Marianas, Marines, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Maryland, Massachusetts & México Postal History; Marines, Medicine & Metered Covers

MARIANAS, MARINES, MARSHALL ISLANDS,
MARTINIQUE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS,
MEDICINE, METEOROLOGY & METERED
COVERS & POSTAL HISTORY

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DEC 22 8:30 PM'98 BALTIMORE MD. 2 Barry cancel (numeral 2 breaks three lines in the killer) clearly struck ties 2-c Washington franking #6 cover to Parkersburg West Virginia (receiving backstamp), brownish paper, back side shows effects of rough opening, Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 m(b)m

circa APR 1899 partially legible Harney (DPO) handstamp on postal card to Fairfield Pa., so beat up it is only offered as a curiosity. $0.50 m

"THE TOW PATH, CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND. Shows Canal Towage Company No. 8 boat. black & white postcard with sky tint on pebbled stock, clear MAR 17 1907 Cumberland Md. transfer clerk cancel, undivided back, minor corner & edge wear, tiny corner crease most easily seen from back. $17.00 m-m

USS STURTEVANT at NEWPORT R.I. clear violet SEPT 10 34 hand cancel ties 3-c Maryland Tercentenary stamp franking #6 cover to Maryland, exceptionally attractive red & black cachet for the silver jubilee & regatta of the Maryland Yacht Club (held August 10-12 1934), never sealed. $4.00 nrm

Destroyer USS BABBITT (DD-128) at US Naval Base Philadelphia OCT 10 1935, dark blue cachet for 50th anniversary of United States Naval Academy, yellowish stock, internal crease at right bottom misses everything. This was during her service with the Midshipmen's Coastal Cruise Detachment. $3.75 nm

MAY 30 1938 clear USS SAVANNAH at ANNAPOLIS / MARYLAND hand cancel ties 3-c Texas Centennial stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic ship cachet & attractive multiple-anchor border around front, neatly addressed, brownish paper, small corner crease at bottom, never sealed. $3.50 nm

NOV 4 1974 cancel of Crisfield Md. with corner card of Officer in Charge USCG Ant Crisfield at Crisfield, to Ohio, 10-c tennis postal stationery. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cmu(p)

US ROUTING OF RHODESIAN MAIL TO MARYLAND
11 COVERS 1971 - 1983
The variety of routings within the US during this period of widespread opprobrium invites study.

26.JUL 1971 red POSTAGE PAID IN CASH / SALISBURY hand cancel franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, considerable wrinkling along one short edge misses the cancel.

30 MAR 1973 red POSTAGE PAID IN CASH / SALISBURY hand cancel franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, 2 small corner creases.

circa 1975 red metered & repeating POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, small US U1 & D8 routing marks on back, corner crease & long paper bend along top edge.

16 JAN 1976 clear red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, small light US Y8 & B7 routing marks on back, unimportant edge wrinkling.

19 JAN 1976 clear red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, nothing on the back, minor wrinkling at the corners.

6 MAR 1976 light metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, light violet US 31 routing mark on back, 2 small corner creases.

16 MAR 1976 light red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover to Hyattsville Maryland, small US F5 & I2 routing marks on back, small corner crease & trivial wrinkling along one short edge.

8 APR 1976 red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, PRINCE GEORGES machine cancel over the metering 7 days later, clear West Bowie Station of Bowie backstamp, small US CB & DA & A8 routing marks, one corner with small multiple creases affecting nothing of importance.

7 MAR 1978 red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, small US C6 & I6 routing marks on back, tiny corner crease.

14 NOV 1979 light red POSTAGE PAID IN CASH franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, no markings on back, backflap has 2 tiny nicks.

13 APR 1983 light red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, small US C4 & B8 & K5 routing marks on back, small corner crease.

