Sale 45: The Winter Sale

Lot 502    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1874-80 Philadelphia, Pa. To Italy. Four rate covers each with a different foreign mail cancel tying stamps; includes one single rate usage with 5¢ Banknote and three double rate usages - two franked with 10¢ Banknotes and one 3¢ entire uprated with 2¢ + 5¢ Banknotes, generally Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $100

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Lot 503    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1875 Philadelphia, Pa. To Yokohama, Japan. Cover addressed to the U.S.S. Kearsarge, franked with 1872, 15¢ yellow orange, two singles tied by "Philadelphia Pa., Mar 1" cds and cork duplex paying the double 15¢ treaty rate; cover reduced at left, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 163    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 504    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1875 Philadelphia, Pa. To Leipzig, Germany. Cover franked with 1872, 2¢ brown, pair + 10¢ brown paying the double 7¢ NGU closed mail rate, canceled by target handstamps and tied by "New York, Br. Transit" exchange cds, "Philad'a, Station II, Jan 30" cds; 10¢ with natural s.e. at left, Very Fine.
Scott No. 157+161    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $325

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Lot 505    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1875 Philadelphia, Pa. To Orebich, Austria. Folded letter sheet franked with 1872, 6¢ dull pink paying the direct NGU direct rate, tied by foreign mail cancel and red "Philad'a, Paid All, May 7" cds; few cover scuffs, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 159    Estimate $100 - 150.

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Lot 506    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1875 Philadelphia, Pa. To Munich, Germany. Illustrated corner card cover franked with 1875, 5¢ blue tied by foreign mail cancel and red "Philad'a, Paid All, Jul 19" cds, Very Fine, foreign mail cancel recorded by census as used between January 3rd and July 19th on 1876.
Scott No. 179    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $140

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Lot 507    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1875 Philadelphia, Pa. To Stuttgart, Germany. Corner card cover franked with 1873, 3¢ green, two singles + 6¢ brown rose tied by foreign mail cancels and red "Philad'a Paid All, Sep 16" cds, red crayon "2" for double rate; minor cover toning at bottom, otherwise Very Fine, foreign mail cancel recorded by census as used only in September of 1875.
Scott No. 158+159    Estimate $100 - 150.

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Lot 508    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1875-90 Philadelphia, Pa. To Germany. Group of seven covers; each with a different foreign mail cancel, various frankings, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $110

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Lot 509    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1876-80 Philadelphia, Pa. To Italy. Four oversized corner card covers from correspondence; one franked with 1872, 15¢ yellow orange and others franked with two singles each of 1872, 3¢ green + 1875, 2¢ vermilion, each with a different foreign mail cancel, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 178+179, 163    Estimate $150 - 200.

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Lot 510    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1878 Philadelphia, Pa. To Calcutta, India. Folded letter sheet franked with 1872, 10¢ brown tied by "Philadelphia, Pa., Mar 1" cds and cork duplex, endorsed "via Brindisi", reverse with Sea Post Office transit and receiving cds's; stamp with small nick at top, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 161    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $120

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Lot 511    

(Outgoing Philadelphia) 1880-82 Philadelphia, Pa. To Yokohama, Japan. Three covers addressed to the "U.S.S. Palos" for correspondence, each franked with 1879, 2¢ vermilion + 3¢ green and tied by a different Philadelphia foreign mail cancel, San Francisco and Yokohama backstamps, one with "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai" double circle date stamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. 183+184    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $230

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