16 10 63 Vatican City FDC for L-15 & L-40 stamps issued for 'PAULUS VI / TERGEMINO DIADEMATE REDIMITUS, unaddressed, multicolor cachet depicts that Pope. $1.75 rv

FEB 9 1966 Tegucigalpa violet cancel ties 12-centavos Padre Subiran stamp franking #6 airmail cover to Wisconsin, neatly opened. $2.00 hr

10.4.68 clear Libreville Gabon handstamp ties pair of 30-f Papal encyclical stamps franking #10 airmail cover to Ottawa Canada, neatly addressed & neatly opened. $2.50 rg

26 March 1969 Iceland cacheted & unaddressed FDC for the Saint Horlacus issue. $0.75

    6.MAJ 1971 Greenland first day cover for the 60-ore Hans Egede stamp, unaddressed, multicolor cachet. Egede was a Lutheran missionary to the Inuit of Greenland, translating Christian literature into their language. $5.50 gr NEW / NUEVO / NEU

24 MAY 1971 light St. John's Antigua cancel with 'Sea / Sand & / Sun fancy slogan ties 35-c crucifixion stamp franking #6 airmail cover to Chicago Illinois, slight but even reduction at bottom in opening, small staple holes in address area. $1.75 ra

    25-10-72 FDC for complete 4-stamp Christmas issue featuring pioneering missionaries, cacheted & unaddressed, with stiffener, fresh appearance. $3.00 pcr

    27.11.73 clear Vatican City cancels on block of four L220 Dioecesis Progensis millenium stamps (showing Saint Adalbert) franking registered greeting card cover from Governatorato to Michigan, clear backstamp & neat front notification markings on arrival, neatly opened. A beauty. $4.00 vr

10 January 1975 India cacheted & unaddressed FDC for the World Hindi convention. (2 available) $0.50 each

14-8-75 India cacheted & unaddressed FDC for 50-p Saint Arunagirinathar issue, tiny spot on back. $0.50 ri

4 DEZ 1975 Liechtenstein FDC for 3-stamp issue honoring Bischof Von Chur, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $2.50 rl

    1978-06-16 cacheted first day cover for South West Africa's  4-stamp churches issue, unaddressed, with multilingual explanatory insert, attractive. $3.00 sr

JUL 24 1978 bold Salt Lake City UT 84119 hand cancel ties 3-c Utah centennial & 13-c Liberty Bell stamps franking cover honoring Brigham Young's settlement of Utah in 1847, black & gold cachet, neatly addressed, explanatory insert. $1.25 ru&u

1978:6 official Swedish announcement about their 10-stamp booklet honoring independent Christian associations. $1.00 sr

17.08.78 Germany FDC for 40-pf German Catholic Day stamp, multicolor cachet, unaddressed, fresh appearance. $1.25 gr

18 -3 1987 clear Lome-Nyekonakpoe Togo hand cancel ties 130-f Eglise de Togoville stamp (Christmas 1986) to greeting-card size cover to Chicago Illinois, small T2 & W8 & W9 US routing marks on back, neatly opened, tiny staple holes in address area. $2.50 rct

22 -6 1987 clear Lome R.P. Togo hand cancels on pair of 70-f 1986 Easter stamps franking #10 airmail cover to Chicago Illinois, neatly opened, envelope glue shows through back, long crease, tiny staple holes near address. $1.75 ret

    22.10.87 crisp Kara Togo TRI No1 hand cancels tie 130-f 1987 Easter stamp to greeting-card size airmail cover to Chicago Illinois, neatly opened, faint crease to stamp, tiny staple holes in address area. $1.75 ret

    SEPT 22 1989 bold Polonius Station Chicago Illinois 60648 fancy cancel ties 25-c US flag stamp to cacheted cover welcoming Joseph Cardinal Glemp (Sept. 21-25), additional green handstamp with cross reads "VISIT DELAYED DUE TO /  'CIRCUMSTANCES NOT CONDUCTIVE / TO THE VISIT'S PASTORAL PURPOSE', unaddressed & most unusual. $5.00 ri

1993 06 13 Lithuanian cacheted cover depicting Christ with outstretched hands for 'LAIMINANTIS KRISTUS / PALANGA franked by 280 1982 Barcelona Olympics stamp that is not tied by the fancy cancel corresponding to the cachet, unaddressed. $1.00 rl

    9 / 15 / 94 AIRMAIL #10 cover, Zagreb-Dubrava to Pennsylvania, franked by 5 Pope John Paul II (4 in a strip with all selvedge from the bottom margin--handsome!), opened neatly, all cancels clear. #3.00 (cr)

14 1 95 clear Moundou Tchad hand cancel ties 170-f Pope's visit stamp franking greeting-card size airmail cover to Koumra in the Moyen-Chari region, opened neatly. Nice! $3.75 rc

Undated Humble Texas Permit No. 254 for non-profit organization franking on windowed #10 cover with large 'It's time! // WIN OUR CITY TO JESUS' cachet in black & green, bends at corners. $1.00 rpt

Lot of 29 covers & 1 philatelic announcement with religious topical stamps. Good mix of countries--Burundi, Canada, Chad, Denmark, India, Sri Lanka, Togo, USA, etc. $40.00 gets them all.

