#310, 50c 1903 issue tied with 4c and 10c Washington Issue (#334 and #338) to registered cover from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Philadelphia by target cancels, June 23 1909 registry postmark, no backstamp as probably attached to a larger envelope, a very fine commercial use, ex Siskin and Brody, very fine

#311, $1 Black 1903 Issue plus 10c Orange (#310) tied with Washington Issue 15c (#340), 13c (#339) and 10c (#338) to corner card cover to Berlin, Germany by New York "H.T." double oval cancels, large part registry label and magenta New York Registered Nov 14 1909 postmark, two New York backstamp a rare mixed franking use, ex Albert Chang, 2001 PF cert, very fine

#332(b), 2c Lake Shade, two copies tied by target cancel with 8c green to registered cover from Portland, Oregon Dec 10, 1909 to Boston, ex Cole and Beals before #332 lake shade was listed as a separate Scott number, sold subject to PFC, price on request

#335, 5c Blue Washington tied with a proud to be German label with portrait of Christoph Martin Gottsched on "Harugari Hall" illustrated cover to a Professor Ludwig in Austria, St Louis Dec 23 1910 postmark, very fine

#335, 5c Blue Washington tied by Butte, Montana Jun 24 1910 postmark to "Servian Orthodox Chuch, Butte. Montana" blue illustrated cover used to Cettinge, Montenegro, bi-lingual arrival backstamp, a wonderful use, fine

#342, $1 Violet Brown Washington, tied to cover to New York City by US Postal Agency Shanghai China Jun 2 1916 duplex postmark, cover addressed to Percy Doane has "F. Cooper" at top left corner, this cover is used the same day as a $1 Parcel Post cover sent by Cooper from Shanghai as well, a rare use, very fine

#343, 1c Green Imperforate, side sheet margin, plate number and imprint block of 12 tied to reverse of 2c postal entire sent registered from Grand River Station, Detroit Michigan to Midland, MI, receipt label with "Dec 20 1909" magenta postmark (front image here)

#346, 4c Orange Brown, Shermack, type III perforations tied to Siegel-Myers Music bi-color ad cover by Chicago ILL Jan 27 1910 machine cancel, Lexington, NC arrival backstamp, cover edge wear and small tear at foot, rare double rate use

#353 2c Carmine perf 12 vertically coil, a very well centered example tied to corner card cover to San Diego by Hudson Terminal New York Dec 31 1909 postmark, very fine

#354, 4c Orange Brown coils, perf 12 vertically, pair (3mm spacing) and single tied to registered cover, return receipt requested, used locally, by Detroit, Michigan ovals, first Registered backstamp in magenta is Sep 5, 1912,  others are dated Sep 6 and 11th, various instructional markings including "Moved left no Address," very fine in all regards

#357, 1c Green on bluish paper used in combination with normal 1c green (#331) on regular paper tied to cover by Albany, New York Jan 3 1910 postmark, 1985 PF cert, scarce combination with stamp at right the varaiety

#384, 2c Carmine, Shermack type III perforations, guide line pair at right, plus 3c and 6c Washington Issue tied to registered cover to Dunedin, New Zealand by New Bedford, Mass. ovals, magenta Jun 30 1911 registry origin backstamps, octagonal Dunedin registered Aug 8 octagonal arrival backstamp, 6c oxidized, rare use (back image here)

#386, 2c Carmine coil, perf 12 horizontally, tied to ad cover to Philadelphia by Madison Sq. Station May 12 1911 postmark, fine

#388, 2c Carmine coil, perf 12 horizontally, a well centered copy, tied to "Post Office Department" penalty envelope to Saginaw, Michigan by Los Angeles, CA May 6 1912 postmark, cover has folded vertically away from stamp and the crease is slightly split at top, slight cover reduction at left, 1985 PF cert

#389, 3c Deep Violet "Orangeburg coil, perf 12 horizontally, great color, tied to light buff Bell & Company imprint "Columbian Clasp" envelope (most uses are on bluish envelopes) addressed to a "John Bauer," Columbus, Ohio, with 1970 PF cert submitted by "Paul Bauer" and signed by John Boker as well as 2001 PF cert, considered to be one of the very finest Orangeburg coil covers extant, very fine and rare, ex Boker 

