Sale 1283 — Commemoratives, Featuring Morton Trans-Mississippi, Brody Jamestown and Haber 1909 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
Category — 1909 Period
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1571
1c Blue Green (300). Tied by "Seattle, Wash. Exposition Sta. Jun. 26 5 PM, 1909" duplex datestamp and oval grid on illustrated Alaska-Yukon Exposition postcard to Santa Barbara Cal., card with light corner creases and some extraneous ink around stamp and on perfs, still Very Fine, a rare Alaska-Yukon Exposition cancel, Power Search does not list another and the Bomar book states fewer than ten are known
E. 400-500
0
1572
1c Blue Green (300). Tied by "Seattle, Wash, Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exhibition Jun. 23, 09" repeater machine cancel on illustrated Exposition postcard to Upland Cal., card with small scuff at top not affecting stamp or markings, Very Fine and rare Alaska-Yukon Exposition cancel, the Bomar book states that fewer than ten of this Columbia repeater Exposition cancel are known and this is reported to be the earliest known use
E. 400-500
225
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1c Blue Green (300). Tied by perfect strike of "Tau. Samoa Jun. 23, 1909 P.M." duplex datestamp and grid cancel on illustrated postcard depicting indigenous peoples with "Greetings from Samoa", addressed to Binghamton N.Y., entire message states "Some native belles", Very Fine and rare, Haber states this is one of three recorded examples of this datestamp
E. 300-400
0
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2c Carmine (332). Tied by "Bridgeport Conn. West End Station 30 5-00PM 1909" machine cancel on black-bordered mourning cover to Montclair N.J., cancel also ties "Anti-Vivisection Crusade label depicting a dog laying down on a knife, Very Fine and very unusual
E. 300-400
300
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4c Orange Brown (334). Used with 1c Green (331), 3c Deep Violet (333) and 5c Blue (335), tied by registry ovals and by New York Exchange registry label, red "Fox St. Sta. New York N.Y. Registered Jan. 12, 1909" circular datestamp on cigar company corner card cover to Ostrau, Austria, registered datestamp repeated on back along with additional New York Jan. 12 ovals and receiving datestamp, 4c with light diagonal crease and 3c with tiny tear at top, Very Fine, the earliest known use of Scott 334, with clear 1998 A.P.S. certificate
E. 300-400
250
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13c Blue Green (339). Tied by oval registry cancel with purple "Utica N.Y. Registered Sep. 15, 1909" double-circle datestamp on European-size dark green cover to "Jerusalem (Palestine)", New York registry label, addressed to the Chief Rabbi, Central Committee Knesseth, New York registry backstamps and Jerusalem arrival backstamp, expertly repaired along right edge and sealed tear at center, Very Fine and rare use in terms of both the destination at this point in time and the solo use of the 13c Scott 339 -- the 8c registry fee was raised to 10c two months after this was sent so a solo use of the 13c stamp (8c registry + 5c UPU) was appropriate for only a short period
E. 300-400
600
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50c Violet (341). Used with 8c Olive Green (337) and two each 10c Yellow (338) and 15c Pale Ultramarine (340), tied by multiple strikes of Philadelphia "PD" oval handstamp with purple "Philadelphia Pa. Registered Oct. 21, 1909" circular datestamp on large wrapper front with complete address to Chicago Ill., 50c with corner crease and one 10c creased from a fold, edges of wrapper roughly separated, still an appealing and extremely rare use -- the earliest known use of Scott 341, the Scott Catalogue specifically notes this wrapper front and states the earliest known use for a full cover is June 2, 1916 -- more than six and a half years later, with 2013 A.P.S. certificate, Scott value for No. 341 on cover is $5,000.00
E. 400-500
275
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2c Carmine, Coil (353). Two singles, used with 2c Carmine, Coil (349) and block of four 1c Green (331), tied by Chicago Ill. registry ovals and block by form 1549A registry label with purple "Chicago, Ill. Registered Jun. 14, 1909" circular datestamp, on cover front only to Cambridge Mass., H.M. Clark return address at top left, Very Fine, the earliest known use of Scott 353, with 2010 A.P.S. certificate
E. 300-400
275
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