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Great Britain. Dated 1876/04/19. Manchester "498" duplex ties Scott #66 (plt 3) on double weight cover to Manchester, New Hampshire. Ms "2" (double rate) at upper left, black "T" postage due handstamp & 2 May New York Due 15cts cds. Reverse with 19 Apr. West Corton cds. During the period 1 Jul. 1875 through 31 Mar. 1879 postage due was figured at double the rate that should have been paid minus what was actually paid. In this case 20c (with penalty) was due minus 5c paid for a net of 15c due.
Cover #83547 | Price: $125.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1879/11/09. Leominster duplex ties faulty Scott 33 (plate 205) on short paid cover to New York. 1 1/2d or 15 centimes (3c) underpaid with blue crayon "15" at right. Partial New York receiving cds, "U.S. CHARGE TO COLLECT," "6 Cents" & large "T" hand stamps on face. The rate of 3c postage due & 3c penalty was paid by a pair of Scott J3 with "string of pearls" precancel. On reverse is 10 Nov. Liverpool transit & 21 Nov. New York F.D. cds.
Cover #83898 | Price: $250.00
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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 1882/07. Newcastle On Tyne duplex ties 2p (#82) plt 23 on folded letter to Chicago.
Cover #86974 | Price: $15.00
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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 1890?. Black London "EC/34" on H&G #9 wrapper to Guatemala paying the 1/2 pence per two ounces printed matter rate. Black "VIA SOUTHAMPTON" routing instruction handstamp. Merchants handstamp at lower left continues on reverse.
Cover #83538 | Price: $75.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1895/04/26. "DUBLIN & CORK T.P.O. AMERICAN MAIL" cds & "PAQUEBOT" hand stamp (Hosking 221) tie Scott #115 on cover to Iowa. Reverse with printed Cunard logo, May 4 New York PAID ALL transit & May 16 Ottuumwa receiving cds. Routing from an incoming Cunard liner from Liverpool to Dublin then placed on the Dublin to Cork T.P.O. for an outbound Cunard liner departing from nearby Queenstown.
Cover #83561 | Price: $375.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1904/02/08. Glasgow cds tie Scott 128 & 130 on a registered post card to New York. 3 pence pays the 1 pence post card rate + 2 pence registry fee. Usual blue crayon registry lines front & reverse. 8 Feb. Glasgow Cambridge St. cds, black 20 Feb New York Reg'y Div oval, & printed perforated large blue "R" in oval with Fee paid (& blue crayon "2") label at lower left. Picture shows Trongate, Glasgow.
Cover #83546 | Price: $150.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1904/04/27. London, England to New York, NY. Registered cover with vertical fold. See photo for expanded description.
Cover #82945 | Price: $135.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1905/06/06. London cds tie 1d (Scott #128), pair of 3d (#132), pair of 9c (#136) & a 5sh (#140) on 280x191mm cover (faults) to New York. Pays 17 ounce rate. All stamps with "JHS & Co." perfins. Reverse with New York rec'd h/s. Scan slightly cropped at right.
Cover #82776 | Price: $900.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1906/02/. Registered Lombard St. cds tie 3p (#132), 1sh vertical pair (#138) and 2sh6p (#139) on registered cover to New York. Pays 11 ounce rate + 2p registration fee. All stamps with "L&HB" perfins. Purple REGISTERED, black "R" in oval & blue 11886 h/s. On reverse are London & New York registered h/s.
Cover #82775 | Price: $790.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1906/05/29. Gibraltar cds tie five Scott 127 on cover with "PAQUEBOT" hand stamp at right. On reverse is a partial ? June South Royalton receiving cds. Content is family newsletter written on letterhead of the S.S. "CANOPIC" of the White Star Line.
Cover #85125 | Price: $50.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1906/06/20. BRITISH SEA POST OFFICE LIVERPOOL 7 cds (Hosking type 1) ties Scott 128 on post card to Philadelphia (29 Jun cds). The "7" designates the White Star steamship Majestic (illus. on reverse)..
Cover #83566 | Price: $125.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1906/06/20. "SEA POST OFFICE LIVERPOOL 6" cds ties Scott 128 on post card to California. The 6 in the cds designates the steamer Baltic.