#390, 1c Green coil, perf 8.5 horizontally, line pair, well centered,  tied to Post Office Department imprint envelope to Saginaw, Mich by Stockton, California April 24, 1913 duplex postmark, cover vertical crease away from stamps, very fine

#413, 2c Carmine coil, perf 8.5 vertically, five copies on 3rd class envelope "P.O. Box 1081" with "Held For Postage / Use Parcel Post Stamp" label affixed, 5c and 2c Parcel post stamps (#Q2 and #Q5) affixed over the coils and tied by New York oval cancels, a great rarity as from January 1 to end of June 1913 only Parcel Post stamps could be used to pay fourth class postage

#394, 3c Deep Violet coil, perf 8.5 vertically, horizontal strip of four the right hand pair being a paste-up, tied to registered cover, return receipt requested, from noted stamp dealer, H.F. Colman in Washington, DC to famous collector, George Worthington in Cleveland, Ohio, magenta May 21 1912 origin backstamps as well as Cleveland arrival

#406 2c Carmine used on Esperanto "Migranto Karto" with US, Cuba, Spain, Macao and Russia adhesives, scarce example of this specially produced card see reverse, (reverse image)

#412, 1c Green coil, perf 8.5, guide line pair tied to fresh cover used locally at Evanston, Illinois on July 4, 1918

#420, 30c Orange tied to Lowell Ragatz corner card cover to Atabara, Egyptian Soudan, Africa by "First Trip Airmail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila, May 15 1918" postmark New York Penn Terminal May 15 4:30 PM backstamp, purple Sudan censor markings, a most unusual use 

#422, 50c Violet (stamp lifted to verify and hinged back in place) tied to registered, return receipt "Demanded" cover to England by "Vera Cruz, Mexico U.S. Mail Agency" boxed cancel, violet registry handstamp to left as well as "Vera Cruz Mex. U.S. Registered datestamp struck twice on reverse. "A.R." handstamp, top back flap partially torn away not affecting markings, ex Chang and Gross, 2000 PF cert, the earliest document use and believed to be the only documented use on any full cover

#449, 2c Red coil, perf 10 horizontally, pair tied with 2c carmine shade (#425a) pair, and 3c reddish violet  shade (#426var), plate number pair, right stamp small tear at top, to 2c postal entire registered, to "W.T. Wilson" in Birmingham, England by Detroit Mich double oval cancels, Detroit April 10 1916 magenta registered backstamps, ex Faulstich, 2004 PF cert with Scott numbers as above

#463, 2c Carmine, strip of five and pair used with 1c green on "AR" registered cover from Arecibo Puerto Rico to Freetown, violet Sierra Leone, Arecibo P.R. Apr 24 1917 registered backstamps, New York transits and "Registered G.P.O. Sierra Leone" oval arrival backstamp, minor corner fault, ex Frajola "Paying the Postage" exhibit here

#467, 2c Carmine, perf 10 (error in plate of 2c) tied to commercial use corner card cover to Seward, Nebraska by Chicago, Illinois Jun 14 1917 postmark, cover somewhat soiled and non contemporary pen "10 Perf" at foot of cover, ex Boker, a rare use

#475, 15c Gray tied to registered cover to Spain by Wehawken, NJ double oval postmark, their January 19, 1918 registered backstamps, New York transit, censored label, "Returned to Writer" pointing hand and with typed label "This letter is returned to the sender because it contains stamps for transmission to a foreign country." that was apparently enclosed or attached, most unusual

#492, 2c Carmine coil, single and attached vertical bisect tied to ad cover by Goshen, Indiana Nov 2 1917 waving flag machine cancel, first day of new 3c War Surcharge  Rate that increased postage rate from 2c to 3c, cover slightly toned and edge wear at sides

#499 variety, 2c Rose vertical pair that  appears to be imperforate horizontally, however, there is a horizontal row of blind perforations that is 8mm below where the row of clean perfs should have been, see Johl book, page 170 where this variety is listed and described as #499c, this tied to Roessler cover by Newark, NJ Sep 29 1920 postmark, very fine

