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U.S. 1904 Louisiana Purchase Issue continued...

Issues on Cover by Denomination continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
13481 324 image1904, 2¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 324), First Day, Ruskin, NE, Return envelope for Wine Company, tied by an April 30, 1904 Ruskin, Neb. duplex cancel on a cover to Doniphan, Kans., a pre-printed return envelope for The Jacob Brenner Wine Co.; backstamped Doniphan on May 2; the recipient has also rubberstamped a a blue "May 2, 1904" receiving date on the front; small opening tear at top, otherwise F.-V.F. A unique First Day town. Scott $5,000 .
Suggested Bid $2,700

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition informally known as The St. Louis World's Fair, opened Saturday, April 30, 1904 and ran concurrently through December 1, 1904. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 324]

Suggested Bid $2,700-3,250
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13482 324 image1904, 2¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 324), First Day, Seattle, WA, Advertising envelope, tied by an April 30, 1904 Seattle, Wash. machine cancel on a locally addressed cover with a Fulton Market corner card; stamp with slight perf damage, cover with a bit of very mild browning, F.-V.F., scarce Western State cover, with 1979 P.F. certificate. Scott $5,000 .
Suggested Bid $2,000

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition informally known as The St. Louis World's Fair, opened Saturday, April 30, 1904 and ran concurrently through December 1, 1904. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 324]

Suggested Bid $2,000-2,500
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13483 324 image1904, 2¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 324), Pre-First Day, St. Louis, MO, Drug Company Advertising envelope, tied by an April 25, 1904 St. Louis machine "4" World's Fair slogan cancel on a cover with a Meyer Brothers Drug Co. corner card, to Crawfordsville, Ind., backstamped Crawfordsville on the same day; light vertical file fold in center, otherwise Very Fine, with 1970 A.F.D.C.S. certificate. Scott $5,000 .
Suggested Bid $1,300

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition informally known as The St. Louis World's Fair, opened Saturday, April 30, 1904 and ran concurrently through December 1, 1904. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 324]

Suggested Bid $1,300-1,500
SOLD for $800.00
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13484 324 image1904, 2¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 324), First Day, St. Louis, MO, Louisiana Purchase Exposition envelope, tied by an April 30, 1904 St. Louis machine "4" World's Fair slogan cancel on a Hesse Envelope Co. illustrated World's Fair cover featuring the Machinery Building, to Fremont, Nebr.; backstamped Fremont on May 1, Very Fine, cahceted cover with the Machinery Building, a striking showpiece, with 1997 P.F. certificate. Scott $5,000+ .
Suggested Bid $6,750

A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF A RARE FIRST DAY EXPOSITION COVER.

Despite the Post Office announcement, St. Louis and other cities sold stamps to the public prior to the Official April 30, 1904 date of issue.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition informally known as The St. Louis World's Fair, opened Saturday, April 30, 1904 and ran concurrently through December 1, 1904. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 324]

Suggested Bid $6,500-8,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13485 324 image1904, 2¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 324), First Day, St. Louis, MO, Official Louisiana Purchase Exposition envelope, tied by an April 30, 1904 St. Louis machine "4" World's Fair slogan cancel on a cover with a United States Government Board, Louisiana Purchase Exposition corner card; to Brightwood, D.C.; backstamped Washington D.C. on May 1 and May 2; stamp with a straight edge, F.-V.F., a very rare and desirable item, the most spectacular 2¢ FDC, with 1976 A.F.D.C.S. certificate. Scott $5,000+ .
Suggested Bid $6,750

There are only 24 recorded First Day usages of the 2¢ Louisiana Purchase, very few of them on Exposition stationery. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $6,500-8,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13486 324 image1904, 2¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 324), First Day, Syracuse, NY, Advertising envelope, tied by an April 30, 1904 Syracuse, N.Y. machine cancel on a very clean cover with an illustrated Globe Hotel corner card, to New York City, backstamped New York on May 1; miniscule reduction at right and top, Extremely Fine. Scott $5,000 .
Suggested Bid $2,700

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition informally known as The St. Louis World's Fair, opened Saturday, April 30, 1904 and ran concurrently through December 1, 1904. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 324]

Suggested Bid $2,700-3,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13487 324 image1904, 2¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 324), First Day, Syracuse, NY, Advertising envelope, tied by an April 30, 1904 Syracuse, N.Y. machine cancel on a cover with an Brown, Curtis & Brown corner card, to Chittenango, N.Y., backstamped Chittenango on May 2; stamp with slight perf damage at top, cover with small, barely noticeable abrasion at lower left, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $5,000 .
Suggested Bid $1,800

