Sale 45: The Winter Sale

Lot 271    

Miles City, Mont., Nov 22, 1884. Cds (S&D type 3) and cork duplex on 1¢ Liberty postal card to Helena, receiving backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

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Lot 272    

Miles City, Mont., Jul 17. Cds (S&D type 2) and cork duplex on 1¢ Liberty postal card to Helena year dated 1884, receiving backstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

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Lot 273    

Miles City, Mont., May 31. Clear strike of 1884 cds (S&D type 4) on cover to Fultonville, N.Y., matching cork handstamp tying 2¢ green (edge defects from overlap at top), otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

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Lot 274    

Miles City, Mont., Mar 15, 1889. Cds (S&D type 5) and cork duplex on 1¢ Jefferson postal card to Helena, F.-V.F., only two other examples of this postmark are recorded.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

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Lot 275    

Montana Territorial Postmark Balance. Group of 41 covers and cards; postmarks including Billings, Bozeman (two different), Butte City (4 different), Dillon (2 different), Glendale, Helena (6 different), Meadow Creek including unlisted 1889 cds, Missoula, Piegan, Radersburgh, Red Bluff, Virginia City (4 different) and White Sulphur Springs; some duplication to be expected, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $280

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Lot 276    

Montana Territorial Postmark Balance. Group of 18 covers and cards; postmarks including Deer Lodge, Dillion (three different), Ennis, Fort Cluster, Fort Logan octagon, Hamilton manuscript, Helena, Meadow Creek, Missoula, Red Bluff manuscript, and Virginia City (4 different), generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $170

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Lot 277    

New Chicago, Mont., Sep 12, 1888. Light readable postmark on 2¢ Plimpton entire to Eerie City, Pa., matching target cancelling, F.-V.F., rare with only four examples recorded, this being the latest known usage.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $60

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Lot 278    

Philbrook, M.T., Nov 8, 1882. Clear cds (S&D type 2) on Fort Benton registry return receipt card, Very Fine, the earliest listed example of this postmark, rare with only 5 recorded.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

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Lot 279    

Pony, Montana, Jan 18, 1886. Cds (S&D type 4) and negative star in circle duplex tying 2¢ red brown on cover to Virginia City, Mont.; cover corner nick at top left and stamp with some gum stain, otherwise Very Fine, only three examples of this postmark are recorded.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

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Lot 280    

Springdale, Mont., Sep 6, 1886. Purple cds and star duplex on 2¢ Grant lettersheet to Bel Aire, Md., interesting content regarding travels in the west, including the valley of Yellowstone…Saw some tepees and a squaw on a horse with a papoose behind her, F.-V.F., an extremely rare territorial postmark with no postmarks recorded in Shellen and Dunn, quite possibly unique.
Scott No. U293    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $325

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