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First Bureau Issue


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Dollar Value Covers

276A - Type II
Stamp with selvage (showing a portion of imprint and plate no.) tied to small registered cover with Gessu, LA 1896 CDS. This is quite possibly the only plate number single known on cover. A marvelous cover. Ex-"Whitpain" (PH54-20) $3,000.00 Sold

276 – Type I pair
Pair tied to small local cover by Baltimore, MD oval registered cancel. Also includes purple Baltimore registry division 1900 CDS. This is quite possibly the only multiple known on cover. Ex-"Whitpain" (PH54-21) $3,000.00 Sold

276+273
Stamps tied by New York 1897 duplex cancels. Oversized cover from the N.Y. Hudson & Central River R.R. Co. going to London, England. Endorsed “Clippings” at lower left, Savoy Hotel receiving handstamp, a couple of edge faults along top edge. Ex-Chrysler & "Whitpain"(PH54-22) $3,750.00

276A+272
Stamps tied by 1897 New York oval registered cancel. Oversized cover going to Budapest, Hungary. Receiving stamp on the back, some edge wear, and a crease does affect the 8c stamp. A beautiful two stamp franking. Ex-"Whitpain" (PH54-23) $3,500.00

 

First Bureau  – Domestic Usages

267
Type III paying the first class rate with Washington, DC Collection Wagon, Feb, 27, 1897 – Wagon #1, Trip 4 cancel. Ex-Wilson (PH49-03) $75.00

 

First Bureau – Foreign Destinations

272 to Canada
8c in postage to Canada from Newbery, PA in 1896. Ex-Wilson $50.00

3c (x2) on turned wrapper
Paying the six times UPU circular rate to India. Wrapper turned and reused with a pair of ½ Anna in blue paying a two times rate to Fort Wayne, IN.  A fabulous item. Ex-Wilson $975.00

281 to Paris forwarded to Germany
Paying 5c UPU rate to Paris, France. French stamp affixed to forward the letter to Dresden, Germany. Ex-Wilson $125.00

272 +2c Entire to Guatemala
Paying double the UPU rate to Guatemala, Central America. Ex-Wilson $150.00

271 to Holland
Paying six times the UPU printed matter rate to Holland. Small nick at the right. Ex-Wilson $150.00

281+294 to Ireland
Paying seven times the UPU rate to Belfast, Ireland. Belfast receiving mark on back, back flap missing. Ex-Wilson $125.00

Wells Fargo Express from Mexico
5 centavo pre-printed (paying UPU rate) + Wells Fargo entire (paying 10c express fee) to San Francisco. 265 (type I) applied and paying the domestic postage. Roughly opened along the top. Ex-Wilson $750.00 

3c+2c Entire to Siberia
Paying the UPU rate to Vladivostok, Siberia via Japan. Japanese forwarding mark on the back. Great destination! Ex-Wilson $195.00

268+274 to Sweden
Paying the registry fee (8c) + five times the UPU rate to Stockholm, Sweden. Receiving mark on back. Ex-Wilson $350.00

3c+2c Entire to Germany forwarded to Switzerland
Single rate UPU postage plus German postage applied for forwarding. Bonn and Geneva receiving marks on back. Ex-Wilson $200.00 

2c Private Mailing Card to England forwarded to Switzerland
One penny GB stamp added for forwarding to Lucerne, Switzerland. Sent from York, ME, lighthouse on face. Ex-Wilson $80.00

270+274+275 used to Paris
Stamps tied by 1898 NY duplex cancel and paying 14 times the UPU rate to Paris, France Receiving mark on the front. Large blue linen lined security envelope. Ex-Wilson $500.00


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