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OFFICIAL MAIL TO 8th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Lot of 13 items sent mostly 1980-1981 under the free frank of Mike Barnes to his 8th Congressional District constituents. Includes #10 size material & a few continental postcards announcing community forums he held. Collectively interesting for their insight into how a Congressman would use the free frank privilege. Light duplication. $13.00 u(f)m

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Clear BOSTON MASS. CARRIER / DEC 4 2PM (1878) receiving mark on government postal mailed at New Bedford the same day, bearing the logo of the NEW BEDFORD / MERCURY // UNION / 92 / STREET, heavy vertical crease, triangular violet B. D. / BOSTON / DEC 4 / 2 P.M. marking on back, heavy vertical crease mercifully misses all postal markings, a few small ink spots on front. $30.00 m(n)n-m

3-45p SEP 17 1885 BOSTON MASS early & uncommon American machine cancel boldly struck on 1-c government postal card to Woodstock New Brunswick, backstamped lightly on arrival. Former owner's references to Brill & Olson lightly penciled in. $5.00 mm

"Greetings / from / Northfield" monochromatic dark violet multiview postcard on government postal card, four scenes--Gordon Lake, home of D. L. Moody, the Auditorium & Main Street. Mailed 14 AUG 1899 at East Northfield (clear hand cancel) to Glenn Summit Pennsylvania (receiving mark a little light). Tiny corner crease but not much edge wear. $25.00 mm-m

Clear SEP 15 1890 New Bedford Mass. 2 hand cancel dates government postal card to Connecticut from E. Anthony & Sons (publishers of the Evening Standard & Republican Standard). $8.00 mn-m NEW / NUEVO / NÝR

1899 Boston 9 Ovate. Cover has sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 fm

"MT. HERMON SCHOOL, Mt. Hermon, MASS." with caption corrected by hand from Southfield to Mt. Hermon, postcard mailed there 4 MAR 1903 to South Hanover (clear hand cancels), color postcard from Detroit Photographic, mild corner & edge wear, a little browning of the back paper with age. Writing on front explains 6 things in the scene--dormitory, chapel, science building, recitation hall, etc.--so exceptionally interesting. Please note: The printed caption on the postcard "MT. HERMON SCHOOL, SOUTHFIELD, MASS." is erroneous, necessitating the noted hand correction by the sender. Mount Hermon is nowhere near Southfield in Massachusetts. $15.00 md-m*

"State Normal School, Westfield, Mass. / 11390. S. S. CONNER, PUBLISHER" in an exterior corner view, black & white postcard mailed JAN 11 1905 from Woronoco to Granby Connecticut (bold SPRINGFIELD, MASS / TRANSIT cancel & clear WORONOCO cancels), corner wear & rounding, upper corner crease, a little cancel ink & toning in the front border areas, one pinhole that closes well. The first coed normal school in the US is now known as Westfield State College. $8.00 mce-m

"Copyright 1905 by the Rotograph Co. / U. S. Arsenal, Main Building, Springfield, Mass." black & white postcard from the Rotograph Company, 1905 copyright, small cancel on front, well struck SPRINGFIELD, MASS. / TR CLERK DEC 8 1905 cancel on 1-c Franklin stamp, light but extensive toning near back left edge, a few tiny ink spots on back, words 'Trolley car' penned in above address, long crease. $6.00 m(s)-m+

"BOAT CLUB: NORTH WEST ARM. HALIFAX, NS." color postcard mailed there OCT 3 1907 to Wenham Depot Massachusetts (1884-1907, DPO receiving mark 80% clear on back), conspicuous cancel ink on front, corner & edge wear, slight yellowing of the paper with age on back. $15.00 n-m

$\Cover_FlagCancel_Winthrop1908-200_small.JPG from Judnick.com$ "SURF AT WINTHROP BEACH AFTER A STORM" color postcard from Robbins Brothers, mailed AUG 12 1908 at Winthrop (clear flag cancel), slight yellowing of the paper with age, partial cancel on front, long curved dark mark on front. $2.00 m-mf

"'Down River,' from the Bridge, Hanover Mass." including a couple small boats, black & white post card mailed AUG 24 1908 at Assinippi (clear DPO cancel), extraneous writing at left back edge, paper browning with age, mild corner & edge wear. $5.00 m-m

"Beach and Cottages, Sandy Hill, SCITUATE, Mass." with the word 'Hill' in the caption hand-corrected from 'Hills', color postcard mailed SEP 30 1908 from Sandhills (complete hand cancel, now a DPO) in disagreement with that correction & that correction (!), a little extraneous writing along left back edge, minor corner & edge wear, back paper yellowing with age. $5.50 m-m NEW / NUEVO / NÝR

OCT 17 1910 The Wire Goods Company, / HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS, "EVERYTHING IN WIRE," / WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS large corner card within black border, off-center 2-c Washington franks #6 windowed cover, large "EVERYTHING IN WIRE" boxed on back, Parkersburg West Virginia flag backstamp, trademark on backflap, opened neatly. $5.00 am

"SALISBURY ROAD. BROOKLINE, MASS." sepia-tone real photo post card published by C. O. Tucker, mailed FEB 15 1911 at Boulevard (DPO, complete flag cancel), slight oxidation, minor edge wear. faint small corner crease. $12.50 m-m

"WESTFIELD / APR 3 - 17 / 7--- ---PM / MASS" with 8 straight lines canceling the 2-c Washington indicia on #6 postal stationery with Vitrified Wheel Co. corner card (emery & corundum wheels) to Parkersburg West Virginia, neatly opened, tiny tear that closes well. Uncommon Columbia killer. $4.50 m(c)m

"West Hartford, Vt." black & white postcard mailed AUG 31 1917 in Brandon (inverted year in cancel, Lynn transit mark next day when forwarded to Mrs. C. S. Jackson in South Weymouth Massachusetts), lower corner crease, corner wear & rounding. Small x on front marks "the site of Fathers home". $3.00 v(w)g-vm NEW / NUEVO / NÝR

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JAN 12 1936 Woronoco [Massachusetts] hand cancel on War Department official business #10 penalty cover from Chaplain P. M. Hickcox at the 113th Co. in Chester to Ohio, opened neatly, light paper bends. $2.00 um

SEP 8 1938 clear USS SAMPSON at BOSTON / MASS. handstamp ties 3-c Washington franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic ship cachet with multiple anchor borders, brownish paper, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 nm

FEB 23 1939 USS SAMPSON at BOSTON / MASS. hand cancel ties 1-c & 2-c prexies franking #6 cover to Illinois, large blue Naval cachet well struck, 3 paper bends vertically, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.25 nm

Clear MAR 3 1940 USS O'BRIEN with BOSTON / MASS. in the killer bar ties 2-c James Fenimore Cooper & 1-c Washington Irving stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, typed address, never sealed, cover glue shows through back. $3.25 nma

Clear MAR 9 1940 USS O'BRIEN with BOSTON / MASS. in the killer bar ties 2-c James Fenimore Cooper & 1-c Washington Irving stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, typed address, never sealed, cover glue shows through back. $3.25 nma

Clear MAR 14 1940 USS O'BRIEN with BOSTON / MASS. in the killer bars ties 2-c James Fenimore Cooper & 1-c Washington Irving stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, typed address, never sealed, cover glue shows through back & lightly on front. $3.25 nma

Clear MAR 26 1940 USS O'BRIEN with BOSTON / MASS. in the killer bars ties 2-c James Fenimore Cooper & 1-c Washington Irving stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, typed address, never sealed, cover glue shows through back. $3.50 nma

Bold APR 19 1940 USS O'BRIEN with BOSTON / MASS. in the killer bar ties 2-c James Fenimore Cooper & 1-c Washington Irving stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, typed address, never sealed, cover glue shows through back & lightly on front. $3.50 nma

Clear APR 24 1940 USS O'BRIEN with BOSTON / MASS. in the killer bar ties 2-c James Fenimore Cooper & 1-c Washington Irving stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, typed address, never sealed, cover glue shows through both sides. $3.00 nma

USS-NICHOLSON (DD-442) launching from Boston MAY 31 1940, clear Navy Yard Sta. cancel ties 1-1 / 2-c Martha Washington prexie franking #6 cover to New York, 2-color champaign bottle cachet, brownish paper, some envelope glue show-through on back. $3.75 nm

Crisp OCT 21 1947 cancel with BOSTON, MASS in killer bars ties place number 23711 block of 4 Constitution commemoratives franking cacheted cover to Indianapolis Indiana, Blue cachet for 150th / ANNIVERSARY / LAUNCHING OF THE / U.S.S. CONSTITUTION over drawing of the ship, never sealed. Quite attractive. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 nm

USS VESOLE (DD / DDR-878) bold Navy Day cachet 10 / 27 / 48 cancel during its overhaul at the Boston Naval Shipyard, paper browning with age. $4.50 (nm)

July 6, 1949 metered mail with red Tracerlab Commercial Radioactivity Center (Boston Massachusetts) slogan on windowed #10 cover, 3-cent rate. neatly opened. $2.50 (am)

DEC 14 1949 Boston Massachusetts Pitney-Bowes meter on windowed cover from Registry of Motor Vehicles, backflap torn. $1.50

"Belcher's Flowers / 22536 / 203 WINTHROP STREET / WINTHROP 52, MASS. / ACKNOWLEDGMENT" with large FTD logo, mailed in Boston MAY 4 1950 (clear slogan cancel publicizes the Boston Jubilee May 18-22), a little extraneous writing on back, small but ugly brown spot seen both sides but obscures nothing, tiny corner crease. As is. $1.00 m(w)-m NEW / NUEVO / NÝR

"Post Exchange, Cushing General Hospital, Framingham, Mass. / 75587" including several people inside (one in a wheelchair), Tichnor linen mailed APR 5 1951 by patient Harold G. Wells, clear Cushing Vet's Admin. Hop. cancel (DPO), minor corner wear. $5.00 m-m

"687 - CALAHORRA. Catedral. Altar Mayor" postcard showing the main altar of the Spanish cathedral, black & white from Edición Almirall, mailed OCT 15 1957 at South Ashfield Massachusetts (DPO, 1866 - 1963, light cancel ties shipbuilding stamp), corner crease not into image. $2.50 s-m

"Meriam's Corner, Concord, Mass." color postcard, circa 1915 but mailed NOV 18 1959 at Central Village (2 different & clear cancels, now DPO). Close-up of stamp corner shown for detail; card is complete. $4.00 (m-m)

"Canterbury. King's School, England" including 4 male students, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 in Lunenburg Massachusetts (2 different cancels there). $2.00 e-m

Clear JUN 20 1970 Quincy MA machine cancel ties 6-c flag over White House stamp franking christening cover for the USS DIXON (AS37), with explanatory insert, never sealed. Interesting & well struck cachet in yellow & black explains the naming to a Civil War sinking at Charleston South Carolina in 1864. $2.50 nm

Clear APR 22 1972 Quincy MA machine cancel ties 8-c flag over White House stamp franking #6 cover with address label removed, large & very attractive 2-color cachet for the christening of the FORT FISHER (LSD 40), insert included with extensive information about the ship. $2.50 nm

HOLLISTON. National Air Mail Week cachet sponsored by the Safety First Shoe Co., large and well struck, with the violet handstamp of William P. O'Grady, Postmaster. $2.00

Undated small windowed & metered cover with the fancy metered .02 postage, slogan of the Fire Prevention Division of Boston Massachusetts "BE CAREFUL! / PREVENT FIRES" with its seal all in red, never closed, tiny spot of light toning at upper left front. $2.50 fm

MASSACHUSETTS PHILATELIC LITERATURE

"THE STREET RAILWAY POST OFFICES OF BOSTON" by Roger J. Heinen, softbound book with 1981 copyright, 46 pages well illustrated (cancels, photos, routes, timetables, etc.). Hard to find. $30.00 rm

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Clear Wilson JUL 12 1923 hand cancel ties 2-c Washington franking #6 cover to the W. W. Gavitt Medical Company in Topeka Kansas, multiple docketings as it was processed by the recipient, Contents includes detailed circular printed in red both sides about prize selling contests for agents of their Gavitt's System Regulator Tablets. $5.00 m&

955 JUN28 Szeged circular date stamp ties Hungarian 20-f woman worker stamp to continental size postcard requesting a medical paper, corner bend, recipient's pencil check mark on back. $1.50 hm

Clear JUL 12 1929 NELSON MO. hand cancel on 2-c Washington franking #6 cover to Topeka Kansas, multiple docketing by Gavitt Medical Company. With contents: year's worth of contests detailed (rules, prizes, etc.) for the agents of Gavitt's system regulator (a laxative). $5.00 m