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FEB 25 1974 Ann Arbor Michigan receipt markings front & back on #10 registered official cover airmailed from St. Denis R.P., CORRESPONDANCE /  PHILATELIQUE handstamp in violet, wrinkling lower right front corner, opened neatly. $2.00 r

    15-7 1982 clear Le Port Reunion & linear black PAQUEBOT tie 1,60 French census stamp franking greeting-card size cover posted at sea on the ship Marion-Dufresne to Marseille France, Commandant's signed attest, clear 'Campagne SINODE IX / MARION DUFRESNE _ TAAF /   Equateur / Océan Indien cachet in black, Cie GÉNÉRALE MARITIME seal in black, neatly addressed, envelope glue show-through on back. Please note: view shown is the top part of the cover to better show the interesting markings; the bottom part is all white. $7.50 rp

57f CFA red overprint on 1,15 French aerogramme, long paper bend that might iron out, otherwise fresh. $2.00 r*!

    9-5 1994 light LE PORT REUNION machine cancel ties St. Vincent & The Grenadines 65-c Erynnyis alope stamp franking #6 cover from ship m.t. Rampart (out of Kingston) to Columbus Ohio, bold linear black PAQUEBOT, bar coding at bottom done in US, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 rsp

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    Clear R. F. D. / MAR 23 1906 / GORIN, / MO. 1 cancel ties 2-c Washington franking #6 cover to Topeka Kansas, multiple docketings on front as it was processed through the recipient company. With contents: a handwritten note by B. J. Huckey. $10.00 mr NEW / NUOVO / NOVNEW / NUEVO / NOVA

    LAKEVIEW (MONTCALM COUNTY). "Post Office Force, Lakeview, Mich." showing & naming the Postmaster, clerks, messengers & RFD carriers by route, postcard mailed there 1907 (straight-line cancel), minor corner wear & rounding. Marvelous! $47.50 (mpph-mr)

    5-27-12 #17 heavy violet Gas City Indiana RFD hand cancel on 1-cent Washington franking postcard addressed to recipient on same route; paper browning with age, corner crease. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (151,923 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 ir

    Pencil 1 / 5 / 35 Enon Valley Pa. RFD#3 cancel on two 1-c Franklins franking greeting card cover for same route, fancy birthday card with ribbon signed by Mr. & Mrs. Howard Madden, bends & creasing along top of cover, 1 / 2" tear closes well at right side, toning along front edges. $4.50 pr

RFD--PHILATELIC LITERATURE

Deltiology. Vol. 11, Number 3 (Whole Number 98). RFD Cancellations. $2.75 p(d)-r NEW / NUEVO / NEU

"Rural Free Delivery--76 Years Old" by William F. Rapp, article in Volume 1, Number 3 (September 1972) Postal History USA, hard to find. $5.00 the complete issue. p2

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    circa 19.7.1947 somewhat light Grünstadt hand cancels tie pair of 15-pf Karl Marx & one 20-pf street corner stamp to greeting-card size cover to Pieterlen Switzerland, greenish paper browning at the edges, short tear at top due to opening, neatly addressed. $4.75 r

    20.2.48 clear Neustadt a / Hardt hand cancel ties pf-84 river scenery stamp to small cover to Columbus Ohio, brown paper, light wrinkling along top edge most evident from back, slight ink smear on front, neatly opened. $14.00 r

    14.4.48 somewhat light Mainz-Weisenau hand cancels tie 10-pf woman & 30-pf Gutenberg Rhineland-Pfalz stamps & 1-f & 12-f heraldic shield Zone Francaise stamps franking greeting-card size cover to Pieterlen Switzerland, decorative seal of Erler & Co. for backflap, brownish paper, neatly addressed. $9.50 r

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OCT 26 1910 Providence Rhode Island cancel on US 2-c Washington red franking #6 cover with corner card of the Auto Parts Company there, backstamped on arrival in West Virginia, opened neatly. $3.50

APR 30 1911 clear & complete Woonsocket flag cancel (nothing in stripes) franks #6 cover from James Mullen & Co. (house furnishing goods) to Parkersburg West Virginia, light but complete flag arrival backstamp, light corner crease, slight browning of the paper with age. $1.00 r NEW / NUEVO / NEU

