" and sealed with three lithographs, several other better, overall a fascinating group hand-picked by the owner for his gold medal exhibit (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
2668 c 1907, Official Seals, Royal Blue, Blue (OX12-OX13).> Nine covers on exhibit pages, several with multiple seals, both U.S. and foreign origination, highlights include single No. OX12 on cover from Saltpoint N.Y.
to Poughkeepsie N.Y. listed in Kotanchi1907, Official Seals, Royal Blue, Blue (OX12-OX13). Nine covers on exhibit pages, several with multiple seals, both U.S. and foreign origination, highlights include single No. OX12 on cover from Saltpoint N.Y. to Poughkeepsie N.Y. listed in Kotanchik as earliest known usage, cover with parts of five No. OX13 described on page as imperforate horizontally but show traces of blind perfs, two-color franking on illustrated hotel cover from Moscow to Boston, three color franked postal card from Merzhioun, Turkey to Cincinnati, O. with two seals, three color Canadian franking with six seals, several others, a very worthwhile and attractive group (Image)

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E. 200-300

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
2669 c 1912-1913, Official Seals, Hyphen-Hole 6.5 and Compound Perforations (OX14-OX15a).> Seven covers on exhibit pages, four with hyphen hole perf 6.5 seals, three with 2c 3rd Bureau Issue, one with four-color
franking incl. 10c Registry Issue, interestin1912-1913, Official Seals, Hyphen-Hole 6.5 and Compound Perforations (OX14-OX15a). Seven covers on exhibit pages, four with hyphen hole perf 6.5 seals, three with 2c 3rd Bureau Issue, one with four-color franking incl. 10c Registry Issue, interesting example from Miles City MT to Victoria B.C., forwarded to Seattle, then to Oakland, then to Aurora Ill., also single example of perf 12 x hyphen-hole 6.5 (pair) on 2c entire, finally two examples of the scarce hyphen-hole 6.5 at right x perf 12 on other sides, attractive group, surprisingly difficult to find examples of the compound perfs on cover (Image)

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E. 400-500

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
2670 c 1916-1917, Official Seals, Black on Pink and White (OX17-OX18).> 12 covers on exhibit pages, five of former, seven of latter, range of usages and frankings, both U.S. and foreign, highlights include Black on
Pink (OX17) used on registered 2c entire w1916-1917, Official Seals, Black on Pink and White (OX17-OX18). 12 covers on exhibit pages, five of former, seven of latter, range of usages and frankings, both U.S. and foreign, highlights include Black on Pink (OX17) used on registered 2c entire with additional two-color franking from Palo Alto Cal. to Russia shortly after abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, censored by both U.S. and Russia and returned to addressee, also single Black (OX18) used on cover with seven stamp two-color franking from Vladivostock to Brookline Mass., censored by Russia, opened upon arrival in US and resealed, possible philatelic usage on cover (OX18) to stamp dealer Hiram Deats, finally, an interesting cover (OX18) on which sender typed "Please do not cancel in Machine!", obviously ignored as the mutilation from the cancelling machine took seven seals to repair, several other better, fascinating group (Image)

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E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
2671 c 1917, Official Seal, Black (OX18).> Jan. 3, 1923 registered cover from South Russia to Trenton N.J., franked with an astonishing <150 1912 2 Kopec Russian stamps in three blocks of 50>, franking is more than
three times as large as the cover, upon ar1917, Official Seal, Black (OX18). Jan. 3, 1923 registered cover from South Russia to Trenton N.J., franked with an astonishing 150 1912 2 Kopec Russian stamps in three blocks of 50, franking is more than three times as large as the cover, upon arrival in New York Registry Office 56 seals were applied to hold the stamps together (front and back), item was then sent under separate cover from superintendent of Post Office in Trenton to Princeton (not to original addressee), enclosed note from postmaster states, "I am enclosing the Registered letter that I told you about yesterday, which comes from South Russia. These 150 stamps represent 2 Copeks each under the old form of government, and these would represent about 250,000 Rubles, which it requires to bring a Registered Letter from Russia to America...", cover has faults as would be expected, an outstanding item that surely must represent the largest number of seals extant on one cover, illustrated in Kotanchik (p. 155) (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2672 c 1919-1969, Official Seals, Black on White (OX21-OX40).> 26 covers mounted on exhibit pages, ranging from 1919-1978, variety of usages and frankings, both U.S. and foreign, highlights include mixed usage with
1917 and 1919 seals, two imperf horizontal1919-1969, Official Seals, Black on White (OX21-OX40). 26 covers mounted on exhibit pages, ranging from 1919-1978, variety of usages and frankings, both U.S. and foreign, highlights include mixed usage with 1917 and 1919 seals, two imperf horizontally pairs on 1950 cover from China, 1927 airmail crash cover, perf 12 seal with Boston precancel mailed from Osaka to Boston, possible earliest known usage of 1950 Issue, (October 15, 1949, Kotanchik records Jan 12, 1950 on p. 323), many others, interesting group hand-picked for owner's gold medal-winning exhibit (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

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