Sale 35: The Autumn Sale

Lot 2084 S   

Postal Card, 1894, 1¢ black on buff, Overprinted "Universal Postal Congress". Mint card with overprint, faint trace of wrinkle at top left, still Very Fine. UPSS No. S14 Sp1 $500.
Scott No. UX12S    $750.

Realized: $300

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Lot 2085 /o   

Postal Card, 1897, 2¢ blue on cream. A nice lot of 13 2¢ Blue large size overseas postal cards with 1 mint and 12 used addressed to France (2), Newfoundland (2, 1 creased), Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain (2), Netherlands (2), and 1 locally in 1897, F.-V.F (no photo).
Scott No. UX13    $1,245.

Realized: $450

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Lot 2086    

Postal Card, 1897, 2¢ blue on cream. A lovely used card to Turks Island from New York with Turks Island arrival postmark on face, used in 1898, Very Fine, a very rare destination.
Scott No. UX13    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $220

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Lot 2087    

Postal Card, 1897, 1¢ black on buff, Forgery. Mint example with clean face and printed back with ad from school supplies house, typical poor printing quality and no serif at bottom of second "T" in "STATES", tiny trace of corner wear, Very Fine, a scarce forgery mentioned and discussed in a UPSS catalog footnote; with 1997 U.P.S.S. cert. UPSS No. S17 var.
Scott No. UX14 var.    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $725

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Lot 2088    

Postal Card, 1897, 1¢ black on buff, Used in China. Cancelled with "Mil. Postal Sta No1/China/Dec. 6, 1900" cds additional franked with stamps of German Offices in China, Japanese Offices in China, India-China Expeditionary Force, Russia, China and France all cancelled with the "Tientsin" cancel of the nations stamps, addressed to France with a message though certainly prepared by a collector, Very Fine, a very scarce item.
Scott No. UX14    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $425

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Lot 2089    

Postal Card, 1897, 1¢ black on buff. Postmarked with "Milwaukee, Wis./Jul. 5, '98" duplex cancel, front with lovely multi-color advertising of Pabst Brewing Co. from Carnival Week, June 27 to July 3, 1898, all over aging, Very Fine (no photo).
Scott No. UX14    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $230

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Lot 2090    

Postal Card, 1897, 1¢ black on buff, Double Impression, One Inverted. A lovely mint example of this important postal card error rarity, each impression strong and full, fresh and clean, light diagonal wrinkle & tiny edge tear, F.-V.F., only 5 recorded in U.P.S.S. UPSS No. S17b.
Scott No. UX14a    $10,000.

Realized: $5,500

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