1885 The World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition. Large multicolored souvenir silk ribbon with eagle and flag designs above portrait of Grover Cleveland; some splitting at top, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction
By: Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Auction # 58 - Winter 2014 Auction
We are pleased to announce our Winter 2014 auction with over 3,500 lots offered over four days. The sale is highlighted by:
- The Richard Graham Collection of Naval Covers
- Transatlantic Mail including the Ken Clark Collection of Liverpool Postal History.
- The John Cunningham Collection of United States Expositions.
- Hawaii including Specialized Hawaiian Numerals
- The Charles F. Meroni Jr. Collection of Panama Registered Mail (Part II)
- Worldwide Collections and Accumulations
Please note that live internet bidding is available only through the Rumsey Auctions website: www.rumseyauctions.com
Auction scedule
December 8, Lots 1 - 975 - Western Postal History - U.S. Postal History
December 9, Lots 976 - 2053 - U.S. Postal History - U.S. Possessions
December 10, Lots 2054 - 2736 - Great Britain - General Foreign
December 11, Lots 2737 - 3544 - U.S. Cover Collections - Philatelic Literature
Refine Your Search
Filters
- (-) Remove united states postal history filter united states postal history
- (-) Remove スタンプス filter スタンプス
- (-) Remove exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions filter exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
Category
- (-) Remove united states postal history filter united states postal history
Sub Category
- (-) Remove exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions filter exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
Lot #755 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
Lot #756 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
1893, 15¢ Columbian, horizontal pair. Tied by "New York" duplex cancels on 1893 cover to Germany with blue embossed Expo. label of the German Commissioner at the Chicago World's Fair, flap missing, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 238; Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #757 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
1893 "World's Fair Station, Chicago, Sep. 9 1893" (Bomar C93-12a). The "1" point to the "I", machine expo cancel ties 5¢ Columbian (234) on cover to Austria.
Scott No. 234; $275.
Lot #758 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
California Midwinter International Exposition. Souvenir card bearing 1893, 1¢ Columbian tied by "San Francisco Cal. Jun 2 1894" machine cancel and addressed locally, reverse with multicolor "Greeting from the Vienna Prater" design showing expo building, couple small flaws, Very Fine and rare, We have not previously offered this expo post card.
Scott No. 230; Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #759 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
California Midwinter International Exposition. Lithograph design with "Le Count, S.F." imprint on cover to Holland bearing 1893, 2¢ & 3¢ Columbian singles, each tied by matching crude Star cancellation duplexed with "Vacaville Cal. Jul 26 1894" cds, Very Fine and rare design used abroad.
Scott No. 231, 232; Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #760 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. Group of five covers with mostly different designs, two with same design but one without return address imprint, three others of companies awarded medals at the show; few flaws, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
Lot #761 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
Exposition Sta. Omaha, Nebr. Jun 9 '98. Perfect neat strike of duplex ties 2¢ pink, type IV (279Bg), corner flaw, on illustrated Trans-Mississippi Exposition Nebraska Commission corner card cover to the Blind Institute at Nebraska City Neb., Jun. 10th receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine.
Bomar No. O98-01; Estimate $200 - 300.
The Exposition opened to the public on June 1 but the stamps were not ready...
Lot #762 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
Exposition Sta. Omaha, Nebr. Aug 3 '98. Duplex ties 5¢ Trans-Mississippi (288), rich color, on cover to Springfield Mass., Aug. 5th receiving backstamp; some toning affects stamp and a light corner crease at top right, Very Fine appearance desirable with the exposition cancel, This is from a partial set of individual uses up to the 10¢ value created by J.W. Witty.
Bomar No. O98-01; Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #763 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
Exposition Sta. Omaha, Nebr. Aug 3 '98. Bold strike ties 4¢ Trans-Mississippi (287), choice centering, on cover to Springfield Mass., Aug. 5th receiving backstamp; some toning affects stamp, otherwise Very Fine and desirable with the exposition cancel, This is from a partial set of individual uses up to the 10¢ value created by J.W. Witty. Scott $750 for expo cancel.
Bomar No. O98-01; Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #764 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
Exposition Sta. Omaha, Nebr. Sep 20 '98. Duplex ties 2¢ Trans-Mississippi (285) on New York State Commission corner card cover to New York City, Sep. 22nd arrival backstamp, Very Fine.
Bomar No. O98-01; Estimate $200 - 300.
This is the marking that was traced to create the fake examples of this marking (without killer) circulating around.
Lot #765 - united states postal history exposition covers - 1888 to 1900 expositions
United States Postal Station, Oct 18, Paris Exposition 1900. Flag machine postmark (Langford Z-27) tying 40c Peace & Commerce (95) corner margin single on locally addressed cover, Extremely Fine.
Bomar No. P00-07; Estimate $150 - 200.
Rumsey Auctions
We invest considerable energy in producing what we consider to be one of the most attractive and informative catalogs in the business, which we then distribute to a well-established list of... Read More
Send Email to Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, Inc. Or Visit WebSite