Auction Detail
March United States Postal History
Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
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two singles tied by April 3, 1947 Savannah, Georgia machine cancel to cover to Genoa, Italy, purple "Insufficient Postage for Air Mail" handstamp, very fine and attractive
tied by December 13, 1946 New York City datestamp to illustrated Christmas cover to Kidderminster, England, originally enclosed a small calendar, very fine solo use paying the 2 oz international surface rate (Scott $75)
two singles tied by mute ovals to 1944 locally-addressed registered cover, backstamped Philadelphia November 17, very fine cover, 28c overpays by 1c the 2c local delivery rate plus 25c registry with indemnity from $5.01 to $50
tied by New York City May 1, 1956 machine cancel to aerogram to Stockholm, Sweden, very fine and choice, an attractive 15c solo use
single tied by February 12, 1939 Lincoln, California duplex to hand-drawn airmail special delivery cover to Albany, Oregon and forwarded to Modesto, California, very fine commemorative cover for Lincoln's birthday
used alongside 6c Prexie (811) tied by mute oval cancels to 1946 registered cover from Albion to Albany, New York, December 7 backstamp, very fine cover paying first class postage and registry
tied by mute ovals to 1943 locally-addressed registered return receipt cover, backstamped Philadelphia June 24, very fine solo use paying the 2c local delivery rate, 15c registry, and 3c return receipt fee (Scott $100 in italics)
used alongside 10c Alexander Graham Bell (893), tied by January 10, 1941 New York City machine channel to cover to Devon, England and forwarded to York, censor tape at left, very fine, 30c pays three times the 10c half-ounce airmail rate to England
tied by Ypsilanti, Michigan October 10, 1944 machine cancel to 6c Orange airmail envelope to Lancashire, England, very fine, 30c pays triple the 10c per half-ounce rate
used alongside 15c Prexie (820), tied by August 31, 1944 Pago Pago, Samoa datestamp to cover to Kansas City, Missouri, American Samoa censor handstamp at top left, very fine cover paying the 40c airmail rate from Samoa to the United States
strip of three tied by January 30, 1948 New York City duplexes to cover to Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, very fine and attractive use paying triple the 25c airmail rate to Africa
single used alongside pair of 1955 50c Susan B. Anthony (1051) on September 26, 1958 registered cover from Lackawanna, New York to Aden, Arabia, proper backstamps, very fine, $1.25 pays triple the 25c per half-ounce airmail rate to Aden plus 50c registry fee