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1847 ISSUE continued...

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1001

#2, 10c Black, single with four full to large margins, deep color and a highly detailed impression, tied to folded letter to Philadelphia by bright red grid cancels, matching Pittsburgh, Pa. c.d.s. at left, very fine. (Image)

$1,700.00

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

1002

#2, 10c Black, attractive single with four wide even margins, exceptionally clean impression on bright paper, on cover of the Leverett Saltonstall correspondence of Salem Mass. with neat ms. "X" cancel, light red Washington City c.d.s. at right, slight soiling to cover not affecting the stamp or markings, very fine and attractive; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1861 ISSUES

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1003

#63, 1c Blue, with Leeds & Franklin pre-cancel, stamp tied to folded printed enclosure for the "Stamp Sealing and Postmark Preserving Envelope" by "New York/112 B'W/Leeds and Franklin" company c.d.s. used to pre-cancel the stamp and envelope on this advertisement demonstrating the use of their envelope, cancel is beautifully struck, the envelope is no longer present but underneath the stamp can be seen the tear away tab that was part of the envelope over which the stamp was to be affixed, extremely fine; the advertisement lists seven reasons why this special envelope was advantageous for security and dating of the enclosure, the basic purpose was to use the stamp to seal the envelope and enclosure together by placing the stamp over a partially cut-out window that allowed the stamp to be affixed to both the envelope and the enclosure, when the enclosure was removed the stamp remained with the enclosure, tearing away from the envelope, the purposes and promotion of this unusual envelope are interesting in them selves, however in sending these advertisements the company affixed the stamps and pre-cancelled them with their company c.d.s. handstamp; this is the only recorded example of one of the earliest pre-cancelled stamps and especially desirable on the company circular; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1004

#65, 3c Rose, tied to cover by a perfect strike of negative "UNION" star cancel of West Hampton, Mass. (S-E #ST-C14), cancel has an individual letter of "Union" in each of the five points of the large star (reading counterclockwise) with a small star in the center, light c.d.s. of West Hampton at left, stamp is unusually well centered and fresh, couple of trivial tone flecks to the cover well away from stamp and markings, very fine and choice; a remarkable fancy cancel on cover; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1005

#71, 30c Orange, on attractive 1865 cover to Hong Kong, a proper single franking for the 30c rate with ms. "By French Closed Mail", stamp is quite well centered and bears a distinctive central four-bar cancel used by the Boston Post Office for mail sent via France to the Far East, red "Boston Am. Pkt/Paid/9 Jun" c.d.s. at left, plus boxed "P.D." handstamp and various French transits on front and back, backstamped Hong Kong, very fine; includes a lengthy personal enclosure; a rare single franking cover to Hong Kong; 1993 Alex Rendon certificate. (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

1006

#73, 2c Black with famous "Running Man" fancy cancel (S-E #PH-F49), a magnificent strike of this remarkable and extremely detailed fancy cancel showing a man with hat in full stride with his coat tails fluttering behind, an inverted strike tying a 2c "Black Jack" to a local drop cover in New York City with "New-York City/Aug 1" c.d.s. at left just tying, very fine and remarkably choice; this cancel is well known within philatelic circles and is often represented as the epitome of a fancy pictorial cancel, being one of the few of this stature that is not a Waterbury, Conn. cancel, unlike the Waterbury cancels there is surprisingly little information about this cancel and what is even more amazing is that its fame has occurred when there are practically no examples of this cancel known; the example offered here, from the Gordon Bleuler collection, is the only known certified example on cover that we are aware of, being especially desirable on a "Black Jack" cover; a phenomenal fancy cancel rarity; 2006 PF certificate; ex-Bleuler. (imagea) (Image)

Est. $10,000-15,000

SOLD for $18,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1869 ISSUES

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1007

114

#114, 3c Ultramarine, attractive stamp with a trace of perf. toning, tied to neat cover to Weston Mass. by an usually handsome negative circular geometric cancel showing six segments with a neat circle in each (not listed in Skinner-Eno for this town), at left large unusual "Auburndale, Mass/Aug. 25,/1869" double-circle c.d.s. with serrated inner circle, very fine and lovely cover for the 1869 collector. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction

1008

115

#115, 6c Ultramarine, perfectly centered within large margins, deep luxuriant color, tied to neat 1870 orange colored cover to Philadelphia by circular grid postmark, matching clear "Egg Harbor City, N.J./May 4" c.d.s. at bottom left, just the slightest reduction to cover at right, extremely fine; one of the finest quality single franking Six Cent 1869 Pictorial covers we have seen; 1978 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

BANK NOTE ISSUES

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1009

213, U311

#213, U311, 2c Green, four different disinfected covers, two with adhesives and two postal entires, all posted to locations outside Florida in New York City or New York State, includes postings from the towns of Palatka, Hawks Park, Matanzas and South Lake Weir, the last is the earliest being dated August 31, 1888 and shows evidence of sulphur fumigation causing some damage to cover (repaired), the latest was posted on November 9, 1888, each cover has two rows of eight punch holes, two covers slightly reduced and minor stains and soiling as usual, fine-very fine except as noted and scarce; disinfection was done in Florida to combat an epidemic of yellow fever and was only done between mid-August and December 16, 1888; this is one of the very few instances of mail being disinfected in the United States; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

