Sale No: 776
Lot No: 152
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Cat No: Collection
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Official and Penalty Mail Envelopes Collection, 100s of unused envelopes and covers in four binders with one containing items of the post-1980s, printed or rubber-stamped cc of numerous US Government Agencies with an equally diverse number of different penalty warnings, one binder of Penalty imprints and among the more interesting covers are 1903 Dept of Interior/ Land Office/ Vancouver Wash registered franked with #272, 1908 Dept of Interior/ Land Office/ La Grande Oreg on registered penalty envelope with #306 and "pointing hand" return to sender handstamp, selection of early 20th century Dead Letter Office envelopes with assorted DLO symbols and many with postage due frankings, etc., other sending agencies include Interior Dept Bureau of Education, US Geological Survey, Justice Dept Department of Justice with #O27 (Scott $575), Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury with #O27 (Scott $575), Office of the Comprtoller of the Currency with #O31 tied by purple cancel (Scott $1,250)Treasury Dept War Finance Committee, Commerce Dept Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, War Dept Adjutant General's Office, Public Relations Office, etc. along with various from the Post Office Dept, another binder of 19th century Official entires including selection of War Dept "Specimen" envelopes with variety of imprints, additional War Dept mint/ unused/ used envelopes and wrappers to 30c value (mostly Chief Signal Officer related) plus some with "Penalty" overprints, note a 2c War Dept unused envelope with double impression, one albino, additional Post Office Dept and Postal Service "Specimen", mint/ unused/ used entires including UO72a registered use uprated with O126, the binder of modern envelopes with mostly mint but also a handful of the elusive used from various branches of the Armed Forces, Bureau of the Public Debt, various GSA envelopes with their own indicia, Congress and US Senate "free frankings", etc., usual mixed condition, generally F-VF, an unusual and delightful collection, ex-Gatsby. Shipping charges apply - weight 22 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Video5 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $4,000-6,000
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Opening US$ 4,000.00
Sold...US$ 4,000.00
Closed..Sep-30-2022, 13:27:14 EST
Sold For 4000
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