Almost complete Sarbhang cancel ties 20-ch dancer stamp franking small cover to Education Dept. Central Stores at Phunstsholing, "via:-Dalsing paara / Disu:-Talpaiguri" handwritten, indistinct backstamp. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 bd

Wanted to buy--pre-1962 covers from Bhutan. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

2 SEP 69 clear Samdrup Jongkhar route marking backstamped on small cover from Mongar-Dzong to Phuntsholing (5 SEP), Mongar-Dzong cancel is bold (but mentions only the year) & ties 20-ch Simtokha Dzong stamp. Bottom of cover is wrinkled, slight reduction to one corner when opened. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 b

12 SEP 69 partial Phuntsholing cancel ties boy filling box stamp franking small cover to Rinpug-Dzong, partial arrival mark on stamp side next day, reduced slightly at one corner when opened. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 bc

15 SEP 69 clear Samchi cancel ties 20-ch laughing thrush bird stamp franking small cover to Health Directorate at Paro. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 b

29 JY 74 slightly blurry Phuntsholing cancel ties sheet margin copy of 1.25-nu INDIPEX stamp franking multiple-page "ON POSTAL SERVICE / ROYAL GOVT. OF BHUTAN" pricelist from their Philatelic Bureau to Michigan. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 be

12 AUG 1977 light Phuntsholing cancel on corner copy of 5-nu apple picking stamp franking registered cover to Yonkers New York, browning tape seals backflaps as shown, 2 different violet US backstamps. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 b

Wanted to buy--Bhutan covers from the 1962 to 1977 time period, so that we may restock. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars! *c!

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Three cacheted AUG24 1974 covers  commemorating the American Bicentennial by marking the anniversary of the departure of the Connecticut delegation for the First Continental Congress. Top: Roger Sherman, New Haven. Center: Eliphalet Dyer, Windham (2 paper bends). Bottom: Silas Deane, Wethersfield. All unaddressed & never opened. All 3 for $2.00 total. cb


 

Clear OCT 13 1974 USS OUELLET (DE-1077) hand cancel ties 10-c Independence Hall stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, green text in script for cachet explains origin of Navy Day, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.00 nb

February 16, 1975 CLINTON Clintpex Station cancel on unaddressed #6 cover with multicolor cachet commemorating 200 years of Patrick Henry's speech. (3 different cachets) $1.25 each

April 20, 1975 MILFORD Milpex fancy cancel on neatly addressed #6 cover with multicolor Bicentennial cachet. $1.25

Clear & complete SEP 3 1975 ODD WV hand cancel ties Salem Poor 10-c stamp franking #6 cover to Newark Ohio, a little crinkling along the top edge, never sealed, neatly addressed. $0.50 bw

Clear OCT 13 1975 USS ALBERT DAVID FF 1050 hand cancel ties 10-c Lexington & Concord stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $1.75 n(a)b

20 JAN 76 Western Samoa official FDC for 5-stamp issue honoring the American Bicentennial, blue & black cachet, unaddressed, exceptionally colorful. $5.00 wb

12 APR. 76 US BICENTENNIAL / FIRST DAY OF ISSUE / G.P.O. DOMINICA circular date stamp ties 75-c British ensign with regimental color stamp to unaddressed FDC with multicolor cachet, back has signed certificate of authenticity, fresh appearance. $1.00 db

13 APR 1976 Grenada FDC for 2-stamp American Revolution Bicentennial stamps, unaddressed, cachet in black shows eagle & shield. $0.75 gb

3 Mai 1976 Luxembourg FDC for 6-f American Bicentennial stamp (complete issue), neatly typed address to Ohio, multicolor Thill cachet. $1.25 lb

3 - 5 -76 Monaco FDC for 1,70-f stamp honoring the US Bicentennial, multicolor cachet, neatly typed address, fresh appearance. Also of interest to stamp on stamp topical collectors. $2.75 mbs

3 - 5 -76 Monaco FDC for 1,70-f stamp honoring the US Bicentennial, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, certificate of authenticity on back. Also of interest to stamp on stamp topical collectors. $2.75 mbs

13.-5.1976 FDC for 70-pf US bicentennial stamp showing a successful German-American immigrant who became a politician in the US, unaddressed, multicolor cachet. (2 available) $1.75 each. gb

28 MAY 1976 FDC for Gibraltar 25-p US Bicentennial stamp, neatly addressed to Columbus Ohio, green & black eagle cachet. $1.75 gb

