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UO68, 1875 War Department 30c Red on amber, 32x38mm cut square, very fine and attractive, 1995 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $550)

UO70, 1912 1 Green on white,uprated with 1c Dark violet (O124), Washington, DC June 9, 1914 machine cancel, Postal Savings System cornercard, addressed to Tacoma, WA, vertical crease, very fine and choice (UPSS OM2, U$400)

United States Postal Card Group 1873/1960,includes UX1 mint (3, one light toning, one inverted watermark), UX4 used (4, one reversed watermark), UX11 mint picture hangar variety, UX13 mint, UX27D used, UXC3 mint variety with left border lozenges over-printed, and UXC3 used variety with thinned dividing line at top, a very fine and useful group, ex-Parks (UPSS $3,730)

Postal Card Group 1879/1908,three cards including UX6 sent from Rochester, New Hampshire to Cairo, Egypt, with hand-drawn design of a letter carrier with an overstuffed mailbag on the reverse; UX9 with Canada 1c Small Queen placed over the indicia, message side dated December 4, 1895, handwritten explanatory note at left reads: "We are not allowed to send a U.S. P. Card even if covered by a Can. stamp", probably mailed back to US enclosed in an envelope (ex-Arfken); and UX20 from Larvik to Aberdeen, North Dakota, watercolor painting on message side of shoreline with a lighthouse and sailboat; all very fine and interesting  

UX17, 1902 1c Black on buff, "Full Face" McKinley,to "Messrs. Booth, Dailey & Ivins" as usual with filled garbage form on reverse, "New Yory, NY Sta. B" Sep 29 1902" wavy line cancel, light diagonal crease, very fine and choice example of this popular card (USPCC $3,750; Scott $3,750)