Sale 1297 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 31 October-2 November, 2023
Category — Postal Cards
1c Black on Buff, Postal Card, 23 Teeth Below "One Cent" (UX7a; USPCC S6b). Mint card, bright and fresh with sharp corners, Extremely Fine
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card (UX17; USPCC S21). With printed Booth Dailey & Ivins address and so-called "garbage card" text on back, Very Fine, desirable example of the Full-Face McKinley postal card
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card (UX17; USPCC S21). With printed Booth Dailey & Ivins address, so-called "garbage card" text on back, cancelled by "Brooklyn N.Y. Oct. 12:30PM 1902" machine cancel, New York receiving datestamp from 2:30 PM the same day, fresh card with crisp corners, Very Fine and unusually choice for a used example of this rare postal card
1c Green, Die I, Gray Rough-Surfaced Postal Card (UX27C; USPCC S38). Mint card without printed address or printing on back, some slight soiling in upper portion, Very Fine appearing example of this scarce card, in 1916 during a war-time paper shortage this substandard grade of card stock was used temporarily for a period of about two months, they were not sold singly but were supplied to printers, which accounts for their rarity without printed addresses
1c Dark Green, Die II, Gray Rough-Surfaced Postal Card (UX27D; USPCC S39). Mint face card, without printed address on front and with Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Co. Railway Co. printed form on back, deep dark color with clearly evident Die II characteristics, Very Fine, this substandard grade of card was used temporarily for a period of about two months, they were not sold singly but were supplied to printers, Scott value for a fully mint card is $20,000.00 and for preprinted (face) $550.00, USPCC catalogue advises that "clean face" cards are valued somewhere between mint and unused, priced here as preprinted face
2c Carmine Rose on Buff, Revalued Postal Card Essay (Undersander UX38E-Ab). With "CANCELED" printed across stamp design and with green surcharge image to left of the design, Fresh and Very Fine, scarce, Undersander value $1,500.00