MY 29 76 FDC for 30-c Cayman Islands' American Bicentennial stamp, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, slightly smaller than a #10 cover. $1.50 cb

JUL 23 1976 light but complete Nome machine cancel ib 13-c Franklin Bicentennial stamp franking #6 cover from M.S. Lindblad Explorer (blue cachet) to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $4.25 ab

3 July 1976 FRENCH ANDORRA FDC for the 1,20 US Bicentennial stamp, multicolor cachet, neatly addressed to Ohio. $2.50

76,11,29 first day cover for the 2.25 American Bicentennial stamp, multicolor cachet, undressed. A little larger than a #6 cover. $1.25 sb

76.11.29 first day cover for the 2.25 American Bicentennial stamp, black & red cachet, neatly addressed to Ohio. Size #6 cover. $1.00 sb

13 DE 76 FDC for se-tenant 40-c & 75-c naval ship battle (The Raleigh attacking HMS Druid), large multicolor cachet marks American Revolution Bicentennial, unaddressed, certificate of authenticity printed on large backflap, fresh appearance. $1.75 mbs!

31 12 76 first day cover for the USA Bicentennial stamp issue of Nepal, tied by fancy bilingual cancel, #10 size envelope is unaddressed with multicolor cachet, certificate of authenticity from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration on backflap, excellent condition. $2.00 nb

5 RHODE ISLAND EVENTS
DURING THE US BICENTENNIAL 1977-1980

MAY 10 1977 bold Providence RI cancel ties 1-c Jones-Barry & 13-c flag over Independence Hall stamps to multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover commemorating John Paul Jones' first command, unaddressed. With interesting explanatory insert.

AUG 8 1978 bold Newport RI cancel ties 15-c flag coil stamp on multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover commemorating the siege of Newport in 1778, unaddressed.

OCT 29 1978 TIVERTON RI cancel ties 15-c flag coil stamp on multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover, commemorating the capture of the sloop "Pigot", unaddressed.

OCT 25 1979 bold Newport RI cancel ties 15-c flag coil stamp on multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover commemorating the British evacuation on Newport, unaddressed. $1.25 rb

JUL 10 1980 bold Newport RI cancel ties 15-c flag coil stamp on multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover honoring the arrival of the French Army, unaddressed. $1.25 rb

=> Special price: All 5 covers above for $5.75 <=

JUN 13 1977 Charleston SC FDC for plate number single (37945) of 13-c Lafayette Bicentennial stamp, Artcraft cachet hand-colored by David E. Hunter (who autographed the back), never sealed, 2 small routing marks on back, addressing removed carefully. $3.75 u(f)b

Somewhat light DEC 15 1977 USS ALBERT DAVID (FF-1050) hand cancel ties 13-cent July 4 1776 stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, first day of use for the large dark gray ship's cachet, violet double-ring cancel for the ship clearly struck in blank area, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.25 n(a)b

DEC 29 1978 clear Savannah Georgia cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating the fall of Savannah in 1778, multicolor cachet with art, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gb

JAN 9 1979 clear Midway Georgia cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 envelop commemorating the surrender at Fort Morris in 1779, multicolor cachet with art, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gb

FEB 14 1979 clear Washington Georgia cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 envelop honoring the battle at Kettle Creek in 1779, multicolor cachet with art, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gb

MAR 3 1979 clear Sylvania Georgia cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating bicentennial of the British victory at nearby Briar Creek in 1779, multicolor cachet with art, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.50 gb

July 11, 1979 NORWALK cancel on #6 cover with multicolor Bicentennial cachet commemorating the burning of Norwalk by Clinton's raiding party. $1.25

AUG 14 1979 Castine Maine 04421 dial cancel on 15-c flag stamp franking #6 cover commemorating the Battle of Penobscot Bay, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, faint album impressions at the corners. A US Bicentennial cover. $1.00 mb

SEP 16 1979 clear Savannah Georgia cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating the commencement of the siege of Savannah in 1779, multicolored cachet with art, unaddressed. $1.50 gb

OCT 9 1979 clear Savannah Georgia cancel ties 15-c flag coil to #6 cover commemorating Pulaski's death at Savannah in 1779, multicolored cachet with art, unaddressed. $1.50 gb

MAR 14 1980 clear Mobile circular date stamp ties 15-c flag to cacheted cover commemorating the Spanish capture of Mobile in 1780, Fleetwood Bicentennial series. $1.00 ab

Bold MAY 9 1981 PENSACOLA FL 32501 hand cancel ties 15-c flag & 3-c ballot box stamps franking cover commemorating the Spanish Victory in the Floridas, multicolor Fleetwood cachet for the Bicentennial, unaddressed. $1.25 fb

JUN 5 1981 crisp Augusta Georgia cancel ties 15-c flag coil & 3-c ballot box stamps to #6 cover commemorating the capture of Augusta by Greene in 1781, multicolored cachet with art, unaddressed. $1.50 gb

September 6, 1981 NEW LONDON cancel on #6 cover with multicolored Bicentennial cachet on Arnold's New London raid, unaddressed. $1.25 (cb)

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Somewhat light PARIS / R. DANTON 4 8 03 hand cancel ties 10-c stamp franking hand-colored (and, hence, unique) carte postale with 2 bluebirds to New York City (received there APR 11), on the "Salutation" side is a message in French, "Nş 137-" on address side suggests this is from a collectible series. $10.00 bf(p)-f

Crisp NOV 26 1936 USS PRESTON hand cancel with THANKSGIVING DAY in killer bars ties 3-c Susan B. Anthony stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, large fancy green Thanksgiving cachet with turkey against ship's wheel, neatly addressed, blue handstamp of the Battleship Oregon BERTHED at Portland Oregon on reverse, small tear in the top would close nicely with ironing. $3.00 n. Same, but no tear at the top. $3.75 nb

Bold MAY 29 1937 USS ORTOLAN hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA in the killer bars ties 1-c Jones / Barry & 2-c Decatur /  Macdonough stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, blue-anchors border all around, neatly addressed, 2 small creases at one bottom corner. Typed cachet identifies the ship as ASR-5, a submarine rescue vessel. An ortolan is a bird in the bunting family. $3.50 nc

Clear JAN 28 1938 USS FALCON hand cancel with NEW LONDON / CT. in killer bars ties 3-c Charlotte Amalie stamp franking brown #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.50 ncb

Clear 12 JUL 1938 USS ORTOLAN hand cancel with SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA in the killer bars ties 3-c Washington stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, blue-anchors border all around, neatly addressed, tiny spots of cancel ink upper left corner affects nothing, never sealed, paper browning evenly with age. This ship ASR-5 was a submarine rescue vessel. An ortolan is a bird in the bunting family. $3.50 nc

Clear AUG 30 1938 USS ORIOLE hand cancel with MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA in the killer bars ties a horizontal pair of 1-1 / 2-c Martha Washington prexies franking #6 cover to Illinois, attractive blue-anchors border all around, paper browning fairly evenly with age, neatly addressed, tiny bends at 2 corners. $3.50 ncb

Bold FEB 1 1939 USS ORIOLE hand cancel with MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA in the killer bars ties 1-c Washington & 2-c Adams prexies franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic brown ship cachet with blue-anchors border all around, paper browning evenly with age, neatly addressed. $3.75 ncb

-7SE39 G.P.O Sydney New South Wales dial cancel ties 6-d kookaburra bird stamp to O.H.M.S. registered cover to Honolulu Territory of Hawaii, 2 different & clear backstamps, backflap has interesting printed ad for ornamental telegram forms & covers, light wrinkling to 3 edges. $10.00 nb

Somewhat light MAR 17 1941 USS OSPREY hand cancel with FIRST DAY / POSTAL SER in killer bars ties 3-c Victor Herbert stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. Large dark blue patriotic eagle cachet for the commissioning of the ship at Norfolk Navy Yard as Minesweeper 56. $3.75 nmb

Clear MAR 24 1957 USS RANKIN cancel ties 3-c wild turkey stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, small violet cachet reads 'The / Importance / of the / NAVY / is / INCREASING', neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.25 nb

Two 24 May 1960 cacheted FDC's for 12th International Congress for Bird Preservation stamp with the Japanese crested ibis, different cachets & explanatory inserts & fancy cancels. One unaddressed; the other neatly addressed & mailed to the US. $1.75 total for both. jb

10 AUG 1963 cacheted unaddressed Japanese FDC for the raicho bird stamp issue, with bilingual explanatory insert in Japanese & English, trivial corner wear. $1.25 jb

"6913 Bergbahn Zermatt-Gornergraf, / Castor-Pollux-Breithorn" Swiss postcard showing an incline railroad from the side, airmailed 26.12.68 from Zürich to Connecticut (pair of 30+10 1968 Pro Juventute bird stamps tied by clear cancel). $3.75 su-s

"POZDRAV SA CRNOGORSKOG PRIMORJA" continental multiview post card with 5 scenes--Ulcinj, Budva, Herceg Novi, Boka Kotorska & Sveti Stefan, mailed 26 XII 69 from Becici (clear cancel on 0,30 Jugoslavijan dove stamp), minor corner wear. Becici is sometimes seen spelled Bečići. $2.00 m-mb*

Almost complete JAN 3 1970 USS O'BANNON (DD-450) cancel ties 6-c Alabama state bird stamp franking #6 cover to Maryland, almost complete violet double-ring New York City branch cancel for the ship in cachet area, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.00 n(o)nb

13.5.70 FDC for complete Papua New Guinea birds of paradise issue, cacheted & unaddressed, tiny bends at 3 corners, gorgeous. $6.50 pb

Well struck FEB 27 1973 USS FULTON (AS 11) hand cancel ties 8-c cardinal conservation stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, large violet USS JACK (SSN 605) cachet in the form of a playing card. $3.00 n(f)n(j)b

1978 "The Birds and Flowers of Canada" limited edition collection of 12 philatelic commemorative covers issued by Fleetwood & the National Audubon Society, cachets from original paintings created exclusively for the collection, housed in a faux-leather album, complete with explanatory inserts. Birds include the great horned owl of Alberta, the varied thrush of British Columbia & Canada Goose for Manitoba. Beautifully done. $12.00 including the album. bfc

   
   
1978 "The Birds and Flowers of the 50 States" limited edition collection of 50 philatelic commemorative covers issued by Fleetwood & the National Audubon Society, cachets from original paintings created exclusively for the collection by wildlife artist Arthur Singer, housed in a faux-leather album, complete with explanatory inserts. Examples shown (left-to-right, top-to-bottom): cactus wren & saguaro cactus of Arizona; mockingbird & apple blossom of Arkansas; Hawaiian goose & hibiscus of Hawaii; and  mountain bluebird & syringa of Idaho. $50.00 including the sturdy album. bf-a(s)

1979 NIGER RETURNED TO SENDER FROM SWITZERLAND, originally franked by 70-f pterocles exustus (chestnut-bellied sandgrouse of Central & Northern Africa) bird stamp to Bôle Switzerland, inexact address label applied to front and then canceled at Basel, RETOUR handstamped on front, "B.P. SUPPRIMEE s'adresser ŕ" followed by typed Washington DC address on the back. $7.50

14 AU 1980 commercial registered airmail from Katmandu Nepal to the National Water Well Association in Ohio, 1 r. Lumbini Year & 10 r. Aethopyga ignicauda (fire-tailed sunbird) stamps franking #10 size envelope, crisply backstamped AUG 23 1980 on arrival, neatly opened, upper left corner crease affects nothing of philatelic interest, a little crinkling at the bottom corners not too evident from the front. $3.75 nb

11 -11 1983 clear Alfred - Faure - Crozet hand cancels tie 1,00 petrel soyeux & 0,70 gorfou de schlegel penguin & 0,40 skua birds & 0,30 albatros fuligineux stamps franking #6 cover from ship C. G. M. Marion Dufresne (black circular cachet with anchor) to Ohio, initialed attest of the Commandant, violet 'OP-84 / 1' handstamp left front, neatly addressed, never sealed, small EC US routing mark on back, recipient's penciled annotation on back. $10.00 fb

     
Two covers from the Army peregrine falcon survey of July 1985: one shown left bearing a 3.70 Greenland stamp with tab and signed by numerous expedition members (Thomas D. Ray DVM, R. N. Rosenfield, etc.); the other shown right a flight cover from Scotia NY to Sřndre Strřmfjord Greenland, piloted by Lt. Col. Tom Leonard, co-pilot Maj. Tom Maechtle, again signed multiple times. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 each or both for $3.75. gba

1986 AIRMAIL #10 cover from Niger to Ohio, franked by 200-f Guépier rouge & 30-f Laniarius Barbarus (yellow-crowned gonolek or common gonolek of equatorial Africa) bird stamps, Centre-Tri-National cancels, vertical crease not affecting stamps or cancels. $1.25

