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The Georgian Collection of United States Postal Cards continued...

Paid Reply Essays (Others)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2469 E Image1c Black + 1c Red on Off-White, Frederick G. Mead, New York, Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-SA). 133 x 104mm, dual-sided card with Red on first side and Black on return side, both with 1c "stamp" with "F.G. Mead" and "Response Postal Card", patent information in small type at top left of return side, which is pre-addressed to Mead in New York, slight corner crease, still Very Fine and rare, the top portion was intended to be torn off at the dotted line, removing the original stamp in the process, the return side had the stamp lower which would remain intact for mailing back, Mead believed the different colors would avoid confusion for postal clerks in canceling the correct stamp (Image)

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$ 1,500.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
2470 E Image1c + 1c on Wove, Robert W. Mercer, Cincinnati O., Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-TA). Style with two woodcut stamps at right, titled "U.S. Postage One Cent" with "Postal Card" between and "Address must be placed on this side - message on the other" printed at center, frameline around perimeter, two examples on different shades of paper, one with message on back and addressed to Mercer, Very Fine and rare, according to the UPSS catalog (pp. 300-301) Mercer aggressively pursued acceptance of his cards with sometimes vitriolic letters to the Post Office Department, apparently the only reaction of the Department was to take exception to Mercer's use of "U.S. Postage" in his design (Image)

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$ 700.00

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
2471 E Image1c + 1c on Card, Robert W. Mercer, Cincinnati O., Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-TB). Style with two woodcut stamps at right, titled "Postage One Cent" with blank space where "U.S." was on previous essay, "Postal Card" between and "Address must be placed on this side - message on the other" printed at center, back with "Postmaster will return to writer in not called for in ten days", no frameline around perimeter, four examples on different shades of card, Orange, Pinkish Buff, Gray and Bluish Green, Very Fine, the elimination of the "U.S" was likely in response to the Post Office Department's objections to the earlier essay (Image)

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$ 1,400.00

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
2472 c Image2c Red Brown (210). Two singles, tied by "Cincinnati O. Jun. 15 '86" duplex cancels on 1c + 1c on Wove, Robert W. Mercer Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-TA), first style with two woodcut "stamps" at right, titled "U.S. Postage One Cent" with "Postal Card" between and "Address must be placed on this side - message on the other" printed at center, frameline around perimeter, addressed to Mercer in Cincinnati with Trenton N.J. return address of famed stamp collector E.B. Sterling, message on back datelined Cincinnati, June 14, '86, "Write me below what you think of Mercer's duplex post card..." (Sterling made no reply), Very Fine, a wonderful and extremely rare through the mails use of a postal card essay, the 2c paid letter postage as this was, of course, not a recognized postal card, Mercer aggressively pursued acceptance of his cards with sometimes vitriolic letters to the Post Office Department, apparently the only reaction of the Department was to take exception to Mercer's use of "U.S. Postage" in his design, ex Toppan and Worthington, accompanied by an article from Postal Stationery (Jul.-Aug. 1962) discussing another example of the Mercer essay that passed through the mail (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
2473 E Image(Unstated Value) on Blue Gray, Boston Transcript Company, Boston, Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-W). Double sided 89 x 161mm vertically oriented card, "U.S. Postal Card" on front side and "Suggestion for a Return U.S. Postal Card" on back, both sides with woodcut of three bearded men in a circle with German words around the perimeter, Very Fine and extremely rare, accompanied by a cover franked with No. 213 from the Boston Transcript Company with the same design, which is the basis for our speculation as to this essay's origin, listed in UPSS catalog as designer unknown (Image)

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$ 3,000.00

SOLD for $2,100.00
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2474 E Image1c on Buff, Unknown Designer, Paid Reply Card Essay (UY1E-X). Two UX9 cards, hinged together front to back with 24mm wide cloth tape, forming a message reply card similar to the style finally adopted, two tabs of another card attached at bottom for sealing the card once folded over, Very Fine, a unique essay, ex Brazer (Image)

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$ 4,000.00

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

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