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition informally known as The St. Louis World's Fair, opened Saturday, April 30, 1904 and ran concurrently through December 1, 1904. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $1,800-2,200
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13488 325 image1904, 3¢ Louisiana Purchase, used with 10¢ Registry (Scott 325), paying the 3¢ War rate plus 10¢ registry fee on an April 26, 1919 cover from one famous philatelist (Hiram Deats, of U.S. Revenues fame) to another famous philatelist (August Dietz, of CSA fame), with several seals and transit cancels on the reverse, Very Fine, impressive.
Suggested Bid $300 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13489 325 image1904, 3¢ Louisiana Purchase, block of 4 (Scott 325), paying the 2¢ letter rate and the 10¢ special delivery rate on a cover for a dealer in "All Kinds of Pioneer Relics". The cancels on the stamps are particularly choice, plus Virginia and Washington, D.C. backstamps, Very Fine, a nice multiple usage.
Suggested Bid $250 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $150.00
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13490 325 image1904, 3¢ Louisiana Purchase, two pairs (Scott 325), used on a 6 x 2¢ letter rate cover, with a portion of a J.W. Stowell Printing Co. label on the reverse. A bold and striking cover, Very Fine.
Suggested Bid $200 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13491 325, etc. image1904, 3¢ Louisiana Purchase, used with an array of other issues (Scott 325, etc.), on a 3¢ entire, with Philadelphia cancels and backstamp. Total postage came to 15¢, making this 13¢ overpaid on a 2¢ letter rate cover. Definitely a colorful and uncommon, if not exactly frugal, usage, F.-V.F.
Suggested Bid $200 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13492 326 image1904, 5¢ Louisiana Purchase, block of 12 (Scott 326), used with 2¢ Shield pair on a part of a parcel (essentially a front), with Schenectady, NY registry cancels. A very unusual multiple usage, F.-V.F.
Suggested Bid $500 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13493 326 image1904, 5¢ Louisiana Purchase, plate number and imprint pair (Scott 326), used on a correctly rated Oct. 22, 1904 registered cover. An especially choice usage, Very Fine.
Suggested Bid $300 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $170.00
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13494 326 image1904, 5¢ Louisiana Purchase, four examples (Scott 326), used on a Treasury Dept. penalty envelope mailing a parcel, cut and affixed to backing and thus serving as a paste-up. Most unusual, F.-V.F.
Suggested Bid $250 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13495 326 image1904, 5¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 326), used with 3¢ postage on a 2¢ entire, paying the 2¢ letter rate and 8¢ registry fee, from Louisville, KY to New York and back. Colorful, F.-V.F.
Suggested Bid $200 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13496 326 image1904, 5¢ Louisiana Purchase (Scott 326), Pre-First Day, St. Louis, MO, Advertising envelope, tied by a clear pre-First Day April 29, 1904 St. Louis, Mo. machine "6" World's Fair slogan cancel on a legal size cover to Vienna Austria with a National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis corner card, backstamped New York, N.Y. Foreign Branch on May 1; vertical file fold in center with a small tear at the top, stamp with a straight edge, otherwise Very Fine, with 1970 A.F.D.C.S. certificate. Scott $20,000+ .
Suggested Bid $4,500

THE UNIQUE FIVE-CENT LOUISIANA PURCHASE PRE-FIRST DAY COVER TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION.

An included newspaper clipping states that Mr. Zerbe created two similar covers, one addressed to the President of the Exposition, Governor David R. Francis, and other to the Exposition Secretary, Walter B. Stevens.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition informally known as The St. Louis World's Fair, opened Saturday, April 30, 1904 and ran concurrently through December 1, 1904. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $4,500-6,500
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13497 327 image1904, 10¢ Louisiana Purchase, used on a P.O. Dept. Official Business cover (Scott 327), a legal-size envelope (they always are) from the Stamp Division, F.-V.F., quite scarce, .
Suggested Bid $400 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13498 327 image1904, 10¢ Louisiana Purchase, registry usage (Scott 327), as the bold doubly struck REGISTERED should make it clear, on a Jul 22, 1904 transcontinental cover, with New York backstamp. Very clean and attractive with just a bit of trivial flaws on the reverse, Very Fine.
Suggested Bid $250 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13499 327 image1904, 10¢ Louisiana Purchase, solo usage (Scott 327), on a July 27, 1904 registered cover from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, attractive and uncommon.
Suggested Bid $200 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM
13500 327 image1904, 10¢ Louisiana Purchase, special delivery usage (Scott 327), used with 2¢ imperf Washington-Franklin on a Dec. 20, 1913 cover, with a corner card from the Belmont Amusement Co., and with Middleton, CT backstamp. The stamps and cancels are unusually nice, a lovely cover overall, Very Fine.
Suggested Bid $200 . (Image)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-29, 09:00 PM

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