Lot
1823 
Official Seal, 1900, gray brown, five singles reclose left side of 1901 registered cover bearing 8¢ Pan-American (298), three singles and pair, 2¢ red (279B) and 5¢ dark blue (281), all cancelled by rings, matching "Wakefield Kans. Jul 23 1901" cds and addressed to England, British post office seals applied in an RPO (South Wales Night Down); one 8¢ faulty, Fine and rare two-country post office seal use, this is the only recorded R.P.O. use of the Victorian seals. Scott Nos. OX11a Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $270
Lot
1824
Official Seal, 1907, blue, seal at right on spectacular 1908 European-size cover from Germany to the United States returned and forwarded to France bearing U.S. 5¢ postage due, French 5c, 10c postage dues, and German official seals sealing all sides; numerous postmarks include rare red "Division of Dead Letters/ Feb 15, 1909/Received in Bad Condition at/ Foreign Branch" four-line handstamp, Very Fine. Scott Nos. OX13 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
1825
Official Seal, 1907, blue, eleven seals around edges of cover bearing 1¢ green, 2¢ carmine (two) tied by "Times Sq. Sta. Jun 28, 1913" machine cancel to Westerwald, Germany, used on US-German Seapost with unique "Received in Bad Order US Sea Post No 11" two-line handstamp struck twice on reverse, Very Fine, ex-Hoskings. Scott Nos. OX13 Estimate $300 - 400.
Hoskings recorded only three other similar uses from different ships during the 1900-1935 time period.
Realized: $270
Lot
1826
Official Seal, 1907, blue, singles with toned paper pair, tied by "United States, Sea Post, Sep 9, 1914" duplexes on reverse of cover bearing 5¢ blue along tied by duplex to Denmark, endorsed "Per S.S. Phila" a top left, pencil "Received unsealed Sea Post #2" at left, Danish arrival backstamp, Very Fine and possible unique U.S. sea post use. Scott Nos. OX13, OX13e Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $260
Lot
1827
Official Seal, 1913, blue, perf 12 x hyphen-hole 6½ used with 1916, black on pink seal (OX17), both tied by matching "New York, D" oval on Great Britain illegal stationery use to Woking, England, Aug. 27th arrival cds, forwarded upon arrival; vertical crease, F.-V.F. and rare use with two different seals. Scott Nos. OX15 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
Lot
1828
Post Office Seals Cover Balance, 1880-1980's, of approximately 890 covers arranged by issues; strength in early usages including fifteen OX2-OX2a usages including registry and incoming, N.Y. auxiliary markings, six OX5 usages including tied bisect seal, New Mexico registered, OX6 x4, OX7-OX7a x40 including N.Y. late arrival detention on incoming from Canada, "Mutilated By Canceling Machine" on illustrated cycle cover, additional "handle with care" label, etc., California 3-color registered, 2¢ postal card to Belgium, etc., later with a host of auxiliary marks, early 2¢ Pan-Am usage (May 6th, 1901), advertising, D.L.O., multiple seal usages, plus many Prexie usages, etc., a fabulous lot for the specialist which would be impossible to duplicate, must be inspected to be appreciated, etc. Scott Nos. OX2//OX48 Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
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Realized: $5,500