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Indians On Cover From Guatemala

 
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Posted 05/16/2013   12:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add rlorenz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message

I have always loved this set now I have it on cover, next step is try to find blocks





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Posted 05/16/2013   12:20 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ncbuckeye to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
That is a nice cover, both front and reverse.
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Posted 05/16/2013   1:04 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add smauggie to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Registered FDC no less!
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Posted 05/16/2013   2:19 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add philb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yep, thats a nice set to have complete on cover...many times the hi value guy is missing !!
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Posted 05/16/2013   3:39 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rlorenz to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Phil

Know anything about peck slip station in N. Y.?
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Posted 05/16/2013   3:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add AnthonyUK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Absolutely beautifully. I only have a couple from that set.
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Posted 05/16/2013   6:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add bobgggg to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
George Herzog was a atamp dealer in lower Manhatten...Read on
The Stamp Dealers Enclave in Lower Manhattan

Downtown on Beekman Street postage stamp wholesaler M.J. Stern welcomed dealers to his "House of a Million Stamps." On Washington Street was Aero World. On Park Row were Harvey Dolin, David F. Chassy, Hugh C. Barr and Stanley Gibbons.

Famed Nassau Street, the epicenter of America's stamp dealers, remained home to John A. Fox, the Ohlman Galleries, H.E. Swift's Wakonda Stamp Company, The Broadway Stamp Company, M. Meghrig, Lee Gilbert, A. August Tiger and George Herzog.
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Posted 05/16/2013   7:32 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add philb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Rick, I am not familiar with Peck Slip..but our Man Bobgggg is on the case !!
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Posted 05/16/2013   7:45 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add philb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Amigo, you see my registration number is earlier than yours..shipped Guatemala Apr 21 1954..arrived NYC Apr 22 1954..pretty good ! Heres the numbers printed on the indian 1 cent red one million ,2 cetnt variable blues one million,4 cent emerald one million, 5 cent turquoise 500,000, 6 cent orange 500,000,10 cent violet 300,000 and the key piece 20 cent sepia 30 thousand !! Did Herzog corner the market on these covers ?

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Posted 05/16/2013   7:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add philb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Its a funny thing with Guatemala high values..some of the hi value airmails they only printed three thousand..and yet they can be had for a few bucks on internet or APS circuit books !!
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Posted 05/16/2013   10:26 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rlorenz to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Phil

It would seem that he may have indeed cornered the market with these covers, Thanks for the info bob of many g's !
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