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12 Blade Patent Grid of Philadelphia, Pa., neat complete strike on well centered 1861, 30¢ orange (71), Very Fine and choice.Skinner-Eno No. PN A-6 Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80
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Circle of Wedges with Center Pins, socked-on-the-nose strike on 1861, 90¢ blue (72); flaws including small sealed tear, Very Fine appearance, a very late patent cancel usage of the 1861 90¢ issue as these types where generally used in the 1870's.Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80
Lot
1161 
Circular Scarifying Cancel of New Haven, Ct., strong strike cutting into Postage Due, 1879, 3¢ brown (J3) on incoming cover, franked with 1879, 3¢ green (184) tied by "Yale College, Ct., May 25" duplex, receiving backstamp, Very Fine, believed to be the only recorded example of this rare patent cancel on a postage due issue. Cole No. PT-75.Estimate $300 - 400.
Current Opening Bid: $150
Lot
1162
"Cleveland, O., Oct 7" Gaston Patent Cancel, bold blue strike tying 1870, 3¢ green (147) s.e. at right on corner card cover to Adamsville, Pa.; minor cover edge flaws and barest reduction at left, an Extremely Fine strike, certainly one of finest strikes, only six examples recorded.Estimate $200 - 300.
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. This marking was used in Cincinnati from Sep. 6th to Sep. 14th.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
1163
"Columbus. O., Oct 2" Gaston Patent Cancel, oval date stamp tying 1870, 3¢ green (147) with patent pins puncturing stamp as intended, addressed to Yellow Springs, O.; cover with small tear at top slightly affecting postmark and stamp with margin flaws at top, F.-V.F., the rarest of the Ohio Gastion Patents, one of only two recorded examples.Estimate $300 - 400.
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).
Current Opening Bid: $150
Lot
1164
Crossroads with Patent Pin, tying 1870, 10¢ brown (150) on 1871 folded letter to Thalweil, Switzerland, red "New York, Paid All, Dec 19" exchange cds and receiving backstamp, Very Fine, a rare foreign mail patent pin cancel with only six recorded dating from December 7, 1871 to April 5, 1872, ex-Kirke.Weiss No. TR-C1a Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80
Lot
1165
Dotted Grid Patent Duplex of New York, N.Y., two strikes with "New York, Oct 21, 1862" cds's tying 1861, 1¢ blue + 3¢ rose (63, 65) 3¢ with s.e. at right, on cover to Fort Schuyler Hospital, N.Y., Very Fine, a lovely usage.Skinner-Eno No. PN-D 4 Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80
Lot
1166
Dotted Grid Patent Duplex of New York, N.Y., two strikes with "New York, Oct 25, 1862" cds's tying 1861, 1¢ blue, vertical pair and single (63) on allover illustrated Scientific American Patent Agency shaded ad cover to Kensico, N.Y.; single with margin flaws, otherwise Very Fine.Skinner-Eno No. PN-D 4 Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80
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Morrison South OK (Rutland & Troy Agent), fancy boxed patent cancel (cross in "O" of "OK" breaks paper) on 1881, 3¢ blue green (207) with s.e. at left, Very Fine and choice, one of four similar types and the only one with a patent cut.Cole No. ML-147 Estimate $200 - 300.
"Morrison" was the mail clerk (Andrew Morrison) and this is the only known railroad mail clerk using his name as a cancelling device.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
1168
New York, Fb 11, 61 (Norton Patent), cds and grid duplex cancelling on 1860, 3¢ Star Die entire addressed to Philadelphia, Pa.; minor edge nick at right and partial backflap, Very Fine, a scarce Norton lazy year patent duplex device used for approximately three months.Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100