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Sale 73: The March Sale

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1869 Pictorial Issue

Lots 1835-1844 Lot 1845

Lot 1835    

1869, 2¢ brown, natural s.e. at right, used with 10¢ yellow green, F. grill (96) vertical pair cancelled by quartered corks on 1870 cover to Ship Gen Butler at Callao, Peru, reverse with neat "Bath Me. May 2" cds and receiving backstamps, red "New York '12' May 5" integral exchange cds, Callao (6.19) arrival backstamp; internal cover tear, 10¢ affected from edge placement, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 113    Estimate $300 - 400.

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Lot 1836    

1869, 2¢ brown, horizontal pair, tied by cork cancels duplexed with "Philada. Pa. Jan 4" cds on cover to Paris, France, red London (1.17.70) transit backstamp and "GB / 40c" bulk debit handstamp, Paris (1.18) backstamp and "5" decimes due handstamp, forwarded to Nice with blue "Paid by Drexel Harjes & Co. Paris" straightline handstamp and red manuscript "Fifty Centm"; couple small cover tears, partial flap, a Very Fine use at the 4¢ British open mail rate to France.
Scott No. 113    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $290

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Lot 1837    

1869, 2¢ brown, two singles, used with 15¢ black (98), all tied by grid cancels, matching "New Orleans La. Sep 2" cds on 1869 folded cover to Milan, Italy, red New York Paid All Br. Transit Sep 7" exchange cds, reverse with Milan (9.22) arrival cds; couple small stamp flaws, otherwise Very Fine and scarce combination use.
Scott No. 113    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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Lot 1838    

1869, 2¢ brown, in combination with 1868, 10¢ green, F. grill and applied after 10¢ was initially cancelled by "Hillsborough, Ill, Jul 10" cds and quartered cork duplex, on 1869 cover to London, England, carried on the maiden return voyage of HAPAG's Silesia to Plymouth, with red New York exchange and London receiving date stamps; cover reduced at left, Very Fine; with 1988 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 113+96    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Lot 1839    

1869, 2¢ brown, cancelled by cork cancel duplexed with partial St. Louis Mo. cds on local carrier cover with illustrated Child, Graham & Brown Stationery Dealers showing Cupid working Press, Very Fine.
Scott No. 113    Estimate $150 - 200.

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Lot 1840    

1869, 3¢ ultramarine, used with 1861, 30¢ orange (71) and 1868, 5¢ brown, F. grill (95), all tied by matching purple star cancels duplexed with "Milwaukee Wis. Dec 23" cds on 1869 orange cover to Bern, Switzerland, purple ms. "Return Receipt Demanded", red "New York, Registered, Jan 4" and Jan. 5th cds strikes with matching "PAID ALL" straightline, red crayon "2" for double rate, Basel (1.18) transit backstamp with matching small "PD" and "CHARGEE" framed handstamps, various manuscript registry markings; cover tears, Fine and rare, ex-Paliafito, Landau.
Scott No. 114    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

A RARE REGISTERED USE TO SWITZERLAND WITH A THREE-ISSUE FRANKING.

This cover is prepaid 38¢ for double the 15¢ treaty rate plus the 8¢ foreign registry fee.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 1841    

1869, 3¢ ultramarine, tied by "Montpelier Vt. Dec 4" duplex on Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company policy posted to West Brattleboro Vt. without an enclosing envelope, policy bearing 10¢ Power of Attorney (R37) revenue stamp tied by blue "Farmers' Mutual Company, Dec 4 1869" double-oval postmark on inside and folded over for display, Very Fine and scarce use.
Scott No. 114    Estimate $300 - 400.

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Lot 1842    

1869, 3¢ ultramarine, three singles, one s.e. at right, cancelled by cork cancels duplexed with "San Francisco Cal. May 19" cds on 3¢ pink (U59) entire from the Coan correspondence to Hilo, Hawaii, endorsed "Pr Ajax" at top left, 1870 company backstamp; slightly reduced at right, otherwise Very Fine use, ex-Heimburger.
Scott No. 114    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $575

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Lot 1843    

1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I, tied by NYFM leaf cancel (Kirke 69-11-01-PIC) on 1869 Seligman Bendit & Sohne preprinted cover, part printed endorsement with per "America", neat red "New York Paid All 'direct' Jul 31" exchange, carried as endorsed by NGL Line America from New York Jul. 31st to Bremen arriving Aug. 13th, red "Bremen, Franco, 12 / 8 69" framed handstamp, Furth (8.15) arrival backstamp, cover repaired, 15¢ corner fault, ex-Heimburger.
Scott No. 118    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

This cover was franked to pay the 15¢ North German Union Closed Mail rate, but was instead carried by North German Union Direct via Bremen that only required 10¢ postage.

Realized: $575

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Lot 1844    

1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II, rich colors, tied by large NYFM circle of wedges cancel, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit Feb. 18" exchange cds on small 1870 cover to Florence, Italy, Milan (3.4) and Florence (3.5) receiving backstamps, Very Fine.
Scott No. 119    Estimate $300 - 400.

This NYFM circle of wedges cancel is seven segments with a hole for an eight. This might be a broken state.

Realized: $450

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