U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 20-21, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #19
United States 1870-73 Banknote Issues
1872 cover franked with 1c ultramarine Banknote issue (straight edge at left), plus 5c red Internal Revenue Agreement stamp, canceled by bar grid, with Austinburg cds alongside, and subsequently tied by French entry cds, with "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" (Revenue stamp obviously refused) handstamp, plus the NEW YORK / BR. TRANSIT cds, also integral "4" cent debit, with "GB/2F" accountancy marking, French "24" decimes postage due handstamp, plus "2f40 PAID BY DREXEL HARJES & Co" handstamp applied on arrival. An interesting and rare cover showing an unusual attempt to pay foreign postage with a U.S. revenue stamp, Ex-Knapp
Envelope
Catalog #145,R23
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #20
United States 1870-73 Banknote Issues
1872 cover to France franked with pair 2c red-brown Banknotes issue, tied by Boston cds and cork handstamp, blue SHORT PAID handstamp alongside (additional strike on reverse), GB/40c accountancy marking, ANGL./AMB.CALAIS French entry, plus "10" decimes postage due handstamp, red London transit on back, fine and scarce example of the 4c British Open Mail rate to France sent during the non-Treaty period
Envelope
Catalog #146
Unsold
Lot #21
United States 1870-73 Banknote Issues
1870 24c purple, good color and large margins, tied by brown Baltimore, Md, Apr 4 departure pmk on cover (carelessly opened at bottom, with small piece of envelope missing) to Germany, red New York Paid Direct All pmk below, with Imperial German Consular in Baltimore label on back, also Aug.20 arrival pmk,
Envelope
Catalog #153
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #22
United States 1870-73 Banknote Issues
1876 (20 Nov) registered advertising cover franked with 3c green and 15c orange Bank Note Issues, prepaying the domestic double weight letter rate and Registry fee to New York. Stamps tied by segmented cork cancels, with SAN FRANCISCO CAL/REGISTERED datestamp alongside, fine registered letter with colorful franking on a Cosmopolitan Hotel cover
Envelope
Catalog #158,163
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #23
United States 1870-73 Banknote Issues
1876 Hotel advertising cover franked with two each 2c vermillion and 3c green Bank Note Issues, prepaying the double weight UPU letter rate to Austria, all tied by mute cancels, with STATION B/Phila. PA departure datestamp plus red NEW YORK/BR. TRANSIT marking, with WIEN transit and ST. POLTEN arrival cds. A colorful transatlantic franking on a fine "Trans-Continental Hotel" cover, sent during the Centennial Exposition and passing through New York on 4 July 1876
Envelope
Catalog #158,178
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #24
United States 1870-73 Banknote Issues
1870 10c brown, two stamps and vertical half, paying 25c on FL sent October 10, 1878 from New York to St. John's, Puerto Rico, endorsed "Per Steamer Bermuda", stamps toned, otherwise fine and interesting item
Envelope
Catalog #161
Price Realized
$325.00

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