2013 CHICAGOPEX Stamp Show November 2013

Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 Estimate Estimate 2225 2224 2226 2227 Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 Estimate 2227 USA Covers, cont. 2224 Estimate (E4) 1895 MESSENGER RUNNING 10¢ BLUE, ON ENTIRE ................................................................ PH $150 (JQ1) 1919 1¢ PARCEL POSTAGE DUE ON COVER ....................................................................... PH $150 Attractive Jan 7, 1919, Goshen, NY, cover with very scarce mixed franking of 3¢ offset issue (#530), 2¢ Perf 10 postage due and 1¢ Parcel Postage Due. Very fine cover from longburied stock of Ezra D. Cole. 2226 (O3) 1873 AGRICULTURE 3¢ YELLOW, TO NEBRASKA ......................................................... PH $400 Strip of 4 of dull-gum Officials paying the 85¢ 4-ounce rate (3¢ overpaid convenience franking) on address label stuck to 8½”x11" Aug 8, 1989, paper from Dillonvale, OH (Soil Conservation Service office). Loose end of right stamp confirms variety. Because of the tiny printing of this type, the 22¢ dull-gum official has a unique shade and tagging footprint not found on other stamps. Mint examples are very scarce and only a tiny handful of covers have ever been found. Very fine and rare. (2013 APS Cert #204443). Green 2¢ entire with 10¢ Special Delivery affixed beside, tied by three strikes 8/17 Minneapolis duplex cancels; 8/18 RPO & 8/19 Brooklyn, NY, transit cds on back. Minor fault on backflap from opening and faint file fold at right. Fine to very fine. Cat $275. 2225 (O136 var) 1989 OFFICIAL M

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