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The Dr. William H. Johnson Collection of the U.S. 1890 Small Bank Note Issue continued...

Foreign Mail: Europe continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2158 c Image10c Green (226). Used with 30c Orange Brown (217), tied by New York registry ovals, "New York Reg'y. Div. 2-21 1891" double-oval datestamp on registered cover to Wurzburg, Germany, New York registry label at center, receiving backstamp, fresh and Very Fine, scarce use of the 30c on a medium-size cover and especially desirable with two different issues (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
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2159 c Image6c Brown Red (224). Horizontal pair, used with 1c Dull Blue (219), tied by Cincinnati registry ovals on 2c Grant Letter Sheet to Hannover, Germany, purple "Registered Sep. 2, 1892 Cincinnati, O." three-line datestamp, handstamp at left for Wm. Witt, Barber Shop and with larger backstamp for Witt the stamp dealer, trivial edgewear from opening, Very Fine and colorful franking paying the 5c UPU rate plus 10c registry fee (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $400.00
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2160 c Image10c Green (226). Horizontal pair, used with horizontal pair of 3c Purple (221) and 4c Dark Brown (222), tied by registry ovals, purple "Registered May 8, 1891, Baltimore, MD" three-line datestamp on 10c entire to Vienna, Austria, New York registry label, New York and receiving backstamps, minor edgewear and light soiling, Very Fine use paying 6 times the 5c UPU rate plus 10c registry fee (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $400.00
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2161 c Image30c Black (228). Used with horizontal pair and single 5c Chocolate (223), the pair s.e. at left, tied by large "CHICAGO" registry ovals on cover to Prague, Austria, purple "Registered, Jul. 24, 1890, Chicago Ill." three-line datestamp, New York registry label, receiving backstamp, horizontal file fold well away from stamp, Very Fine, a colorful and rare 30c 1890 use (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $500.00
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2162   Image30c Black (228). Horizontal strip of three, straight edge at left, used with horizontal pair of 10c Green (226), tied by "New York Oct. 9 8:30PM 94" duplex cancels on large part of blue linen-lined cover with printed address to Vienna, Austria, vertical file fold well away from stamps, some edgewear, Fine and impressive 30c 1890 multiple franking (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $375.00
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2163 c Image30c Black (228). Tied by registry oval, "New York N.Y., Reg'y. Div 4-8 1891" double-oval datestamp on registered cover to Modena, Italy, stamp also tied by rectangular Italian registry handstamp, cover and stamp with some soiling, still Very Fine and scarce use of the 30c 1890 (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $475.00
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2164 c Image30c Black (228). Used with two 5c Chocolate (223), tied by registry ovals, "New York, N.Y. Reg'y. Div. 2-14 1891" double-oval datestamp on registered cover with printed address to Zurich, Switzerland, red London transit, receiving backstamp, minor edgewear, Very Fine and attractive 30c 1890 use (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $600.00
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2165 c Image30c Black (228). Tied by registry oval, purple "Registered, Boston Mass., Oct. 13, 1901 No." boxed datestamp with manuscript registry number, on cover to The Hague, Holland, New York registry label, back of cover with green, blue and brown Pan-American Exposition labels, transit and receiving backstamps, slight edgewear, short perf at top left prior to use, Fine, scarce use of the 30c on cover (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
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2166 c Image6c Brown Red (224). Used with 3c Purple (221) and 4c Dark Brown (222), tied by corks on 2c entire to Brussels, Belgium, purple "San Francisco Registered Dec. 10, 1890" circular datestamp, New York registry label, New York and receiving backstamps, Very Fine and colorful (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $350.00
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2167   Image90c Orange (229). Radiant color, used with horizontal pairs of 10c Green (226) and 30c Black (228) and single of 8c Lilac (225), tied by San Francisco registry ovals, purple "Reg. Division, San Francisco Cal., Jun. 18, 1894" oval datestamp on package wrapper with colorful illustration label of the "Building of Romania, Servia and Montenegro" from the New California Midwinter International Exposition, to King Alexander I, King of Serbia at Belgrade, Serbia and forwarded within Serbia to Nis, "New York N.Y. Reg'y. Div. 6-24 1894" double-oval datestamp, folds and creases do not affect any stamps

VERY FINE. A PHENOMENAL ITEM, BEARING THE 90-CENT, 30-CENT, 10-CENT AND 8-CENT 1890 ISSUE, WITH A COLORFUL ILLUSTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA WORLD'S FAIR BUILDING, SENT TO THE NEWLY CROWNED KING ALEXANDER I OF SERBIA. THIS IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT 90-CENT 1890 ISSUE ITEM IN EXISTENCE.

The California Midwinter International Exposition was a world's fair, held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. 120 structures were built, and the fair welcomed over 2 million visitors. The layout of Golden Gate Park was changed forever by the fair -- the Fine Arts Building constructed for the fair is now the DeYoung Museum, and the Japanese Tea Garden, constructed for the fair, continues to be an attraction today.

The recipient of this item, King Alexander I of Serbia, was just shy of 18 years old when this cover was sent. According to Wikipedia, his father, King Milan, abdicated the throne in 1889. His wife was installed as regent until Alexander's 18th birthday, but Alexander decided he could not wait and in 1893 he dismissed the government and declared himself king, a move generally met with approval. In May 1894, a month before this was sent, he abolished his father's liberal constitution and restored a more conservative one from 1869. In 1900 he married his mother's former lady-in-waiting, a widowed woman 12 years his senior. His parents disapproved and were banished from the kingdom. It was doubtful whether she would provide an heir to the throne, and, when his new queen's brother was declared presumptive heir, it proved to be an excellent opportunity to strike. A group of army officers, including one in the pay of the Russians and a member of the secret society which would later assassinate Archduke Ferdinand, overtook the castle on June 11, 1903, and hunted down the hiding king and queen, who were then shot, disemboweled and thrown from a window into a pile of garden manure.

The $1.78 postage on this cover pays 34 times 5c UPU rate plus 8c registration fee for a 17-ounce package. This cover was reported in a Chronicle article by Dr. Richard Searing (No. 107, Aug. 1980, pp.194-197). He notes this surfaced in 1975 in an auction of primarily Slavic and Eastern European material. (Image)

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E. $ 15,000-20,000

SOLD for $21,000.00
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2168 c Image4c Dark Brown (222). Pair, tied by Philadelphia ovals on registered cover to Husi, Romania, purple "Philadelphia, Pa. Registered Jan. 10, 1893" and other transit backstamps, Husi postal label affixed and tied by blue datestamp at top right corner where a third stamp was removed, some wear, Fine, the 4c pair pays 8c registry fee effective Jan. 1893, but no 8c stamps were issued until March, so this is a "provisional" means of paying fee in the interim, unusual usage (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $130.00
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