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Canal Zone. Dated 1937/12/08. Balboa Heights machine ties 3c (#115) on cover with Post Office Seal (#OX3) applied over sealing tape. The seal tied by light margin toning.
Cover #100608 | Price: $125.00
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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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Philippines. Dated 1959/05/14. Manila AIR MAIL 5-bar cds ties Scott C79 on airmail cover to Taiwan. Blue on white Post Office Seal is tied by "RECEIVED IN BAD ORDER" hand stamp. On reverse are red transit hand stamps & black Taipei receiving cds.
Cover #84149 | Price: $250.00
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California
United States. CA. Culver City, CA. Los Angeles Co. Dated 1928/04/17. Alfred, NY duplex ties 2c (#627) on cover sent to "Missent to Culver City Calif." with "Missent" lined out. Violet "No such Post Office in State named" & "return to sender" hand stamps. Post Office Seal (#OX23) tied by Culver City returning cds. Ms "Opened by Mistake/Postmaster/Culver City/Calif." Difficult to understand how the Culver City PM opened the letter by mistake. No New York return postal markings.
Cover #91461 | Price: $40.00
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California
United States. CA. Hollywood, CA. Los Angeles Co. Dated 1950/02/28. San Francisco machine cancel ties 6c Wright Brothers (#C45) on cover with two seals (#OX39). Pencil note "opened by mistake please try 924 1/2 N. Formosa".
Cover #91822 | Price: $15.00
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California
United States. CA. Pacific Grove, CA. Monterey Co. Dated 10/??/1933. Two 3c (#720) on cover to Cameroun, West Africa. Cameroun Nov. 21st & Nov 25th cds. Undelivered, the cover forwarded to New York where it was received Jan (?) 1934 The cover opened and then officially sealed in New York. The cover then forwarded to Los Angeles CA..
Cover #100595 | Price: $40.00
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Colorado
United States. CO. Denver, CO. Arapahoe Co. Dated 1954/05/13. Machine cancel ties 6c (#C39) on airmail cover with "Damaged in handling/in the postal service" hand stamp on Post Office seal (#OX39).
Cover #90504 | Price: $20.00
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Connecticut
United States. CT. Danbury, CT. Fairfield Co. Dated 1936/12/12. Duplex cancel ties 3c (#778) & 1c Yosemite on special delivery cover. New York 12 Dec. cds tie 3 post office seals (#OX21) over cover tears`` .
Cover #92077 | Price: $20.00
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Florida
United States. FL. Daytona Beach, FL. Volusia Co. Dated 1955/12/16. Flushing, NY machine cancel ties 3c coil (#1057) on window envelope. Pencil "Received in damaged condition at Daytona Beach, Fl" Two official seals on front and back cover the damage.
Cover #95953 | Price: $25.00
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Hawaii
United States. HI. Honolulu, HI. Hawaii Co. Dated 1919/05/19. Duplex "OAHU" on U429 entire with left edge folded over & opening tears at top. Printed return for the "ADVERTISER PUBLISHING COMPANY". At bottom is an illustrated ad "SEE HAWAII'S SECOND TERRITORIAL FAIR". Pencil ""By mistake. Not at Star-Bulletin." A second Honolulu cds of May 21 applied when the cover was returned to the post office where it received a vertical pair of OX15 at left and on reverse..
Cover #84143 | Price: $325.00
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Iowa
United States. IA. Burlington, IA. Des Moines Co. (open 1834+). Dated 1920/02/24. 6 PM machine cancel ties Scott 498 pair with guide line at bottom on local delivery cover. Feb 25 cds & Feb 25 GEN. DEL. cds are on the cover along with various crayon address corrections. The cover marked in pencil, on the reverse, with "opened by mistake" note. The pencil note became mostly obscured when a Scott OX 11 was used to seal the envelope. The seal is tied to the cover by an "8" in blue crayon circle.
Cover #84065 | Price: $75.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1911/06/02. Two New Zealand cds ties Scott 130 & 131 pair on cover to Manchester, NH. On the face to the left of the stamps is a Jun 26 1 PM Chicago duplex "3" hand stamp. On reverse is a Jun 25, 1:30 PM Chicago "1" duplex and a smeared Chicago machine cancel. Magenta "Damaged by cancelling machine M.D.T. 4" (Piszkiewicz BDD-4). Part of the damage to the cover is sealed by a Scott OX11. that is tied by stains.
Cover #84071 | Price: $125.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. Dated 1934/10/24. Machine & duplex cancels tie blk5 of 7c (#712) on proper rate air mail cover to Colombia. There is a vertical fold away from the stamps. A pair of official seals (#OX21) are over the top of the cover.
Cover #94202 | Price: $45.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1964/04/08. Red Finspang, Sweden on air post cover to Chicago. OX19 with "Carrier Sec. 6. MPO Sta. Chicago, Illinois" affixed over the envelope that had been tape sealed. Ms "5 gram" & "not Harza" on face.
