Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale

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LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

641

[Mississippi River] N.O. & VICKSBURGH RIV. M. (Towle M-15-q, RF VIII), blotchy but mostly complete Jul 13 c.d.s. (date slug inverted) on a clean 3¢ red entire (U10) to New Orleans; open on three sides with flap tears,but skillfully restored, Very Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

642

O-31-b, RF V

[Tennessee River] PAD. & FLOR., R.P.O. (Towle O-31-b, RF V), clear c.d.s. duplex, Jul 17, 1890, tied a 2¢ lake (219D) on an illustrated corner card cover for the Evansville, Paducah & Tennessee River Packet Co., the illustration, for the "Shiloh Route", features crossed rifles; to Evansville, Ind. and backstamped there the next day; included is a family letter on matching illustrated letterhead datelined Pine Bluff, Ky.; cover repaired under the stamp and lightly soiled, otherwise Very Fine. Apparently the listing example.

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction

Advertising/Illustrated Covers

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

643

[Railroads] Phila. & Trenton Rail Road Co., beautiful cameo-style illustrated corner card picturing a Locomotive on a cover to New Orleans franked with a 3¢ F. grill (94) tied by an Oct 31 Philadelphia duplex; small opening tear at the top, otherwise Very Fine, Ex-Foote, Bauer. (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

644

[Disasters] The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, a spectacular all-over illustrated advertising cover in red featuring the city in flames as seen from Lake Michigan; the cover is from the Firemans Fund Insurance Co. of California and notes "Losses Paid $529,364.92" with additional text advertising on the reverse; franked with a a 2¢ red brown (210) tied by a Chicago "3" duplex, Nov 24, 1884; to Canton, O. abdt the next day, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction

645

[Tea] New York NY, The Great American Tea Co, 2¢ (73) tied by segmented cork cancel, minor double transfer in "U.S. Postage", on allover illustrated ad cover addressed to Tarrentown PA, Very Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate. (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

646

[Guns, Hunting] Du Pont Smokeless Powder, a marvelous multicolor all-over (both sides) illustrated advertising cover with a Custer, S.D. duplex, Aug 10, 1906, tying a 1¢ green (300), the front features a Cowboy on horseback aiming his rifle, the back features the heads of three game birds and a moose, Extremely Fine.

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

647

[Insurance] Boston MA, A. Cummings Real Estate & Insurance, 1¢ (24) tied by Boston MA Paid grid, with Boston c.d.s., on illustrated ad cover addressed to Boston, exquisite cover, Very Fine, with 2013 P.F. certificate. (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

648

[Railroads] Chicago & Alton Railroad, marvelous all-over illustrated ad for "The Finest Reclining Chair Cars in the World" on the back of a Chicago & Alton Railroad, Indianapolis, Ind. corner card cover from Indianapolis to St. Mary's, O. franked with a 2¢ red brown (210) tied by a Feb 16 Indianapolis duplex, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

649

[Expositions] 1884-85 World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans, all-over illustration picturing a Bird's Eye View of the Fairgrounds and the Waterfront with arriving steamers on the back of a cover from New Orleans Grocers, Schmidt & Ziegler to London, England; cover is a 2¢ red entire uprated with a 1¢ gray blue and a 2¢ red brown (U231, 206, 210) tied by New Orleans duplexes, May 3, 1884, and backstamped London on May 17, `, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

650

[Expositions] 1878 St. Louis Exposition/Fair, Sep 9-Oct 12, a fabulous all-over illustrated ad on the back of a cover featuring three Expo Buildings, and a Lion and Elephant from the Zoological Garden; the cover is a 3¢ green entire (U163), with a pre-printed address for the Simmons Hardware Co, St. Louis, canceled by a Sep 16 Quincy, Ill. target duplex with a blue Sep 17 St. Louis receiver on the reverse, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

Fancy Cancels on Cover

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

651

KICKING MULE of Forbestown, Butte Co., Cal., light strike duplexed with a double-lined double circle datestamp, Aug 8, 1888, used as a receiver on the back of a Post Office Department Registered Mail Receipt card from Nevada City, Cal.; postmarked with a purple boxed "Calvin R. Clarke, P. M., Aug 6 1888, Cala., Nevada City" handstamp, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

652

Chicago FRAMED ANCHOR, bold, perfect strike in blue ties a 3¢ green (158), with a clear Nov 18 Chicago c.d.s. alongside, on a all-over illustrated advertising cover for a Chicago Real Estate dealer, the illustration picturing the "Residence of O.J. Stough, Esq." (Stough owned the land that eventually became Hinsdale, Ill.), Extremely Fine.

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

653

AXE of Trenton, N.J., perfectly struck cancel ties a 2¢ Pictorial (113), with a clear Oct 1 Trenton c.d.s. alongside, on a neat, locally addressed cover, Very Fine.
Cole PO-Wt 2. (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

654

FEET of Lansing, Mich., two strikes, one choice the other nearly complete, tie a 3¢ F. grill (94) on a cover to Lorraine, N.Y.; partial Lansing c.d.s. alongside; part of left backflap missing with small repair at top lower right, Fine.
Skinner-Eno PH-HF 16. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

655

FEMALE SILHOUETTE of Owosso, Mich., perfect strike on a 3¢ F. grill (94), with a Feb 6 (1869) Owosso c.d.s. alongside, on a cover to Cleveland, O.; part of top flap missing with small nick on the top edge, Fine to Very Fine.
Skinner-Eno PH-F 63. (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

656

KICKING MULE of Forbestown, Calif., Superb purplish strike of the double-lined double circle duplex, Apr 24, 1888, cancels a 2¢ green (213) on a clean cover to Cowleville, N.Y.; reduced slightly at the right with slightly rounded lower right corner, still Very Fine. The rarest of the Kicking Mule cancellations, Ex-Cornell.
Cole AN-11. (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

657

KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type I, Superb strike duplexed with a choice double-lined double circle datestamp, Aug 4, 1880, cancels a 3¢ green (207) on a clean cover to Olympia, W.T.; at some point a collector has written details of the cancellation in ink at the lower left corner, reduced slightly at the left, otherwise Extremely Fine. A very early use of Port Townsend's kicking mule duplexed with the datestamp, which apparently originated in late July of 1880.
Cole AN-11. (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

658

KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, choice strike duplexed with a double-lined double circle datestamp, Jun 18, 1883, cancels a 3¢ green entire U164 to Capt. Alex Sampson, Keeper Tatoosh Island Light, Via Neah Bay, Clallam County, W.T.; reduced somewhat at the left, Very Fine.
Cole AN-11.

It is, perhaps, this correspondence that inspired the Postmaster at Neah Bay to adopt the Kicking Mule duplex for his Post Office in 1883. (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

659

KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, Superb strike duplexed with a bold double-lined double circle datestamp, Jun 2, 1883, cancels a 3¢ green (207) on a clean cover to Tulalip, W.T.; handstamped "MISSENT" with a Jun 5 Coupeville, Wash. target duplex used to forward the cover to Tulalip; reduced slightly at the left, Very Fine.
Cole AN-11. (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

660

KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, Very Fine strike with a choice double-lined double circle datestamp, Nov 8, 1883, cancels a 1¢ postal card (UX7) to New York City; the message, a rather long one, in a small, cramped hand, is datelined Sitka, Alaska, Nov 19th; light bend at the upper left, otherwise Very Fine.
Cole AN-11. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction