Sale No: 5144
Lot No:5197
Symbol:Cat No:344

1908, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (Scott 344), with 9-hole control perfin 3 (missing only the third pin of nine), tied by a neat Brooklyn, N.Y. machine cancel, May 24, 1910, on a Smith Gray & Co. corner card cover to New York City, Very Fine. The latest of only three covers recorded - the other two both May 16, 1910. Suggested Bid $200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200

Sale No: 5144
Lot No:5198
Symbol:Cat No:344

1908, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (Scott 344), with 9-hole control perfin 2-5-7-8-9 with holes 7-8-9 blind punched, tied by a neat Grand Central Station N.Y. machine cancel, Jul 27, 1910, on a Iron Age Magazine corner card cover to Boston, Very Fine. One of only seven covers using this pattern recorded in McCoy's 2013 census. Suggested Bid $200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200

Sale No: 5144
Lot No:5199
Symbol:Cat No:344

1908, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (Scott 344), with 9-hole control perfin 3-7, tied by a neat Chicago "Station U" machine cancel, Aug 5, 1910, on a Burlington Watch Co. corner card cover to Downieville, Cal., Very Fine. One of just 19 covers using this pattern recorded in McCoy's 2013 census — most were used by Chicago's Babson Brothers. Suggested Bid $200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200

Sale No: 5144
Lot No:5200
Symbol:Cat No:344

1908, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (Scott 344), with 9-hole control perfin 3-4-6-7-8 uncanceled on an illustrated Babson Brothers pre-printed return envelope featuring a Thomas Edison logo. The stamp was apparently applied and enclosed in a promotional mailing that was never returned; bit of minor foxing, otherwise Very Fine. One of only 18 covers using this pattern recorded in McCoy's 2013 census—said to be one only two with a 2¢ 1908. Suggested Bid $190 (Image)

Suggested Bid $190

Sale No: 5144
Lot No:5201
Symbol:Cat No:344

1908, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (Scott 344), with 9-hole control perfin 5-6-8-9 (Schermack perforations not visible on either side), tied by a neat New York Sta. D machine cancel, Sep 20, 1910, on a John Wanamaker corner card window envelope, Fine to Very Fine. One of 27 covers using this pattern recorded in McCoy's 2013 census. Suggested Bid $190 (Image)

Suggested Bid $190

Sale No: 5144
Lot No:5202
Symbol:Cat No:344

1908, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (Scott 344), with 9-hole control perfin 1-3, tied by a Grand Central Station, N.Y. machine cancel, Apr 20, 1910, on a Cosmopolitan Magazine corner card cover to Racine, Wis., Fine. One of just 14 covers using this pattern recorded in McCoy's 2013 census. Suggested Bid $150 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150

Sale No: 5144
Lot No:5203
Symbol:Cat No:344

1908, 2¢ carmine, Schermack type III perfs (Scott 344), with 9-hole control perfin 9 (missing only the ninth pin of nine), tied by a neat Chicago machine cancel, Oct 26, 1910, on a Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Co. corner card cover to Des Arc, Mo.; Schermack perfs barely visible on both sides, Very Fine. One of just 21 covers using this pattern recorded in McCoy's 2013 census. Suggested Bid $140 (Image)

Suggested Bid $140