OCT 7 1988 express mail FDC for Scott 2394, unaddressed, ArtCraft cachet, never sealed, stamp tied with all perfs in good shape, light paper clip indent at bottom center, no pencil erasures either side. $15.00 u(f)b OFFER WITHDRAWN

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15-6 1990 clear Sigave cancel ties 68-f barge rousse bird stamp franking #10 airmail cover to a Sister at St. Mary's Convent in Suva Fiji Islands, attractive multicolor cachet, light creases to bottom corners & upper left front corner. The bird is also known as the barred-tail godwit or Limosa lapponica. $8.00 wb

1991 AIRMAIL #10 cover, Maseru Lesotho to Illinois, strip of three 20-s red-headed finch stamps, opened neatly. $2.00

Somewhat light 03 SEP 1992 Lilongwe Malawi hand cancels tie strip of three 30-t grey cuckoo shrike bird stamps franking airmail #10 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, neatly opened, small US ZB & K4 routing marks on back. $2.50 mb

1993 AIRMAIL #10 cover Japan to Ohio, clear Mitaka Tokyo cancel ties 100-yen crane stamp, neatly opened. $1.00

1993 AIRMAIL #10 cover Japan to Ohio, clear Adachinashi Tokyo cancel ties 100-yen crane stamp, neatly opened. $1.00

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1993 AIRMAIL #6 cover Japan to Ohio, clear Beppu Shimane cancels tie 100-yen crane stamp, neatly opened. $1.00

5 JA 94 small pink cover from Mombasa Kenya to Los Angeles franked by 14 / - & 1 / - & 50-c bird stamps which are tied, most of rough opening detectable from the back only. $1.50 kb

14 JA 94 registered #10 airmail cover from Njoro Kenya (very small village) to Michigan, franked by 3 / & pair 11 / & three 50-c bird stamps, provisional use of Nakuru registration etiquette with correction by hand, four backstamps (three different). neatly opened. $7.50 kb

24 JA 94 #10 airmail cover from Viwandani B. O. Nairobi Kenya to Los Angeles franked by 50-c & 7 / - & 8 / - bird stamps which are tied, carried by Kenya Airways, neatly addressed & opened, US K5 route marking on back. $1.50 kb

25 JA 94 #10 cover from Mombasa Kenya to California, franked with 50-c bird & strip of five 3 / bird stamps tied by clear cancels, neatly addressed & opened, US K2 & K7 & DA routing marks on back, internal crease misses everything important. $1.75 kb

15 JL 94 airmail greeting card cover from Roseau Dominica to Winchester England, franked by 90-c bird stamp extending over top (creased but all there), back wrinkled in sealing. $1.00 db

1994 US BUSINESS REPLY LABEL with strip of three 100-yen crane stamps canceled at Sendai Japan added to make the airmail rate to Indiana, neatly opened. $1.00

1995 REGISTERED AIRMAIL #10 cover Japan to Ohio, 600-yen Ubanishi meter strip with bird design, no backstamps, neatly opened, handwritten annotation at receiving post office about left notice date. $2.50

DEC 13 1999 violet double-ring COLUMBUS OH hand cancels tie 3 ring-neck pheasant stamps franking a certificate of mailing (PS Form 3817 of March 1989) destination Columbus Georgia. $1.25 u(c)b

Three 2000 covers airmailed from Malawi to Ohio on missionary business, all franked with various bird stamps (10 in all, 3 different, 9 of which are hand cancelled in the small town of Karonga), neatly addressed, neatly opened, a couple of paper bends affect nothing important. $5.00 for all 3. mb*

Wanted to buy--interesting covers, proofs, essays, and specimens pertaining to herons, egrets, bitterns, storks, and spoonbills. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Wanted to buy--Samoan FDC's with birds. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

OWLS ONLY!

AUG 8 1913 Moundsville West Virginia cancel on 2-c Washington franking #6 cover to Parkersburg West Virginia, owl with sign BE WISE / LET US / FURNISH / YOUR HOME for W. W. & J. W. Henderson Furniture Co., brownish paper, rough opening along stamp edge spared the stamp. $3.75 b

8-9-1977 Sweden official FDC for 45-öre owl, 70-öre stove & 1.40-kr Gotland horse stamps, unaddressed, explanatory insert in 4 languages, fresh appearance. $2.50 bs

AUG 26 1978 FDC for US 15-c barred owl, black & white cachet with owl sculpture, unaddressed.
AUG 26 1978 FDC for US 15-c great gray owl, black & white cachet with owl art on coin, unaddressed. $1.00 b
AUG 26 1978 FDC for US 15-c great horned owl, black & white cachet with art depicting an owl's face, unaddressed. $1.00 b
AUG 26 1978 FDC for US 15-c saw-whet owl, black & white cachet with Indian dancer in owl mask, unaddressed. $1.00 b

=> The above four as a set: $3.75 b <=

AUG 26 1978 unique FDC for US 15-c barred owl, multicolor cachet (cartoon art) by David Hunter is tied, cachet maker's autograph on back. $3.75 b
AUG 26 1978 unique FDC for US 15-c great gray owl, multicolor cachet (cartoon art) by David Hunter is tied, cachet maker's autograph on back, small 18 & 1A routing marks on back. $3.75 b
AUG 26 1978 unique FDC for US 15-c great horned owl, multicolor cachet (cartoon art) by David Hunter is tied, cachet maker's autograph on back, small V1 & T8 routing marks on back. $3.75 b
AUG 26 1978 unique FDC for US 15-c saw-whet owl, multicolor cachet (cartoon art) by David Hunter, cachet maker's autograph on back, small T8 & V1 routing marks on back. $3.75 b
AUG 26 1978 unique FDC for block of four US 15-c  owl stamps, multicolor cachet (cartoon art) by David Hunter is tied, cachet maker's autograph on back, small V1 & T8 routing marks on back. $3.75 b

The above five as a set: $17.50
Would look handsome mounted together.

AUG 26 1978 Postmasters of America FDC for US 15-c great gray & 15-c saw-whet owl in se-tenant pair, blue-black cachet with Walter Richards signed owl art, unaddressed. Interesting stiffener. $1.50 b

FEB 10 1979 USS WILLIAM V. PRAT (DDG-44) cancel of 15-c barred owl stamp with copyright tab franking #6 cover to Ohio, blue "GREETINGS FROM PENNS LANDING / PHILADELPHIA, PA." cachet, neatly addressed, light A2 routing mark on back. Cancel well struck, cachet a bit light. $2.00 b

FEB 14 1979 USS DIXON (AS-37) cancel on US 15-c great gray owl stamp, first day of use for the large blue USS San Onofre (ARD30) cachet, neatly addressed; small MA, M9 & OC routing marks on back, never sealed. Four letters in cancel lightly struck. The blue of the cachet is a close match to the blue in the background of the owl, contributing some eye appeal overall. Some of the white-on-blue lettering in the part of the cachet over the ship is hard to read, but most of it can be made out. $2.00 b*

AUG 17 95 Eau Claire Wis. meter strip for 55-cents franks #6 cover to Ohio, strip folded over top to overlap National Wildlife Federation owl & northern bobwhite quail seals. $1.50 b

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JUL 13 1992 #10 cover from APO 96205 I Korea to Ohio, clear cancel on US 29-cent DuBois black heritage stamp, neatly addressed & opened. $2.00 kb

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BOLIVIAN POSTCARDS

   
"Sorata  Bolivia" a panorama of the small but important village, tarjeta postal Boliviana with unevenly divided back mailed with 1-, 2- & 5-centavos stamps to Carl Schmidt in Cleveland Ohio from La Paz in 1907, heavy bottom corner crease & a lot of edge wear, several speckles of cancel ink in the front sky. Editores de Notta & Co. was the publisher. Rare: no other offers, exhibitions, or recorded past sales when we searched the internet. $8.00 b-b

BOLIVIAN POSTAL CARDS

"BENI  Foto: José Orsini / Canoa india en el rio 'Mamoré'" showing 2 Indians in a canoe from a distance, black & white on yellowish paper, unused & fresh, postal card revalued from 1.25-Bs to Bs.-2.50, good edges. [Card prepared in 1943 but not released then. Revalued by postal authorities in 1950 for sale at Bs.-$4.00.] $8.00 b-b

"BENI  Foto: José Orsini / Trinidad--Plaza '"General Ballivian'" showing 3 people at a dirt plaza, black & white on yellowish paper, unused & fresh, postal card revalued from 15-centavos to Bs.-0.30, good edges. [Card prepared in 1943 but not released then. Revalued by postal authorities in 1950 for sale at Bs.-$1.80.] $6.50 b-b

"POTOSI  Foto: J.L.F. / Aguas termales de 'Miraflores'. Altura 3.600 mts. s .el nivel del mar" showing 3 well-dressed men near a waterfall, black & white on yellowish paper, unused & fresh, postal card revalued from 15-centavos to Bs.-0.30, good edges. [Card prepared in 1943 but not released then. Revalued by postal authorities in 1950 for sale at Bs.-$1.80.] $6.50 b-b

"TARIJA  Foto: blas Castillo L. / Plaza "Luis de Fuentes" a street scene including some children that have come to a fountain, black & white on yellowish paper, unused & fresh, postal card revalued from 15-centavos to Bs.-0.30, good edges. [Card prepared in 1943 but not released then. Revalued by postal authorities in 1950 for sale at Bs.-$1.80.] $7.50 b-b*

BOLIVIA PHILATELIC LITERATURE

August 1967 American Philatelist: Geography and Posts of French Southern and Antarctic Territories; Civil War--Outgoing Blockade Covers from Charleston South Carolina; Bolivia's 'Famous Men' Set of 1897; & much more. $3.75 the complete issue. abcf

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1989 01 20 Francistown receiving marks on #6 cover airmailed from Colorado, 4 US stamps--22-c Connecticut, 22-c lacemaking, 25-c gymnastics rings & 22-c Olympic skiing; "unclaimed / R.T.S." (return to sender) handwritten in red. Three backstamps include small US E9 route marking. Obviously philatelic but interesting, some eye appeal. $6.00 b

13 V A9 bold Tlokwenga cancel ties 10-t scrub hare stamp franking #10 cover to Gaborone, neatly opened. Probably 1989. $2.00 ba

1991 -1 09 clear Sorting Centre Gaborone cancel ties 15-t road safety stamp franking greeting-card size cover at airmail rate to Kensington South Africa, corner crease away from stamp. $2.00 ba

1991 09 18 Maun cancel ties 50-t pela (animal) stamp to registered cover franking #10 airmail cover to Gaborone, attractive elephant art in Okuti-Safaris cachet, 4 backstamps include clear oval violet Main Cage Gaborone receiving mark the next day. $7.50 ba

1991 9 26 Maun cancel ties 5-t banded mongoose & 50-t pela animal stamps to registered stationery to Gaborone, 2 different arrival markings. $5.00 ba

1991 10 08 Maun cancel ties two 25-t steenbok animal stamps to registered airmail cover to Gaborone, 4 backstamps. $5.00 ba

1991 12 05 clear Maun cancel ties 50-t rock dassie animal stamp franking  registered stationery to Gaborone, partial receiving mark on same side in black, and oval violet POST OFFICE / 06-12- 1991 / Received after final dispatch / Reg'd Mail Cage handstamp at lower right. Sold but front still available for philatelic study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 ba

1 29 92 two clear Gaborone cancels on strip of 4 3-t zebra stamps going around a wrapper to Gaborone. Nice! $7.50 ba

1992 Broadhurst cancel ties 40-t overprinted zebra stamp franking airmail #10 cover to New Haven Connecticut, small US K1 & N8 route markings on back, neatly opened. $2.00 ba

19 II 93 clear Mahalapye cancel ties 10-t oribi animal stamp franking small blue cover to Gaborone, neatly opened. $2.00 ba

24 II 93 clear Lobatse cancel ties 10-t oribi animal stamp franking small pink cover to Gaborone, backflap torn in opening. $2.00 ba

20 III 93 CERTIFICATE OF POSTING OF AN INSURED PARCEL with clear Gaborone cancel, with AN INSURED PARCEL CROSSED OUT, no value given, and a registration number instead (bound for Maun). Extensive wrinkling. Provisional usage of the form. $3.50 b

93 MAR 25 Ghanzi cancel ties 10-t oribi animal stamp franking #10 cover to Gaborone, small spot on back, neatly opened. $2.00 ba

1993 05 27 bold Broadhurst cancel ties 10-t oribi animal stamp to #6 blue cover to Gaborone. $2.00 ba

17 VI 93 Tshesebe cancel ties 10-t animal stamp franking airmail cover to Wildlife Department at Gaborone, clear 1993 06-21 Selebi Phikwe transit marking on front, neatly opened. $3.50 b

