Lot 1172
Special Delivery, 1895, 10¢ Blue, used with 2¢ Bureau issue tied by "New York, N.Y. Jun 23 1897" machine cancel on mourning cover to local New York City address, purple handstamp "Offered at Address / At / Cause of Non-Delivery" with notation of "Closed", reverse with "Notice. A Special Delivery Stamp Affixed to any article of mail matter is intended only to secure an immediate deliver - or one offer of immediate deliver. If the article cannot for any cause be delivered when FIRST offered, it then becomes ordinary mail matter and is thereafter treated and delivered accordingly." label affixed, some edge flaws, Fine.Scott No. E5 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $300
Lot 1173
El Paso, Tex. Registry Exchange Label, affixed on 2¢ entire (U385) bearing 8¢ violet black (308), faulty at left, tied by large oval cancels to Parral, Mexico, purple "Registered, St. Louis, Mo. Oct 5 1904" cds, purple "Register." script handstamp and "Acknowledgment Required" straightline, reverse with purple "El Paso, Tex. Registered, Oct 9 1904" transit and Chih (10.9) arrival backstamp, clean and Very Fine.Scott Nos. FX-EP1b $600.
Realized: $220
Lot 1174
Mobile, Ala. Registry Exchange Label, used on cover from France bearing 5c, 10c (2) and 25c Sower issue tied by "Paris, 9 - 7, 07" datestamps on front and back to Panama, New York (7.18) oval backstamp transits and New York registry exchange label added; top edge opening faults, Fine and scarce proper use of the Mobile registry label.Scott No. FX-MO1; $500 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $170
Lot 1175
Postage Due, 1879, 3¢ brown, ten examples used with 1¢ brown (J1) pair for total of 32¢ postage due, all cancelled by manuscript strokes on cover with red "London, MR 7 81" backstamp, black "New York F.D. Mar 18" cds, reduced slightly at right; stamp faults, Fine.Scott No. J3 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $190
Lot 1176
Postage Due, 1917, 2¢ carmine rose, Miami, Florida precancel, affixed on "Postage Due 2 Cents" Post Office Department Official Business card notice to sender of forwarding address, Very Fine.Scott No. J62 Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot 1177
Official Seal, 1919, black, perf 12, two singles, each with small purple "Shanghai" handstamp, affixed to backflap on reverse of floral cachet cover to Waterbury, Vt., franked with Offices in China 1919, 4¢ on 2¢ rose tied by "U.S. Pos. Service, Shanghai, China, Nov 18, 1920" duplex datestamp, forwarded within Vermont with partial Waterbury cds below stamp; slightly irregular cover reduction and stamp with a few nibbed perfs at right, otherwise Very Fine and rare.Scott No. OX21+K2 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A NEWLY DISCOVERED USAGE OF SEALS USED AT THE U.S. POSTAL AGENCY IN SHANGHAI CHINA, THIS BEING THE THIRD SUCH EXAMPLE KNOWN TO US.
An example on a 2¢ postal stationary entire sold in our 2011 Westpex auction sale for $2,300.
Realized: $2,400
Lot 1178
Official Seal - Typeset, dark blue, affixed on reverse of cover bearing 2¢ carmine tied by "State College Pa. Jul 16 1913" machine cancel to Patton Pa., pencil notation "Opened by Mistake, Mrs. Yeager", forwarded back to State College with Patton Jul. 19th cds, Very Fine and rare.Scott No. LOX17 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $500
Lot 1179
Parcel Post, 1913, 15¢ carmine rose, used with 1¢ Franklin, cancelled by partial target cancels on registered cover to New York City, aqua "R.F.D. No. 3, South Orchards via Theodore, Alabama" return address handstamp, reverse with purple "Theodore, Ala. Registered, Aug 1, 1918" origin cds and New York City (8.5) arrival cds, F.-V.F. and scarce use.Scott No. Q7 $350 on cover.
Realized: $140
Lot 1180
Parcel Post, 1913, 25¢ carmine rose, in combination with 1¢ green on 1915 legal size registered corner card cover to Kansas, tied by "Fort Worth, Tex." oval handstamp, origin backstamps and receiver on front; some edge flaws, F.-V.F.Scott No. Q9 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $135