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Sale 875 — United States and Confederate States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 April, 2004
Category — 1894-98 Bureau Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1016
1c Blue (264). Tied by "Mobile Ala. Apr. 23, 1897" duplex cancel on 1c Postal Card to Abyssinia, Africa, bold Aden and French Paquebot transits on front, blue Djibouti transit on reverse, with printed Chirstian message on reverse, card with couple tiny faults, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce destination
E. 300-400
460
1017
2c Carmine, Ty. I, "DUE 2" Postage Due Handstamp (265 var). S.e. at top, used on locally-addressed attorney's corner card cover mailed without stamp, Detroit Mich. Jun. 23, 1895 machine cancel, "Due 2" straightline struck on cover, Very Fine, the Detroit post office used regular stamps with the handstamped "Due 2" when the supply of postage due stamps was exhausted
E. 500-750
575
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2c Carmine, Ty. III (267). Used with 10c Dark Green (273) which is affixed to back, both stamps tied by "Singapore MR 7, 1899" datestamps on cover to Manchester, England, receiving backstamp, some slight edgewear, 10c torn on openng, otherwise Fine, unusual usage, with 1987 B.P.A. certificate
E. 300-400
280
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5c Chocolate (270). Pulled perfs at top, tied by "New-York Dec. 11 6PM 97" duplex on brown-orange Harper's Magazine illustrated ad cover to Tura, Assam (India), Sea P.O. and Tura receiving backstamps, ink smear, Very Fine
E. 100-150
65
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50c Orange (275). Creased and faults, tied by "New-York 3-7 03" oval datestamp on supplementary mail cover to France, sender's endorsement "per S.S. Campania" with additional notation "Suppl'y", folded at bottom, Very Fine appearance, scarce single use of 50c 1895
E. 150-200
130
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1c Green (279). Tied by Passaic N.J. oval on Speer Wine Co. multicolored advertising cover to Philadelphia, magnificent design picturing building and wine cellar, Speer Park Fountain, "Chateau de Speer" and vineyard, a work of art, Extremely Fine, the oeniphile's philatelic dream
E. 400-500
240
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10c Brown, Ty. I (282C). Used with 3c Purple (268) on 5c entire, cancelled by "Northampton Mass. Dec. 27, 1898" duplexes on registered cover to Germany, fresh and Very Fine, scarce early use, the earliest documented use is December 10, 1898, with 1999 A.P.S. certificate describing this as the earliest documented use, which it was until recently
E. 200-300
0
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