APR 15 1912 clear & complete PROVIDENCE flag cancel with 1 in stripes ties two-cent Washington stamp franking #6 cover to Parkersburg West Virginia, corner card of E. L. Morris & Co (office Furniture), brownish paper, light but complete flag arrival backstamp, neatly opened & addressed. $1.25 r

SEP 5 1914 clear & almost complete PROVIDENCE flag cancel (nothing in stripes) on 2-c Washington #6 postal stationery cover from Anthony & Cowell Co. to the same city, brownish paper, neatly addressed & opened. $1.50 r

JUNE 3 1917 double strike of PROVIDENCE flag cancel (nothing in stripes) on 2-c Washington franking #6 cover to Parkersburg West Virginia, opened neatly. $1.50 r

    BUTTONWOODS (KENT COUNTY). "c 1531 - The Beach in front of 'Ye olde Buttonwoods' House" including women in dresses seated in a small rowboat in the foreground, color post card mailed there JUL 2 1920 (DPO), minor wear at 2 bottom corners, small thin at top of back. $4.25 rs(p)-r NEW / NUEVO / NEU

    USS STURTEVANT at NEWPORT R.I. clear violet SEPT 10 34 hand cancel ties 3-c Maryland Tercentenary stamp franking #6 cover to Maryland, exceptionally attractive red & black cachet for the silver jubilee & regatta of the Maryland Yacht Club (held August 10-12 1934), never sealed. $4.00 nrm

JUN 25 1938 clear U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STA. / R.I. cancel on 1-c Washington-Green & 2-c Jackson-Scott stamps franking #6 cover to Joliet Illinois, mild envelope glue show-through both sides. $2.25 r

    USS LEARY with NEWPORT / R. I. in the killer bars. clear JUL 12 1938 cancel on 1-c  & 2-c Washington stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, decorative border & generic ship cachet, slight browning of the paper with age, neatly addressed, one lower corner with 2 small corner creases. $3.75 nr

    USS HAMILTON. Clear DEC 15 1938 cancel with NEWPORT / RHODE ISLAND in killer bars ties pair of 1-1 / 2-c Martha Washington prexies franking cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, generic brown ship & multiple blue anchors cachet, slight browning of paper. $3.75 nr

Clear OCT 10 1939 USS OWL hand cancel with NEWPORT / R.I. in killer bars ties 3-c Alaska stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, never sealed, could use an ironing. $3.00 nr

AUG 12 1940 U.S. NAVAL TRAINING STA. cancel ties 1-1 / 2-c Martha Washington franking #6 cover to Trenton, envelope glue show-through both sides, neatly addressed & opened. $2.00 r

MAY 1 1942 clear NEWPORT, R.I. / NAV. TRAINING STA. 1 hand cancel ties 1-1 / 2-c Martha Washington franking #6 cover to Fort Worth Texas, minor envelope glue show-through each side, neatly addressed. $2.25 r

Mar 2 1943 clear U. S. NAVY cancel on free mail from F. D. Uhl at Camp Endicott (near Davisville) to Kendallville Indiana, gorgeous metallic eagle with shield sticker applied (tiny scrape removes some gold), neatly addressed & opened. $2.50 r

Jan 15 1949 clear Providence 2 cancel ties 3-c Utah Centennial stamp franking #6 cacheted cover to Ridgfield Park New Jersey, for 1^st broadcast WPRO Stamp Club, never sealed, a little brownish paper. $1.25 r

"Near Galeton, Pa." unattributed landscape art on well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at New Providence Rhode Island (3 different cancellations there, one light). $2.50 p-r

MAY 4 1978 bold Providence cancel ties 13-c eagle with shield to addressed cacheted cover honoring the Rhode Island Tercentenary. Cachet is an encapsulated 3-c Rhode Island Tercentenary stamp. $1.00 r

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5 RHODE ISLAND EVENTS
DURING US BICENTENNIAL 1977-1980

MAY 10 1977 bold Providence RI cancel ties 1-c Jones-Barry & 13-c flag over Independence Hall stamps to multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover commemorating John Paul Jones' first command, unaddressed. With interesting explanatory insert.

    AUG 8 1978 bold Newport RI cancel ties 15-c flag coil stamp on multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover commemorating the siege of Newport in 1778, unaddressed.

OCT 29 1978 TIVERTON RI cancel ties 15-c flag coil stamp on multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover, commemorating the capture of the sloop "Pigot", unaddressed.

