1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Horizontal pair, perfectly centered, right stamp faulty at right from placement over edge of cover, tied by "Washington D.C. Mar. 6 11 AM 1891" machine cancel on small cover to C. F. Rothfuchs (stamp dealer) in New York City, receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine apart from minor stamp flaw, very rare, ex Juhring, Sheriff and Dr. Martin

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Tied by "Saint Louis Mo. Nov. 28" circular datestamp on John P. Biedstein, Foreign Stamp Importer's corner card cover to Berne, Switzerland, 1880 receiving backstamp, trivial cover soiling, Very Fine, scarce use of the 1c Re-Issue on a circular-rate cover to Switzerland, the 1869 PRA Census records eleven covers with Scott 133 or 133a, ex Belasco, with 1996 P.F. certificate

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Horizontal pair, perfectly centered, right stamp faulty at right from placement over edge of cover, tied by "Washington D.C. Mar. 6 11 AM 1891" machine cancel on small cover to C. F. Rothfuchs (stamp dealer) in New York City, receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine apart from minor stamp flaw, very rare, ex Juhring, Sheriff and Martin

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Horizontal pair, tied by bold strikes of "Hartford Conn. Jan. 7, 84 6:30 PM" duplexes on locally addressed cover, barely reduced at right, some expert repairs along edges as well as bottom right corner of stamp reattached, Very Fine appearance, paying the 2c first class rate which went into effect Oct. 1, 1883, the 1869 PRA Census records eleven covers with Scott 133 or 133a, ex Dr. Heimburger

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Horizontal pair, tied by bold strikes of "Hartford Conn. Jan. 7, 84 6:30 PM" duplexes on locally addressed cover, barely reduced at right, some expert repairs along edges, otherwise Very Fine use paying the 2c first class rate which went into effect Oct. 1, 1883, the 1869 PRA Census records eleven covers with Scott 133 or 133a

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Tied by "Saint Louis Mo. Nov. 28" circular datestamp on John P. Biedstein, Foreign Stamp Importer's corner card cover to Berne, Switzerland, 1880 receiving backstamp, trivial cover soiling, Very Fine, scarce use of the 1c Re-Issue on a circular-rate cover to Switzerland, the 1869 PRA Census records eleven covers with Scott 133 or 133a, with 1996 P.F. certificate

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Vertical pair, s.e. at bottom, rich color, tied by "Baltimore Md. Jul. 6 9AM" datestamp and "6" duplex cancel on Frank Jones, Importer and Dealer in Foreign and U.S. Postage Stamps corner card cover to Norwich Conn., fresh and Very Fine, scarce, the 1869 PRA Census records eleven covers with Scott 133 or 133a, Jones is known to have used 1869 Re-Issues on five covers in 1884, with 1989 P.F. certificate

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Horizontal pair, perfectly centered, right stamp faulty at right from placement over edge of cover, tied by "Washington D.C. Mar. 6 11 AM 1891" machine cancel on small cover to C. F. Rothfuchs (stamp dealer) in New York City, receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine apart from minor stamp flaw, very rare, ex Juhring, Sheriff and Martin

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Horizontal strip of three, exceptionally choice centering, rich color, tied by bold strikes of negative "10" in square cancel with duplex "Boston Mass. Feb. 22 8 PM" (ca. 1881) circular datestamp on E. A. Holton (Stamp Dealer) Mulready design advertising cover to Wellington O., receiving backstamp, vertical crease at left, small tears at top and bottom edges not affecting stamps

A VERY FINE STRIP OF THE ONE-CENT 1880 SOFT PAPER RE-ISSUE ON A STAMP DEALER'S SPECTACULAR MULREADY-BASED ADVERTISING COVER. THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED MULTIPLE OF SCOTT 133 ON COVER.

The 1869 PRA Census records eleven covers with Scott 133 or 133a. This is the largest intact multiple of any of the 1c Re-Issues (123, 133 or 133a) used on cover. It is also one of four Holton Mulready covers known to us with 1869 Re-Issue stamps. A similar Holton Mulready cover with three 1c 1875 Hard Paper Re-Issue stamps (pair and single) sold in our 2005 Rarities sale (Sale 895,lot 225) for $8,000 hammer.

With 1979 P.F. certificate

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1c Buff, 1880 Re-Issue (133). Horizontal pair, tied by "New York Mar. 8 6 PM 91" duplex datestamp and oval grid on cover with printed address to stamp dealer C. F. Rothfuchs in Washington D.C., ms. "from Astor House New York" return address, receiving backstamp, bottom left corner of left stamp torn off, paper blends into envelope so not very noticeable, otherwise Very Fine cover, with 1977 P.F. certificate

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