Sale 92: The Summer Sale

Lot 1337    

1883, 2¢ red brown, diagonal bisects, two adjoining diagonal bisects of two different stamps applied to resemble an intact example; tied by "Mount Washington Md., May 27, 1887" duplex with target cancel on cover to East Hampton, Long Island N.Y., reverse with Baltimore (5.27) transit and; bottom half without perfs at right, F.-V.F. and unusual bisect use as postal fraud, ex-Randy Neil.
Scott No. 210 var.    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $240

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Lot 1338    

1883, 4¢ blue green, diagonal bisect, upper left portion of stamp with natural s.e. at left, tied by oval "New York, PO" cancel, matching "New York, Oct 24, 88" duplex with "PO" barred oval alongside on cover to local street address; some light cover toning at left, otherwise Very Fine and scarce bisect use; with 1979 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 211 var.    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $240

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Lot 1339    

1883, 4¢ blue green, diagonal bisect, bottom left diagonal half, tied across the cut by "New York N.Y. Nov 5, 1897" machine cancel on cover to Roxbury Mass.; stamp with some trimmed bottom perfs, Very Fine and scarce, ex-Dan Curtis.
Scott No. 211 var.    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $260

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Lot 1340    

1883, 4¢ blue green, vertical bisect, tied by neat "New York, Nov 16 '83" duplex on cover to E.R. Ackerman in Plainfield N.J., Very Fine and interesting use to this famous collector who was 20 years old at this time.
Scott No. 211 var.    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $240

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Lot 1341    

1887, 2¢ green, diagonal bisect, boldly tied by "11" barred oval duplexed with "Philadelphia, Pa. Mar 5, 90" cds on cover to local address, reduced at right, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 213 var.    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 1342    

1887, 3¢ vermilion, used with 1¢ blue (212) pair, 4¢ green (211), 5¢ Indigo (216) and 6¢ rose (208), all canceled by matching circular grids, purple "Registered, May 28 1888, Savannah, Ga." three-line postmark on registered cover to Banja Luka, Bosnia, New York (5.31) transit backstamp and New York registry exchange label affixed, Banjaluka (6.14) arrival backstamp, some manuscript smudges, Very Fine, Prepaid 20¢ for double the 5¢ UPU rate plus 10¢ registry fee.
Scott No. 214    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

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Lot 1343    

1887, 3¢ vermilion, group of 8 covers including five uses uprating 2¢ stationery for 5¢ UPU rate to Italy, Sweden, Germany, Austria and England, three later usages of 1906 New York registered w/#213, 207, 279B; 1900s "Santa Claus, Ind." use with 214 pair, and 1894 Richmond Va. domestic use, F.-V.F. group.
Scott No. 214    Estimate $300 - 400.

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Realized: $240

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Lot 1344    

1888, 4¢ carmine, two covers, each with strip of three paying the registry fee comprising vertical strip tied by purple "Maywood, Indiana, Dec 16, 1889" double-ovals on blue envelope with preprinted address to Utica N.Y., and horizontal strip with ms. cancels, "Queensboro, N.y., Reg. Div. May 16, 1891" oval on cover with preprinted address to Boston Mass.; reduced at left and one 4¢ with faulty corner, otherwise Very Fine and scarce pair of covers.
Scott No. 215    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Realized: $180

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Lot 1345    

1888, 5¢ indigo, tied by "Shamokin Pa., Aug 25" duplex on cover with H. Rohrheimer Clothier stamp advertising color to Germany, reduced slightly at right, F.-V.F. and rare ad collar, Accompanied by invoice from Cal Hahn to Markovits.
Scott No. 216    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $160

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