Sale 976 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 29 September-2 October, 2009

Category — The Martin Richardson Gold Medal Collection of U.S. Post Office Seals (Typeset Seals on Cover)

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Sale 976, Lot 2685, The Martin Richardson Gold Medal Collection of U.S. Post Office Seals (Typeset Seals on Cover)Black on White, Ipswich, Mass. Typeset Seal (LOX24). Affixed to top of opened 1897 cover from Ipswich Mass. and mailed locally, 1c Blue (264) tied by "Ipswich Mass. 8AM 14 Jul. 1897" circular datestamp, seal tied by purple "Unclaimed" handstamp, ms. "Opened by Mistake", seal unfolded to show complete design

A FINE AND EXCEPTIONAL RARITY OF THE TYPESET SEALS. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE AND THE BASIS OF THE SCOTT CATALOG LISTING. A KEY TO A WORLD-CLASS COLLECTION OF OFFICIAL SEALS

This cover and an analysis of the manufacturing origins of the typeset lines of the seal are described by Kotanchik (p. 222-223). Illustrated in Scott Catalogue

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