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Washington D.C. Postal History continued...

LotNo.

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Lot Description

321

Washington D.C. Independent Post Offices, 1800s-1903. Collection of over 62 including Anacostia, Benning, Brightwood, Brooks, Brookland (1 of only 2 recorded), College Hill, Congress Heights, Deanewood, Garfield, Good Hope, Langdon, Pathfinder, Takoma Park, Tennallytown, Terra Cotta and Winthrop Heights, includes an illustrated Interior Dept. letterhsheet, Civil War patriotic use, etc.; some mixed condition, F.-V.F., a rare assemblage with many better post offices and uses.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

322

Washington D.C. Postal History Stations. Two cartons of 100s mounted on pages in Scott albums comprising Number Stations (1 Album), Letter Stations (3 Albums) and Name Stations (5 Albums), Temporary Stations (1 Album), includes better registered mail, special delivery, machine cancels, receivers, advertising and corner cards, note better Station B flag machine on "S.S. City of Rome" illustrated ad 1¢ printed matter use, Station C 2¢ Trans-Miss. #286 use on overall Spanish American war cover, Station C use of #E3, 220 special delivery, Station No. 31 registered use with #236 8¢ Columbian, 327 10¢ Louisiana Purchase on Colman cover, 1901 Station No. 37 registered Bartels 10¢ Pan-American #299 cover, 1885 incoming from GB 2½d to Washington D.C. with 1¢ and 2¢ postage dues, 1928 Special Delivery Insured with 10¢ & 15¢ Special Delivery stamps, etc., East Capitol Station with #205 to Egypt, 1912 Washington Sta. B wrapper ot China, 1899 Station G #E5 on cover to New York with special delivery label, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
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Est. $2,000-3,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

323

Washington D.C. Dead Letter Office 1830-1911. Group of 19 including 1830 free franked front with first "Dead Letter Office" circular handstamp, 1856 front with first DLO and blue "ADVd 4Cts" handstamps, 1859 transatlantic use to France with DLO double-oval, 1860 cover with DLO oval and illustrated Willard's Hotel lettersheet, 1864 returned Paymaster Generals Office free franked mail, 1877 Canada to WY Terr. to DLO, 1878 to Canada sent to DLO, 1878 Great Britain to New York City sent to DLO, 1887 DLO penalty return envelope with original advertised dead letter mail, three DLO seal uses of OXA4, OXA5 ($250) and OXA6 ($350), and a 1900 DLO penalty return envelope with original enclosed letter; some faults, F.-V.F. and interesting group.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

324

Washington D.C. Penalty Mail, 1880-1916. Group of over 85 uses, note uses from Interior, War, Navy, Treasury, Post Office postal service entires, etc., better noted #209 uprating Interior Dept. to Prussia, 1892 Interior to Montreal, Canada, 1882 registered postal service entire, 1885 Post Office blue imprint "Free under Convention" use with preprinted address to Germany, 5¢ #205 on Smithsonian use to France, 5¢ #205 on Interior use to Germany, 10¢ #209 on Interior penalty to England, 1903 Smithsonian use to Cameroun, Africa with 5¢ #281 (two), etc, some mixed condition with rough openings, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

325

Diplomatic or "Pouch" mail. Binder of approx. 100 covers in plastic sleeves, some with various different "This article was originally mailed in country indicated by postage" handstamps.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

326

Washington D.C. Postal Markings. Carton with 6 Scott Specialty albums covers mounted on pages with handwritten notes and description of items including some cut squares showing cancellations. Great variety but all either sent or received in Washington, D.C. Great variety in terms delayed mail, 1950's and 60's congressional free franks with nice included correspondence. Postage dues, includes D.C. related slogan cancels and machine cancels, C.O.D., Certified, Registered and a number of foreign destinations. Viewing recommended., F.-V.F.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

Est. $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

327

Washington D.C. Cover Accumulation. Two cartons, first with cover accumulation of 100s with a range of covers from 1860s to present, FDCs, Event covers, some non-Washington covers, etc, second carton is mostly FDCs (1940s-2000s); mixed condition, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

