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Sale 66


Lot 1719



U.S. Grant 19th to Early 20th Century Overseas Usages, Consists of around 150 of type A64, A91 or envelope type A91 designs, sorted by continent, including 1894 Transvaal, dead letter office markings, 1896 Senegal, 1901 Canary Islands forwarded to Mississippi, 1901 Cameroons, 1896 forwarded to U.S. Consul in Beirut (violet h.s.), 1892 American Mission in Sidon, Syria, 2 to Fiji and 2 from Arizona Territory to Samoa, and 5¢ envelopes 1897 to Honolulu and 1891 to Kohala, HI, 1892 Honolulu to Japan, 1899 to Singapore, Straits Settlements with bold red "American Maru", several to China, 1899 corner advertising to Bombay, Canadian usages, Bahamas, 1893 legal size to Turks Islands, Guatemala including all over advertising, 1897 postcard with "per steamer Nicaragua" to Bluefields, 1897 to Amapala, Honduras with dead letter office strike, 1898 patriotic forwarded to Munich, 1893 with eight 5¢ small Bank Notes to Germany, 1898 Lany, New Mexico territorial to Germany, 1901 from Puerto Rico to Hamburg, 1896 mixed franking with Great Britain #89 to Scotland, overall excellent collector's study of the Grant issues, close inspection recommended.
Estimate $3,000-4,000.

 
Realized $4,025



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