3 VII 31 Lugano Switzerland fancy cancel for HISPA in Bern (with serpent & staff symbol) ties 20 William Tell stamp (corner missing) to postcard to Brooklyn New York, address information added on arrival, 2 small corner creases. $1.50 ms

USS KANE at San Diego California clear FEB 20 1936 cancel on 2 1-c Jefferson stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, interesting multicolor cachet recounts the life of the surgeon Elisha Kane (after whom the ship was named) & commemorates his birth, light envelope glue show-through both sides, corner crease, $4.00 nm

MAR 4 1949 clear & complete Saint Louis slogan cancel commemorating 'DIAMOND JUBILEE / SCIENCE OF OSTEOPATHY / ST. LOUIS JULY 1949 on 1-c Martha Washington postal card to Illinois, brownish paper, small corner crease. $1.25 mm

Clear USS DIXIE (AD 14) JUN 14 1950 hand cancel with N, ties 3-c The Doctor Stamp franking #6 cover to North Carolina, patriotic 'A STRONG NAVY / A FREE PEOPLE' cachet in blue & red, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.75 npm

JAN 23 1953 Washington DC slogan cancel FIGHT / INFANTILE PARALYSIS / JOIN MARCH OF DIMES ties 2-c John Adams stamp franking postcard to Ohio, good edges. $1.00 md

10-1-76 official first day cover for the 15-paisa stamp marking the fight to eradicate of TB (tuberculosis), unaddressed, dark red & olive cachet. $0.50 pm NEW / NUEVO / NÝR

24-472 clear Pustchino on the Oka USSR cancel ties 12-kopek 1970 ICA anniversary stamp to continental postcard requesting reprint of a histochemical paper written by an Ohio State anatomy professor, edge wear, 2 corner creases. $2.50 mr

22-5.74 large postcard requesting reprint of an oncology paper from Institute of Oncology Problems at Kiev to Columbus Ohio, franked with 4-k 30th anniversary stamp tied by fairly clear cancel, back shows brownish paper. $2.50 um

10 December 1974 Sweden official FDC with the complete set honoring Nobel Prize winners Max Von Laue (physics) & Theodore William Richards (chemistry) & Robert Barany (medicine), unaddressed & fresh appearance, with explanatory insert in 4 languages. $2.00 nm

5 VII 78 Sakyo Kyoto black dial cancel & fancy red cancel depicting lungs, the latter ties 80 pheasant stamp to continental Heinan Shrine postcard to Ohio, sender mentions attending a session on lung cancer, tiny corner crease, minor wear at 2 other corners. $2.00 mj

"Hospital Santo Tomas - Cuidad de Panama. R. de P. Foto Flatau / Santo Tomas Hospital..." monochromatic green on unused un-centesimo continental size Panamanian government postal card, two sets of staple holes (very hard to see). $1.50 pm-p

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"DEAR DOCTOR" POSTCARDS

"CROSSING THE BROOK / by the Uruguayan painter / E. Castells Capurro" Pentothal® advertising card mailed from Montevideo to US 1956 (inverted date in dial), continental size, depicting a cowboy. Sold, but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (um-u)

26 APR 1957 clear Oxford cancel on 1-1 / 2-p Queen stamp franking continental postcard to Ohio advertising Pentothal® Sodium. View is "QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD", partial cancel on front. $3.50 m-m*^*+

1957 bold & fancy Bern Switzerland cancel on 10-c bus stamp franking Abbott Pentothal advertising postcard to Manitoba. View is a clock tower published by Schellenberg. $4.75 m-m%

1957 bold Göteborg 1 cancel on 15 hockey stamp franking Abbott Pentothal advertising continental postcard to Manitoba. View is of several small fishing boats near shore, explained in Swedish. Trivial corner wear. $4.75 m-m%

1960 light but complete Usumbura Ruanda-Urundi cancel on 1-fr hibiscus stamp franking Abbott Pentothal advertising continental postcard to Manitoba. View is cattle grazing in hilly terrain, published by Congo Tourisme. Trivial corner wear. $5.50 m-m%

