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APS AmeriStamp Expo/TEXPEX 2009

U.S. Covers - 1869 Issue to 1922-25 Issue

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 984		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1869, 3¢ With Green Cancel, #114, tied by target cancel, from Hebron, O., to Lexington, Ohio, scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $525. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 985		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1869, 3¢ on Advertising, #114, tied by black cork cancel, Worcester, Mass. Aug 9 cancel, to Mission Lock, CT, advertising for Wood Working machines, h.r. on reverse, nice piece, Fine to Very Fine. Ex. Samson. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $58
Lot 986		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1869, 10¢ to Corsica, Addressed to Clara Barton, #116, Tied by Washington DC Feb 7 (1870) cork cancel, New York transit in red, Marseilles 22 Fevr and Corsica 25 Fevr receiving cancels on reverse, stamp a bit foxed, great historical piece, Fine to Very Fine, , Ms. Barton was in Europe doing work for the International Red Cross during the Franco-Prussian War . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $863
Lot 987		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1869, 15¢, Type II With Purple Cancel, #119, tied by cork killer, unusual Philadelphia Nov 22 cancel in purple, to France, Cherbourg 5 Dec 69 cancel in blue, with contents, small corner fault lower left, Fine. Scott $900. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $196
Lot 988		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1870, 2¢ to France, #146, 2 copies, tied by New York Jan 11 (1871) cancel in black, London JA 23 transit and 28 Jan receiving cancels on reverse, G.B. accountancy h.s. in black, stamps scissor separated, nice example of 4¢ pre-UPU rate to France, Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 989		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1873, 3¢ on Insurance Policy, #158, from Leroy O., mailed Aug 18, envelope for Ohio Farmers Insurance Co., window for addressee on policy (incl.), lovely item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 990		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1873, 30¢ to Tlacotalpam, Mexico, #165, Tied to folded letter by New York Mar 2 (1878) duplex cancel, addressed to Tlacotalpam (near Vera Cruz), "Texas" underneath, sent via City of New York (ship), agent marking in blue, h.s. 60c in black, scarce item, Fine. Scott $725+. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 991		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1873, 30¢ to Guadalajara, Mexico, #165, Tied to folded letter by New York May 12 (1877) duplex cancel, addressed to Guadalajara, sent via City of Havana (ship), agent marking in blue, h.s. 35c in black, file fold and very light edge soiling, lovely item, Fine. Scott $725+. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 992		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1873, 30¢ Gray Black on Iowa Usage, #165, Off-center, tied by indistinct cancel, and Crinnell, IOA DEC 21 1881 c.d.s., to NY, light vert. fold, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Scott $725. Estimate $100-140. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 993		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1875, 2¢ Vermilion on "O.B." Envelope, from Capt. Ammel OB, 14th Inf. O.N.G., addressed to Randall's, City, Columbus cancel under 2¢ adhesive, return to sender and apparently another 2¢ applied and cork canceled O B with Columbus Jul 1 c.d.s., unusual item, Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 994		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1887, 3¢ Vermilion to Hong Kong, #214, tied to 2¢ entire by New York Nov 1 (1889) duplex in black, San Francisco Nov 7 and Hong Kong DE 4 receiving cancels on reverse, cover with edge wrinkles, couple pinholes and small tear, still very scarce destination, Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 995		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1893, 2¢ Columbian on Exposition Cover, #231, tied by World's Fair Station Aug 12 1893 machine cancel, corner card for Executive Committee on Awards, World's Columbian Commission, addressed to a Capt. Alexis Cope in Columbus, Ohio, lovely exposition item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details and photo	Realized $58
