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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 740

Postal History
Cancels & Postmarks

Fancy Cancels: Pictorial Designs
Sale No: 740
Lot No: 651
Symbol:

image 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. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Opening US$ 150.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 10:58:46 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 652
Symbol:

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

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 10:59:32 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 653
Symbol:

image 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. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600

Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:00:50 EST
Sold For 500

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 654
Symbol:

image 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. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:02:11 EST
Sold For 1000

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 655
Symbol:

image 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. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 650.00
Sold...US$ 600.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:03:49 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 656
Symbol:

image 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. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 600.00
Sold...US$ 600.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:04:39 EST
Sold For 600

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 657
Symbol:

image 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. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600

Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:05:03 EST
Sold For 275

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 658
Symbol:

image 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.
Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500

Opening US$ 180.00
Sold...US$ 180.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:05:35 EST
Sold For 180

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 659
Symbol:

image 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. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500

Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:06:17 EST
Sold For 400

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 660
Symbol:

image 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. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:06:50 EST
Sold For 425

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 661
Symbol:

image KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, choice strike duplexed with a mostly complete double-lined double circle datestamp, Dec 2, 1881, cancels a 3¢ green (207) on a neat cover to San Francisco and backstamped there on Dec 7; reduced just a tad at the right, 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.
Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:07:16 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 662
Symbol:

image KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, Very Fine strike duplexed with a double-lined double circle datestamp, Jan 3, 1884, cancels a 2¢ vermilion (183) on a neat cover to Ansonia, Ct. and backstamped there on Jan 14; stamp with minor perf flaws, otherwise Very Fine.
Cole AN-11. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:08:31 EST
Sold For 800

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 663
Symbol:

image KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, Very Fine strike duplexed with a double-lined double circle datestamp, Jul 28, 1885, cancels a pair of 2¢ red brown (210) on a cover to Tomkinsville, New York.; backstamped New York City on Jul 4 and Tomkinsville the next day, Fine.
Cole AN-11. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:09:13 EST
Sold For 475

Sale No: 740
Lot No: 664
Symbol:

image KICKING MULE of Susanville, Calif., Very Fine strike duplexed with a mostly clear double-lined double circle datestamp, Aug 10, 1882, on a 1¢ postal card (UX7) to San Francisco; bit of faint foxing, otherwise Very Fine. The rarest of the Kicking Mule cancellations, Ex-Cornell.
Cole AN-11. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $600-800

Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:10:06 EST
Sold For 700

Machine Cancels
Sale No: 740
Lot No: 669
Symbol:

image Leavitt machine cancel, New York, Mar. 2.78, Type AB-NY ("31") die 2, full sharp impression on a 1¢ postal card (UX5), Extremely Fine. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Opening US$ 100.00


Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:13:22 EST
Sold For 0


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