Lot
1565 
Dead Letter Office, Small Format Forwarding Seals, Types 1-11 Complete. Complete collection of these labels mounted on 5 exhibit pages comprising the eight different designs with a total of eleven different listings (three with different perfs), better includes #OXA2 on reverse of Grant Letter Sheet (U293), the only recorded example of DLO seal on such; a Very Fine collection. Scott No. OXA1A/OXA9 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
The forwarding seals were applied on the back of envelopes for which the Dead Letter Office was able to determine a correct address. The corrected address is always on the front in red ink.
Realized: $2,400
Lot
1566
Official Seal - Dead Letter Office, 1882, black, complete year date. Label affixed to reverse of 1883 cover bearing 3¢ green (207) tied by "Newport Ky May 2 83" duplex, "Not Directed" and purple "Deficiency in Address Supplied at Dead Letter Office" circular handstamps; opened for display, Fine and rare. Scott No. OXB2 $400.
The large format forwarding seals were used on mail that was not deliverable and was returned by the Dead Letter Office to the originating post office.
Realized: $260
Lot
1567
Official Seal - Dead Letter Office, 1891, black, incomplete year date ("189"). Affixed over edge on 1899 cover bearing 2¢ red (279B) tied by "Jersey City Sep 8 99" duplex, purple "Unintelligible" straightline handstamp and matching "Jersey City, N.J., Sep 11 1899" backstamp, "Dead Letter Office Sep 12 99" backstamp, Very Fine. Scott No. OXB5 $500.
Realized: $260
Lot 1568 o
Dead Letter Office, Package Tracking Seals, Types 1-5. Group of eight different used examples of the five types comprising type 1: black with perf 12 and hyphen hole 7, type 2 in blue, type 3 in red and blue, type 4 in blue, type 5 in red with perf 11¼ and 12; some faults, Fine and scarce group.Scott No. OX Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $290
Lot
1569
Dead Letter Office, Package Tracking Seal, Type 3, black. With red manuscript DLO record number, affixed to wrapper from Syracuse N.Y. to Parlato & Co., New York City, redirected by Dead Letter Office to Malta, faulty with brittle paper, Fine, the only recorded usage bearing the type 3 seal. Scott No. OX Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $280
Lot
1570
Dead Letter Office, Package Tracking Seal, Type 4, blue. With red manuscript DLO record number, affixed on 2¢ green (W316) wrapper cancelled by "Baltimore Md 22" double oval to Frankfurt, Germany, "Baltimore, Md. F.D. May 1 1900" cds and handstamp "48" in circle struck, purple "Unmailable, Subject to Letter Rate of Postage" with blue crayon "12" and matching purple handstamp on reverse "Sent to D.L.O. Baltimore, Md. May 5 1900", Very Fine and most unusual, one of three recorded type 4 seals used on cover. Scott No. OX Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $800
Lot
1571
Dead Letter Office, Package Tracking Seal, Type 5, red. With red manuscript DLO record number, affixed on wrapper to England bearing 2c carmine (220), pair and single, tied by "Baltimore Md 9" double ovals, handstamped "46" in circle, light strike of purple "Unmailable, Subject to Letter Rate of Postage" handstamp and matching bold "Sent to D.L.O. Baltimore, Md. Oct 20 1894", Very Fine and most unusual, one of two recorded type 5 seals used on cover. Scott No. OX Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $625