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#601
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1909, #WX3d, 1908 Christmas Seal, perf 12, tied to reverse of
registered cover to Italy along with 1c green, strip of 2c carmine and
single 6c Garfield, Forest Park Sta. Chicago, Illinois Feb 11 1909
registry postmarks, New York Exchange Registry label and
Sesto-Fiorentino" arrival backstamp, E. Diena's "ED" initials, small
piece of flap torn away, a very rare use (front image here) |
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#602
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1909, Associated Press corner card cover used
to Honduras, 5c blue tied by New Orleans Oct 27, 1909 postmark,
violet Puerto Cortes arrival backstamp, fine (reverse image here) |
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#603
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1909, Surtaxed purple handstamp New York black "30 Centimes" due on short paid cover from San Francisco to France, French 30c postage due stamp and forwarded to Wiesbaden, Germany, additional oval "Porto" handstamp, cover edge worn |
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#604
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1910 Pago Pago, Samoa registered use to Bad Kissingen, Germany
and forwarded to Borna, prepaid with 2c carmine strip of four and
single 5c blue all tied by neat "Pago Pago Samoa Jul 27 1910"
postmarks, reverse with purple
"U.S. Sea Post Aug 30 1910 Reg" double circle datestamps, New York
Exchange label, arrival backstamp, extremely fine (reverse image here) |
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#605
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1910, Delayed in Wreck, Pitts. & Chicago Tr 16, At Chicago Dec 21'10 magenta three line handstamp on post card with 1c tied by Papillon, Nebraska duplex, a rare mark only reported on postcards |
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#606
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1910, Dead Letter Office magenta datestamp tying label to short paid cover sent
from Salt Lake City to Italy,10c Italian postage due stamp tied, San Remo transit backstamp, magenta pointing hand paid of Washington DC
and returned to writer with 2 cents due, cover soiled
(reverse image here) |
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#607
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1910, Saint Louis, Illinois April 6, 1910 registered use to Croatia, unusual sunburst cancels tying 10c yellow and 5c blue (#335 and #338), "Croat Tam Club" corner card, New York Exchange label, PF cert |
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#608
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1910, Panama Pacific International Exposition 1915 label used with 2c carmine both tied to cover by San Jose Nov 26 1910 flag postmark |
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#609
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1911, San Juan Puerto Rico, Dead Letter Office June 17, 1912
datestamp on registered cover from Caguas, P.R. to Madrid, Spain, 15c
ultramarine tied by boxed origin handstamp, several varied markings
trace the round trip that ended in San Juan, cover edge wear, a very
fine use (reverse image here) |
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#610
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1911, Three Country Postage Dues, bank corner card cover
from Portland, Oregon franked only with 2c carmine to France with
three 10c brown dues and then to Naples, Italy with Italy 30c due,
returned with "Collect Postage 6 cents handstamp, pair of 3c US
Postage Due on reverse and "New York M.I. & I." Jan 1912 datestamp (reverse image here) |
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#611
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1911, London 9 June 1911 postmark tying 2c carmine to cover to
New York, cover has blue anchor and key insignia, apparently placed in
U.S. Seapost bags on a scheduled HAPAG Southampton to New York liner
(possibly the Amerika or Kaiserin Auguste Victoria),
slightly rough edges (reverse image here) |
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#612
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1911, Clerk 157 in oval of the New York Foreign Mail Exchange
Office cancel tying 2c carmine to post card sent from Brooklyn to
Johannesburg, South Africa, very fine (reverse image here) |
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#613
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1912, Sudan, cover and original letter to Drifton, PA posted aboard the Sudan government steamer Gedid "while proceeding up the White Nile," Sudan adhesives postmarked with "Kosti / TPO / Nile Down 16 Nov 1912" traveling post office postmarks, Khartoum transit, cover forwarded to South Carolina with 2c carmine, original 2p letter of Hugh Fraser Parsons, Sudan Political Service on Croxlwy Manifest Bank stationery |
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#614
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1912, U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China, oval cancels tying 10c
yellow and 2c carmine to registered cover from Shanghai to Chicago,
Shanghai May 9 1912 registered backstamps over-struck by Chicago
Registered arrival postmarks, cover wrinkle and pinholes at top away
from the stamps (reverse image here) |
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#615
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1912, King Alfred Cigar illustrated ad on Transo paper Co.
(Chicago) patent window envelope, 2c carmine coil (#386) tied by
Chicago ILL Febv22 1912 machine cancel, Whitewater Wisconsin flag
cancel arrival on reverse (reverse image here) |
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#616
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1912, Lucky Bill's Wagon Shows all over ad cover with portrait of "Lucky Bill" (William Newton, Sr.) at left, 2c carmine tied by Quenemo, Kansas Mar 14 1912 duplex postmark |
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#617
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1912, Pennsylvania Coal & Supply, two 1c green coils (#392)
tied to ad cover with coal illustration on flap by Milwaukee Wis 1912
postmark, scarce use of these stamps on cover, very fine
(reverse image here) |
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#618
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1913, "Mail Left Nov 8 1913 Las Chispas" backstamp on Gold & Silver Mining Co.
corner card cover to Switzerland, mixed franking with two
Mexico 1913 issue 5 centavos (#329) plus five United
States 2˘ carmine, legitimate international use during the Sonora
Revolution period
(reverse image here) |
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#619
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1913, U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai China, oval cancel tying 10c
registry (#F1) plus 2c carmine to registered cover from Shanghai to
New York, Shanghai November 22, 1913 registered backstamps and
Larchmont, New York arrival postmark, very fine
(reverse image here) |
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#620
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1913, Chihuahua, Mexico corner card cover to Texas, carried outside the Mexican mails, United States 2˘ carmine (#411) plus Mexico 5 centavos (#314) which covered any potential liability for the messenger transporting the mail to Texas |
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#621
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1913, 2c Carmine imperf (#284) tied to Krug Brewing Company
multicolor ad cover used from Omaha Nebraska
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#622
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1914, Mexico Mixed Franking to Texas, Mexico 10c Ejército Constitucionalista “Transitorio” (2) stamps with intact coupons (#350a) tied by clear "Ciudad Juarez, Chih." cancel, from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua to El Paso, United States 2c carmine tied by El Paso duplex postmark, scarce usage between two border cities at the height of Constitutional government control |
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#623
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1914, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 10c Special Delivery (#E8, straight edge) tied with 10c
orange and 2c carmine to registered cover from Vera Cruz to Ohio, US Postal Agency handstamp at left, very fine (reverse image here) |
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#624
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1914, Vera Cruz, Mexico, United States occupation period
postcard to Ferrol, Spain, United States 2c carmine tied by
Mexican Vera Cruz cancel, written by a British civilian reporting the
evacuation on the refugee ship Esperanza, scarce account
of the intervention (reverse image here) |
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#625
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1914, Valparaiso, Chile to Rochester, New York, 15c tied, "13" centimes underpaid notation and "T" due handstamp, "Collect Postage 3 cents" handstamp, US 3c stamp used as a postage due, fine |
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#626
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1914, Mexico mixed franking, Refineria de Tampico corner card cover to Philadelphia, Mexican 5c (#314) tied by "Tampico, Tams." cancel, United States 2c Washington tied by "Port Arthur, Texas" machine cancel, fine |
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#627
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1914, Punta Gorda, British Honduras to Guatemala, carried on the
United Fruit Company coastal steamer, accepted illegal mixed
franking, British Honduras 1c and (2) United States 2c carmine
tied with British Honduras cancel, Belize transit marking and
Guatemala 19 September, 1914 arrival backstamp
(reverse image here) |
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#628
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1915, Cincinnati, Ohio via Hungary to San Pedro de Marcoris,
Dominican Republic, censor tape remnants on reverse (reverse image here) |
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#629
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1915, USS Kearsarge at Vera Cruz Mexico (Nov 13 1915)to Cape Town, South Africa, French Consulat at Vera Cruz cachet, "Passed Censor" handstamp |
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#630
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1915, Mexico City, Mexico Waters-Pierce Oil Co. corner card cover to Texas,
carried outside the Mexican mails, United States 2˘ Washington
plus (2) Mexico 5 centavos overprints (#459) tied by clear El Paso, TX
machine cancel, the Mexican postage covered any
potential liability for the messenger transporting the mail to Texas
(reverse image here) |
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#631
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1916, USS Scorpion at Constantinople, 2c carmine tied to diplomatic pouch mail cover from Turkey to USS Castine (in New Orleans at the time), entered the mails at Washington, D.C. December 15, 1916. New Orleans backstamp, cover opened roughly at top |
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#632
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1916, [Return
/ Not Permitted] "Zurück / Unzulässig”
handstamp on cover from
New York (December 13, 1916) to US Consul on German occupied Ghent, Belgium, 4c brown coil and 1c green, purple Emmerich,
Germany exchange office cachet and censor label, German
Eagle handstamp on reverse, civilian mail to Belgium was forbidden at
this date, cover edge faults, very fine use
(reverse image here) |
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#633
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1916, USS Prairie, Haiti
(during US occupation of Port Au Prince, Haiti)
cover to New York with
2c carmine tied by April 28, 1916 postmark, sender cachet suggests
commercial mail use, missing back flap
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#634
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1916, 4c Brown used as postage due on inbound, censored cover
from England to Potter Hill, Rhode Island (reverse image here) |
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#635
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1917 [Cunard Steamship Laconia] complete printed
matter wrapper recovered from the steamer torpedoed by
a German U-boat (U-50) on February 25, 1917; entered the mails
at New Orleans with 2c carmine tied by "Feb 23 1917"
postmark, British "Damaged by Sea Water" marking and
official sealed label applied by the London Returned Letter Branch,
two examples reported with printed matter rate
(reverse image here) |
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#636
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(ca.) 1917-1919, Trieste, 2c carmine tied to "printed matter" cover addressed to Austria by "Comitato Pro-Scalco / Presidente Wilson / Trieste" double oval nationalist committee propaganda cachet for a group supporting Italian claims to Trieste, unusual and rare |
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#637
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1917, Christiansted, St Croix, May 8, 1917 Christiansted cancel ties 1c carmine plus DWI 40bit to local use cover, transitional dual-franking during changeover from Danish to American rule in the Virgin Islands, very fine |
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#638
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1917, Paquebot handstamp on cover that entered the mails
with US stamps at Manila, P.I. and addressed to Shanghai, China, 2c
carmine and 1c green tied to 2c entire, "U.S. Postal Agency Recd
Shanghai, China Jul 14 1917" backstamp, forwarded to Hankow and with
their arrival backstamp, a rare use (reverse image here) |
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#639
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1918, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
picture post cared franked with 2c carmine to Caracas, Venezuela
routed via Puerto Rico and examined in transit by the French
Censorship Office, "Passed By Censor 502" (the only reported example
on mail from US Virgin Islands) (reverse image here) |
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#640
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1918, Christiansted US Virgin Islands registered
Oct 8, 1918 cover to Copenhagen, Denmark franked with pair 5c, 3c and 2c stamps,
"Opened By" Censor tape, examiner 1358, various registry origin and
transit backstamps, and Copenhagen arrival (reverse image here) |
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#641
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1918, [Used from Japan] 5c blue entered the mails at Tokyo with boxed handstamp indicating insufficient postage, "50 Ctms /T" UPS mark, 10c Postage due on arrival at Fort Wayne, Indiana |
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#642
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1918, Mixed Country Franking, January 1918 use likely from a US port or from Halifax, Nova
Scotia to West Chester, Pennsylvania, mixed franking (US 1c on
2c entire + GB 1d red) accepted, "Opened By Censor 1722" tape
closure at right, the "Harold Bindloss" (a English/Canadian novelist)
notation at left supports a Halifax origin, possibly transported on a
vessel of "Convoy HX-19"
(reverse image here) |
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#643
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1918, Advertising Cards, two fold out, four-up, cards used
with 1c green from Albany,
New York, wonderful Art Nouveau illustrations,
both with with similar advertising text from "Danker, Florist,"
heavy folds, minor splits, very fine illustrations
