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1861-67
Issues, Stamps (#1)
Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
9630 |
#75, XF
appearing 5¢
red brown, light red killer, small thin. An exceptionally
nicely centered example at
a very
reasonable price,
Scott $450. |
$85 |
|
9338 |
#68a, fine dark green variety, canceled by a VF+
SOTN strike of New York foreign mail horse head killer (Skinner-Eno
PA-H 13, Kirke 66-03-31), photo
in USPCS
Skinner-Eno update.
2024 PFC, "GENUINE WITH A PERF ADDED AT LOWER LEFT".
Very scarce and desirable fancy killer, trivial fault. |
$175 |
|
9237 |
#65, small tear, canceled by an XF-superb
strike of negative "Dec" month date killer of PUTNAM, CT (Skinner-Eno
ND-M 16), a great
example of
this rare fancy cancel from this popular town. |
$275 |
|
9245 |
#65, fine, sound, strong perfs all around, canceled by a VF-XF
strike of rare New York City "DAY" fancy killer (Skinner-Eno
L-WD 5, Milgram NY505). 2019
PFC,
"GENUINE". Great
item! |
$250 |
|
9266 |
#65, F+ essentially
sound strip of 4 (minor
hinge reinforcement) bearing five
strikes of a railroad postmark with "HAMILTON" at bottom,
a likely station
name or agent name,
unlisted in Towle & Meyer, unknown to railway cancel experts. |
$75 |
|
9249 |
#73, fine, sound, bearing an XF
SOTN strike of solid cogwheel killer of Leominster, MA (Whitfield
4220), much
scarcer than this town's well known "stovepipe" killer.
Difficult fancy cancel. |
$50 |
|
9250 |
#73, VF, small perf faults, canceled by a VF
strike of black open "checkerboard" grid killer,
almost certainly from use on New York City local delivery. |
$25 |
|
9280 |
#94, fine, a few short perfs at top, canceled by a superb
SOTN strike of 5 in circle obsolete rate mark.
Nice. |
$10 |
|
9196 |
#76, VF, sound, canceled by a VF
strike of NYFM fancy star/geometric killer (Skinner
6X-4, Kirke 64-07-02 SGEO). Nice
stamp. |
$85 |
|
9057 |
#73, fine, tiny corner crease at bottom left, canceled by an XF
strike of blue outline "broken heart" fancy killer,
unlisted in major references. |
$45 |
|
8849 |
#96 10¢ F grill, fine, bearing a VF+
strike of "HIOGO JAPAN" circular postmark.
Stamp has a small thin and a few toned perfs. Very
scarce,
Scott catalog $250 + $200 for use from Japan. |
$125$115 |
|
8710 |
#65, average-fine, bearing superb
SOTN strike of very scarce SALEM, MASS. "witch" fancy killer (Skinner-Eno
PH-F 44). A WOW example of this cancellation. |
SOLD |
|
8711 |
#65, F+, sound, canceled by an XF-superb
SOTN strike of scarce New York City outline star in circle killer with
interior solid pentagon (Skinner-Eno
ST-D 32). |
$40$35 |
|
8632 |
#68, VF+
sound,
bearing a VF
MORRISVILLE, ILL. MAY 7 postmark.
Pretty, quality stamp. |
$45$40 |
|
8509 |
#63, fine showing an excellent
example of New York City 6-blade patent killer (possibly
the 7-blade killer, Skinner-Eno PN-A 5). Scarce. |
SOLD |
|
8491 |
#65, F-VF, sound,
firm perfs all around, bearing a VF-XF
boldly struck SOTN Waterbury CT shield killer (Rohloff
Q-3, RRR rarity, Skinner-Eno PS-O 5). Great
item with terrific visual impact. |
$295 |
|
8344 |
#65, fine, sound, canceled by a VF
SOTN strike of the negative signet "GLEN" in circle killer (Skinner-Eno LC-NP
11)
representing the last
name of postmaster Elijah M. K. Glen (5/8/61-2/6/66).
Typical impression, scarce. |
$65 |
|
8251 |
#68, VF-XF
sound stamp,
firm perfs all around, canceled by two
strikes of NYFM star in circle fancy killer (Skinner-Eno
ST-S22, Skinner NYFM 64-5) and red NEW YORK exchange office postmark. 2021
PFC, stamp graded VF-XF 85,
the PF declining opinion about the killer. |
$125 |
|
8307 |
#72, F-VF fresh, sound
bottom margin copy with
bright color and firm perfs all around canceled by an XF
strike of 12 segment leaf fancy killer (likely
New York foreign mail, similar to Skinner-Eno PP-L 7, but 2 more
leafs). A
terrific stamp and cancellation item on scarce high value stamp.
2022 PF certificate, "Genuine". |
SOLD |
|
8250 |
#76, fine, sound, canceled by an XF
strike of Prussian blue "[R]EGISTER[ED]" straight line marking of
Newport, R.I.
This killer is unlisted in Scott but an example is illustrated in
Milgram, UNITED
STATES REGISTERED MAIL 1845-1870 (p.87). An
exceptionally scarce, eye-appealing auxiliary mark canceling this value
stamp. |
$125 |
|
8109 |
#63, VF, bearing an XF
strike of padlock fancy killer (Skinner-Eno
PO-Pl 7) of
WEST MERIDEN, CT.
Stamp has two tiny repairs not detracting from this stamp. An
exceptionally scarce fancy cancel on this value of stamp. WOW! |
SOLD |
|
8116 |
#65, fine, sound, canceled by an XF,
almost complete strike of WATERBURY, CT star surrounded by hearts fancy
killer (Rohloff
J-10, RRR rarity; Skinner-Eno ST-E 17). Terrific
example of this desirable fancy cancel. Ex
Gross. |
SOLD |
|
8118 |
#65, fine, canceled by a VF-XF
complete strike of the AMHERST, MA "rose" flower in circle fancy cancel (Skinner-Eno
PP-Fl 3), a typical strike impression for this scarce
killer.
Stamp with single tiny perf tear at bottom. Ex Gross. |
$60 |
|
7556 |
#65, 2 fine, sound copies tied on piece by NEW
YORK, MAY postmark and a VF-XF strike of waving American flag patriotic
fancy killer (Skinner-Eno
PT-F 1). This is a rare
fancy cancellation used
for only a couple of days by the NYC post office. Based upon Philatelic
Foundation photographs of certificated covers the day of the month of
the offered item may be either a 2 or a 3. The earliest is May 1. (Scan of
a May 2 flag cover.)
2020 Philatelic Foundation certificate,
"Genuine,
but the right stamp with two small tears at top right". I would
call the tears "tiny" and nearly invisible. |
SOLD |
|
7296 |
#73, average-fine copy, canceled by a black
split solid 6-point star fancy killer in circle,
unlisted in major references. Stamp with single short perf at right,
otherwise sound. |
$15 |
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