#500, 2c Deep Rose tied to "Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen" corner card cover to Harrisburg by "Philadelphia, PA W. Park Sta Jan 29 1920" postmark, 1980 PF certificate, ex Brickles, cover small edge tear at foot, still fine

#500, 2c Deep Rose tied with block of four of 3c Violet imperforate (#484) plus 1c Green (#498), to registered, Return Receipt Demanded, cover from Nassau Stamp Co. to Canton, China by New York ovals, their violet "Dec 31 1920 Regy Div" oval backstamps, Seattle Registered transit and Chinese arrival backstamp, slight overall aging, very fine use

#505, 5c Rose error, two line perfin with "NS & Co" perforated initials, tied to local use, corner card cover by Philadelphia Pa May 25 1917 postmark, 1987 PF certificate, cover vertical crease at left, fine use, ex Boker

#505, 5c Rose error, the center stamp in strip of three tied to corner card cover by neat "Charlotte, NC May 23 1918 postmark, fresh and very fine

#505, 5c Rose error, the center stamp in strip of three tied with pair 3c and single 1c to registered cover to Hanna City, Illinois by light Davenport, Iowa registered postmarks, April 8 1918 registry backstamps, cover reduced slightly at top, 1999 APS cert, fine

#505, 5c Rose error, well centered copy tied to "Post Office Department, Gary Ind." Penalty envelope with "Official Business" crossed out by Gary Indiana Oct 12 1917 duplex postmark, ex Boker, very fine

#518, $1 Violet Brown tied with 1c Green and a 10c Special Delivery stamp (affixed slightly over edge) to post card addressed to Chester Hospital, Chester, PA, Philada Pa Middle City Sta Nov 5 1926 duplex cancels, substantial overpayment, fine and an extremely unusual use

#524, $5 Deep Green & Black, 36 copies consisting of a blocks of 15, 6, strips of 5, 3(2) and two pairs as well as 6 other stamps, tied by registry ovals on oversize cover from Duluth, Minnesota to Minneapolis, Duluth Registered Sep 13 1932 registry backstamps, complete envelope but opened irregularly at right, a total of $180.33 in postage, a fine, huge franking, 2004 PF cert  (reverse image here)

#524, $5 Deep Green & Black, three copies tied with singles of 1922 issue $1 Violet (#521), 30c Brown (#569), 5c blue (faulty)  and 2c Carmine, all with perforated "FRB NY" initials, to Federal Reserve Bank of New York Registry Mailing tag to Philadelphia by oval cancels, Jun 11 1926 postmark, 2001 PF cert

#524, $5 Deep Green & Black, tied with 20c Carmine Rose (##567) and 8c Olive Green (#560) to registered cover from Aetna Life Insurance Company to Boston, "Hartford Conn Nov 20 1928" duplex postmark, no backstamps as this envelope would have been accompanied a heavy shipment. the 20c and 8c are perfins, opened ion two side and at foot, fresh and very fine

#533, 2c Carmine offset print, type V, Shermack Type III separation at left, tied to corner card cover by Chicago, Ill Jul 13 1921 slogan postmark, very fine

#547, $2 Carmine & Black, fresh copy tied to overpaid philatelic cover to Frank Godden, London by New York oval Supplementary Mail, type G cancels, Godden 259 Strand return address imprint on flap, no backstamp, 2012 PF cert, ex Bilden

#547, $2 Carmine & Black, tied to pale brown package address piece along with #518, $1 Violet Brown, two copies of #C6, 24c Red airmail and 12c stamp used from Los Angeles with Nov 16 1925 postmarks. "Via Air Mail" handstamps, New York Nov 18 1925 transit and to Washington, DC, pressed creases, and minor edge tear at right but a very unusual use and looks better in the flesh

#480, $5 Green, block of 9, block of 4 and a single tied with 44 copies of #547, $5 Green and Black, plus single 30c and 50c used on large fragment  with Washington D.C. May 2, 1921 cancel, typed endorsement at foot with signature of H. McD. Buchcanan,  "Representing P.O. Dept.," trivial perf faults inevitable but an incredible mixed issue franking