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The Benjamon Franklin Bailar Collection: A Postal Historical Study of America's First Postmaster Gen continued...

1894-98 Bureau Issues

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Lot Description

2627

1c Blue (264). Horizontal pair, tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Jul. 4 8:30 AM 1901" duplex datestamp on cover with engraved label depicting Benjamin Franklin reading and pondering, with his trademark glasses, to Hingham Mass., barely reduced at left, Very Fine and attractive use of Franklin stamps on a cover with a Franklin portrait and used on the 4th of July (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

2628

1c Blue (264). Tied by "Chicago Ill. Oct. 11 2-PM 1895" waving flag machine cancel on cover to Waucoma, Iowa, and forwarded to Jefferson, Iowa, purple "Postage Due" and "Forwarded" handstamps, 2c Deep Claret, Postage Due, Bisect (J39 var) with "Due 1 cent" overprint tied across the cut by "Jefferson Iowa Oct. 15 7AM 1895" circular datestamp, Waucoma and receiving backstamps, Postage Due with surface scrapes and stains, still a very unusual use, in October 1895, the Jefferson postmaster used twenty bisected 2c stamps as 1c, each overprinted "Due 1 cent", with 1985 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. 400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

2629

1c Columbian (230). Rich color, used with 1c Ultramarine (246), 8c Violet Brown (257), 1c Green (279), 1c Trans-Mississippi (285) and 10c Orange, Special Delivery (E3), tied by "Winchester Mass." ovals on registered 1c entire to Havana, Cuba and forwarded back to Winchester Mass., New York registry label, various backstamp incl. "2nd Notice Apr. 19, 1900" and manuscript "It could not be delivered, because the addressee moved from the Hotel Inglaterra", Very Fine, an unusual use colorfully and correctly paying the 5c rate plus 8c registry fee plus 10c for special delivery, especially unusual with the two 1c Bureau stamps in different colors (it was changed to green to conform to UPU regulations), ex "World's Fair" (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

2630

8c Violet Brown, 4c Orange Brown, 5c Blue (272, 280, 281). Tied by "Cleveland Ohio" ovals on 1c Franklin registered entire to Germany, purple "Cleveland Ohio Reg. Div. Aug. 25, 1899" double-circle datestamp, back of cover with "Officially Sealed, Sea Post Office, New York-Bremen No. 12" label (OXSP1) with "12" in blue crayon, various transits

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE SEA POST OFFICIAL SEAL.

Sea Post Offices operated on board transoceanic steamers and processed mail posted on board or picked up at ports along the voyage. The need for official seals was very limited.

Ex "Lake Shore" (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

2631

1c Blue (264). Eight, comprising block of six affixed over edge of cover and pair on back, used with Samoa -1/2p, 1p, 1-1/2p and 3p Surcharges, Samoa stamps tied by well-struck "Apia Samoa JUL 15 96" double-circle datestamps on registered cover to Camden N.J., purple "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 30, 1896" transit, U.S. stamps affected from placement over edge of cover, otherwise Fine and colorful use (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

2632

1c Deep Green (279). Tied by "Louisville, Ky. 1902" machine cancel without month and day slugs on oversize multicolored Ballard & Ballard Co., Obelisk Flour advertising cover depicting an Egyptian scene with obelisk, pyramid, sphinx, camels and traders, to Wilkesboro N.C., stamp with trivial overall toning, Very Fine and very colorful advertising cover (Image)

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E. 500-750

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

2633

1c Green (279). Horizontal pair, tied by "New York N.Y. Oct. 24, 1900" machine cancel on cover to St. Pierre & Miquelon, "T15" in circle due handstamp, additionally franked with French Colonies 1894 30c Carmine, Postage Due (J19), large margins, tied by Nov. 1 circular datestamp, two different Boston backstamps, small tear at top barely affecting left stamp, Very Fine appearance, very rare postage due use in St. Pierre & Miquelon (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

2634

1c Deep Green, 2c Carmine, Ty. IV (279, 279B). Two 2c, tied by "Midway 6.9.03" manuscript postmark on cover to Fayal, Azores, stamps also tied by blue quartered corks, sender's directive "Via Lisbon" at lower left, "San Francisco Cal. Sep. 21 5-AM 1903" machine cancel and receiving backstamps, right 2c torn prior to use, stamps with few small surface scrapes, cover with some file folds and edge tears and soiling

FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE FROM THE MIDWAY POST OFFICE, AND THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF THIS PROVISIONAL MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK.

According to Wikipedia, the Midway Islands, with no indigenous inhabitants prior to the 19th Century, was sighted on July 5, 1859, by Captain Brooks of the sealing ship Gambia. He claimed the islands for the U.S. under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, which authorized Americans to occupy uninhabited islands temporarily to obtain guano. In 1867 possession was formally taken and it became the first Pacific island annexed by the U.S. The first attempt to settle Midway was in 1871, when the Pacific Mail Steamship Company attempted to establish a coaling station to avoid high taxes imposed at ports controlled by Hawaii. It was a failure and all workers were evacuated. In 1903, workers for the Commercial Pacific Cable Company took up residence on the island as part of the effort to lay a trans-Pacific telegraph cable. Later that year, Roosevelt established a radio station and put the islands under the control of the U.S. Navy, in response to problems with Japanese squatters and poachers. The first post office was not formally established there until June 13, 1903, just after this was sent. (Image)

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E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

2635

8c Violet Brown, 1c Deep Green (272, 279). Two horizontal pairs and single of 1c, three with s.e., 1c tied by "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, China, 26 Dec. 3PM 1902" duplex datestamps on light blue registered cover to Washington D.C., 8c cancelled by blue crayon, San Francisco and receiving backstamps, one 1c perf flaw at bottom, otherwise Very Fine use properly paying the 5c rate plus 8c registry fee (Image)

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E. 200-300

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

2636

1c Deep Green (279). Block of ten, natural s.e, at right, some faults, tied by large "R" in circle handstamps, "Mil. Postal Sta. No. 1 China, Jul. 2, 1901" circular datestamp on back of cover to San Francisco, purple military station registered marking of the same day, Aug. 2 San Francisco transit double-circle datestamp also ties block, notation at top left "Sailor's Letter, J. F. Campbell, U.S.S. Monocacy, Taku, China", some toning and edgewear, still Very Fine and very scarce use during the Boxer Rebellion, the U.S.S. Monocacy was a sidewheel gunboat placed into service in 1866 and served in the Asiatic Squadron until being decommissioned in 1903, she was too old to take part in the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay but was stationed at Taku Bar where she remained until the end of Boxer Rebellion when the Taku Forts were leveled as part of the terms of the formal settlement signed in Sep. 1901, accompanied by photo of the ship (Image)

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E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

2637

1c Deep Green (279). Tied by "East Akron Sta., Akron Ohio, 1898" dateless duplex on oversize illustrated "Monroe Doctrine" souvenir card to Pittsburgh Pa., back of card with ad for Akron Cereal Co., minor wear, Very Fine Spanish-American War Patriotic souvenir card (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction