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Germany and German Colonies Postal Stationery Featuring the Bradley Horton Col Postal Card - Paid Reply Balances & Official Posta
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1196
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Cat No: UY9 var.
1920, 1¢ Single Card Surcharges on 2¢ Reply Cards. Group of 11 cards comprising mint S48-1, S48-2, S49-2, S49-5 (unused), S48-6, S48-7, S49-7, plus the UPSS delisted San Francisco S48 and S49 with surcharge on reverse, and St. Louis S48 mint and S49 used handback without address, Very Fine and scarce collection of these rare surcharges. USPCC No. S48, S49. Scott No. UY9 var.; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)
Est. $750-1,000
Opening US$ 1,600.00
Sold...US$ 1,600.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 23:51:55 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1197
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Cat No: UZ1
Official Postal Card, 1913, 1¢ black. Printed address to Third Assistant Postmaster General at Washington D.C. and form on message side, cancelled by "Sardis Ohio, Sep 30, 1914" duplex, fresh and Very Fine. USPCC No. S1. Scott No. UZ1; $500. Scott $500 (Image)
Scott $500
Opening US$ 220.00
Sold...US$ 220.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 23:52:22 EST
Sold For 220
Postal Card - Paid Reply Essays
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1157
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Cat No: UY1E-TA
Robert W. Mercer Paid Reply Card Essay, 1¢ + 1¢ on wove. First style with two woodcut "stamps" at right, titled "U.S. Postage One Cent" with "Postal Card" between and "Address must be placed on this side - message on the other" printed at center, frameline around perimeter, mailed bearing two 2¢ red brown (210) singles, top tied by "Cincinnati O., Jul 14 '86" duplex addressed to Chicago Ill., returned with second 2¢ tied by "Chicago, Ill., Jul 19 '85" duplex to R.W. Mercer at Cincinnati, Jul 26th receiver, message from R.W. Mercer reads "How much will you pay for the loan of this card with an article in regard to the merits of this duplex post card. Reply on this card" and the response from Editor of The Stamp Collector: "We hardly see how we can use this and therefore cannot make an offer"; slight aging, F.-V.F., a rare through-the-mails use of a postal card essay. USPCC No. UY1E-TA; Estimate $750 - 1,000.
The postage on this card essay was of course not recognized as this was not issued by the Post Office, and therefore not a postal card. Mercer aggressively pursued acceptance of his cards with many letters to the Post Office Department. Apparently, the only reaction of the Department was to take exception to Mercer's use of "U.S. Postage in his design. This essay was discussed in a Postal Stationery (Jul.-Aug. 1962) article. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)
Est. $750-1,000
Opening US$ 1,300.00
Sold...US$ 1,300.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 23:23:54 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1158
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Cat No: MR1E-TA
Robert W. Mercer Paid Reply Card Essay, 1¢ + 1¢ on wove. Style with two woodcut stamps at right, titled "U.S. Postage One Cent" with "Postal Card" between and "Address must be placed on this side - message on the other" printed at center, frameline around perimeter, two examples, one on buff card and other on 17 g/4 smoky v. faint o-yellow thin wove card; former with creasing, F.-V.F. USPCC No. MR1E-TA; $700. USPCC $700 (Image)
USPCC $700
Opening US$ 230.00
Sold...US$ 230.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 23:24:37 EST
Sold For 230
Postal Card - Paid Reply, Issued
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1174
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Cat No: MR15mE-Ac
Paid Reply Postal Card, 1918, 2¢ black on glazed card, Washington incomplete die essay. Partly untrimmed and still unfinished die essay with incomplete routing above and below upper turns of scrolls on either side, showing impression of uninked portion of inscription "Card Is For Address" at left, typographed on 104 x 52mm white glazed surface cardstock, with BEP blue "895920" handstamp on reverse; two scuffs above design, otherwise Very Fine. Scott No. UY8mE. USPCC No. MR15mE-Ac; $2,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS INCOMPLETE WASHINGTON DIE ESSAY FOR THE 1918 PAID REPLY POSTAL CARD ISSUE. USPCC $2,000 (Image)
USPCC $2,000
Opening US$ 800.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 23:33:41 EST
Sold For 0
Postal Cards - 1873-97 Issues
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1052
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Cat No: UX5
Postal Card, 1875, 1¢ black on buff. Unwatermarked. Cancelled by perfect bold strike of Wellington, O, Lorain County, Aug 13 1881" duplex with pinwheel cancel to Oberlin Oh., Aug 14th arrival backstamp, Very Fine and choice fancy cancel. Scott No. UX5; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 21:56:50 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1071
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Cat No: UX13
Postal Card, 1897, 2¢ blue on cream. Cancelled by "Boston Mass., Apr 17, 1897" wavy flag machine cancel to Germany, Halle (4.29) arrival cds, Very Fine. USPCC No. S16. Scott No. UX13; Estimate $300 - 400.
THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF THE 1897 2¢ LIBERTY UPU POSTAL CARD. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 280.00
Sold...US$ 280.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 22:31:09 EST
Sold For 280
Postal Cards - 1902 1c Full-Face McKinley to 1914
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1079
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Cat No: UX17
Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley". Very Fine. USPCC No. S21. Scott No. UX17; $16,000.
