Sale 2Completed: June 8, 2024
The NAPEX Sale
Lots 1100—1101
Machine Cancels
Lot 1100
Boston Mass. "Eagle & Thunderbolt" Machine Cancel, complete strike ties 2¢ bureau on small piece clearly showing the eagle; faults, rare and Fine appearance.
Estimate ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ $300 - 400.
The Boston Mass. machine cancel with Eagle and Thunderbolt was used only three hours on January 2, 1895. This is the only recorded strike on a special delivery issue on or off cover.Realized: $350
Lot 1101
(American Postal Machine Co.) U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai, Apr 4, 1906., Flag cancel (type Q14(1)) ties 2¢ shield (319) on picture post card to Heuvelton N.Y., partially overstruck by San Francisco Cal. machine cancel; small tear at right, F.-V.F. and rare, known use of about one week in late March and early April of 1906.
Estimate ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ $750 - 1,000.
ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER OF ALL FLAG MACHINE CANCELS.