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Sale 66: Gems of Philately

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1870-1888 Bank Note Issues

Lot 1149    

1870, 3¢ green, on 1870, 3¢ green entire to Orrville, O., tied by clear strike of "Cincinnati. O. Sep 13" Gaston Patent Cancel blue oval cancel with illustrated ad for Monitor Cooking Stoves showing the U.S.S. Monitor; trivial stain at lower left, Very Fine.
Scott No. 147    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

ONE OF ONLY A FEW RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE CINCINNATI OHIO GASTON PATENT.

During the Fall of 1871, postmarks produced by a patented handstamper invented by J.C. Gaston was tested for a few weeks each in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland. The bar across the end of the large oval marking was comprised of a line of tiny pins, intended only to penetrated through the stamp and not damage the letter content. According to Cole, the marking was used successively in Cincinnati (Sep. 6th to Sep. 14th), Columbus (Sep. 27th to Oct. 2nd) and Cleveland (Oct. 4th to Oct. 7th).

Realized: $1,000

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