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The Curtis Collection: U.S. Officials continued...

Balance Lots
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
4211 og Unused Officials Balance. Comprising singles from the various Departments incl. 1879 American Bank Note Soft Paper issue, some high-value denominations, fresh colors and particularly well-centered throughout, original gum with just a couple no gum, a quick glance through the pages, will reveal that this balance is not your average Officials balance, with each stamp individually selected for appearance, quality, and often wide margins, much Very Fine, ten P.F., P.S.E., or P.S.A.G. certificates accompany including a few graded

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 E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
4212   Used Officials Balance. Singles, most with cork cancels including different colors such as blue, red and violet, also with the 1879 American Bank Note Soft Paper issue, surprisingly fresh balance collection with strong colors, well-centered and large margins seen on most stamps, with a number of better items including $2.00 State and some high denominations, mostly Very Fine, some ex Kirke, this collection complements the unused balance offered in lot 4211, 17 certificates accompany including some graded

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
4213   Fort Cancels on War Department Stamps. Comprising 118 stamps neatly arranged and mounted on oversized pages, various different usages and denominations on both Continental and American Bank Note Printings of the War Department, including very bold strikes of numerous Forts and Territories such as Apache (AZ), Bowie (AZ), Thomas (AZ), Grant (AZ), Lewis (CO), Meeker (CO), Buford (DAK), Totten (DAK), Sill (IND), Snelling (MINN), Maginnis (MONT), Wingate (N MEX), Davis (TX), Fred Steele (WYO), and others, particularly nice multiple strikes of the fancy Honeycomb and "E" in Wreath from Fort Leavenworth (KAN) and the "U" in "S" of Jefferson Barracks, generally Fine or better, an exciting group of these scarce cancels in better quality than normally seen, a fantastic basis from which to expand, a few are ex Markovits

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
4214 bl Officials Multiples Balance. Pairs, strips, blocks, plate no. blocks, and part sheets in unused and used condition, many Departments from both 1873 Continental Bank Note Hard Paper and 1879 American Bank Note Soft Paper issues thru to the later issues from the 1980s, many scarce and rare blocks which catalogue as much as $1,700.00 incl. items which are seldom offered, condition is overall Fine-Very Fine but we note a number of items which have some sensible reinforcements, minor perf separations, and the typical small faults which occur on multiples of any size, a desirable balance collection which would be difficult to replicate, three P.F. certificates accompany

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 E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
4215 c Officials Postal History Balance. About 70 covers neatly arranged on pages with write-ups, incl. various uses from different Departments on both Soft and Hard Paper and later issues, with numerous better covers such as a 3c Agriculture (O3) illegal use, 24c Interior (O22) on largely reduced cover, 1c, 3c (2), 12c and 15c Justice (O25, O27, O30-O31) covers with the 1c the earliest known use (Jul. 31), 3c, 6c, 7c, 10c, 12c State (O59-O63) covers, various penalty clause mail, a couple "O.R.R." return covers, 1817 William Crawford free frank who was the Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Madison and Monroe, and much more, general condition is Fine or better with some having typical faults for these Official covers, some peripheral edgewear, toning, etc., Official postal history collections of this size are rarely offered

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 E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
4216   Image"Official Postage Stamps and Stamped Envelopes." Post Office Department Circular. First version of the two-page circular dated May 15, 1873, and sent to postmasters announcing the abolition of the franking privilege, "on the first day of July, 1873, the Postmaster General is required by law to provide postage stamps or stamped envelopes of special design for each of the several Executive Departments of Government, for the pre-payment of postages on official matter passing through the mails", minor toning along one file fold, otherwise Very Fine, this scarce first version circular states at the beginning of paragraph three under "Official Stamps for Postmasters" that stamped envelopes will be furnished to "first-class offices only", this was corrected in subsequent versions to state "Presidential" offices, which were first, second and third-class offices with postmaster salary of $1,000 or higher (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

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