Sale 45: The Winter Sale

Lot 1082    

American Postal Machine Company (B)oston, Mas(s), Aug 23, 1898. Type DB 14(8) mismatched dial halves resulting in missing letters in town and redundant state name, bold impression on illustrated Spanish-American War flag patriotic cover, Very Fine and choice, a lovely usage, known use August 18 to September 1, CV $250.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $220

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Lot 1083    

American Postal Machine Company (B)oston, Mas(s), Mass, Aug 29, 1898. Type DB 14(8) mismatched dial halves resulting in missing letters in town and redundant state name, on 2¢ green entire, Very Fine, known use August 18 to September 1 (Langford CV $250).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1084    

American Postal Machine Company, Boston, Mass., Feb 14, 1898, Trip 16. Type B-38 street car R.P.O. flag cancel "Boston & Somerville R.P.O." on 1¢ Jefferson postal card, Very Fine, CV $100.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $675

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Lot 1085    

American Postal Machine Company, Boston, Mass., Mar 3, 1898, Trip 10. Type B-38 street car R.P.O. flag cancel "Boston & N. Cambridge R.P.O." on 1¢ Jefferson postal card, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $170

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Lot 1086    

American Postal Machine Company, Boston, Mass., Jan 28, 1899, Trip 4. Type B-38 street car R.P.O. flag cancel "Boston & Brighton R.P.O." with trip in dial, sharp impression tying 2¢ Trans-Miss.; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

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Lot 1087    

American Postal Machine Company, Boston, Mass., May 28, 1901. Type B-38 street car flag cancel "Boston & Brighton R.P.O." with time in dial, cover was mis-fed through machine the first time, so has two impressions of the flag cancel, Very Fine (Langford CV $150).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $95

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Lot 1088    

American Postal Machine Company, Boston, Mass, Oct 22, 1914. Slogan flag cancel "Pure Food Exposition" on cover tying 1¢ Pan-Pacific, Very Fine, The A.P.M.C. apparently had a booth at this local Boston exhibition and used this flag die to create 'souvenir' hand back covers, which did not actually pass through the mail.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $125

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Lot 1089    

American Postal Machine Company, Boston, Mass., Mar 21, 1915. Type B-38 street car flag cancel "Boston Circuit R.P.O." on 'Tuttle cover' franked with Canadian 2¢ Map, Very Fine, the addressee, C. W. Tuttle, was a conductor on the Boston Street Railway and apparently created numerous 'fantasy' covers with illegal frankings and which never passed through the mail, an interesting novelty.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $55

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Lot 1090    

American Postal Machine Company, Boston, Mass, Apr 16, 1916. Stars in Field flag cancel tying 1¢ Wash-Frank on picture post card to Washington D.C., Very Fine, Listed in the first edition of the Flag Cancel Encyclopedia, noted in the second edition as a collector made fantasy, then disappeared from the record. This is likely the only example. Unusual since other fantasy flags have been continually listed. There may be more to the story as this was kept with other prized rare flags.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1091    

American Postal Machine Company, Boston, Mass. Fantasy slogan flag cancel of "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition" tying 2¢ Seward on unaddressed illustrated corner card cover, Very Fine, these fantasy flags were created in 1923 by mis-use of old flag dies after the dissolution of the American Postal Machine Company, all used a Boston dial die and various slogan and other flag and machine dies.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $80

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