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H. R. Harmer Inc

lot # 1192 - u.s. postal history Alaska Postal History

Wednesday Jan 18, 2023 10:00 America/New_York

including around 190 1956 Department of Health Postal reply cards originating from various Alaska post offices, 25 postal cards incoming to Alaska from various destinations, most all territorial, 39 1940s/50sAlaska APO and Naval postal cards, over a dozen better 1929/62 HAM Radio postal cards, the majority territorial usages, some rarer Alaska town markings on registry return receipts, including two Hot Springs Manuscript postmarks (Helbock type 2, RF 8) and two Richardson Manuscript postmarks (Helbock Type  1, RF 7), also includes a group of over a dozen postal cards used in territories or possessions, including 1883 Butte City, Montana; 1884 Aberdeen, Dakota Territory; 1891 Cordes, Arizona registered packet receipt; 1901 San Francisco to Pahala, Hawaii (Honolulu and Pahala backstamps); and 1902 Fort Worth to Apache, Oklahoma Territory (arrival backstamp), overall fine to very fine, plenty of interesting and useful material to be found. 

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H.R. Harmer

H.R. Harmer was founded in 1918 by Henry Revell Harmer of London. In 1940, the firm opened its New York auction gallery and quickly ascended to the top ranks of philatelic auction houses... Read More

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