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Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
- Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection (111) Apply Postal History from the Steven M. Roth Collection filter
- Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail (76) Apply Selections from the Graham Booth Collection of Transatlantic Mail filter
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- First Day Covery (do not use) (11) Apply First Day Covery (do not use) filter
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- Stampless Covers - General (108) Apply Stampless Covers - General filter
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tied by quartered cork with "Washington D.C. Dec 22 8PM" datestamp to 1875 cover to Yokohama, Japan, reverse with large blue "Third Auditor's Office. Dec 22 1875" sender's handstamp and red "Yokohama Paid All Jan 29" double circle datestamp, small faults including upper left corner replaced, very fine appearance, rare example of the short-lived 15c treaty rate
cancelled by "Ship" straightline handstamp, matching "Yokohama Japan 18 Mar 1886" datestamp, addressed to Assistant Engineer aboard the USS Ossipee in Yokohama, very fine and scarce inbound ship letter, 1981 ISJP certificate
small group including "Hiogo Japan" double circle handstamp on 71, 100, and 113; "Hiogo Japan." handstamp on 158 rejoined pair; and "Yokohama Japan" datestamp on 116, 148 (2), 150, and 205, small faults such as corner creases and short perforations on a few, fine to very fine appearance, a scarce and desirable selection
design in purple on cover to Canastota, New York, free-franked "Jno F. Potter, M.C." (John F. Potter of Wisconsin), "Washington D.C. Dec 12 1861" datestamp, bit ragged at left, otherwise very fine, Potter served in the House of Representatives from 1857-63
datestamp on 1858 cover to Market Harborough, England, fancy "Paid" in scroll handstamp, manuscript "24" for treaty rate, red "19" and "Paid in America/Liverpool" transit handstamps, arrival backstamp, very fine
tied by August 15, 1923 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to Worden-serviced cover, very fine (Scott $400)
tied by August 17, 1923 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to Worden-serviced cover, very fine (Scott $600)
tied by August 21, 1923 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to Worden-serviced cover, very fine (Scott $750)
tied by April 19, 1930 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to card to Pennsylvania, appropriate cachets, couple trivial creases, very fine (Scott $900)
tied by April 19, 1930 Washington, DC first day machine cancel to cover to California, appropriate cachets, very fine (Scott $1,000)
used alongside 4c Chocolate, tied by Canton, Ohio February 12, 1909 first day flag cancel to cover to Midvale, Ohio, reduced at left and adhesive residue on reverse, very fine appearance (Scott $500)
two covers, first tied by May 1, 1923 Niles, Ohio first day machine cancel to cover to Youngstown, Ohio, second May 1, 1923 Washington, DC first day duplex to locally-addressed cover, very fine and scarce pair (Scott $460)