Cover #82904 | Price: $30.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago Hawthorne Station, IL. Cook Co. (open 1894+). Dated 1919/11/24. Machine cancels tie two Scott 29 on letter sheet to Chicago with internal re-direction. Three Scott OX15 used to seal the top of the letter sheet. Reverse with purple "Received in bad Condition Chicago, Ill. Main Post Office No. 4" hand stamp & 24 Nov. Chicago Hawthorne Station receiving machine.
Cover #85322 | Price: $125.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. Covington, GA. Newton Co. Dated 1940/01/23. Crowley, LA. duplex cancels tie 3c (#856) on small cover (4x2 3/4 in. with three perf 12 post office seals (#OX28) tied by Covington cds.
Cover #91178 | Price: $25.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Boston, MA. Suffolk Co. Dated 1944/03/17. New York machine cancel on three 1c (#908) on printed return envelope. Violet "Received in bad condition" hand stamp on front and reverse. CDS ties Post Office Seal (#OX23?) on tape sealed damaged area.
Cover #97423 | Price: $30.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Boston, MA. Suffolk Co. Dated 1962/11/15. Boston, MA machine cancel ties nine 4c (#1036) on special delivery cover. Three violet "special delivery" hand stamps and two "Received unsealed at Quincy, 69 Mass" handstamps. Mass. Post Office Department Officially Sealed stamp on reverse.
Cover #95885 | Price: $20.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Gloucester, MA. Essex Co. (open 1792+). Dated 1905/09/22. Machine flag ties Scott 319 (faults) & E6 on special delivery cover (edge faults) to Saint Paul, MN. 2c postage + 10c special delivery fee. At left is violet "RECEIVED UNSEALED at Gloucester, Mass P.O." On reverse is Scott OX10 showing part of next stamp at right tied by a Boston Mass L.R. double oval plus 22 Sept 7 PM Boston RMS duplex transit, 24 Sept. TR 55 CHI & MINN R.P.O. duplex & 24 Sep 3:30 PM St. Paul, MN Commercial Station rec'd cds.
Cover #84082 | Price: $90.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. Newton West Newton Branch, MA. Middlesex Co. (open 1908+). Dated 1931/02/21. Boston machine flag on U429 entire to West Newton, MA. At left is an advertising label from the U.S. Dept. of Labor, at right is a copy of OX15. Reverse with pencil "R" tying the seal & ms "Opened at the West Newton Co-operative Bank" message. June 4 West Newton duplex cancel, the cover sent to the correct bank in Newton, MA.
Cover #84081 | Price: $75.00
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Massachusetts
United States. MA. North Weymouth, MA. Norfolk Co. Dated 1945/08/19. Brooklyn, NY. machine cancel ties two 3c (#929) on cover (edge faults). Violet "Received in bad condition at..." hand stamp. Duplex cancels tie three Post Office seals (#OX29) to seal cover faults.
Cover #90395 | Price: $60.00
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Michigan
United States. MI. Detroit, MI. Wayne Co. (open .). Dated 1937/12/11. Tucson, AZ duplex cancels tie 10 3c (#720) on a 6c airmail entire paying the 6 times 6c airmail rate. Violet "Received in bad condition at Roosevelt Park Sta. Detroit Mich." Post Office seals and brown tape used to seal the cover..
Cover #100677 | Price: $35.00
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Michigan
United States. MI. Detroit, MI. Wayne Co. (open 1803+). Dated 1948/10/26. Machine cancel ties 5c (#637) on air mail cover. On reverse is purple "Received unsealed at Detroit, Mich." hand stamp & Post Office seal precancel (#OX18) on the flap.
Cover #90373 | Price: $25.00
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Michigan
United States. MI. Detroit, MI. Wayne Co. (open 1803+). Dated 1973/12/27. Red Bogor, Indonesia meter on registered cover to Detroit. No Bogor registration handstamps. The cover with long tears sealed by four untied Official Seals (#OX43). Detroit Rev Div (Jan 2) & Detroit College Park Station (Jan 3) hand stamps on reverse.
Cover #91876 | Price: $25.00
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Michigan
United States. MI. Kalamazoo, MI. Kalamazoo Co. Dated 1944/11/18. Double ovals tie 10c (#815), 18c (#823) & 3c (#925) on registered cover to Canada. Black on red Canadian customs label, black on white Canadian official seal & customs service "duty paid" hand stamp. Various transit cds on reverse..
Cover #91267 | Price: $25.00
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Missouri
United States. MO. Saint Louis, MO. St. Louis Co. Dated 1953/10/09. Duplex cancel on 3c oval die (#U534) on with illus. logo. Purple "received open at St. Louis, Mo" hand stamp. Tied on back is an official seal (#OX39).
Cover #92412 | Price: $20.00
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Missouri
United States. MO. St. Louis, MO. St. Louis Co. Dated 1973/03/16. Double ovals tie two 3c (#905) on cover to Canada with violet "Received in bad condition Saint Louis, MO. On reverse is an Official Seal (#OX23) tied by St. Louis cds.
