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Postal Cards - 1916-91 Issues

Lots 1101-1110 Lots 1111-1120 Lots 1121-1122

Lot 1101    

Postal Card, 1916, 1¢ dark green on gray, die 2, unused with Third Picnic at North Spencer printed message on reverse, fresh and Extremely Fine clean face example. USPCC No. S39.
Scott No. UX27D    $550.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1102    

Postal Card, 1916, 1¢ dark green on gray, die 2, with Great Northern Railway Co. printed form on reverse, a Very Fine clean face example. USPCC No. S39.
Scott No. UX27D    $550.

Realized: $130

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Lot 1103    

Postal Card, 1916, 1¢ dark green on gray, die 2, cancelled by "Chicago Ill. Feb 22, 1917" machine cancel to Wancoma Ia., F.-V.F.
Scott No. UX27D    Estimate $300 - 400.

THIS IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF THE WAR-TIME GRAY CARD STOCK ISSUE.

Realized: $400

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Lot 1104    

Postal Card, 1916, 1¢ dark green on gray, die 2, unused with Great Northern Railway Co. printed form on reverse, fresh and Very Fine clean face example of this master electrotype variety. USPCC No. S39.
Scott No. UX27D var.    $550.

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Lot 1105 E   

Postal Card, 1917, 1¢ black on white tissue paper, Lincoln Vignette Essay, circular 33mm dia. vignette of Lincoln on 48 x 56mm white tissue paper, mounted on backing paper, Very Fine. Scott No. UX28E.
USPCC No. S40E-AB    $5,000.

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS LINCOLN ESSAY FOR THE 1917 1¢ POSTAL CARD ISSUE.

This was an attempt to adapt for postal card use a vignette patterned after and very similar to a vignette used in the production of U. S. currency.

Realized: $800

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Lot 1106 E   

Postal Card, 1917, 1¢ black on white tissue paper, Lincoln Vignette Essay, Lincoln facing right vignette essay in oval 21 x 25mm on 36 x 40mm white tissue paper, mounted on backing paper, background consists of horizontal shading lines, and considerable portion of bust, Very Fine. Scott No. UX28E.
USPCC No. S40E-B    $5,000.

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS LINCOLN ESSAY FOR THE 1917 1¢ POSTAL CARD ISSUE.

This was the first seriously considered design, and was later reduced, reversed to face left, the shading of the background eliminated and the figure cut down to exclude much of the bust. When thus amended it became the accepted design.

Realized: $900

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Lot 1107    

Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on cream, India Ink Essay, drawn in India ink on 2¢ red on cream (UX29) postal card, reputedly by Clair A. Houston of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, a proposed surcharge consisting of "1 CENT" in a single line, Extremely Fine. Scott No. UX31E.
USPCC No. S43E-A    $3,000.

THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS HAND-DRAWN INDIA INK ESSAY OF THE 1920 SURCHARGE.

Following the termination of World War I, the l¢ postal card rate was restored effective July 1, 1919, and S37 was again placed in use. This resumption of the former rate resulted in a large surplus of 2¢ domestic postal cards (S41 and S42), variously estimated to number from 100 million to 160 million. Most of these were in Post Offices or distribution points scattered around the country, although a large number had been purchased by commercial users and were printed but still unmailed. These users wanted and were entitled to an adjustment on their cards. The Post Office Department adopted a surcharging method consisting of dies that fitted the canceling machines, thus permitting the work to be done in hundreds of different Post Offices. Even this method presented complications, since some canceling machines were Universals, while others were International Flyers. The essay here shows the first proposed surcharging die for use in a canceling machine, from which a sample canceling machine die was made by Universal and sent to Washington, D. C. It was tried out on a small number of cards producing UX31, which was rejected in favor of a design having the figure "1" above the word "CENT".

Realized: $1,900

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Lot 1108    

Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on cream, die 2, cancelled by neat "Washington D.C., Dec 24, 1920" machine cancel to St. Louis Mo., some creasing upper corners, otherwise Very Fine and exceptionally rare.
Scott No. UX31    $4,500.

The "1 Cent" one-line surcharge die was prepared and only used at Washington D.C. The surcharge was deemed to be unsatisfactory, and was immediately withdrawn from use. Subsequent surcharges contained the numeral "1" above "Cent" in a two-line configuration.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 1109    

Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on buff, die 1, mint card, San Francisco press printed surcharge, fresh and Very Fine. USPCC No. S46-2 $450.
Scott No. UX34    $700.

Realized: $250

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Lot 1110    

Postal Card, 1920, 1¢ on 2¢ red on buff, die 1, double surcharge, mint card, San Francisco press printed surcharge doubled on indicia, Extremely Fine and choice. USPCC No. S46-2b $650.
Scott No. UX34a    $1,000.

A RARE MINT DOUBLE SURCHARGE ERROR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PRESS TYPE.

Realized: $500

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