OCT 25 1979 bold Newport RI cancel ties 15-c flag coil stamp on multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover commemorating the British evacuation on Newport, unaddressed. $1.25 rb

JUL 10 1980 bold Newport RI cancel ties 15-c flag coil stamp on multicolored cacheted Bicentennial #6 cover honoring the arrival of the French Army, unaddressed. $1.25 rb

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3 DIFFERENT 1992 PROVIDENCE
SPRAY MARKINGS ON COVER

19:40 PROV RI 02904 01 / 08 / 92 OCR 12 clear spray cancel over red Taunton Mass 29-c meter of the same date franking #10 cover from Reed & Barton Silversmiths to Columbus Ohio, small V6 & X2 routing marks on back, backflap torn in opening (shows only from back).

PROV R. I. *02904* 04 / 10 / 92 22:44 11 clear spray cancel over Providence machine cancel of same date on red 52-c New Bedford Mass. meter of same date franking #10 cover with 2-color corner card of Imtra Marine Importer & Distributor to Columbus Ohio, neatly addressed & opened.

PROV RI *02904* PM 07 / 31 / 92 17:14 clear spray cancel over Providence machine cancel of same date ties 29-c wood duck stamp franking cover to Columbus Ohio, neatly opened & addressed.

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RHODE ISLAND PHILATELIC LITERATURE

"Rhode Island Post Offices 1841-53" by William F. Rapp, article in Volume 1, Number 1 (March 1972) Postal History USA, hard to find. $5.00 the complete issue. p2 NEW / NUEVO / NEU

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    -1.JUL1970 FDC for four-stamp issue marking the inauguration of the Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, addressed neatly to Salisbury, long paper indentation along top (misses stamps) due to interesting stiffener giving printing quantities & explaining the stamps. $7.25 rc!

STUDY OF OFFICIAL MAIL 1971 - 1976
ELEVEN COVERS
The following inexpensive covers are interesting for 2 reasons. First, they show that official mail during this period was not proclaimed explicitly on covers--presumably because of widespread international opprobrium during the period.
Second, the variety of routings taken to get to the same US destination invite further study.

26.JUL 1971 red POSTAGE PAID IN CASH /  SALISBURY hand cancel franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, considerable wrinkling along one short edge misses the cancel.

30 MAR 1973 red POSTAGE PAID IN CASH / SALISBURY hand cancel franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, 2 small corner creases.

circa 1975 red metered & repeating POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, small US U1 & D8 routing marks on back, corner crease & long paper bend along top edge.

16 JAN 1976 clear red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, small light US Y8 & B7 routing marks on back, unimportant edge wrinkling.

19 JAN 1976 clear red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, nothing on the back, minor wrinkling at the corners.

6 MAR 1976 light metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, light violet US 31 routing mark on back, 2 small corner creases.

16 MAR 1976 light red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover to Hyattsville Maryland, small US F5 & I2 routing marks on back, small corner crease & trivial wrinkling along one short edge.

8 APR 1976 red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, PRINCE GEORGES machine cancel over the metering 7 days later, clear West Bowie Station of Bowie backstamp, small US CB & DA & A8 routing marks, one corner with small multiple creases affecting nothing of importance.

7 MAR 1978 red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, small US C6 & I6 routing marks on back, tiny corner crease.

14 NOV 1979 light red POSTAGE PAID IN CASH franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, no markings on back, backflap has 2 tiny nicks.

13 APR 1983 light red metered POSTAGE PAID franks #10 cover airmailed to Hyattsville Maryland, small US C4 & B8 & K5 routing marks on back, small corner crease.

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    -8OCT1973 clear red POSTAGE PAID IN CASH /  SALISBURY handstamp franks #10 cover airmailed to Ann Arbor Michigan, crinkled short edges, 2 partial backstamp, backflap damaged in opening. $1.25 r

    30.May1974 clear Salisbury cancel ties 14-c George Paulding stamp to #6 cover addressed to Salisbury, fancy cachet in upper center commemorates 50 years of parliamentary government which was applied to covers during an 8-day exhibition there. Attractive. $3.00 r

10 MAR 1976 Salisbury hand cancels tie 20-c butterfly & 14-c telephone centenary & 3-c telephone centenary & 1-c kudu stamps franking registerd #10 cover airmiled to Freeland Michigan, neatly opened, 3 clear backstamps. $3.75 r

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    -6 APR 51 Bata cancels on mixed franking of #6 commercial mail cover airmailed to Chicago Illinois. Stamps: four Rio Muni 50-cts rhinoceros & two Fenando Poo 1-Pta ayuda a Sevilla & one Spanish Guinea 3-ptas runner stamps. Small staple holes, 2 of which puncture the 3-ptas stamp. $15.00 rfs

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