Award Winning Exhibits

By Stephen L. Suffet

 

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United States Third Class Mail

            The First 100 Years: 1863 – 1963

This exhibit won many awards over a period of 12 years*

These items will be sold individually or by the page. When sold, the item will be so marked. The posting will remain so as to permit access by interested parties.

Prices have been noted on the pages for most covers except for the U.N issues.

When pages have been sold, they will be so noted here in italics.

Some of these items (shown in Red) have been consigned to auction. Please email me for details.

For balance lots from this collection, please scroll down

 

Introduction:             Page 1 (#279 on Sp. Am. Patriotic) Page 2 (1st & 2nd) 

 

Page 3  (3rd & 4th) Page 8 (3rd) Page 9  (stamps on 3rd class)

(5pp. sold separately or as a group: $850)

 

Pre-Banknote Period:        Page 4 (NY Circ.) Page 5  Page 6 (“printed Circ.”)

 

Page 7  (“Seeds Only”)   Page 25  (#63 NJ, #73 MA)

 

Page 26 (U52, #113)   Page 27  (#73, 114 pairs)

 

Banknote Period:                              Page 13   Page 16  Page 28 (IOOF) Page 29 

 

Page 30 Page 31 (#183)  Page 32  (Congress)  Page 34    

 

Page 35 (Official)  Page 38   Page 39   Page 40

 

Precancels:     Page 33   Glen Allen content  Page 37 (VT) Page 43 (Boston)

 

Machines:                               Page 13  Page 36   Page 41

 

1st & 2nd Bureau Period:       Page 10 (intro)  Page 14   Page 19  Page 44 (3x, 7x rates)

           

Private Perfs:                         Page 51

           

Precancels:                             Page 42 (#285)  Page 45   Page 46   Page 47

 

Permits & Meters:                 Page 49 (NM, APEX)   Page 50 (racist) 

           

Washington/Franklin Period:                                  Page 52 (perfin)  Page 54 (Official)  

 

          Page 58 (C1 pair) Page 55 (Official )

           

Precancels:         Page 20 Page 48  (error) Page 53  Page 57  (machine affixed)

 

Machines:                               Page 54

 

Permits & Meters:                 Page 56  (the first meter)

 

4th Bureau Period:       Page 20   Page 11 (1/2 ct) Page 12 (P.O. Penalty)  Page 13  

 

   Page 18   Page 60 Page 61   Page 63 (bisects)  Page 64 (Illus. Ads) 

 

    Page 65      Page 66     Page 68 (C.Z., Samoa)  Page 70 (K/N)     

 

    Page 79 (#566 solo, COD) Page 81  Page 98  Page 102

           

Private Perfs:                         Page 62 (w/dues)

 

Precancels:                             Page 18   Page 59   Page 61 Page 62   Page 69     

                                   

Page 80  Page 83 (#599, OK, late)  Page 89 (Athol/Harding)  

 

Page 98   (Local/Entire)     Page 100   (entires)

 

Page 102   Page 103 (Q1)

 

Machines:                               Page 63   Page 64   Page 65   Page 66

 

 

Meters & Permits:          Page 59   Page 60 (Aux.)   Page 65  Page 67

 

      Page 99  Page 101

 

Prexie Period                                     Page 15  Page 17   Page 22   Page 24    

 

Page 71 (Syphilis mailer) Page 72 (#805)  Page 73 (#842. strip. COD) 

 

Page 74 (#805, Aux.)Page 75 (1/2ct rates) Page 76   Page 77  

 

Page 78 (#805 foreign)    Page 82   Page 84 (St. lines)   Page 87       

 

Page 90 (#805, book) Page 104 (APS)     Page 110

 

Precancels:                 Page 105 (Local)  Page 106 (Local)  Page 112  

 

Page 109   Page 123

           

Meters & Permits:     Page 91 (3 ½ ct meter) Page 99  Page 107  

 

Page 108   Page 111

 

Liberty Period:                      Page 21   Page 23   Page 85   Page 86 (Plane Wreck) 

                                               

Page 92  Page 93   Page 94 (Train Wreck)   

 

Page 95 (Dummy)

 

Precancels:                             Page 93    Page 97   Page 116   (silent)

 

Page 117   Page 118 (mixed 3 ½ ct rate)  Page 119   (dues)

 

Page 120   Page 121   (non-profit) Page 122 (1/2 ct added) 

 

             Page 123 (AK)  Page 124 (2 ½ ct)   Page 125 (1 ¼ 1st Day)  Page 126   

 

Meters & Permits:                 Page 15   Page 120   Page 121       

 

Page 122  Page 127  Page 128 (due)

 

U.N.:                                       Page 88   Page 96

 

U.N. Precancels:                    Page 113 (APEX)   Page 114 (APEX)  

 

Page 115 (Forgery)

 

*Awards - Partial Listing:

ROPEX 2002

Rochester, NY

Gold

APS Stampshow 2002

Atlantic City, NJ

Gold

Spring Mega-Event 2003

New York, NY

Gold

Philatelic Show 2004

Boxborough, MA

Gold

Philatelic Show 2005

Boxborough, MA

Gold

ROPEX 2005

Webster, NY

Gold

Washington 2006

Washington DC

FIP Large Vermeil

 

 

Evolution of the Nonprofit Bulk Rate

 

This single frame exhibit won a 91-point Gold medal at ROPEX 2004

 

It consists of 29 covers

 

This exhibit will be sold intact. Once sold it will be so noted here. The posting will remain so as to permit access by interested parties.

 

(16pp. Price: $2250)

 

 

     Page 1                    Page 2             Page 3             Page 4             Page 5             Page 6            

 

Page 7             Page 8     Page 9         Page 10           Page 11 (APEX)        

 

Page 12           Page 13           Page 14           Page 15           Page 16

 

Balance Lots:

 

A: Two ads w/colorful cc. View

 

B: 4 diff. early meters w/ccs. View

 

C: “Personal” endorsement on early meter (see 8 frame - p.13)            View

 

D: Permits: 18 diff., most with ccs.  $45  View 1, View 2, View 3

 

E: Permits, 6 diff w/ nice ccs.  $40  View 1, View 2

 

F: Two revalued permits. View

 

G: UN 3rd class insurance (see 8 frame - p.96). View

 

H: Official mail, Two interesting printed matter uses. View

 

J: 13 different 3rd class uses. $25 View1  View2  View3 

 

K: 8 - 4th Bur. Precancels. View

 

M: Better early meters. View

 

N: 8 modern precancels. View

 

P: Martha (#805) added to Martha. View

 

Q: Martha (#805), two attractive uses. View

 

R: Martha (#805), Unusual uses. View

 

S: Martha (#805), Unusual precancel uses. View

 

T: 3 nice rates (See p. 85). View

 

U: 1962, 4 diff.  handling of “undeliverable.  $65 View1  View2

 

UU: Stacked $10.32 due. View

 

V: Two early precancels on W/F.  View

 

VV: Two better precancels on W/F. View

 

W:  AAA auto theft bureau cc, meter. View

 

X: Garden City, NY, early meter. View

 

Y: Not Forwardable to military, 1945 (see pp. 15, 74). View