328

Washington D.C. Postal History Accumulation, 1800s-1900s. Carton of new purchases including free franks, Civil War patriotics, #10A on cover, official mail, auxiliary markings incl. forwarded, machine cancels, advertising and corner card covers, penalty mail, etc., also includes two shoe boxes of 20th century with station mail and commerorative uses, etc.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

329

Washington D.C. Covers and Misc. Postal History, 1890s-2000s. Large box full of covers, significant portion of are machine cancels to and from Washington DC, great variety of DC related corner cards and covers date range from 1890's to 2000's. Covers include inauguration batch as well as Certified, Registered, and auxiliary markings that include different types of delay, damage, incorrect zip codes and forwards, great potential.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
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Est. $400-600
CLOSED
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Washington D.C. Postal History - Railroad Covers

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Lot Description

330

Washington D.C. Collection and Distribution Wagon Collection, 1896-1900. Group of 60 on descriptive pages showing a range of uses including postal cards, special delivery, advertising and patriotics, better include 1899 use 5¢ Trans-Miss. #288 to Cuba, 1899 with #279Bc & 10¢ Special Delivery #E5 on United States Hotel building ad cover to New York City, 1899 on 1¢ Trans-Miss. #285 on Bartels printed matter cover to England, 1898 2¢ UPU postal card to Holland, etc.; some mixed condition, F.-V.F., an excellent study of this popular subject.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

331

Washington D.C. Railroads, 1842-1972. Collection of over 165 covers on pages starting with Potomac Cars #65 use, several Washington Railroad uses including red and blue stikes, one being a 5¢ 1847 Issue #1 cover (faults) with a blue "5" cancel few free franks and some advertising, also includes Washington & Grafton R.P.O., N.Y. & Wash. R.P.O., Wash. & Charleston R.P.O., Wash. & Greensboro R.P.O., Wash. & Hinton R.P.O., Wash. & Richmond R.P.O., Wash. to N.Y. Railway, Wash. & Weldon R.P.O., also includes Highway Post Offices, Transfer Clerks, etc.; some faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

332

Washington D.C. Street Cars. Collection of 36 on pages comprising the Pennsylvania Line (26) and F Street Line (11), note an F Line Spanish American War patriotic use, "Wash. D.C. F. St., TP20" duplex #279Bc use, some picture post cards; some mixed condition, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

Washington D.C. Postal History - Machine Cancels

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Lot Description

333

Washington D.C. Machine Cancels, 1879-1923. Collection of approx. 325 covers and cards on album pages, range of machines including Leavitt, Barr-Fyke, Barry Doremus, Evans, Hamden, Pneumatic, Universal Stamping, etc., many experimentals, receivers, late mail, etc. note some advertising and patriotics, better noted 1909 Evans Experimental Type 5, 1885 Leavitt Type CT-Wash, 1881 Leavitt on 2¢ UPU card to Greece, 1897 Barr-Fyke experimental types X-7a and X-9, 1897 Universal Postal Union Congress, 1916 Columbia Postal Supply experimental used only two days (April 11-12, 1916), Hansen-Krag repeaters including one strike as receiver without bars, two 1906 Unknown Repeaters, two 1909 Universal Stamping experimentals, etc., also includes loose approx. 140 machine flags cancels incl. stations; some faults, F.-V.F., an important machine cancel collection.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

334

Washington D.C. Machine Slogan Postmarks, 1897-2001. Exhibit collection of 144 pages starting with the 1897 "Congress Postal Universel" flag, many examples present with less than five impressions recorded, detailed periods of use for each, some interesting uses including post office seals, diplomatic pouch mail including incoming from Basra, Iraq and 1950 stamped from Turkey, airmail, free franks, forwarded, etc., Very Fine exhibit collection.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

335

Washington D.C. Rapid Machine Cancels - Slogans. Three large cartons of Rapid Machine Cancels with slogan cancels housed in 4" binders organized by number up to 245. 100s of covers per bulging binder. Typical mail cancellations from the 1950s to modern day, covers not reviewed and presented as consigned. Another binder has cut squares. Includes 2 binders of reference material. Richard Smith's notes on "Rapid Canceling machine Postmarks of the Washington, D.C. Post Office and a primer by Bart Billings, Robert Payne, and Reg Morris.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction