2013 CHICAGOPEX Stamp Show November 2013 | Page 183

Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 Estimate Estimate 2217 2218 2220 2221 2223 2222 Session II: Sunday, November 24, 2013 2218 Estimate (134) 1873 FRANKLIN & JACKSON GRILLED BANKNOTE 1¢ ULTRAMARINE & 2¢ RED BROWN .................................................................................... PH 2221 (146) 1872 JACKSON BANKNOTE 2¢ RED BROWN ON ADVERTISING BROADSIDE .................................. 2220 2222 $200 Amazing single franking use of 2¢ Banknote on large poster sized advertising broadside (about 20"x27") illustrating and promoting fancy ‘Garnkirk Vases.’ Garnkirk, originally a firebrick manufacturer, began producing larger, ornate pieces with a Greco-Roman flair. The company exhibited fine vases at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition and eventually became known as a major maker of these goods, until the clay pit was exhausted in 1895. Stamp tied by fancy circle of wedges cancel. Great showpiece and the LARGEST piece of mailed advertising matter we’ve seen! From the long-buried Ezra D. Cole stock. (152) 1870 WEBSTER BANKNOTE 15¢ BRIGHT ORANGE ON REGISTERED COVER ....................... PH USA-COVERS-01.pmd (334 var) 1908 WASHINGTON 4¢ ORANGE BROWN, CHINA CLAY .............................................................. PH $1000 2223 $200 (358) 1909 WASHINGTON 2¢ CARMINE BLUISH PAPER, EARLY USE ................................................. PH $125 Very fine single with natural straight edge at left tied to illustrated ‘Savoy Shirt Company’ advertising cover by Feb 27, 1909, Washington, DC, duplex cancel. Extremely early use of bluish paper on cover (only 4 days after current EKU of Feb 23, 1909). Utica ‘Received 1’ machine cancel on reverse. Fine. Cat $190. Stamps & Postal History 181 $500 Extremely scarce, attractive registered cover with 4¢ China Clay use, plus 8¢ Scott #337 to make 12¢ rate. Corner card advertising sent from Henry Chapman Numismatist with Philadelphia registry cancel. Black wax seal with magenta 7/15/1909, Chicago receivers on reverse. Fine. (1993 PSE Cert #20896) Attractive but undated registered cover (18¢) from Chester, CT, to Deans Corners, IL. Segmented cork ties very fine 15¢ and 3¢ (#147) Banknotes to cover. Some toning, otherwise fine. From long-buried Ezra D. Cole stock. Cat $375. Chicagopex 2013 (184) 1873 WASHINGTON BANKNOTE 3¢ GREEN (JUMBO) .................................................................... PH Stunning stamp, huge (1½mm-2mm) margins all around, lightly cork cancel, Pontiac, MI, cds at left, to Lansing. Slightly reduced at right, otherwise fresh, very fine cover. (2008 PF Cert #461171). $300 Pretty cover bearing examples of both 1¢ and 2¢ Banknote grills to pay 3¢ rate. Postmarked Oct 21, 1873, Washington, DC, bound for New Orleans. Very fine stamps, fine cover, scarce use. From long buried Ezra D. Cole stock 2219 Estimate Page 181 10/2/2013, 7:40 PM