SMALL BANK NOTES

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1010

EDU

227, 28, 29

#229, 90c Orange, horiz. strip of three, tied to large part of linen-lined registered cover to Berlin, Germany along with 15c Indigo and 30c Black, all tied by New York registry ovals, this being the October 4, 1890 earliest documented usage of the 90c high value, with clear "New York, N.Y./Reg'y. Div./ 10-4 1890" oval at left, confirmed by Berlin backstamp on the reverse of October 14, 1890, stamps are bright and attractive, the 90c strip has a natural s.e. at left with fine centering; the Ninety Cent Orange is an enormously rare stamp on cover with only a very few known (it is believed that all known 90c covers are partial covers and there are no full covers), listed but unpriced in Scott; the cover offered here was a large envelope for documents requiring this enormous amount of postage paying 61 times the 5c U.P.U. rate for 30 1/2 oz plus the 10c registry fee, though strongly reduced at top and left this is the only example known with a strip of three and furthermore it is the only documented item of the 90c with a precise 1890 year date on or off cover, predating the earliest known cover by nearly a year and a half; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $3,000-4,000

SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE

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1011

285, 287, 289

#286, 287, 289, 1c, 4c and 8c Trans-Mississippis, all tied to lovely 1899 crossed flags Spanish American War red, white and blue patriotic cover, registered to Belgium with stamps tied by New York registry ovals, backstamped Antwerp, barely noticeable corner flaw to the 1c, very fine and handsome cover; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

20TH CENTURY ISSUES

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1012

620-21

#620-21, 2c-5c Norse American cplt., a lovely set of ten matched FDC's, each with blocks including center line blocks, right, left and bottom arrow blocks of four, plus top plate number blocks of eight which include the top arrow blocks making a complete unit of all the position pieces, all tied by "Washington/D.C./May 18 1925" duplexes and with neat matched typed addresses, very fine and practically impossible to duplicate; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction

1013

630

#630, 2c White Plains souvenir sheet, tied to registered Edward C. Worden first day cover by "Model Post Office/Sesquicentennial International/Exhibition/Philadelphia, Pa." roller cancels, exhibition four bar cancels of the model post office dated October 18, 1926 on the reverse, backstamped Los Angeles, phenomenally well centered being among the finest we have encountered of this difficult souvenir sheet, extremely fine; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

$1,500.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1014

630

#630, 2c White Plains souvenir sheet, tied to registered Edward C. Worden first day cover by "White Plain/N.Y." ovals, October 18, 1926 registry c.d.s. of White Plains on the reverse, backstamped Los Angeles, another remarkably well centered sheet on an exceptionally clean FDC, extremely fine; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

$1,500.00

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1015

630

#630, 2c White Plains souvenir sheet, another exceptionally choice quality registered Edward C. Worden first day cover, tied by "Model Post Office/Sesquicentennial International/Exhibition/Philadelphia, Pa." roller cancels, exhibition four bar cancels of the model post office dated October 18, 1926 on the reverse, backstamped Chicago, exceptionally well centered throughout, mounting scuffs of the reverse, extremely fine; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

$1,500.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1016

830

#830, 30c Deep ultramarine, a scarce Presidential franking on attractive multicolor cacheted cover showing Gooney Birds of Midway Island, tied by "Midway Det. 3rd Def. Bat. Fleet Mar. Force/Jul 2 1941" duplex, from a corporal in the Machine Gun Group stationed on the island about eleven months before the Battle of Midway, which was considered to be the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific, sent to a Marine Sergeant in New York city, very mild vert. bend not affecting the stamp, very fine; only a few covers are know used in this fashion from Midway Island and they are highly prized by "Prexy" collectors, even setting recent records on eBay; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

AIR MAIL COVERS

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1017

Sieger #20X

Sieger #20X, 1925 Lakehurst-Minneapolis Flight of the U.S.S. "Los Angeles" (formerly the LZ 126/ZR 3), attractive cover with 2c Norse-American tied by "Lakehurst/N.J./Jun 5, 1925" machine cancel, an unusually clear strike of the Federal Reserve Bank at Minneapolis receiving handstamp at left, plus a straight line "U.S.S. Los Angeles" cachet, pristine and extremely fine; a premium example of the scarcest flight of the "Los Angeles"; ex-Bleuler (Sieger €650). (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

1018

First Italian Air Trans-Mediterranean Service, two-line violet handstamp on Genoa-Turin flight of June 5, 1928, with appropriate postmarks and cachet on reverse, U.S. 5c Blue tied by Varick Station May 26, 1928 duplex cancel, Roessler corner card, very fine; a scarce first flight cover; signed Pat Herst. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

1019

C13-15

#C13-15, 65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelins cplt., each on a flown cover or card, the 65c is a pair on a card and the $2.60 on a cover flown on the out bound flight from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, the $1.30 is particularly desirable being on a two-illustration printed cacheted air mail cover of A.C. Roessler flown on the return flight from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, all with the appropriate German and American flight cachets and backstamps, fine-very fine; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

$1,335.00

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

1020

AAMC #1184f

AAMC #1184f, 1933 Return flight of the Balbo Italian Air Squadron, attractive cover handled as registered mail with 10c Map air mail, 50c Lilac and a vertical strip of three of the $1.00 Violet brown, all tied by July 23, 1933 New York, Varick Street Station duplex, backstamped Rome, well struck purple flight cachet and an additionally perfectly struck blue cachet of the aircraft, very fine; accompanied by two specially multicolor post cards for the flight; ex-Bleuler. (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction