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Cuba. Dated 1929/10/03. Machine cancel a Havana ovals tie Cuba 5c (#C1) & ten cents U.S. postage on air mail special delivery cover to New Jersey. 5c airmail paid by Cuba stamp, 10c special delivery paid by U.S. stamps. Jersey City Oct. 5th 10AM cds on reverse. Letter on Ward Line stationery gives reason for needing rapid postal service.
Cover #90167 | Price: $75.00
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United States. Dated 1929/02/22. Posted at sea, an octagon "Le Havre A New York" date stamp ties 5c (#650) on cover to Tunisia.
Cover #90444 | Price: $60.00
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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. Las Gatos, CA. Santa Clara Co. (open 1864/+). Dated 1929/04/13. Machine cancel ties 5c (#650) on 5c entire to Belgium. 5c airmail to New York, 5c surface to Belgium. No postal markings on reverse.
Cover #90362 | Price: $20.00
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California
United States. CA. Los Angeles, CA. Los Angeles Co. (open 1850+). Dated 1929/01/31. Machine cancel ties 2c (#649) on cover to the Bahamas forwarded to PA. Nassau cds at left.
Cover #90186 | Price: $20.00
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California
United States. CA. Pasadena, CA. Los Angeles Co. Dated 1929/06/12. Duplex and machine cancels tie 6c (#650) on surface cover to Iraq.
Cover #91018 | Price: $15.00
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California
United States. CA. San Francisco, CA. San Francisco Co. (open 1849+). Dated 1929/03/29. Machine cancel ties 1c (#632) & a pair of 2c (#649) on cover to Dominica with violet "Insufficiently Prepaid Air Mail Service" hand stamp. "Via Airmail" crossed out. 11 PM & 11:30 PM San Francisco cds, arrived Santiago Apr. 9th (b/s), may have been sent surface mail.
Cover #90206 | Price: $45.00
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Colorado
United States. CO. Denver, CO. Arapahoe Co. (open 1866+). Dated 1929/07/27. Duplex cancels tie 20c (#567) & three 5c (#650) on 7x rate air mail cover to Detroit. The 11"x9" cover is intact, the scan is cropped at bottom and right.
Cover #90215 | Price: $35.00
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Connecticut
United States. CT. Ansonia, CT. New Haven Co. (open 1849+). Dated 192812/21. Oval handstamps tie 2c blk4 (#649) & three 5c (#650) on registered cover to Maine. 8c 4x rate postage + 15c registry.
Cover #90173 | Price: $25.00
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Connecticut
United States. CT. Kensington, CT. Hartford Co. Dated 1929/03/2?. Duplex cancel ties 2c (#649) on treaty rate cover (opening tear) to England.
Cover #90201 | Price: $10.00
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Dist Of Columbia
United States. DC. Washington, DC. District of Columbia Co. Dated 1928/12/14. Green machine ties 5c (#650) on cover with autograph of Postmaster Harry S. New on air mail cover to Indiana.
Cover #90445 | Price: $15.00
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Dist Of Columbia
United States. DC. Washington, DC. District of Columbia Co. (open 1791+). Dated 1929/07/2?. Duplex cancels tie two 5c Aeronautics (#650) on air mail cover to Haiti with 29 Sept. Port-Au Prince cds on reverse.
Cover #90196 | Price: $35.00
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Dist Of Columbia
United States. DC. Washington, DC. District of Columbia Co. (open 1791+). Dated 1929/12/12. Green machine slogan cancel ties 2c (#649) on short paid first day cover to China.
Cover #90200 | Price: $25.00
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Dist Of Columbia
United States. DC. Washington, DC. District of Columbia Co. (open 1791+). Dated 1929/12/12. Machine slogan cancel ties 5c (#650) on first day cover to Italy.
Cover #90202 | Price: $25.00
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Georgia
United States. GA. Fort Benning, GA. Chattahoochee Co. Dated 1929/01/24. Double circle cds ties 5c (#650) blk4 on registered air mail cover. 5c postage + 15c registry fee.
Cover #90172 | Price: $25.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1929/01/25. Double oval cancels tie four 5c (#650) on registered cover to Austria. Cover open three sides for display. 5c postage + 15c registry fee. Reverse with Chicago, New York & Austria registry cancels. Arrived in Austria Feb 11th.
Cover #90187 | Price: $40.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1929/04/03. Machine cancel ties 2c (#649) on short paid post card to Denmark. Blue crayon "10" centimes due. Tied 10o Numeral pays the due.
Cover #90208 | Price: $30.00
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Indiana
United States. IN. Elkhart, IN. Elkhart Co. Dated 1929/0614. Machine cancel and purple bars tie pair of 5c (#650) on airmail cover to British East Africa..
Cover #90198 | Price: $45.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Brookline, MA. Norfolk Co. (open 1829-1893). Dated 1929/0910. Double oval cancels tie 19c postage (#634, #642, #650) on registered letter. 2c postage, 15c registry fee, 2c return receipt fee.
Cover #90175 | Price: $20.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Cambridge, MA. Middlesex Co. (open 1802/+). Dated 1929(?)/07/. Machine cancel ties 2c (#649) on souvenir folder of Boston (small faults) There are 18 views in the folder.
Cover #90178 | Price: $20.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Springfield, MA. Hampden Co. (open 1773+). Dated 1929/06/22. Machine cancel ties 2c bisect (#649) on local rate cover.
Cover #90360 | Price: $50.00
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Michigan
United States. MI. Bloomfield Hills, Dated 1929/08/29. CDS ties 4c (#636) & 5c (#650) on cover (opening tears) to Italy (Rome back stamp).
Cover #90191 | Price: $20.00
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Minnesota
United States. MN. Minneapolis, MN. Hennepin Co. (open 1854+). Dated 1930/05/12. Double oval cancels tie 17c in postage on registered cover to Paraguay. 2c treaty rate postage + 15c registry fee. Reverse with Minneapolis, New York & Paraguay registry cds. Arrived in Paraguay June 9th.
Cover #90185 | Price: $60.00
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New Jersey
United States. NJ. East Orange, NJ. Essex Co. (open 1869+). Dated 193?/. Double oval ties 2c (#649) on 2x printed matter rate cover to Czechoslovakia. The rate was 1c per each 2 oz. Mailed prior to April 1st, 1932 when the rate changed to 1 1/2c.
Cover #90214 | Price: $35.00
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New York
United States. NY. Elmira, NY. Chemung Co. (open 1836+). Dated 1929/01/07. Double oval cancels tie twelve 2c (#649) and a 1c (#575) on a registered cover to Switzerland. 5c U.S. to Europe, 15c registry fee & 5c air in Europe. This may be the largest known multiple of this stamp on cover.
Cover #90183 | Price: $60.00
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New York
United States. NY. Elmira, NY. Chemung Co. (open 1836+). Dated 1929/01/07. Double oval cancels tie 2c (#649) pair & 5c (#650) blk4 on registered cover to England. 4c treaty rate postage, 15c registry fee & 5c return receipt fee.
Cover #90184 | Price: $60.00
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New York
United States. NY. Mineola, NY. Nassau Co. Dated 1931/09/23. Machine and duplex cancels tie 3c Lincoln & 2c plt. #19710 single (#649) on air mail cover with pasted-on newspaper photo. Commemorates the first of the daily air mail flights made in 1911. Signed by Earl L. Ovington, the first official airmail pilot. Reverse with pasted on newspaper photo.
Cover #90171 | Price: $75.00
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New York
United States. NY. Mount McGregor, NY. Saratoga Co. Dated 1930/03/28. Duplex cancel ties 5c (#650) on cover to South Australia. No postal markings on reverse.
Cover #90361 | Price: $20.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1929/01/26. "U.S. Ger Sea Post S.S. Albert Ballin duplex cancel ties 5c (#650) used to pay supplementary mail fee on 1c postal card to Germany.
Cover #90179 | Price: $150.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1929/06/29. Machine cancel (6/29) ties 2c (#634) on cover to Long Island but later re-posted from Watertown, CT. (7/2) using a 5c (#650) as postage. 7/1 Glen Cove cds & Jerusalem 7/22 cds on reverse.
Cover #90204 | Price: $40.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1929/08/06. Duplex cancels tie 50c (#570) & 2c (#649) on 1c postal card with Zeppelin first flight cachet.
Cover #90211 | Price: $50.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York Hudson Terminal Station, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1929/01/08. Duplex cancels tie four 2c (649) on double weight (5c+3c) cover to Switzerland.
Cover #90114 | Price: $20.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York Varick Street Station, NY. New York Co. (open 1921/1939). Dated 1929/07/2?. Slogan cancel ties blk4 Aeronautics (#650) on Bremen catapult cover. Aug. 1st Bremerhaven receiving cds on reverse.
Cover #90195 | Price: $50.00
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New York
United States. NY. Richmond Hill, NY. Queens Co. Dated 1929/08/. Duplex cancels tie two 5c (#637), single 5c (#650) and $1 (#571) on Graf Zeppelin flight cover to Germany. The cover with tape sealed opening tears.
Cover #90192 | Price: $40.00
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New York
United States. NY. Syracuse, NY. Onondaga Co. (open 1820+). Dated 1929/01/29. Double oval cancels tie 3c (#635) & blk4 of 5c (#650) on registered air mail cover to Switzerland. 5c surface in U.S. 15c registry fee, 3c air surcharge to Switzerland. Back with four different postmarks, letter delivered to Switzerland April 11th.