Cover #90324 | Price: $25.00
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North Carolina
United States. NC. Durham, NC. Gates Co. Dated 1904/07/09. Doremus machine on U385 entire to New York, NY. Two magenta "RECEIVED AT DURHAM, N.C. UNSEALED" hand stamps on face, Scott OX10 seals the back flap. Jul 10 New York cds below the seal.
Cover #84076 | Price: $75.00
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New Hampshire
United States. NH. New London, NH. Merrimack Co. (open 1823+). Dated 1958/07/01. Machine cancel on 3c oval die (#U534) window envelope. Ms "opened by mistake - By Andrew Brown." Two official seals (#OX39) seal envelope. Violet pointing hand "Returned to Writer" (for better address) hand stamp.
Cover #92413 | Price: $20.00
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New Jersey
United States. NJ. Arlington, NJ. Hudson Co. Dated 1920/11/12. Duplex cancel ties 2c (#634) on cover. Violet "mutilated by cancelling machine." Arlington cds ties four post office seals to cover damaged portion of cover.
Cover #99647 | Price: $25.00
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New Jersey
United States. NJ. Camden, NJ. Camden Co. Dated 1897/05/09. 2c (#267) on ad cover for D. P. Fries. Violet "received unsealed and sealed by (initials) Camden, N.J." Official Seal (OX8) over back flap.
Cover #98636 | Price: $30.00
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New Jersey
United States. NJ. Newark, NJ. Essex Co. Dated 1932/04/05. Machine cancel on 2c (#U525) entire with violet "Received in bad condition at Newark, N.J." & "Missent to Newark, N.J. and forwarded" hand stamps. Tied on reverse by Newark hand stamp is a post office seal (#OX21). The unsealed cover is without any damage.
Cover #94247 | Price: $30.00
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New Jersey
United States. NJ. Newark, NJ. Essex Co. Dated 1932/12/28. Somerville machine ties 3c (#720) on cover with insufficient address and marked accordingly. Officially sealed after being opened by a Newark postal clerk in order to determine address.
Cover #100639 | Price: $25.00
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New Jersey
United States. NJ. Summit, NJ. Union Co. Dated 1935/06/13. Machine cancel ties 3c (#242) on cover with "This is the mail..." & "held for postage hand stamps. Three additional duplex cancels tie post office seal (#OX21) over top of cover.
Cover #90661 | Price: $30.00
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New York
United States. NY. Cuba, NY. Allegany Co. (open 1824+). Dated 1937/04/08. Friendship, NY duplex cancel ties 1c stamp & 2c (#786+) on cover with violet "Received in bad condition CUBA NY" hand stamp & official seal (OX23).
Cover #90090 | Price: $10.00
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New York
United States. NY. Gloversville, NY. Fulton Co. (open 1838+). Dated 1944/02/03. U.S. Navy cds on forwarded cvr/w PO Seal (#OX27) & purple "Received in ....." h/s.
Cover #72001 | Price: $15.00
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New York
United States. NY. Mexico, NY. Oswego Co. Dated 1966/12/29. Machine cancel ties stp3 of 4c Lincoln (#1036) on cover "Damaged in Cancelling Machine." Two post office seals cover the damage..
Cover #95751 | Price: $15.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1897/06/18. Fine June 17th 11:00 AM duplex "J" on 2c entire (#U311 reduced left) with PO Seal (#OX9) tied by a second strike of the duplex cancel dated Jun 18th 5:30 PM. On back is pencil "Opened by by mistake/Mrs. E. C. Sewall/21 W. 126th St"..
Cover #76867 | Price: $500.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1899/10/10. Vaals, Netherlands cds ties Scott 66 on letter rate H&G B8 (sealed tears) to Brazil via New York. New York "RECEIVED WITHOUT CONTENTS" & "RECEIVED IN BAD ORDER" handstamps on face. Reverse with 19 Oct. New York machine, Post Office Seal OX7 tied by New York duplex, 6 Nov. Pernambuco transit, 11 Nov. Maceio transit & 13 Nov. Pilar receiving cds.
Cover #85320 | Price: $200.00
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New York
United States. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1916/05/. Magenta Isle of Man "POST FREE PRISONER OF WAR P C" hand stamp on cover to New York, NY. Printed "Prisoners of War." & "No Stamp Required" at top. On face are violet "Received in bad condition at N.Y.P.O. Times Square Station hand stamp, Magenta "NOT FOUND N.Y.P.O" and 5 June "RETURNED TO SENDER....", black Liverpool 22(?) June return transit and purple Liverpool "RETURN TO SENDER" hand stamps. Reverse with violet framed ?? May "RETURN TO SENDER TIMES SQUARE STATION" under OX11 tied by black 21(?) May New York duplex cancel.
Cover #85291 | Price: $390.00
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