Lot 3127
U348 Deep Blue 1c Columbus Postal Stationary, Initially Sent to Germany and Returned to United States
Dead Letter Office
Mise à prix: $50
Estimation: $100 - $200
1906 Cover initially sent to Germany and subsequently returned to the United States. Franked with 1c Blue postal stationery indicium, marked with a 'Makins & Co. San Francisco' purple straightline forwarding cachet. Additional handstamps include 'RETURNED TO WRITER,' 'COLLECT 1 CENT,' and 'Dead Letter Office JAN 24 1906, Received in Bad Condition at Foreign Branch' in red.
Various transit markings, including 'ENTLASTET' (Released) marking from Germany dated 'S.W. 19 5 1.06' and 'T' in a circle with '25 Centimes' due marking. Addressed to Philip Trübner and annotated with blue pencil 'Return to Sender,' showing the journey of an undelivered international cover through multiple postal handling stages
Informations sur la vente
The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 | June 26-28
Sale 29: U.S. Postal History — Friday, June 26, 2026 | 6pm EST, 3pm PST
We are honored to present The Philatelic Icons Sale, the largest and most significant auction Americana Stamps has ever offered.
America's history lives in the letters that crossed goldfields and battle lines, in express covers that linked frontier towns to the outside world, and in the stamps that mark how a young country built its postal system from scratch. This sale brings together more than 1,500 lots that trace that story, including philatelic icons seldom offered to the public.
This auction is a natural fit for 2026, the 250th year of the United States, and for the Boston 2026 World Expo (May 23 to 30, Booth 141), the once-per-decade international exhibition where we are proud to open the sale. More than 750 lots are accompanied by Philatelic Foundation certifications, the largest concentration of certified material we have ever offered in a single sale.
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