Cover #90182 | Price: $40.00
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New York
United States. NY. Westport, NY. Essex Co. (open 1816/+). Dated 1932/07/06. Machine cancel ties two 2c (#649) & a 1c on air mail cover to Iowa. 3c numeral precancel (#J82) used to make up the first day of the 8c rate.
Cover #90166 | Price: $60.00
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Ohio
United States. OH. Cleveland, OH. Cuyahoga Co. (open 1805+). Dated 1928/12/31. Duplex cancels tie 2c (#649) & a pair of 5c (#650) on special delivery cover to Harrisburg, PA (Jan 1st back stamp).
Cover #90170 | Price: $15.00
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Ohio
United States. OH. Cleveland, OH. Cuyahoga Co. (open 1805+). Dated 1930/03/29. U.S. GER SEA POST S.S. EUROPA duplex cancels tie two 5c (#650) & a 10c plt # single (#C10) on surface and airmail cover to Germany. This was the first trip return for the catapult fitted Europa. Red catapult cachet.
Cover #90116 | Price: $50.00
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Ohio
United States. OH. Toledo, OH. Lucas Co. (open 1836+). Dated 1929/02/09. Duplex cancels tie 2c (#649) on 1c postal card to Germany.
Cover #90181 | Price: $20.00
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Ohio
United States. OH. Toledo, OH. Lucas Co. (open 1836+). Dated 1930/06/12. Machine cancel ties 2c (#649) on clock advertising post card to Germany.
Cover #90209 | Price: $20.00
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Oregon
United States. OR. Portland, OR. Multnomah Co. (open 1849+). Dated 1929/01/0. Machine, double ovals & manuscript cancels tie five 2c (#649), five 5c (#650) and a 3c (#635) on registered cover (edge faults) to Germany. 38c pays 23c (7x rate) postage + 15c registry fee. Reverse with Portland, New York & Gluckstadt cds. The cover is intact, the scan is cropped at left.
Cover #90212 | Price: $35.00
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Oregon
United States. OR. Portland, OR. Multnomah Co. (open 1849+). Dated 1929/03/22. Duplex cancels tie 2c & 5c (#649-650) + 1c on a 5c air/surface entire to Switzerland. 5c air, 8c surface.
Cover #90113 | Price: $25.00
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Pennsylvania
United States. PA. Elwood City, PA. Lawrence Co. (open 1890+). Dated 1929/02/12. Target cancels on 15c (#566) & 5c (#650) on registered surface rate cover to Yugoslavia..
Cover #90189 | Price: $25.00
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Pennsylvania
United States. PA. Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1929/05/06. CDs tie 2c (#649), 20c (#C9) & 5c (#C11) on airmail cover to Panama with May 13th Colon double oval on reverse.
Cover #90197 | Price: $25.00
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Pennsylvania
United States. PA. Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1933/09/26. Machine cancel ties 5c (#650) on cover to Borneo with a series of postmarks chasing the addressee..
Cover #90205 | Price: $60.00
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Pennsylvania
United States. PA. Reading, PA. Berks Co. (open 1778+). Dated 1929/07/26. Machine cancel ties 5c (#650 with crease) on surface rate cover to Germany redirected to France, then returned as unclaimed. Red "retour a l'envoyeur" & black boxed "nonreclame".
Cover #90199 | Price: $35.00
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United States. Shanghai, Dated 1929/02/12. 3-bar cds ties 2c (#649) on cover from the U.S. Navy Purchasing Office in Shanghai China.
Cover #90176 | Price: $45.00
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Texas
United States. TX. Seguin, TX. Guadalupe Co. Dated 1929/04/01. Hand stamp cancels tie 76c in postage on registered air mail special delivery cover to Germany. By air to New York, surface to Kassel, Germany. 15c registry, 20c special delivery & 41c (13x) postage. Reverse with Seguin, Atlanta, New York and Kassel postmarks.
Cover #90213 | Price: $35.00
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Virginia
United States. VA. Covington, VA. Alleghany Co. Dated 1929/01/27. Duplex cancels tie six 2c (#649) on special delivery cover to Lynchburg, VA. (Jan 28th back stamp).
Cover #90169 | Price: $15.00
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Vermont
United States. VT. Proctorsville, VT. Windsor Co. (open 1821+). Dated 1930/01/30. 4-bar cds ties 5c (#650) on redirected cover to India with seven postmarks on reverse.
Cover #90203 | Price: $20.00
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Washington
United States. WA. Tacoma, WA. Pierce Co. (open 1869+). Dated 1929/02/25. Double oval cancels tie 15c (#566), 2c (#649) & 5c (#650) blk4 on registered cover to England. 17c U.S. postage to New York, 15c registry fee, 5c surface rate to England. Reverse with Tacoma, New York & Tunbridge Wells postmarks.
Cover #90188 | Price: $30.00
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