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Great Britain. Dated 1879/12/15. Croydon "93" duplex tie single and pair of Scott #33 (plate 219!) on cover (faults) to Boston. The double weight cover (ms 2 at upper left) was underpaid by 2 pence (4 cents) which was doubled to 8c due with penalty. Black postage due "T" and pencil "8". Reverse with partial 28 Dec. Boston receiving cds, 29 Dec Boston Carriers Div cds, & Scott J3 & J4 tied by red cancels.
Cover #83555 | Price: $350.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1927/07/27. Plymouth Devon PAQUEBOT hand-stamp (Hosking 103 partially under postage dues) ties Scott 189 on cover to Vienna re-directed to Senmering. The 1 1/2 pence stamp underpaid the correct 2 1/2 pence letter rate. There is a colored pencil "T" underneath the due stamps, with a red crayon "32" at top. July 31 Senmering cds tie 12 & 20g (Scott J140 & J145) to pay postage due & penalty. There are no markings on the reverse.
Cover #83556 | Price: $55.00
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Ireland. Dated 1914/03/30. Belfast machine ties GB Scott 160 on short paid cover to Portugal. "T" in frame denotes postage due. Upgraded from printed matter rate to letter rate, the cover was 2p (20 centimes) due + 20 centimes penalty for 40 centimes due in Portugal. Postage due paid by Portugal 20 reis Scott J16 tied by 3 April Lisbon double oval hand stamp.
Cover #85127 | Price: $90.00
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United States. Dated 1930/04/09. Pago Pago Samoa cds ties Australia 3d (#C1), U.S. 2c (#627) & 5c (#650) on cover to London forwarded to New York. Violet "RETURN TO SENDER/Unknown" hand stamp. Reverse with Samoa cds & pencil "Not Known Strand West." 3p pays Australian domestic air mail rate, 2c pays treaty rate to London, 5c pays UPU rate to New York.
Cover #90117 | Price: $90.00
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California
United States. CA. Los Angeles Arcade Station, CA. Los Angeles Co. Dated 1934/05/14. Duplex cancel ties 3c Mother's Day (#237) on cover to England. Underpaid by 2c; Odiham cds ties two Numerals to pay postage due.
Cover #92212 | Price: $15.00
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California
United States. CA. San Francisco, CA. San Francisco Co. (open 1849+). Dated 1940/08/02. Camborn-Redouth cds ties GB 2 1/2p (#239) on special delivery cover to San Francisco. New York cds ties 3c (#792), 4c (#793) & 3c (#894). The U.S. stamps applied in GB but not cancelled until received in New York. Received in NY on Jul 30th & received in San Francisco Aug 2nd (back stamp).
Cover #90153 | Price: $35.00
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Dist Of Columbia
United States. DC. Washington, DC. District of Columbia Co. Dated 1945/03/05. Wimbledon machine cancels tie 1 12/d (#262) on cover to Virginia redirected to Pennsylvania. 3c (#927) pays redirection fee.
Cover #91311 | Price: $15.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Boston, MA. Suffolk Co. (open 1639+). Dated 1950/09/25. 25 Sept. Boston, MA. machine ties 2c (#806) on 3c entire paying surface rate postage. Cape Town 30 Oct. cds ties 1d bilingual ship pair to pay additional postage due. In addition there are 24 Nov & 28 Dec. London cds. Several crayon and pencil hand markings plus two strikes of a violet "undelivered for reason stated/return to sender" hand stamp. The reverse without any markings.
Cover #91329 | Price: $60.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Winchester, MA. Middlesex Co. (open 1850+). Dated 1891/02/23. London squared circle hand stamp ties Scott #114 on short paid cover to Winchester, MA. Black "T/25/L" & Mar 4 New York DUE 10 CENTS opera glass hand stamp. Cork cancels tie ten J15 (stp5, stp4 & single) on reverse of cover partly over Mar 5 Winchester, Mass rec'd cds. Postage due 5c + 5c penalty.
Cover #83918 | Price: $150.00
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New Jersey
United States. NJ. Summit, NJ. Union Co. Dated 1942/12/13. Machine cancel ties 3c (#905) on short paid cover to England. U.S. & British due markings and cds tie 2p postage due to pay deficiency.
Cover #91150 | Price: $15.00
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New York
United States. NY. Brooklyn New Lots Station, NY. Kings Co. Dated 1933/03/04. Duplex cancels tie 1 1/2c (#706) & 2c (#707) on 1 1/2c (#U524) entire (margin tears) to England. 1p King tied by Paddington cds to pay forwarding fee.
Cover #94477 | Price: $40.00
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New York
United States. NY. Ithaca, NY. Tompkins Co. (open 1817+). Dated 1913/07/19. Machine cancel ties Scott #406 on cover to England forwarded to Norway. 2c stamp pays the 1/2 ounce letter rate to England, 1 1/2d British stamp (Scott 161) tied by 1 Aug. London machine cancel pays the forwarding fee. No penalty involved as the proper rate was paid to England, the 1 1/2c paid only the forwarding fee. Reverse with 28 July London receiving cancel, two 4 Aug. Bergen receiving cancels & a violet "BROWN, SHIPLEY & CO." forwarders hand stamp.
Cover #83667 | Price: $100.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1860/. Red cds & black grids tie 1s pair (#36) on cover to England forwarded to France. "Brown, Shipley & Co./Liverpool" hs at ul. Liverpool cds & "466" duplex ties pair of 4p Victoria (#26). "19" is credit to Great Britain (3c inland + 16c sea). The 8p pays forwarding postage. Carried by Cunard "Canada".
Cover #82759 | Price: $3,250.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. Dated 1879/03/22. VF duplex ties vf 10c (#188) on fls (toning, ink erosion hole in address area) from Liverpool, England forwarded to Mexico. Purple octagon double outer line oval "M. ECHEVERRIA & CO./NEW YORK/MAR 22 1879" forwarder h/s.
Cover #1223 | Price: $110.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1883/10/20. Mount Pleasant cds (state indistinct) & circular grid cancel tie #207 on cover to London with forwarding to Switzerland. Short paid by 2c. Markings on front and reverse include 20 Sept. New York transit, New York opera glass T Centimes, Oct 10 London cds, Oct 10 London squared circle hand stamp, London cds over the stamp, London "T" hand stamp, blue London "20" corrected to "30" centimes due for 10c due & 10c forwarding, "2d" handstamp, Oct. 11 Zurich receiving cds, & two Oct. 12 cds on Scott J18 & J19.
Cover #84813 | Price: $250.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1954/02/20. Halifax, Yorkshire machine on 6p air letter sheet. 23 Feb New York cds ties 6c (#C39) to pay forwarding postage to Puerto Rico.
Cover #90506 | Price: $50.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York Wall Street Station, NY. New York Co. Dated 1932/08/25. Double ovals tie 1c (#705) & 5c (#710) on merchandise sample shipping tag. GB postage due (#J2) used to pay customs duty.
Cover #94262 | Price: $175.00
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New York
United States. NY. Rosebank, NY. Richmond Co. (open 1886/+). Dated 1903/09/15. Duplex "1" ties Scott 304 on cover (edge tears) to London, England forwarded back to Rosebank, NY. 2 Oct. London cds ties 2 1/2d stamp to pay the return postage. Reverse with outgoing 15 Sept. New York For. Branch cds, 24 Sept. London receiving cds, ?? New York incoming PAID ALL cds, ? Oct. Cleveland, Ohio (??) cds & 12 Oct. Rosebank rec'd cds. Less than one month total transit.
Cover #83781 | Price: $125.00
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Virginia
United States. VA. Charlottesville, VA. Albemarle Co. Dated 1858/06/. Blue cds ties ties 12c pair (#36) on cover to England forwarded to Paris. Forwarding postage paid by GB 2p (#17) & 6p (#27). 1987 PF Cert. #174960 states "they are genuinely used on cover with small repairs.".
Cover #93565 | Price: $325.00
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New York
United States. WA.Tacoma, WA. Pierce Co. (open 1869/+). Dated 1910/06/. Machine cancel ties 2c (#273) on treaty rate cover to forwarding agent Brown, Shipley & Co. in London. Tied GB 1 1/2p (#129) pays postage to France.
Cover #90269 | Price: $85.00
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