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Great Britain. Dated 1886/08/24. Norwich, England duplex ties Scott 104 on double weight mourning cover to Ohio. Black "DEFICIENCY IN DIRECTION SUPPLIED NEW YORK" hand stamp below cds. Reverse with red 25 Aug. London transit, indistinct duplex & New York Sep. 5 "Paid All" hand stamp. Content is personal letter on mourning paper mentioning death of mother.
Cover #83565 | Price: $275.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1912/07/26. Partial Throgmorton ovals tie Scott 134 & 148 on H&G 36b registered entire to Germany with blue on white registry label and framed "LATE FEE 2d" hand stamp. Two correct payments possible. (1). Postage 6p, registry 2p, return receipt 2 1/2p. (2). 2 1/2p letter rate, 2p registration, 6p late fee charged at Throgmorton for night mail after 6:55 PM. Reverse with 27 July Duisburg receiving cds.
Cover #85130 | Price: $75.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1918/02/07. London machine ties Scott #163 on single rate letter to Russia with censor tape & framed "SERVICE SUSPENDED" (Russian revolution).
Cover #83541 | Price: $150.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1945/01/06. Dover machine ties Scott 243 on air letter sheet to a British FPO in France with forwarding to a British FPO in Italy. Numerous manuscript and hand stamp markings. At left is a partial Post Office seal in English and French.
Cover #85131 | Price: $125.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1954/12/23. London 1/3p meter on air mail cover to Minnesota with violet boxed "SALVAGED MAIL AIRCRAFT CRASH PRESTWICK 25-12-54".
Cover #83525 | Price: $40.00
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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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Connecticut
United States. CT. Whitneyville, CT. New Haven Co. Dated 1954/06/07. Duplex cancel ties 1c (#804) & 9c (#814) on 5c entire (#UC14) air letter to London. After attempts to deliver by two hotels and the postal service the letter was returned to the sender.
Cover #91827 | Price: $20.00
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Florida
United States. FL. Sarasota, FL. Sarasota Co. Dated 1965/04/07. Slogan cancel ties 4c Lincoln (#1036) on underpaid 7c surface rate post card to England. New York and British postage due markings.
Cover #95743 | Price: $10.00
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Indiana
United States. IN. Fort Wayne, IN. Allen Co. Dated 1939/12/06. Machine cancel ties 3c (#858) on cover to England with illus. "Hotel Anthony." New York opera glass "T centimes 20" & "postage due (2) cents" + GB 2d postage due hand stamp. Reverse with illus. hotels & text ads. Also on reverse are "Victoria Docks" & "London" cds.
Cover #91189 | Price: $25.00
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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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Michigan
United States. MI. Detroit, MI. Wayne Co. Dated 1956/02/22. Machine cancel ties 2c (#1033) on post card to England. Short paid by 2c, British postage due 12 centimes.
Cover #95641 | Price: $10.00
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Missouri
United States. MO. Saint Louis, MO. St. Louis Co. Dated 1939/10/10. Duplex cancel ties 3c (#856), 1/2c (#803) & 1 1/2c (#805) on cover to Scotland with Peterhead receiving cds. Violet boxed "undelivereable for reason ..return to sender" hand stamp.
Cover #91184 | Price: $15.00
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Missouri
United States. MO. St. Louis, MO. St. Louis Co. Dated 1926/08/24. Machine cancel on 2c entire (#U522 with central vertical fold) to the S.S. Caronia in Southampton, England. Blue "Arrived Too Late", violet "return to sender/vessel sailed", & purple "return to sender" hand stamps. Ms "sailing Sept. 4". Reverse with 9 Sept. Southampton cds .
Cover #91471 | Price: $25.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1873/06/14. VF strike of NYFM (Weiss ST-8P10) fancy cancel ties Scott 150 on cover to Paris, France. Ms "Per Steamer Oceanic" at top. Red "NEW YORK PAID 6 (credit to GB) JUN 14" cds & "TOO LATE" hand stamp. Red 25 June London PAID, "PD" in oval & black 26 June French receiving cds. Reverse with partial 26 Jun Paris receiving cds. The cover missed the Oceanic and was probably placed on the North German Lloyd Line steamer Hermann from New York 14 June to Southampton 25 June. An alternate sailing possibility was on the Cunard steam Abyssinia from New York 14 June to Liverpool 24 June.
Cover #84800 | Price: $350.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. Dated 1935/07/24. CDS tie 5c (#744) & two 10c (#749) to pay 25c rate on S.S. Bremen catapult cover (open three sides) to Southampton. Flight cachet at lower left. Black boxed "not called for" hand stamp. On reverse are 31 July & 19 August Southampton cds. At top left is illus. corner card for the "National Metals Corp.".
Cover #90639 | Price: $40.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1937/07/13. Double oval cancels tie U.S. 15c (#696 & 5c (#789) on registered cover (vertical fold away from stamps, edge tear, other faults) to Liverpool then redirected to Ireland. The 15c pay postage & registry fee. GB found the item to be overweight and charged an additional 3d GB due (U.S. 6c). The due paid by four GB J9 & a J10, all tied on reverse by Newry County cds.
Cover #90158 | Price: $30.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York Varick Street Station, NY. New York Co. (open 1921/1939). Dated 1925/09/18. Double ovals tie Scott 551 (on reverse, used as a seal) 565, 617 & C4 on registered cover to Germany. 23 1/2c overpays the correct rate of 5c surface, 10c registry & 6c air post from London to Germany. Typed routing instructions at left. Reverse with air routing (in German) hand stamp, Sept. 18 Varick Street. oval (on stamp), two Sept. 18 Varick Street Sta. registered cds, three 18 Sept. New York Foreign ovals, 23(?) Sept. London registered hand stamp, 26 Sept. Berlin cds & 27 Sept. Leipzig cds.
Cover #84005 | Price: $125.00
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New York
United States. NY. Ray Brook, NY. Essex Co. Dated 1969/07/23. Machine cancel ties three 6c Roosevelt booklet singles (#1284b) on underpaid cover to England. 3p Numeral due stamp tied by Sutton cds to pay amount due.
Cover #92383 | Price: $10.00
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Pennsylvania
United States. PA. Philadelphia Germantown Station, PA. Philadelphia Co. Dated 1917/02/27. Machine cancel on cover to England with "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER" hand stamp. On reverse with a British parcel post label used an official seal. Mail for the S.S. Norwegian destroyed by an explosion on 13 March 1917.
Cover #85510 | Price: $375.00
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