2c Carmine, Ty. I (319). Tied by "St. Paul Minn. Jun. 20, 1905" machine cancel on mourning bordered cover to Milton Mass., cover was singed and damaged in the Central Railroad June 21, 1905 Mentor O. train wreck, it was placed into a Post Office Dept. legal-size envelope with a slip stating the occurrence of the wreck and sent on to its addressee (both of these pieces accompany the cover), larger cover opened roughly at right with faults, Fine and fascinating artifacts from this infamous wreck of the 20th Century Limited, which cost 21 people their lives

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2c Carmine, Ty. II (319F). Pair and two singles, tied by New York oval registry handstamps and pair partly covered by registry label on 1906 cover originating in Frankfort, Germany and franked with Germany 80pf stamp for postage and registration to New York, upon receipt in New York the cover was struck with "Re-Registered/After Delivery" and forwarded via San Francisco to Shanghai, China, San Francisco registry label with sans-serif letters (FX-SF1a), unclaimed and returned to Frankfort via New York, wide variety of datestamps and handstamps trace its journey and its failure to find a recipient, including U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai backstamp, some unsurprising soiling and wear, minor stamp flaws, Fine and striking cover, for no additional postage a registered cover properly received could be forwarded as long as a new registry fee was paid, in this case represented by the four 2c Shield stamps

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2c Carmine, Ty. I (319). Tied by New York Sep. 20, 1906 machine cancel on Morris H.S. New York picture postcard to Shanghai, China, forwarded with China, 1900, 1c Ocher (111) to Hong Kong, Chinese stamp affixed overlapping U.S. stamp, four different datestamps applied in China during transit and forwarding, Very Fine, a nice combination cover

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2c Carmine, Ty. I (319). Tied by "St. Paul Minn. Jun. 20, 1905" machine cancel on mourning bordered cover to Milton Mass., cover was singed and damaged in the Central Railroad June 21, 1905 Mentor O. train wreck, it was placed into a Post Office Dept. legal-size envelope with a slip stating the occurrence of the wreck and sent on to its addressee (both of these pieces accompany the cover), larger cover opened roughly at right with faults, Fine and fascinating artifacts from this infamous wreck of the 20th Century Limited, which cost 21 people their lives

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2c Carmine, Ty. I, (319). Likely from a booklet pane, used with 10c Special Delivery (E5), tied by "Valdez Alaska Sep. 9 1905" duplex datestamp on Valdez advertising cover to Evanston Ill., St. Paul & Larimore R.P.O. backstamp, 2c stamp tiny nick at bottom, reduced at left, Fine use from Alaska

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2c Carmine, Ty. I (319). Bold "Jackson Mich." precancel, affixed to illustrated "Magic Foot Draft Co." buff advertising cover addressed to Bristol Mills Me., Very Fine

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2c Carmine, Ty. I (319). Tied by "New York, N.Y. Dec. 10, 1904" wavy-line machine cancel on advertising cover to Manhattan address, with spectacular six-color Christmas design for Bloomingdales' Dept. Store with Santa Clauses trying to fit aboard a street car, R.F. Outcault imprint below car, Madison Sq. Station Dec. 10, 1904 11PM backstamp

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE AND SPECTACULAR SANTA CLAUS ADVERTISING DESIGN.

The creator of this design, cartoonist Richard F. Outcault, was a key pioneer of the modern comic strip, beginning in the 1890's with "The Yellow Kid". In this design, he placed his most famous creations, Buster Brown and his bull terrier Tige, in the foreground.

Ex Risvold

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2c Carmine, Ty. I (319). Tied by "Coalgate Ind. T. Nov. 1, 1906" circular datestamp on cover to Kinsman O. with all-over illustration for Macurdy's Studio of Coalgate with samples of his work surrounding the address, reverse with illustrated advertisement for Hawkeye Kodaks, accompanied by 1907 letter from Macurdy mentioning Oklahoma statehood, railroad corruption, etc., stamp with corner crease, some wear, Fine, James Macurdy is best known for his early images of Oil City Pa., one of these pictures can be seen at the lower right of the cover

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2c Carmine, Ty. I (319). Bright color, with significant part of adjoining stamp at top still attached, tiny nick in margin at bottom, tied by "New York N.Y. Feb. 16, 1904" machine cancel on red and blue The Hearst League of New York illustrated cover to Oxford N.Y., slogan in banner reads "There is no Christianizing influence equal to good wages for honest work", receiving backstamp, Very Fine

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2c Carmine, Ty. I (319). Tied by "U.S. Postal Sta., Shanghai, China, Jan. 8, 1906" duplex on cover to Norfolk Va., used with China 2c stamp tied by local cancel, large "T" due marking but apparently delivered without collecting any additional postage, San Francisco backstamp, some edgewear, Very Fine, scarce usage

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