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United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History continued...

1870-88 Bank Note Issues thru Later Issues
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2257 c Image2c Red Brown, Grill (135). H. Grill, clear grill points at center, used with 10c Green (68) on 3c Green entire (U84) to Geneva, Switzerland and forwarded to London, England, 10c straddle-pane margin at right, tied by blue circle of wedges cancel, matching "New Haven N.Y. May 22" (1871) circular datestamp, red "New York Paid All May 29" transit, 10c also tied by "More to Pay" handstamp, receiving backstamps, with original contents, Very Fine, unusual mixed-issue combination, the sender apparently prepaid the old 15c rate (overpaying reduced 10c rate) and the addressee had to pay 3 pence for forwarding (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2258 c Image1c Ultramarine, 7c Vermilion, 12c Dull Violet (145, 149, 151). Tied by cork cancels and "Winchester Mass. Oct. 21" (1873) circular datestamp on cover to Rome, Italy, sender's routing "North German Direct" but sent Italian Closed Mail via England, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Oct. 22" transit datestamp, Verona and receiving backstamps, stamps with few small faults from placement near edge of cover, otherwise Fine, very scarce combination for double 10c Italian Closed Mail rate (Image)

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 E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2259 c Image1c Ultramarine, 3c Green, 7c Vermilion (145, 147, 149). Two 7c (one shows a few grill points), tied by segmented cork cancels on registered cover to C. E. Hartung (hair and wig dealers) in New York City, docketing on back indicates origin at Clinton, Iowa, Jan. 9, 1872, the absence of a sending office datestamp violates U.S. Post Office Dept. regulations and is especially egregious for registered mail, Very Fine, colorful franking for 3c rate plus 15c registry fee (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2260 c Image1c Ultramarine, 10c Brown (145, 161). Cancelled by targets, "Dorset Vt. Oct. 6" (1873) circular datestamp on cover to Constantinople, Turkey, red "New York Paid All Oct. 8" transit datestamp, red crayon "4" credit, red "f1-1/2" German credit (re-stated in silbergroschen), "Kaiserlich Deutsches Postamt 27 10 No. 1" backstamp, slight edgewear, Very Fine, attractive 11c NGU Closed Mail rate cover to Turkey (Image)

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 E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
2261 c Image6c Dull Pink, 7c Vermilion, 12c Blackish Violet (149, 159, 162). Each stamp used separately on a short-paid cover to Switzerland, all three are yellow or buff covers to various places, each has "New York Via England & Ostend" transit datestamp (in black), "Via Ostende" and "Insufficiently Paid" straightlines, deficient postage for 10c Swiss Closed Mail rate expressed in centimes in blue crayon and postage due marked in red crayon, 7c No. 149 underpaid 3c, 6c No.159 underpaid 4c, 12c No. 162 underpaid 8c (double rate), last is missing top flap, otherwise Very Fine, a spectacular trio of covers showing the difficulty Swiss immigrants experienced in correctly prepaying the postage on mail to their homeland (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
2262 c Image1c Ultramarine (156). Natural interpane margin at right and huge jumbo margins, tied by "2" in oval grid cancel on 1c Postal Card (UX5) to London, New York circular datestamp and red "London Paid" receiving datestamp, stamp is exceedingly fresh and an Extremely Fine Gem, the card is also unusually clean and fresh (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
2263 c Image1c Ultramarine (156). Five, each tied by clear strike of vivid orange-red "New York Sep. 5" circular datestamp on small cover to Nice, France, Calais transit datestamp (Sep. 18, 1876), Paris and Nice backstamps, docketing at left, stamps affected by overzealous cleaning with some nicks and scuffs, nonetheless a spectacular cover, the use of the red datestamp to cancel five 1c Ultramarine stamps is very unusual (Image)

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 E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
2264 c Image1c Ultramarine (156). Two, different shades, used with 3c Green (158) and tied by New York Foreign Mail Geometric (Weiss GE-EP3) and red "New York Feb. 9" circular datestamp on William H. Phair, Dealer in Foreign Postage Stamps corner card cover to Amsterdam, Holland, receiving backstamp, Very Fine and attractive cover, ex Belasco (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2265 c Image2c Brown, 3c Green, 6c Dull Pink (157, 158, 159). 6c with part captured imprint at top, cancelled by quartered corks, "Middleborough Mass. Feb. 25" (ca. 1874) circular datestamp on cover to Constantinople, Turkey, red "New York Paid All Feb. 27" transit datestamp, red crayon "4" credit, "Kaiserlich Deutsches Postamt 19 3 No. 1" backstamp, 6c small tear at right, 2c and 6c small perf faults, otherwise Fine, 11c NGU Closed Mail rate, illustrated in U.S. International Postal Rates book (p. 56), ex Stever (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
2266 c Image3c Green (158). Six, three with s.e., dark shade, tied by target cancels, "Summerville (?) Jul. 21" (1874) circular datestamp on 3c Green entire to Lieut. Col. James Bassel, Egyptian Army, Cairo, Egypt, red "Detroit Paid All Br. Transit Aug. 2" transit datestamp (scarce exchange office routing), red crayon "16" credit and red "London Paid" transit datestamp, "Alexandria AU 27 74" British P.O. backstamp, "Poste Egiziane" Alexandria and Cairo backstamps (Aug. 28), some gum stains slightly affecting three stamps, small tear in top of left stamp, otherwise Very Fine, a rare cover to one of 50 or so American military officers who went to Egypt in the 1870's to train and direct the army of the Khedive Ismail, Lieutenant-Colonel James Bassel served in Egypt for about one year before leaving for the Far East, this was overpaid 1c for the 20c British Mail rate via Southampton, the Detroit Aug. 2 (1874) datestamp indicates this was carried on the Allan Line's Peruvian, departing Quebec on Aug. 8, arriving Liverpool Aug. 17, with 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
2267 c Image10c Brown (161). Horizontal pair, tied by two clear strikes of New York Foreign Mail Star cancel (Ty. ST-8P3), red "New York Paid All Via Eng. & Ostd. Aug. 15" (1874) transit datestamp on folded cover to Neuchatel, Switzerland, receiving backstamps, Very Fine strikes of Star cancel and transit datestamp, with 1987 Alcuri certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

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