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#644
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1918, [Used from Japan] 5c blue tied by Japanese postmark
to cover used back to the U.S., purple Kobe, Japan "4.2.18"
postmark, cover opened irregularly at right
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#645
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1918, [Prisoner of War] 2c carmine tied to "United States Post
Card / Mail of Prisoner of War" imprinted card by Sep 12 1918
Hendersonville, NC, flag postmark with "Military Prison" test in the
flag, blue "Censored" handstamp, card written by an Austro-Hungarian
seaman (Demychuk, POW #1095) interned at War Prison Barracks, Fort
Oglethorpe, Georgia, very fine (reverse image here) |
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#646 |
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1918, Austria-Hungarian POW reply card, Cleveland Red Cross
prisoner mail exchange office to Hart bei Amstetten, Lower Austria POW
camp, 2c carmine tied by Cleveland Dec 14, 1918 postmark, fine
(reverse image here) |
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#647
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1918, (Great Britain to US), London Oct 15, 1918 postmark tying
1˝d stamp to censored cover to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 3c offset print
used to forward the cover to "US Fuel Administration, Oil Diversion"
at Oklahoma City (an important department in charge of diverting oil
supplies to the war effort, Very Fine (reverse image here) |
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#648
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1919, English R-34 Dirigible, First Flight, New York to England, manuscript "Please Send by The R-34" on cover that entered the mails with New York Grand Central Station at Jul 9 9AM postmark tying 3c purple offset stamp, Hempstead, NY Jul 9 1919 2 PM field postmark tying 3c offset stamp, London arrival "R 34 13 JY 19" datestamp, an important and rare non philatelic use, very fine |
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#649
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1919, Serbian-American patriotic envelope used to Erie, PA, 2c carmine tied ny Brier Hill Sta. Youngstown, Ohio Aug 27 1919 duplex postmark, caption translates "Serbian greetings from America," minor edge faults at top, fine, ex Siskin |
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#650
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1919, Paquebot Kingston Jamaica postmark tying 3c + 2c US stamps
to cover to Connecticut, regular Kingston Jamaica transit backstamp,
cover opening tear at top left, very fine use
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#651
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1919, Diplomatic Pouch to Stockholm, Sweden, two 3c purple
(#534) tied to cover to a member of the U.S. Legation by red double
oval cancel, "Postal Express Service Mar 24, 1919" double
circle backstamp, fine (reverse image here) |
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#652
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1920, U.S. Pos. Service Shanghai China May 28 1920 duplex
postmark tying two copies 2c carmine offset prints and single 1c to
cover to Turin, Italy, Shanghai Machine Company printed return
address, very fine (reverse image here) |
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#653
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1920, [U.S. used from Germany] 1c green tied to 1c
postal replay card (#UV1a) used to Philadelphia, Frankenhausen,
Germany May 5, 1920 postmarks, fine (reverse image here) |
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#654
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1921, [Air Plane Crash] cover from San Francisco (Jul 16 1921)
with "S.F. Calif July 16 1921 / Damaged in Air Plane
Fire" (while on the ground at Marina Air Field) handstamp,
2c carmine tied by smudge, recipient note on reverse to preserve the
envelope, cover addressee to New York City, scorch marks
(reverse image here) |
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#655
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1921, [Diplomatic Pouch Mail Denmark] 5c blue tied to
cover to Sundby, Denmark by Danish consular seal struck in dark blue,
1838 Connecticut Ave, Washington, D.C. imprinted flap, entered mails
with Copenhagen postmark, cover addressed to the wife of a Danish sea
captain, very fine
(reverse image here) |
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#656
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1921, [Air Plane Crash] "Mutilation due to fire which destroyed Air Mail plane at Elko, Nevada, August 6th, 1921" typed label on cover from San Francisco to Illinois, partial 2c carmine, cover and enclosed letter show extreme damage and with tape seals on edges |
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#657
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1921, San Juan, Puerto Rico registered use to Grabo, Sweden,
prepaid $1.11 postage with 1c Pilgrim and 8 different Washington -
Franklin issue stamps, oval cancels and San Juan Registered Mar 7 1921