Cover #83545 | Price: $75.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1907/10/05. Stratford on Avon cds tie Scott 128 & 1sh Shakespeare local on post card to Pennsylvania showing the "Bust and Grave of Shakespeare in Stratford-on-Avon Church." The local was issued by the church to raise money for church restoration, with the PO fee added at the church as part of the service for mail left in the church letterbox. Wallingford, PA rec'd cds at lower left.
Cover #83544 | Price: $250.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1918/04. Datelined Windsor Castle April 1918, a printed letter of support to U.S. soldiers with facsimile signature of King George. Envelope (toning) with printed return & red "SOLDIERS MAIL" hand stamp.
Cover #85292 | Price: $75.00
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Great Britain. Dated 1918/05/06. Birmingham machine slogan ties 2 1/2d postage with OPENED BY CENSOR 3440 tape on cover to Missouri.
Cover #83123 | Price: $16.00
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Kentucky
Great Britain. KY. Smithland, KY. Livingston Co. (open 1802+). Dated 1853/03/16. Green cds, PAID & 5 on reverse of folded letter, w/o content, to Paris, France. Manuscript instructions "Via Boston" at bottom but sent to New York. Red 23 March New York Br. Pkt transit cds & red 5 April Paris entry cds. Black "13" decimes due hand stamp at top. Additional markings on reverse are red 4 April GB transit, 5 April Paris cds & 5 April Maison Blanch cds. Carried on the Cunard "Africa" departing. NY 23 March, arriving Liverpool 3 April.
Cover #84612 | Price: $125.00
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New York
Great Britain. NY. New York, NY. New York Co. (open 1775+). Dated 1850/06/15. Red cds on folded letter to Paris, France. "2 ANGL. 2 CALAIS 27 JUIN 50" transit cds. Two strikes of "COLONIES &c ART 13" hand stamp. Pencil "21" & "15" hand stamp. Manuscript "In care of Baring Brothers London" at left. On the reverse are red 24 June GB transit & partial black 27 June Paris receiving hand stamps. Prepaid 21 cents (5c U.S. domestic, 16c American Packet, remainder collected in France. Per Collins Line "Atlantic" departing NY 15 June, arriving Liverpool 26 June.
Cover #84611 | Price: $125.00
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Utah
Great Britain. UT. Salt Lake City, UT. Salt Lake Co. (open 1850+). Dated 1852/08/01. Territorial cds on embossed ladies cover to Liverpool, England. Black manuscript "24" due rate, black New York "21" hand stamp, black manuscript "1" shilling due marking. Reverse with red 26 Sep. 1852 GB transit & blue Sep. 27 Liverpool receiving cds. The letter addressed to Levi Richards, a missionary in the British Mission at the time. Richards, a prominent member of the Mormon church, travelled to Salt Lake City as a member of the 1853 James Brown company.
Cover #84613 | Price: $700.00
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Guam. Dated 1975/03/13. Agana, Guam 4-bar cds ties Scott 1510 & C79 on cover to Sweden. Underpaid by 3c, the cover could not be returned for postage as there was no return address. No postal markings on reverse. The postage due was either collected in cash in Sweden or allowed to pass without collection of postage due.
Cover #84193 | Price: $20.00
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Haiti. Dated 1903/05/03. Two Gonaives cds tie Scott 56 & 60 on letter rate cover to Paris, France. Also on face are manuscript routing instructions, a third Gonaives cds & a 22 Sept. Paris receiving cds. Reverse with merchant's paper label, two 5 Sept. Port-Au-Prince transit cds and a 14 Sept. New York transit cds.
Cover #85242 | Price: $200.00
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Hungary. Dated 1921/02/01. Budapest cds tie 5h, 15h margin pair & 1.20h on registered cover to Michigan. Registered label at left, black "HELP HUNGARY'S CHILDREN/AMERICAN RELIEF ADMINISTRATION" h/s at bottom. On reverse are five labels of "S. KELEN & CO./EXPORT & IMPORT STAMP CO." & New York Reg'y Div oval transit h/s.
