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Sale 31: The Autumn Sale

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U.S. Postal History: Registered Covers, Dues, Offices and Parcel Post Issues

Lots 1387-1396 Lots 1397-1402

Lot 1387    

1877 Registered Cover from Philadelphia, Pa. Franked with with two 10¢ Bank Notes tied by bold "R" cancel with "Philad'a, Pa. Registered" cds below & manuscript registry number at left, cover with Stamp Dealer corner card & red British Crowned Registry marking, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $125

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Lot 1388    

1885 Registered Cover from New Haven, Conn. 2¢ brown entire to Germany, uprated with 10¢ brown + 4¢ blue green, pair canceled by cork handstamps, purple boxed date stamp with New York registry etiquette applied over, Very Fine.
Scott No. 209+221    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $170

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Lot 1389    

1892 Registered Cover from Venezuela to Java. Franked on reverse with two 25c + one 50c Definitives tied by postmarks & registry handstamp, sent via New York with registry label applied, red oval London arrival markings, Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $60

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Lot 1390    

1900 Registered Cover from Panama. Franked with 2c vert. strip of 5 tied by neat duplex cancels to Germany with 10c Registry label & United States New York Registry label, Extremely Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $95

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Lot 1391    

1903 Registered Cover from Colombia. Franked with 20c adhesive on reverse & 20c registry label (corner nick at bottom right) on front, sent to Portugal & forwarded to New York & back to Colombia, numerous Registry markings on front & back including two different New York Registry labels, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $130

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Lot 1392    

1903 Registered Cover from France. Franked with 50c Merson (trivial corner wrinkle) sent to San Francisco & forwarded to New York with Registry & Dead Letter Office markings on front & back including Unclaimed label of the Registry Division on reverse, Very Fine (no photo).
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $50

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Lot 1393    

1904 Registered Entire from Boulder, Colo. 2¢ red Postal entire additional franked with 1902 8¢ Regular Issue with no Colorado markings, but with corner card & original enclosure from Boulder, Colo., cover with rare "El Paso, Tex." Registry label with manuscript registry number, backstamped "El Paso, Tex. Registered" double circle postmark in violet, 8¢ adhesive just tied by violet Mexican Registry oval, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $625

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Lot 1394    

Postage Due, 1884, 5¢ red brown. 1892 letter from Clarks Island, Mass. to Switzerland, the 5¢ postage due was not recognized by the New York transit clerk who wrote pencil zeroes around the stamp per U.P.U regulations to indicate the stamp had no validity or value; hence the "NYT" in circle and manuscript 50, and the 50c Swiss Due, cancelled Basel; slight soiling, F.-V.F. and attractive, ex Arfken.
Scott No. J18    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,200

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Lot 1395    

U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai. Postmark on forwarded 1871 cover franked with 10¢ brown Bank Note (few perf flaws) tied by fancy Star cancel, postmarked "San Francisco" double circle transit postmark, one side flap missing, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1396    

U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai. Duplex postmark tying 1890 5¢ on 1895 cover to Chicago, backstamped "San Francisco" transit, flap missing & small tear at top, Very Fine.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $35

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