A CHOICE MINT EXAMPLE OF THE 1¢ BLACK FULL-FACE MCKINLEY POSTAL CARD, ONLY 18 ARE RECORDED.
The entire stock of 500 cards was inadvertently sent from Washington to Booth, Dailey & Ivins in New York where they were shortly thereafter pre-printed with their address and garbage dumping information on the back to be filled out by the tug captain. As a result of the printing there remained no mint cards for collectors. This "Unmarked Specimen" long ago became accepted as a full mint card in order to allow collectors to have a complete unused collection. Albert Daggett, the contractor for the printing of the Full Face card, was never able to satisfy the Post Office in Washington due to sub-standard quality of his productions. All submitted samples were rejected and as a result the entire stock of 1,625,000 cards was ordered destroyed by the PMG on April 29, 1902. Scott $16,000 (Image)
Scott $16,000
Opening US$ 6,250.00
Sold...US$ 6,250.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 22:36:16 EST
Sold For 6250
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1080
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Cat No: UX17
Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley". Unused card with preprinted Messrs. Booth, Dailey & Ivins address and instructions to tug boat captain on reverse, the so-called "garbage card"; some abrasion on reverse from mount removal, otherwise fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. UX17; $2,750. Scott $2,750 (Image)
Scott $2,750
Opening US$ 900.00
Sold...US$ 900.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 22:37:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1081
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Cat No: UX17
Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley". Used cancelled by "New York, N.Y. Sta. F, Sep 18, 1902" machine cancel with preprinted Messrs. Booth, Dailey & Ivins address and instructions to tug boat captain on back, the so-called "garbage card", reverse filled out in pencil dated "September 17" 1902, Very Fine with a clear machine cancel. Scott No. UX17; $3,750. Scott $3,750 (Image)
Scott $3,750
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 22:37:22 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1082
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Cat No: UX17
Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley". Used cancelled by "New York, N.Y. - St. B, Oct 2, 1902" machine cancel, preprinted Messrs. Booth, Dailey & Ivins address and instructions to tug boat captain on back, the so-called "garbage card", reverse filled out in pencil dated "1 October" 1902; light corner wear, tiny stain spot, F.-V.F. Scott No. UX17; $3,750. Scott $3,750 (Image)
Scott $3,750
Opening US$ 1,600.00
Sold...US$ 1,600.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 22:37:39 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1083
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Cat No: UX17, UX17P, UX17PS
Postal Card, 1902, 1¢ black on buff, the "full-face McKinley", proof and specimen balance. Group of 4 comprising S21Paa die proof (two, cat. $1,800 each), S21Pba die proof with "SPECIMEN - Not good for postage" handstamp (cat. $1,300), tone stains, and UX17 with preprinted address removed, Fine and scarce group. Scott No. UX17, UX17P, UX17PS; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Est. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 1,800.00
Sold...US$ 1,800.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 22:38:27 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1088
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Cat No: UX21e
Postal Card, 1910, 1¢ blue on bluish, "four arcs pointed" variety, Type 1. Cancelled by "St. Louis, Mo. Apr 29, 1910" machine cancel to local address, preprinted message for St. Louis Central Sharshooter's Ass'n; corner creases lower right, otherwise Very Fine,The Earliest Documented Use of the Four Arcs Pointed Variety. USPCC No. S28f. Scott No. UX21e; $600. Scott $600 (Image)
Scott $600
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 22:41:59 EST
Sold For 350
Postal Cards - Collections
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1137
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Cat No: UX5
1875, 1¢ Black on Buff, Mounted Collection. Unwatermarked. Collection of 55 pages including freaks (albino and wild miscut), card stock variations on unused and used, damaged and recut plates, usage including territorials, RPOs, auxiliary markings, fancy cancels including shields, "US" monogram, geometrics, colors, crosses, stars, letters and numerals, Leavitt machine cancels, Waterbury cancels, Worcester fancies, address lines added, printed borders, reward card with pasted photo and 3¢ uprating, and better illustrated ads, F.-V.F. Scott No. UX5; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)
Est. $750-1,000
Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 23:10:27 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1142
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Cat No: UX12, UX14
1894-1897, 1¢ Black on Buff, E. Louis Smith Counterfeit Exhibit Collection. Mounted exhibit collection mounted on 19 pages telling the story of E. Louis Smith from the first person, the exhibit starts with Smith's coating business and examples of his coated ads, the two recorded UX12 counterfeits are present, a mint example defaced with red manuscript. "Counterfeit" by Inspector Cochran and a faulty used example with silver coating over previous address, and 11 UX14 counterfeits comprising 5 unused and 6 used, the four known plates are shown with mint or used examples plus an example that does not fit the other four plate and noted by Brad as a new fifth plate, includes the two UX14s confiscated by Inspector Cochran and marked in red manuscript. "Counterfeit", also includes the original mailing by Cochran of his confiscated cards to Victory Mills N.Y.; accompanied by additional back up material and research on the subject., Very Fine. Scott No. UX12, UX14; Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
A REMARKABLE AND UNIQUE EXHIBIT COLLECTION OF THE E. LOUIS SMITH COUNTERFEITS.
This is a study of E. Louis Smith's postal card coating and printing business from 1895 until 1902, when he was sentenced to prison for two years for counterfeiting $100 of U.S. postal cards with 1894 and 1897 Jefferson designs. Postal Inspector W.E. Cochran discovered that Smith had been counterfeiting cards when he made a surprise visit. He had come to inspect the size of Smith's stock of unusable postal cards and already coated cards and to tell him that coated cards had been invalidated three weeks earlier. The Post Office Department had long redeemed unusable stamped envelopes and was going to being to redeem unusuable postal cards. The inspector noticed that Smith had blank card stock cut to size and a counterfeit plate mounted in his small press. Smith confessed to counterfeiting and was arrest on April 24th 1902.
Single examples of the UX14 counterfeit have hammered for between $375 and $750 in our past sales. The UX12 counterfeits have never been offered at public auction. Est. $3,000-4,000 (Image)
Est. $3,000-4,000
Opening US$ 3,500.00
Sold...US$ 3,500.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 23:13:39 EST
Sold For 3500
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1146
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Cat No: UX14
1897, 1¢ Black on Buff, Pioneer View Cards. Large mint and used group of 47 postal cards with pioneer views including multicolor designs, includes Lookout Mountain Tenn. by Kropp (2 mint and 1 used), Brooklyn Bridge (Kreh) multicolor, Greater New York Souvenir by H.A. Rost group of 3 mint and 8 used, plus H.A. Rost Niagara Falls used to Germany, couple different Greetings from Galveston (Ferd Ohlendorf), couple Chicago "Hotel Restaurant Bismark", and one with foreign Kyoto view, etc., F.-V.F. and scarce group of pioneer cards. Scott No. UX14; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)
Est. $750-1,000
Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 23:15:45 EST
Sold For 800
Postal Stationery - 1864 Issue & Ad Collars
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1017
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(Ad Collar) The Mutual Life Ins. Company of New York. Brown type 2 advertising collar on mint 2¢ red brown (U277) entire, size 8, matching return address printing at left, Very Fine and scarce. Scott No. U277. UPSS; $275. UPSS $275 (Image)
UPSS $275
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 21:31:35 EST
Sold For 150
Postal Stationery - Balance Lots
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1033
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Cat No: Collection
1870s-80s Lettersheet Forerunner Collection Balance. Group comprising E860a unfolded A.B.N.C. essay, E860a ABNC essay used with 2¢ Bureau issue (no side tabs), E861 National Letter Sheet essay (cat. $400), E862 letter card essay exploded on exhibit page (Undersander cat. illust., $250), three L.H. Rogers' "Postal Note" uses comprising front only with blue background and preprinted return address bearing 3¢ green (184) from Port Huron Mich., blue background and no pre-printed return address bearing 2¢ #210 from Spencer Mass., and the late light gray background printing with "Ernst Besser & Bro., Stationers, Buffalo" preprinted return address bearing #210 to Eire Pa., 1880s "Lockwood Brooks & Co., Boston" lettersheet used Springfield Mass. with 3¢ #184 (left and bottom tabs intact), and 1878 "The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York" lettersheet use without tabs uprated with 3c #158, etc., F.-V.F. and interesting group. Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 21:44:16 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1035
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Cat No: U36
1861, 3¢ Pink on Blue, Collection. Mint and used group of 6 comprising unfolded small and large size, folded mint small and large size, preprinted small size with illustrated Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co. ad on flap and preprinted address, and large size used from "Toms River N.J." to Red Bank; small faults, F.-V.F. Scott No. U36; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 21:46:49 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1036
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Cat No: U218-29, U221
1876 Centennial Envelope Collection. Binder starting with some view cards, two trial color entires E72Ad dark blue on white and E72Ai purple on white (cat $350 each), couple blue forgery cut squares, different die types, U218 and U221 mint, faulty 2¢ entire cancelled by Centennial cds and with Remington typed address and red promotional partly typed enclosure, second example cancelled at Philadelphia with blue-green Remington enclosure, some various fancy cancels like blue Concord N.H. "76" in Liberty Bell and "76" Shield, color cancels, RPOs, etc.; mixed condition on used, F.-V.F., nice starter collection. Scott No. U218-29, U221; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 675.00
Sold...US$ 675.00
Closed..Oct-13-2018, 21:47:14 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 81
Lot No: 1042
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Cat No: UO14
Postal Service, 1877, black. Registered entire with Post Office Department, Division of Dead Letters corner card addressed to the Chief Director of Posts at Bremen, Germany, purple "Registered, August 17, 1885, Washington D.C." three-line postmark and blue "27218" registry number handstamp, reverse with New York (8.19) transit cds and blue crayon "756" number, New York, N.Y. (FX-NY1a(i)) registry exchange label affixed, Bremen (8.29) arrival backstamp, Very Fine, with 2018 P.F. certificate. Scott No. UO14; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A RARE REGISTRY EXCHANGE LABEL USE ON A POSTAL SERVICE ENVELOPE. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)
