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 Three different Brattleboro "Blues" fancy cancels,
including the unique "Farmer Chasing the Fox Out of the Barn"Brattleboro, Vermont, Fancy Cancels, three covers with blue fancy cancels tying 3¢ Rose (65): first with complete strike of standing figure chasing an animal, which has
been named "Farmer Chasing the Fox Out of the Barn," with matching September 4 double-circle datestamp on cover to New York City (1866 receipt docketing); second is a Stylized Segmented Cross (Skinner-Eno GE-E 66) with matching July 19
double-circle datestamp to Provincetown, Massachusetts; third is an unusual geometric derivative of Skinner-Eno GE-C 155 used to Walpole, New Hampshire; last with few toned perfs, Fine-Very Fine and desirable group--the pictorial cancel is unique--ex
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E. $ 1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,500.00
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 Balance of the William H. Gross Collection of Fancy
Cancellations and Postal MarkingsBalance of the William H. Gross Collection of Fancy Cancellations and Postal Markings, two beautiful red leather Godden albums containing 94 covers and 312 off-cover items, wide range of issues
represented including 5¢ and 10¢ 1847 Issue through Columbian, strength is in the 1851-1869 period with the 1861 Issue strongest with several different denominations such as 1¢ Blue (63), 5¢ Buff (67), 10¢ Green (68), 90¢ Blue (72),
cancels arranged by design, including nice array of grids and simple designs, letters/initials, portraits and pictorial, different colors including green, blue and red, some great strikes of fancy cancels including Chicopee Star of David,
Humphreyville Pa. Face (SE PH-F 110), Memphis N.Y. Laughing Clown (SE PH-F 94), Darien Conn. and Vicksburg Miss. Masks, nice group of Hearts, Animals, Plants, Anchors, Top Hat (on 3¢ 1869--SE PO-Ht 6), several are designs
we have never encountered before, some auxiliary markings such as "Steamboat", "Supplementary Mail", "Too Late" and "Old Stamps Not Recognized", Wells Fargo & Co. blue datestamp on 30¢ Orange (71), San Francisco cogwheel is represented
by a cover from Hawaii to Boston with No. 69, few Revenue uses, small group of unusual place names in town markings, foreign postal markings such as French Anchor on 30¢ Orange (71), stamp faults to be expected, generally the strikes of
the cancels are Very Fine with some Extremely Fine, a phenomenal opportunity to acquire a strong basis for a cancellation collection--the basis for the collection was formed by Clyde Jennings, who spent decades accumulating fancy cancels, and the
collection was supplemented from a range of additional sources. A PDF of the collection is available on our website. (Image) View PDF of contents of this lot Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com (imagea)
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E. $ 10,000-15,000
SOLD for $28,000.00
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