Cover #82781 | Price: $50.00
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Iceland. Dated 1936/09/16. Reykjavik machine cancel ties Scott 198 on letter rate cover to New Zealand.
Cover #85162 | Price: $75.00
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Iceland. Dated 1948/11/17. Reykjavik cds ties 1k Mt. Strandatindur on air mail cover with illus. corner card for stamp dealer Jonas Hallgrimsson. Content is printed letterhead with typed letter signed by Hallgrimsson.
Cover #85554 | Price: $20.00
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Iran. Dated 1910/08/23. Hamaden oval ties Scott 454 on reverse of correctly paid cover with 15 Sept. Aniwa, WI. receiving cds.
Cover #85067 | Price: $60.00
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Ireland. Dated 1895/08/11. Cashel cds ties two GB 1p Victoria (#89) on short paid cvr to Pittburgh. Purple "37" ties US 2c postage due (#J32) over black "Collect Postage 2 Cents" hstp. NY & Pittsburgh cds on back.
Cover #57953 | Price: $20.00
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Ireland. Dated 1901/11/16. Dublin cds ties two GB 1p Victoria (#89) & a 1/2p Victoria (#78) on cvr to the Philadelphia (Station P rec'd cds on back).
Cover #57954 | Price: $10.00
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Ireland. Dated 1948/05/13. Ros Comain cds ties 3p-6p (#C2-C3) Angel on cvr to the U S.
Cover #57967 | Price: $10.00
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Ireland. Dated 1949/03/17. Port Lairge cds ties 2p Ovpt. (#118) & 1/2p Hamilton (#127) on St. Patrick's Day cvr.
Cover #57968 | Price: $10.00
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Ireland. Dated 1951/02/21. Baile Atha Cliath cds ties three 2p Map (#109) & a 3p St. Peter (#143) on air post cvr to the U S.
Cover #57959 | Price: $10.00
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Ireland. Dated 1951/02/23. Baile Atha Cliath cds ties 9p St. Peter (#144) on air post cvr to the U S.
Cover #57958 | Price: $10.00
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Italian States - Roman States. Dated 1858/01/21. Cds & grid cancels tie four Scott 9 on cover to St. Johnsbury, VT. Light folds, one affecting bottom stamp. Red octagonal "BR. Service", framed "PP", 22 Jan. French receiving cds, & 16 Feb. Boston transit cds. Reverse with 27 Jan. Paris A Calais railroad transit cds. 32b paid an old rate via Bremen but overpaid the new rate of 27c via France. (32b = 33c). Per Cunard steamer Niagara from Liverpool 30 Jan to Boston 16 Feb..
Cover #85066 | Price: $450.00
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Italy. Dated 1867/04/18. Partial Milan cds, "P.D" hand stamp & "181" in rectangular dotted cancel tie three Scott 35 on properly rated cover by North German Union closed mail to Michigan. Red 8 July New York Paid All also on face. 24 June Verona transit cds on reverse. Per Inman Line steamer City of Brooklyn from Liverpool 27 June to New York 8 July.
Cover #85043 | Price: $75.00
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Italy. Dated 1871/02/23. Milan cds & "181" in rectangle of diamonds tie Scott 32 on folded letter to London. with black P.D. hand stamp & red 27 Jan London PAID handstamp.
Cover #85089 | Price: $50.00
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Italy. Dated 1872/10/24. Palermo cds & "186" in grid tie 5c (#26) & 10c (#27) on fl (seps) to New York. Black 26 Oct. Vernoa transit on reverse, red 18 Nov. "NEW YORK PAID ALL" cds on face.
Cover #83029 | Price: $30.00
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Italy. Dated 1876/04/10. Partial Florence cds & dotted cancel tie Scott 31 on cover to New Jersey with red 19 Apr. New York Paid All cds. No markings on reverse.
Cover #85039 | Price: $15.00
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Italy. Dated 1935/01/04. Rome cds tie Scott 223 & E14 on special delivery cover to Boston. Stamps paid 2.50 lira but the correct rate was 1.25 lira letter rate + 2.50 lira for special delivery within the U.S. The letter 1.25 lira short as indicated by the "FRANCOBOLLO INSUFFICIENTE" hand stamp. Magenta "FEE PAID AT BOSTON" indicates special delivery was honored but not paid for. Reverse with 16 Jan Boston Del. Sec receiving hand stamp.
