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Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
61		K12	#K12, 30c on 15c Gray, along with 4c on 2c (#K2) tied by oval "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China" pmk. on a remarkably clean registered cover to Atlanta, rare violet boxed "Registered" handstamp, several backstamps, very fine; a rare commercial usage made even rarer by the fact that it is accompanied by the original registry receipt, postmarked by violet "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China" c.d.s.; a great lot for the Offices in China specialist; ex-Siskin. (Image)	Est. 500-750 Closed or SOLD for $900.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
62		K9-12	#K12, 30c on 15c Surcharge, tied along with 18c on 9c, 20c on 10c and 24c on 12c (#K9, K10, K11) by oval "U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China" pmks. on a clean 1922 registered cover to Cleveland, on the reverse is a violet straightline "U.S. Postal Agency./Shanghai, China." handstamp which was used for only a short period of time, several backstamps, very fine; a very scarce franking. (Image)	Est. 300-400 Closed or SOLD for $375.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
63		K17	#K17, 2c on 1c Green, locally surcharged, horizontal pair tied by "U.S. Pos. Service Shanghai China" duplex on 1922 cover to San Francisco, stamps centered to right, very fine cover; the locally surcharged stamps are quite scarce on cover. (Image)	Est. 150-200 Closed or SOLD for $180.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
64		K1/K6	#K1-6, Balance of the Offices in China covers, nineteen covers or cards and one front, eight are 2c Surcharge (#K1) usages, including four used on picture postcards and one used on the reverse of a law office corner card, five 4c Surcharge (#K2) usages include a pair, a plate number single, and one used from New York in 1923, others include a 4c and 6c (#K2, K3) on cover to Germany, 8c and 10c pair (#K4, K5) on registered cover to New Jersey and a single 12c (#K6) usage, condition a little mixed, mainly fine-very fine; a very useful lot. (Image)	Est. 750-1,000 Closed or SOLD for $650.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
65	O	K1-18	#K1-18, 2c-$2.00 Surcharges complete, including both shades of the 24c on 12c, tied to a large piece by December 31, 1922 "U.S. Pos. Service Shanghai China" duplex pmks., which was the last day of usage,, bright colors, stamps with mixed centering, fine-very fine; a rare item; cataloged simply as used stamps. (Image)	2,365.00+ Closed or SOLD for $1,600.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
66	O		Unofficial Shanghai 1913-1914 overprints, group of 32 stamps with "SHANGHAI/CHINA" overprint, twelve of which are tied to piece by "U.S. Postal Agency/Shanghai China/Rec'd" c.d.s., includes Washington-Franklins to 50c, three 13c 1902 Issue, a 2c Postage due, 1c-25c Parcel Post plus a 1c with inverted overprint, mixed condition; seldom seen, especially with this many items. (Image)	Est. 500-750 Closed or SOLD for $5,250.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
67			19th century postal history lot from the Van Bourg estate, several hundred covers from the 1851 Issue through the Bank Notes, with strength in the 1851-1861 issues, includes several usages to foreign destinations, multiple stamps on cover, many 3c 1851's with small town cancels and a couple local or carrier combination usages, several fresh 2c Black Jack covers, fancy numeral cancels on Bank Notes, etc., a number of the covers were purchased individually at auctions or mail sales, many of the covers will retail in the $50.00-$200.00 range, most are fine or better; an excellent lot for the postal history dealer as there is a diverse range of interesting and saleable covers here. (Image)	Est. 1,500-2,000 Closed or SOLD for $5,500.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
68			20th century interesting cover lot of several hundred, many are Washington-Franklin commercial usages including several with 1c or 2c coils, also advertising, foreign destinations, a few flight covers, usages from Samoa, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Canal Zone, China, Philippines, etc., mostly fine or better.	Est. 300-400 Closed or SOLD for $800.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
69	O	9X1	#9X1, New York, N.Y. 5c Black Postmaster Provisional, signed ACM connected, an especially attractive used single, featuring four large margins, strong rich color and an unusually sharp impression, blue ms. cancel, extremely fine and very choice; 1978 PF certificate; ex-Hind. (Image)	500.00 Closed or SOLD for $575.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
70	O	9X1	#9X1, New York, N.Y. 5c Black Postmaster Provisional, signed ACM connected, pos. 33, used, large margins virtually all around, deep color and a crisp impression, blue ms. cancel, very fine; 1991 PF certificate. (Image)	500.00 Closed or SOLD for $350.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
71	O	9X1b	#9X1b New York, N.Y. 5c Black Postmaster Provisional, signed A.C.M. with periods, four large margins, strong color and impression, neat blue pen-stroke cancels, faint horizontal crease at top, choice very fine appearance; clear 1978 PF certificate as a #9X1. (Image)	700.00 Closed or SOLD for $375.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
72		10X1	#10X1, Providence, R.I. 5c Gray black Postmaster Provisional, choice right sheet-margin single, other margins large and even, deep rich color and a crisp clean impression, full o.g., extremely fine; photocopy of a 1989 PF certificate for a horizontal pair, this being the right stamp (right selvage slightly trimmed). (Image)	400.00 Closed or SOLD for $240.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
73		10X2	#10X2, Providence, R.I., 10c Gray black Postmaster Provisional, unused, large to huge margins all around, lovely fresh color and paper, an extremely fine example of this scarce provisional; 1988 PF certificate. (Image)	1,250.00 Closed or SOLD for $800.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
74		10X2	#10X2, Providence, R.I., 10c Gray black Postmaster Provisional, unused, full to mostly large margins all around including sheet margins at top and right, intense color and impression, very fine; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	1,250.00 Closed or SOLD for $450.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
75	O	11X1	#11X1, St. Louis, Mo. 5c Black on greenish wove Postmaster Provisional, used, full to mostly large margins all around, strong color and impression, black ms. cancel and red "Paid", small thin spot and a tiny repair (neither mentioned on accompanying certificate), a very fine and attractive appearing example of this scarce stamp; clear 1994 PF certificate. (Image)	2,750.00 Closed or SOLD for $4,250.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
76		1	#1, 5c Red brown, unused, three large margins, fourth at right just into frame line, rich color and a fine impression, a sound and fine example of this scarce unused classic; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	2,500.00 Closed or SOLD for $900.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
77		1a	#1a var., 5c Grayish brown, unused, four large even margins, strong color and a sharp impression, trivial minute thin speck, otherwise very fine; a very scarce unused stamp, particularly in the grayish brown shade; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	2,600.00 Closed or SOLD for $1,000.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
78	O	1a	#1a, 5c Dark brown, a handsome used single, with four very large margins, lovely rich color and a crisp clean impression, blue octagonal Philadelphia "Paid" cancel at top right, extremely fine; 1984 PF certificate. (Image)	675.00 Closed or SOLD for $1,800.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
79	O	1	#1, 5c Red brown, with stitch watermark, four large even margins, red grid cancel, choice very fine; 1984 PF certificate. (Image)	600.00 Closed or SOLD for $350.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM
80	O	1	#1, 5c Red brown, very large margin all around except a little close at bottom left corner, rich color and a sharp impression, red grid cancel, very fine. (Image)	600.00 Closed or SOLD for $300.00 Closing..Nov-17, 05:00 PM