22 VI 93 clear Mopipi cancel on 10-t Lions conquering blindness stamp franking small cover to Gaborone, NOT KNOWN written by original recipient, box number corrected by postal worker and then delivered, opened neatly. Nice. $5.00 bl

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1993 almost complete Gaborone Sorting Centre cancel ties 20-t warthog stamp franking #10 cover to Gaborone, blue & red corner card of U.S. Peace Corps (with stylized flag), roughly opened (front tear closes nicely, but back fared worse). $1.50 ba

1998-11-25 Gaborone sorting center cancels tie Botswana gutter pairs of 20-t overprint of rusty spotted Genet & 10-t overprint of cape fox stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio. Gorgeous! $7.00 ab

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Undated "From LONDON Foreign Section 8- / For GABORONE / (BOTSWANA) / Serial No. of Mail___ / Via   / M" tag with string, POSTAGE / PAID / PRINTED / PAPER / REDUCED / RATE slip also attached, both heavily soiled from their travels to the Botswana Agricultural College. Believed used to frank a bag of mail all going to the same address in Botswana. Wonderful! $19.00

Unused ON BOTSWANA POSTAL SERVICE with P / S logo in upper left corner, #10 cover size, fresh. $2.25 b

   
One bundle form & eight mail bag tags, most Gaborone to Palapye, eight surface mail BOTS-C28 (shown left) & one Sorting Center airmail P18/13 (shown right), 1991 - 1993. Sold both but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scans in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 each or both for $3.50.

90 II 28 Gaborone cancel on Certificate of Posting a Registered Article to Durban, counterfoil for P10.00 attached by staple & backstamped previous day. $4.00 b

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-9 IX '49 clear red Florianopolis Brasil 3,80 meter franks small front (reduced at left) airmailed to 'Indian Motocycle(sic) Export / Division of Drake America Corporation in New York City, clear black double-ring DEPART S. DUMONT cancel the same day at upper left. $1.25 mb*

18 June 1958 cacheted unaddressed Japan FDC for the 50 anniversary of the 1st Japanese emigration to Brazil, with bilingual explanatory insert in Japanese & English, excellent condition. $1.00 jb

1959 white-border real photo postcard. "Palace Hôtel" at Copacabana Beach. Hotel's meter to mail 04.0.59 to Indiana. $5.00 b-b

5 OUT 66 light but legible Nova Friburgo Brasil cancels tie pair of 100-cr hydrology & pair of 20-cr Bonifacio & 50-cr Bonifacio stamps franking registered #10 cover airmailed to Chicago Illinois (2 neat & different backstamps). Lions official Espidiăo Mussia, Presidente de Divisăo B-1, used his official stationery here. Typed address, one stamp creased by sender, opened neatly, two adjacent edges wrinkled. $3.00 l-b

Clear 6.10.69 arrival backstamp of Praia C(abo) Verde on #6 envelope franks by 30-cts Brazilian postal service stamp (with small corner crease) heavily canceled at Campinas, large blue circular cachet depicts the Igreja do Nazareno Central there, neatly opened, 2 slight raindrop spots in the front address. $3.75 bc

INFLATION OF 1993. Envelope franked with 10 Cr$2,000 flower stamps, from Belo Horizonte to the United States, neatly opened. $3.75

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Portu-Info Vol. 19 No. 4 (October 1984). Pre-philatelic marks of Brazil, possible earliest Azores datestamp, 2 articles on the postal markings of Ovar & "Estate Planning and Collection Disposal". $4.00 pb

"Bull's Eyes" the journal of the Brazil Philatelic Association.
8-1 / 2"x11" size, stapled at one corner. Each 30 pages, profusely illustrated in black & white. Nice generally, trivial faults not mentioned.

Volume 20 No. 2 (April - June 1989) Whole Number 77. Including an exceptionally useful Portuguese-English glossary (A-C) for philatelists. Also includes an index for whole numbers 64-75, and a chronological listing of early Brazilian flights. A couple of pages came loose, but it's all there.

Volume 20 No. 3 (July-September 1989) Whole Number 78, Interesting articles on the pneumatic postal service of Rio de Janeiro, and on the early years of Varig-Condor.

Volume 20 No 4 (October-December 1989) Whole Number 79. Includes an exceptionally useful Portuguese-English glossary (E-T) for philatelists. Interesting articles on the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, and Lufthansa in the South Atlantic.

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