datestamp and New York transit backstamps, 6c oxidized, colorful and
fine use (reverse image here) |
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#658
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1921, U.S. Pos. Service Shanghai China Apr 14 1921 duplex
postmark tying two copies 2c carmine offset prints and single 1c to
cover to Zandvoort, Holland, forwarded to Amsterdam and then to
Berlin, Germany, Dr. Fearn's Sanatorium, Shanghai printed return
address, various transit markings, top left corner of envelope damaged (reverse image here) |
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#659
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1922, (Air Plane Crash), "Delayed by forced landing Air Mail Plane - Porcupine Ridge, Utah, Dec 15, 1922, Recovered Dec. 27, 1922" handstamp on cover with 2c carmine used from Pasadena on December 13, 1922, pilot Jack Knight was forced down in deep snow, very fine |
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#660
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1922, [American Relief Administration] Minsk, Russia (Belarus)
- United States famine relief postcard with usual heavy
fold in center, used to New York where it, entered the mails on May
20, 1922 with 2c carmine, originally franked with superfluous Russian
5000r overprint, carried by courier or diplomatic pouch, rare use from
Minsk (reverse image here) |
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#661
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1922, [American Relief Administration] Minsk, Russia (Belarus)
- United States famine relief postcard with usual heavy
fold in center, used to New York where it, entered the mails on May
26, 1922 with 2c carmine, originally franked with superfluous Russian
5000r overprint, carried by courier or diplomatic pouch, rare use from
Minsk (reverse image here) |
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#662
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1922, US Pos. Service Shanghai China June 9, 1922 duplex postmark
tying 2c carmine to cover to Ohio, attractive flower print, very fine (reverse image here) |
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#663
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1922, Belgium, 5c Green, three copies tied to view card of Brugge,
Belgium used to Cohasset, MA, "New York Due 6 Cents" handstamp and 6c
orange, oxidized, used as postage due tied by faint postmark of
Cohasset, (reverse image here) |
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#664
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1922, Italy 40c tied to view card of Genoa by September 19,
1922 Genova postmark, "New York Due 6 Cents" handstamp and 6c orange
used as postage due tied by Ellenville, New York postmark, fine (reverse image here) |
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#665
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1923,
(Air Plane Crash), “Damaged-in-Airplane Accident – Cochranton, Pa. – Feb 26 1923”
handstamp on corner card cover with 2c carmine used from New York on
February 25, 1923, to Los Angeles, it has been reported that there are
30-40 known examples
(reverse image here) |
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#666
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1923, Alaska to Switzerland
registered cover from Anchorage to Davos, prepaid 15c rate with three
color franking, boxed cancels, purple Anchorage May 12 1923
backstamps, New York transits and Davos Platz arrival backstamp, very
fine (reverse image here) |
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#667
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1923, USS Delaware with Denmark in bars postmark tying 3
copies of 1c plus single 2c 1925 issue to a well traveled cover from
Denmark in pursuit of addressee via Great Britain, Gibraltar, Great
Britain and finally to New York, various transit marking including red
"Insufficient Address, 131," fine
(reverse image here) |
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#668
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1923, [US entered mails in Asnieres, France] 2c carmine offset print pair tied with 1c green to cover back to the United States, Asnieres, Seine 8 May 1923 postmarks, very fine |
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#669
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1924, 1c surcharged postal card (#UX33) used from Germany with
additional 1c green tied by "Collditz January 11,1924"
postmark, fine (reverse image here) |
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#670
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1925, S.S. Lenape, Clyde S.S. Company corner card cover posted onboard the S.S. Lenape, 5c blue tied with steamship handstamp and "Jacksonville, Fl Sta.A January 26, 1925" postmark, carried onward to New York by the same steamship due to flooding in Georgia, very fine interesting use |
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#671
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1928, (Guatemala) 2c carmine coil (#606) tied to cover to San Francisco by "Correos Internacionales Guatemala" 9 October, 1928 postmark, an unusual use, very fine |
Richard Frajola (Dec 15, 2025)
