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U.S. Covers - 1901 Pan American to 1947 Philatelic Expo

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1295		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1901 Pan-American 1¢ to 10¢ Values, #294//299, 10 covers or cards, noted 2¢ "invert" fantasy piece that went thru the mails in 1901, 10¢ on 2 registered covers, 2¢ with expo machine cancel, 1¢ on expo private mailing card, 2¢ on lovely Statler Hotel cover, inspect, generally Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 1296		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1901, 2¢ Pan-American, West Indian Exposition, #295, Charleston Sept 26, 1901 machine cancel ties adhesive to front, corner card for Royal Bag & Yarn Mfg. Company, allover ad on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 1297		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Used to Sarawak, #297-98, 304, tied by black target cancels, with additional Pan-American 5¢, 8¢ paying the registry fee and double rate, Berkeley, CA Jan 4, 1904 cancel, New York 1-9, 1904 transit on reverse to Kuching, small corner fault upper left, scarce destination, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $1,208
Lot 1298		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Used from Samoa to South Africa, #304, various issues tied to overfranked cover by Pago Pago, Nov 29, 1904 cancels, to Johannesburg, New York 1-7, 1905 transit and Transvaal 9-Feb 05 receiving cancel on reverse, nice usage, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 1299		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Used to Haiti, #304, tied to 5¢ entire with additional 8¢ value paying the 10¢ double rate and 8¢ registry fee, Feb 2, 1905 New York oval Foreign office cancels and faint Port au Prince receiving cancel on reverse, lower right corner rounded, bit soiled, still scarce destination, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1300		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Used to Turkey, #304, various values tied by black target cancels, paying the 8¢ registry fee and 5¢ postage, Baltimore, MD Aug 15, 1904 registry cancel in violet at left, to Smyrna, transit New York cancel, 31.8.1904 receiving cancel on reverse, attractive piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1301		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, From Oklahoma Territory to England, #304, on reverse of 2¢ entire with additional 10¢ and 1¢ paying the 8¢ registry fee and double rate, Fort Reno Jan 9, 1904 cancels, New York transits and Oxford JA 22 04 receiving cancel on reverse, 1¢ with small facial scrape at left, still nice item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 1302		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Pair Used to Mexico With Nogales, AZ Registry Label, #304, paying the 8¢ registry fee and 2¢ postage tied by Clifton, Arizona Terr. Jun 30, 1908 cancel, to Hermosillo, Mexico, El Paso, TX transit on front, Nogales registry label in red on reverse, Hermosillo Jul 5, 1908 receiving cancel on reverse, boxed D.D.L. Record Sep 28, and Oct 12, 1908 on front, very scarce item, Fine to Very Fine, 9 known . Estimate $1,500-1,700. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1303		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Pair Used From Haiti, #304, plus additional 4¢ and 8¢, 1904 Port au Prince to Coffeyville, KS, Department of State, Consular Service, Apr 4, 1904 Washington, DC cancel, entered the mails as registered (contained coins as listed at left), 8¢ registry fee plus 14¢ postage, lovely usage, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 1304		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Pair Used From China, #304, paying the 2¢ domestic postage and 8¢ registry fee, tied by U.S. Postal Agency R.D. Shanghai, China oval cancel in violet, Nov 30 1908 registered cancel at left, Seattle, Dec 20, 1908 transit and Mountain Grove, MO Dec 26, 1908 receiving cancels on reverse, lovely item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details and photo	Realized $288
Lot 1305		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Pair Used From China, #304, paying the 2¢ domestic postage and 8¢ registry fee, tied by U.S. Postal Agency R.D. Shanghai, China oval cancel in black, Dec 6, 1906 registered cancel at left, to Manila, P.I., Dec 12, 1906 receiving cancel on reverse in red, some soiling at top of adhesives, nice Possessions usage, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 1306		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Pair Used to Dutch Indies, #304, plus 1¢ and 2¢ paying the 8¢ registry fee and 2¢ postage tied by oval registry cancels, to Batavia, Mar 27, 1906 boxed New York cancel in purple, redirected in Batavia, various transit and receiving cancels on reverse, lovely item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-250. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1307		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 5¢ Blue, Registry Usages to Foreign Destinations, #304, 21 covers on exhibit pages, destinations are Canada (2), Germany (5, 2 with return receipt), Italy (3), France, Syria, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Greece, Norway (2), Switzerland (2), Jamaica, Belgium, nice group showing proper registry usages and single, double and triple rates, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,500-2,000. View details and photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 1308		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1906, 1¢ Green, Covel Manufacturing Co. Private Perfs, #314 var., single with vert. Covel perfs with 1¢ Washington-Franklin, both tied by Warren Oct 26, 1913 duplex cancels, to Covel Mfg. Co., Benton Harbor, Mich, corner card for Hotel Southerland, scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1309		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1903, 2¢ Carmine, Type I on Handrawn Envelope, #319, tied by indistinct Brooklyn, NY machine cancel on lovely hand illustrated, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1310		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1908, 2¢ Carmine, on Hudson-Fulton Centennial, #332, Brooklyn Oct 2, 1909 duplex cancel ties adhesive to all-over advertising for celebration, reverse also in full color showing diff. scenes, lovely item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $219
Lot 1311		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1908, 2¢ Carmine, on Portland, OR "Council Crest" Advert, #332, Mar 26, 1910 machine cancel ties adhesive to back of cover, full color ad on reverse showing amusement park with roller coasters, lovely item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $127
Lot 1312		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1910, 2¢ Carmine, on Knoxville Appalachian Exposition, #375, Aug 8, 1911 machine cancel ties 2¢ adhesive to reverse of envelope, to Boston, allover ad on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1313		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1912, 2¢ Carmine, on Knoxville National Conservation Exposition, #406, tied to reverse of envelope by Knoxville, Mar 10, 1913 machine cancel, small scuff, to Boston, allover ad on front, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1314		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1916, 2¢ Carmine, Type I With Farwell Private Perfs, #482A, tied by Chicago Sep 19, 1917 machine cancel, John V. Farwell Company corner card, 4 hole over 4 hole perforations, to Appleton, WI, Fine. Scott $1,250. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1315		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1917, 1¢ Green, on Fall River Line Advertising, #498, 1¢ (2) adhesives tied by Newport Sep 5 machine cancel, to Seattle, WA, allover ad on reverse for Fall River Line, New York and Boston, nice item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1316		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1917, 2¢ Deep Rose, Type Ia Used From Boston, #500, tied by May 20, 1920 (inverted year date slug) machine cancel, to Lowell, Mass., Fine. Ex. George Brett. APEX (2010) cert. Scott $650. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1317		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1919, 3¢ Victory First Day, #537, clean with local MAR 2 1919 D.C. usage, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $800. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1318		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1923, 20¢ Carmine Rose, on First Day, #567, tied to legal size 4¢ entire by Washington, D.C. May 1, 1923 cancel, sent locally by special delivery, fresh, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $600. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 1319		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1926, 2¢ Sesquicentennial Exposition First Day's, #627, Approx. 577, consisting of 3 uncacheted, 312 on YMCA corner advert., 85 with additional red label Sesqui-Centennial, and 177 window envs., all with Philadelphia cancels, generally Fine to Very Fine. Scott $8,655+. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1320		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1927, 2¢ Burgoyne, All Cities, First Day's, #644, 2¢, 25 sets of all 5 diff. cities, addressed and uncachet, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,562. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $150
Lot 1321		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1929, 2¢ Sullivan Expedition Cacheted First Day's, #657, Set of 16 Buchanans, to the various towns, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Planty $450. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1322		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1933, 1¢, 3¢ A.P.S. Souvenir Sheets on Roessler First Day's, #730-731, both tied to large card by Chicago, ILL Aug 25, 1933 cancels, cachets in purple, cards are not brittle, scarce items, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1323		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1936, 3¢ TIPEX, 1st Farnham Cachet, #778, Planty set of 2 in horiz. pairs, clean, Fine to Very Fine. Planty #778-32 $500. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1324		U.S.; General Issue Covers, 1947 Philatelic Exhibition Knapp Handpainted, on #UC17 5¢ Airmail stationery F.D., clean, Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $403

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