Session IV: Sunday, October 6, 2013
Estimate
Estimate
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4342
4339
4341
4343
4344
Session IV: Sunday, October 6, 2013
Estimate
Estimate
– LOCALS –
USA Specialty Covers, cont.
– EXPOSITION –
4339
4341
1914 PANAMA-PACIFIC OFFICIAL POSTER
STAMPS ..................................................................... PH
– FANCY CANCELS –
4340
4342
1931-37 PICTORIAL FANCY CANCELS
WITH MIXED THEMES ...................................... PH $750-1000
(1 & 15L17) c.1849 BLOOD’S DESPATCH (2¢)
BRONZE ON BLACK, W/ TWO 5¢ FRANKLINS ...... PH
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$250
$500
Folded letter sheet franked with two 5¢ Franklins, tied by blue
cancels, plus 2¢ Blood’s Local acid tied. Nearby blue ‘Philadelphia
Pa./10’ datestamp. Stamps discolored and faulty, cover stained,
genuine, fine. (2013 PF Cert #512028). Cat $1250.
4344
(60L1) DUPUY & SCHENCK, NY LOCAL TO
ST. LOUIS .................................................................. PH $2000
Very fine single, HUGE margins, double frame line at right,
‘genuine usage’, cancelled with manuscript check mark on local
stamp. Red ‘NEW-YORK/10cts’ cds at side, very fine. RARE
and way undervalued on cover. Makes for a tremendous
showpiece! (2012 PF Cert #505028). Cat $1250.
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(5L1) 1844 AMERICAN LETTER CO. 5¢ BLACK .... PH
Folded letter sheet franked with Local, red brush cancel does
not tie. From New York to Philadelphia, file fold does not affect
stamp. Fine to very fine. (2013 PF Cert #512034). Cat $450.
4343
Fascinating group of about 50 covers, almost all with pictorial
fancy cancel representing town names ranging from registered
covers with block of 5¢ Hawaii with popular fancy Appleton,
WI, marking (Apple) and registered cover from Wildwood, NJ,
with block of 3¢ Kans. overprint (‘W’), to groups of animals
(including Bear, AR; Fox, IL; Squirrel, ID; Wolf, OH; and
more), numbers (with Fifty Six, AR; Seventy Six, KY; Big Four,
WV; more), as well as ships, airplanes, anchors, trees and many
others. Most 20th century fancy cancels utilized only for a few
days by Fourth Class post offices. Nearly all are scarce, some
quite rare. Nice grouping, few damaged, some cacheted. Fine
overall, little duplication. From long buried Ezra D. Cole stock.
$250
Unusual usage on a circular. Local at upper right with red
‘PAID’ cancel (does not tie), additional red ‘American Letter
Mail Company’ oval. Addressed to Boston Mayor Chapman,
printed circular gives summary of recent Whig Party meeting
in September, 1844. Two vertical file folds, one through stamp.
Genuine, fine. (2013 PF Cert #512032). Cat $450.
$150
Square cover with corner card ‘Official Poster Stamps of the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition San Francisco
California 1915 Little Heralds of the Wonders of the Exposition’
by the Volland Poster Stamp Co. Full set of 36 poster stamps
enclosed, with a few partially stuck and a few minor perf
separations. Franked with Scott #397 1¢ perf 12 PanamaPacific, correct for printed matter rate, tied by 12/21/14 Expo
slogan machine cancel. Fine to very fine.
(5L1) 1844 AMERICAN LETTER CO. 5¢ BLACK,
ON CIRCULAR .......................................................... PH
8/16/2013, 5:00 PM
Regency-Superior, Ltd.