"Dear Doctor: / In vast and sparsely / populated Greenland..." continental advertising postcard for Abbott Pentothal® Sodium, mailed 11-3-1959 from Godthĺb Greenland (bold hand cancel ties 15-ore brown King stamp), forwarded on arrival at Columbus Ohio, trivial wear at one corner, small corner crease. $12.00 m-mg

"Dear Doctor: / In the frigid expanse of / Antarctica, men from..." 10 JA 81 light Wilkes Australian Antarctic Territory cancel ties 8-c map & men & barrels stamp franking regular size postcard to Ohio. stamp not damaged, front side shows an overview of the base. $7.50 m-ma%

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MEDICAL TOPICAL COVERS--WANTED TO BUY NOTICES

Wanted to buy--covers franked with stamps honoring bacteriologist & Nobel Prize winner Dr. Robert Koch. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Wanted to buy--first day covers worldwide on the topic of blood donation. *c

1892 Express Hidalgo 15-centavos on unused 10-centavos postal stationery (#6 cover size), 2 small spots of toning on backm a little edge toning at the front, otherwise fairly fresh. $12.75 m

1895 Express Hidalgo 10-centavos on unused 5-centavos postal stationery (#6 cover size), light browning at edges, 2 tiny linear spots that look like wax on back center. H&G 3a. $12.00 m-m

Registered Wells Fargo y Cia 10-centavos postal stationery (#6 cover size) from Mexico D. F. to Geneva Switzerland 'VIA NUEVA-YORK...' in red, clear CERTIFICACION INTERN. hand cancels (one on the indicia 1 / 3 incomplete apparently because of stamp removal by a certifiable imbecile), well struck 'RECOMMANDÉ in red, registration etiquette over 40% of the green Wells Fargo logo, two-line violet 'PARA CARTAS DE 30 GRAMOS EN LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA / --Y A LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS--', clear arrival backstamp 11.11.99 with unimportant part going off the edge, surprisingly complete-lettering brown wax seal, fancy red sender's marking 'C. BRUPBACHER / MEXICO CITY' well struck on both sides. $30.00 ms

Postcard with message dated April 6 1909 at Magdalena Bay México, with partial USS Tennessee cancel next day. "Leave here about the 15^th to escort the Jap fleet to Seattle in time for the opening May 30." (Referring to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.) Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original postcard area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg (381,367 bytes) or .tif format. $1.75 nm

Clear 2 OCT 1909 Colima Col. hand cancels tie 5-centavos stamp franking #6 envelop from Alberto Lepe / Comerciante y Comisionista to Washington DC, backstamped clearly on arrival October 8th (2 different, one is recipient's docketing). neatly addressed, neatly opened, centered stamp. $3.75 m

Fragment bearing clear JUN 12 1915 USS PETREL cancel with TAMPICO / MEXICO in killer bars ties US 2-c Washington stamp, pasted by former owner to a #6 cover. Last name of addressee was Remlein. This gunboat on patrol was decommissioned after active service in the Spanish-American War, and later recommissioned in 1910, $4.50 mn

Clear 39 MAY 18 Mexico D. F. hand cancel ties 10-centavos blue stamp franking #6 cover from E. Dean Fuller to Boston, OPENED BY / CENSOR / No. tape overlaps stamp but not much of the cancel, complete PASSED BY CENSOR / 751 in violet oval clearly ties the censor's tape on the back, couple of small hinge discolorations on backflap. $5.00 m

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17 FED34 Monterrey hand cancel ties 2-centavos building stamp with selvedge franking #6 cover from Asociacion Mexicana Automovilistica to the Mexican Consulate at Oklahoma City Oklahoma, small light bends to the top corners suggest ironing, traces of cancel ink on the back, neatly addressed, neatly opened. $3.00 ma

Gorgeous blue SEP 1 1938 USS ROPER cancel with VERA CRUZ in killer bars ties 3-Washington franking #6 cover to Illinois, large brown generic firing ship cachet, typed address, never sealed, heavy & long crease at upper left front mercifully misses everything. DD-147 was on an exercise then. $3.75 mn

1939 -1991. Lot of twelve miscellaneous Mexican covers. All #6 to #10 size, most to USA. Good variety includes six one-stamp frankings, a metered, and an inflation franking. Not many problems: one long crease, one wrinkled, one uncancelled. Wholesale priced at $5.00. m

