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Postal History Cancels & Postmarks Fancy Cancels: Pictorial Designs
Sale No: 740
Lot No: 661
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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
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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
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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
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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
Union Civil War Postal History Patriotic Covers
Sale No: 740
Lot No: 665
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"The Soldier's Dream of Home", a marvelous all-over design in black & red, based loosely upon the Courrier & Ives print of the same name, only with a Zouave soldier; franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a Washington D.C. c.d.s., Oct 19, 1864, and addressed to Marlboro, Vt.; few small, hinge-repaired edge tears, Fine. A very scarce used design. Walcott L-882. Weiss SC-NB-126. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:10:52 EST
Sold For 120
Sanitary Fair Covers
Sale No: 740
Lot No: 666
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1864 Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, a pristine maroon illustrated cover franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a bold Philadelphia target duplex, May 17, 1864, to Capt. Charlemagne Tower in Pottsville, Pa.; docketed at the right, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Confederate States, Raleigh, N.C., 1861, 5¢ red (Scott 68XU1), pale strike with blue Raleigh c.d.s. alongside; marked manuscript "Paid 2 /-" [bits] for Express service; addressed to Dr. Chas. Skinner, Warrenton, not counted, and endorsed "Enquire at ‘Camp Edwards’", Very Fine. C.S.A. Catalog RAL-NC-E02; $500+. Scott $400+ Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Confederate States, 1863, 10¢ blue, "T-E-N", on cover from Chattanooga, TN, to Athens, GA (Scott 9), a pretty, four-margined example tied by light strike of "Chattanooga/Aug/2/Ten." postmark, prior to this marking's use as a field cancel, Very Fine, an exceptional cover, with 1997 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,600 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Scott $1,600 Suggested Bid $750-1
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 11:12:55 EST
Sold For 550
Postal History Cancels & Postmarks Machine Cancels
Sale No: 740
Lot No: 669
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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
General Postal History by Year
Sale No: 740
Lot No: 670
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Cat No: Collection
Selection of 19 covers, 1852-93, the earliest an 1852 stampless cover from Belvidere, Ill. to Woodstock, C.W. with "U. States" horseshoe plus both manuscript and handstamp "Paid 10" markings; two 1857 perforated 3¢, a #63b, four #65 (in four different shades!), a #68 (faulty), four Black Jacks (one distinctly grilled), three #113, one later Bank Note (multiple franking), another stampless with embossed corner card of "American Telegraph Company", plus a 1¢ entire cancelled "The Fast Mail/N.Y. & Chic. R.P.O."; various faults, Fine to Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on blue (Scott 9X2), on buff envelope addressed to Philadelphia; the stamp with gargantuan margins (capturing parts of stamps at left and top) on clean paper; magnificent color, clear signature, and tied by red grid cancel with matching arched "PAID" alongside and New York dater at right; stamp with small tear at top, Very Fine, from the 1997 Rarities sale, with 1976 P.F. certificate as #9X1a. Scott $5,750 Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
1855, 10¢ green, types II & III, used to Germany (Scott 14,15), vertical strip of three #14/15/14 tied by 1856 Richmond VA c.d.s., on folded letter sheet addressed to Harzgerode Germany, red New York & boxed Aachen/Franco transit handstamps, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2012 P.F. certificate. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1857, 10¢ green, type III (Scott 33), two singles on a cover front with the back professionally restored from Folsom, Cal. to Greenfield, Mass. with a red handstamped CAL. C. R. R./ ENG.R DEPM.T corner card; postmarked with a bold Sep 4 Folsom City, Cal. c.d.s. not cancelling the stamp, which were apparently canceled on arrival by a Greenfield, Mass. c.d.s. (day "30", month illegible); in addition to the restored back, part of the right end is also professionally restored; choice, Very Fine appearance. A most attractive cover, sent from Theodore D. Judah, Chief Engineer for the California Central Railroad (a forerunner of the Central Pacific), to his wife. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1859, 10¢ green, type V (Scott 35), left interpane margin and guide line at the left, tied by a Memphis, Ten. c.d.s., Jun 8, 1858 on a cover to Dry Creek, Yuba Co., Cal., forwarded to Whatcom, Washington Territory with a pen-canceled 3¢ dull red (26) and matching manuscript postmark "Long Bar, Cal'a. Aug't 5th '58"; bit of very minor perf toning, reduced just a tad at the right and slight back faults, Fine to Very Fine. Most unusual. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), each on separate First Europe Pan-America Round Flight Cover, each with appropriate magentia First Europe Pan-America Round Flight and red Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin, Sudamerikafahrt cachets, 65¢ on picture postcard from Lakhurst to Germany, tied to postcard with Varick St. Sta., NY May 31, 1930 slogan machine cancel, $1.30 on cover from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, stamp tied to cover with May 22, 1930 Varick St. Sta. machine postmark, $2.60 completing the full flight from Lakehurst, to South America, Germany via Friedrichshafen and back to America, stamp tied to cover with May 1, 1930 Varick St. Sta. slogan machine cancel, both covers are opened at bottom, otherwise, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,110 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, on Apr. 26 Graf Zeppelin cover (Scott C15), a top left margin single with great color and near-perfect centering, tied by New York Varick St. Sta. slogan cancel to cover endorsed "via Friedrichshaven and/Graf Zeppelin to Lakehurst"; proper flight cachets on front, with green Lakehurst May 31 Zeppelin cancel on reverse, Extremely Fine+, the stamp used one week to the day after it was issued, with 2020 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $575+ Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Parcel Post, 1913, 1¢ P.O. Clerk & 2¢ City Carrier (2006 Scott Q1, Q2), First Day, Geneseo, NY, a single 1¢ and two 2¢ tied by January 1, 1913 Genneseo, N.Y. duplexes (c.d.s. struck up only once) on a locally addressed cover from and to Harold W. Flansburgh, Very Fine, Ex-"Aristocrat",
A RARE COMBINATION FIRST DAY OF ISSUE COVER. 2006 Scott $4,500 for #Q2 1/1/13 Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000 (Image)
Providence, R.I., 1846, 5¢ gray black (Scott 10X1), position 2, superbly fresh with four clear to large margins, cancelled by pen check mark, Very Fine, rare and undercatalogued in sound four-margin condition, with 2005 P.F. certificate. Scott $2,000 Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)
St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 5¢ black on greenish (Scott 11X1), flawlessly printed on wonderfully tinted paper; design crisp, with light, unobtrusive manuscript pen stroke cancel, Very Fine, a gorgeous four-margined example of this popular Provisional, with 2019 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $8,000 Suggested Bid $8,000-10,000 (Image)
1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), thick rimmed red grid cancel, huge margins all around, strong color and impression, cancel perfectly frames portrait, incredible eye-appeal, Extremely Fine, with 2010 P.F. certificate. Scott $350 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)