Lot 996		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1893, $1, $2, Columbian, 1898 4¢, on 4¢ Entire to Germany, #241-242, 287, tied to registered usage of #U371 (4¢ entire) by target cancels, Sep 8 1899 Grayson, Nebr. postmark, New York 9-13 transit and Naumburg 23.9 99 receiving cancels on reverse, "the entire reduced at left and the 4¢ stamp with a small tear at top right", otherwise Fine. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $834
Lot 997		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1895, 10¢ Dark Green, to Northwest Territory, #273, Tied to bit tattered registered cover by San Francisco oval registry cancel, h.s. Apr 30 1898 in violet, sent to Dawson City, m.s. via Alaska, dead letter office backstamps from Victoria NO 23 99 and NO 30 99, rec'd from Dawson N.W.T. with h.s. in violet, Registry Branch Jan 4 1900, h.s. in violet, cover opened, Fine, in the mail system for almost 20 months! . Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 998		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1¢ on Postal Card Used to Thailand, #285, tied to #UX14 (advertising on back) by St. Louis Apr 4 99 machine cancel, Bangkok 18.5.99 receiving cancel on front, card a bit wrinkled, scarce destination, Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 999		F U.S.; General Issue Covers, 8¢ Postal Forgery, Denver Usage, #289 var., tied by Denver, Colo. Nov 3, 1903 machine cancel with 5¢ to Germany, corner card for NAST photographer, New York transit and Berlin receiving cancels on reverse, cover reduced at left, very unusual item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 1000		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1901, 1¢ Pan-American Used to New Zealand, #294, strip of 5 (1 with corner fault) plus #288 tied to multicolor exposition envelope by New Haven, CT Mar 31 1902 machine cancels, New York and San Francisco transit and Auckland receiving cancels on reverse, attractive, Fine. Estimate $100-120. View details and photo	Realized $92
Lot 1001		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1909, 4¢, Strip of 3 on Envelope, #354, tied to oversized registered envelope by boxed DeGraff, OH cancel, 3mm spacing, plus 1¢ (2), to Plain Dealing, LA, Jan 27, 1913 registry and Jan 29, 1913 receiving cancels on reverse, cover reduced at left, few soil spots, couple small nicks at top of strip, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Scott $1,150. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 1002		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1917, 10¢, 75¢, $1, $5 (2) on Registered Parcel Piece, #472, 478, 480, Q11, all tied along with Parcel Post 75¢ by foreign Station, N.Y., purple Apr. 20, 1917 registry cancel, very scarce in period commercial usage of various high denominations, exhibit piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1003		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1916, 1¢ Green, Imperforate on Remington Gun Cover, #481, strip of 3 tied by Flint, Mich. Mar 28 1919 machine cancel, color cachet at left, torn at lower left, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 1004		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1917, 2¢ A.E.F. Booklet Pane Single on Postcard, #499f var., censor h.s. in black at left, APO Jun 19 18 duplex cancel, to Detroit, Mich., Fine to Very Fine, APS (2006) cert. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $265
Lot 1005		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1917, 2¢ A.E.F. Booklet Pane Single on Postcard, #499f var., censor h.s. in violet at left, Weld Aug 7, 1918 duplex cancel, "used on postcard, not tied, forwarded, genuine", Fine to Very Fine, APS (2006) cert. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 1006		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1922, 5¢ Dark Blue, First Day, #557, 2 registered covers, both from Davis & Davis, Washington, D.C. with 5¢ (2), 2¢, cancelled on reverse Washington, D.C. Oct 27 1922, both with what looks like Roosevelt add-on cachet, both folded at right, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $270+. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 1007		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1924, $5, Spectacular Registered Usage, #573, 20 copies (block of 8, block of 10 and 2 singles), along with $2 (2) and 21¢ Prexie (total postage $104.21), on oversized commercial cover, Dec 4 1942 cancels on reverse, from Bank of America in San Francisco, to Bank of America in Bakersfield, CA, cover carried negotiable securities, Dec 5, 1942 receiving cancel on reverse,one $5 single has tiny tear, otherwise unbelievable usage of this issue, a must for the collector of this popular issue, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,610

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