-9 JUL 41 fairly clear Aereo Mexico D. F. hand cancel ties 40-centavos blue airmail stamp with corner selvedge franking #6 cover from R. E. de Castro Jr. (Habana Cuba return address) to Boston, light wrinkling near corners suggests careful ironing, some cancel ink on back. $2.50 m

Clear 17 NOV 43 SERVICIO AEREO / TAMPICO, TAM. hand cancel ties two 20-c dark red airmail stamps franking #6 cover to Maryland, Harry S. Oberdorf return address (presumably on travel), EXAMINED BY 2255 censor strip at left, neatly addressed, unimportant tear to backflap when opened. $2.25 m

Clear blue MAY 7 1947 OFICINA FILATELICA MEXICANA / MEXICO D. F. oval handstamp franks official #10 brown cover from Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico (with fancy seal for corner card) & black boxed notice near top center, neatly addressed, noticeable wrinkling along right front affects no markings, 2 blue oval backstamps match the one on the front. $2.00 m

ENE 18 1958 #6 registered airmail cover from México D. F. to Illinois, franked by 1.20 constitution centenary stamp tied, neatly typed address & complete registration etiquette label on front, back with red and white seal & 2 well struck origination marks in blue & clear Brookfield Illinois receiving mark in violet. Unimportant small crease to backflap, otherwise neatly opened. Some figuring in a back corner does not appear to belong. $2.50 mcl

ENE 28 1958 #6 registered airmail cover from Mexico D. F. to Illinois, franked by 40-centavos mask & strip of three 1-peso dance stamps, neatly addressed, incomplete 3-line blue airport? handstamp (last 2 lines 'VISTA DE 2.. / H-e-261) on front, 3 backstamps including Brookfield Illinois the next day, long piece of discolored tape affects the 2 blue Mexican backstamps. $2.75 m

1962 - 1981. Lot of five registered covers to the US. Three are #6 size, one a bit larger. Originations: Mérida Yuc., Yecero Sonora, Guadalajara Jalisco, México D. F. & Orizaba Veracruz. Only condition problem upper left corner gone on 1962 item $8.00 gets them all.

Light red 6 V 79 2.10 airmail special delivery metered #10 cover from Diesel Nacional in Mexico D. F. (small icon in corner card area) to Wickliffe Ohio (2.10 rate), long paper bend very near top edge affects nothing, small corner crease affects nothing, typed address, no backstamps. $1.75 m

MAYO 30 1986 blue oval REGISTRADA / MEXICO D. F. hand cancels tie seven 35-peso International Year of the Child stamps (block of 5 & pair) franking registered cover forwarded to Dublin Ohio, claim check stub attached at front left, 3 backstamps (ultimate arrival June 4), paper clip indentation at top center misses everything. $3.75 mc

June 11 1996 registered business windowed envelop cover from Linares N. L. to Ohio, franked by strip of 3 5000-peso exporta & one N$2.00 Colima stamps, mostly clear hand cancels & 2 circled AR's on front, neatly opened. Nice change-of-currency / inflation item. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 m

July 1 1993 clear 04300 MEXICO, D. F. blue registration hand cancels tie a pair of 4000-peso exporta stamps franking #6 airmail cover to Michigan, clear Detroit backstamp July 15th, remnants of an address label improperly placed on the back (the next address label also improperly placed in the upper left front), slight ink smears (raindrops?) on handstamped registration etiquette. $3.75 m

MEXICO PHILATELIC LITERATURE

September 1968 American Philatelist: Mexico--the Monterey 'Provisionals'; Confederate Provisionals--Three Camden S. C. Covers; El Salvador's First Airmails; & much more. $3.75 the complete journal. acem NEW / NUEVO / NÝR

Mexicana (The Journal of the Mexico Elmhurst Philatelic Society International), Volume 38 Number 1 (January-March 1989). Articles include: Postal History of the Mexican States of Guerrero and Morelos 1856 to 1867, Tuberculosis Seals of 1988-89, Displaced Person's Mail, The Provisional Gothic Overprint of 1867 & much more. The complete issue in 56 page, punched for notebooks as issued. $5.00 m

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