Cover #85090 | Price: $90.00
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Italy. Dated 1953/03/25. Trieste cds tie Scott 105 pair on cover (upper left corner clipped) to Cleveland, Ohio. Pays the 60 l letter rate + 60 l airmail surcharge. Typed letter enclosure.
Cover #85086 | Price: $75.00
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Jamaica. Dated 1843/07/30. Kingston, Jamaica to London, England. Black KINGSTON and JAMAICA between semi circle, 30 JU 1843 (2) and red G.B. receiving cds superimposed. Manuscript 1/ due. Per the Royal Mail Steam Packet steamer Medway, departing Bermuda 17 Jul 1843, ARRIVING Southampton 5 Aug 1843.
Cover #82832 | Price: $100.00
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Jamaica. Dated 1864/07/29. "A75" (Savanna La Mar) in oval grid ties Scott #6 on cover with "LONDON PAID/CX/JY29/64" cds. 1/ Pays the 1/2 ounce letter rate. Reverse with 7 July Savanna-La_Mar cds, 9 July Kingston transit & July 29 "LONDON-N/A/JY29/64 receiving cds.
Cover #83590 | Price: $275.00
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Japan. Dated 1894/12/27. Japan cds & Tokio Meiji cds tie Scott 85 on printed matter rate wrapper to Germany, with internal forwarding. Ms "Via San Francisco" at upper left.
Cover #85155 | Price: $375.00
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Japan. Dated 1909/03/29. Violet Seoul cds on Japan H&G 27 postal card to France. Ms "Via Siberia", partial violet I.J.P.O transit & two 17 April Paris receiving cds. Reverse with English ad for photographer.
Cover #85158 | Price: $200.00
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Liberia. Dated 1914/05/29. Monrovia registered cds tie Scott 117 & 128 on H&G B3. Postage pays 5c letter rate + 10c registration fee. Also on face are blue crayon, black framed "AR", "7392" registry control hand stamp & red on white registry label. Reverse with partial 13 June Southampton transit & two different 25 June New York registry double ovals.
Cover #85169 | Price: $275.00
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Liechtenstein. Dated 1947/04/05. Mauren cds ties 150rp Capercaillie (#221) & 5fr Arms (#222) on registered cover to Missouri.
Cover #51251 | Price: $160.00
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Liechtenstein. Dated 1948/11/05. Vaduz cds ties 10rp Triesen (#200), four 30rp Marmot (#224) & a 150rp Eagle (#225) on registered cover to Louisiana.
Cover #51248 | Price: $65.00
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Liechtenstein. Dated 1954/11/28. Vaduz cds ties 60rp Hals (#282) & 65rp Ruysdael (#283) on registered cvr to Massachusetts. Purple "Small Packet Collect 15 Cents". Vertical stp3 of U.S. 5c Postage Due (#J83) with target cancels.
Cover #50980 | Price: $45.00
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Martinique. Dated 1852/06/28. Double circle St. Pierre, Martinique cds on reverse of business letter to Marsesille, France. Red framed "COLONIES & ART 13" hand stamp & 20 July Calais entry cds. Ms "15" decimes due. Reverse with red 18 July GB transit & 22 July Marseille receiving cds. Packet steamer Derwent to St. Thomas, then steamer Parna departing 2 July to Southampton arriving 17 July.
Cover #84607 | Price: $75.00
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Mexico. Dated 1888/12/22. Partial blue Saltillo cds on H&G 24 postal card to France with partial black receiving cds. Reverse with Neuvo Laredo transit cds.
Cover #85212 | Price: $20.00
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Mexico. Dated 1892/04/01. Franco Puebla cds & Puebla Pue cds on H&G 43 postal card to Greece with 11 Apr. NY Foreign Transit cds at lower left. Reverse with 1 Apr. Puebla Pue transit, 3 Apr Mexico D.F. transit, red 20 Apr. London transit & partial 26 Apr. Athens receiving cds.
Cover #85200 | Price: $85.00
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