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9 8 • s m i t h s o n i a n c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o h i s t o ry a n d t e c h n o l o g yFigure 3. Detroit Provisional. “Due 1” overprinted on a pair of regular one- cent ultramarinestamps (Scott No. 246). The pair satisfied the need for a two- cent postage due stamp. Cover isdated June 23, 1895. From the collection of Harry K. Charles, Jr.Figure 4. Detroit Provisional. “Due 2” overprinted on a regular issue two- cent carmine stamp(Scott No. 250). The stamp satisfied the need for a two- cent postage due. Cover is dated June23, 1895. From the collection of Harry K. Charles, Jr.was dated on June 26, 1895. Special thanks are given toDr. Clark Yarbrough for allowing the author to scan andillustrate this cover.A fourth Detroit provisional usage is also known.It is an oversize envelope containing four two- cent carmine“DUE 2” stamps to pay the eight- cent postage- dueassessment. Unlike the “2¢ due” above this “DUE 2” wasoverprinted on Scott No. 267, two- cent carmine regularissue of 1895. The “Due 8¢” cover in question was alsomailed with two- cents postage paid by a Scott No. 267.Thus, this oversize cover has five Scott No 267 stamps,four with the “DUE 2” overprint and one plain. The plain
n u m b e r 5 5 • 9 9Figure 5. Detroit Provisional. “Due 1” overprinted on a pair of regular one- cent blue stamps(Scott No., 264). Cover is dated June 26, 1895. From the collection of Clarke Yarbrough. Reprintedwith permission.Figure 6. Detroit Provisional. “DUE 2” overprinted on four two- cent carmine regular issuestamps (Scott No. 267). The legal size envelope was also mailed in 1895 with the same two- centcarmine stamp. The four “Due 2” stamps made up the eight- cent- due penalty. Image suppliedcourtesy of HR Harmer Nutmeg.Scott No. 267 is tied with an 1895 Gainesville TX duplexcancel, while the “postage dues” are not tied. “Due 8¢”is written in blue crayon on the envelope. This cover is illustratedin Figure 6. The image of this cover was kindlyprovided by the auction house HR Harmer Nutmeg. It appearedin the Nutmeg Mail auction 184 of June 9, 2009(Lot No. 3172). 10 Additional details of this and other provisionalusages are given in Table 4.J23 BisectsAs described above, bisects or bisected stamps typicallyresulted when a postmaster had a shortage of a particularstamp value and the value was small enough thathe could not make the needed value up from lower valuestamps. The classic case is, of course, a shortage in onecentstamps which comprise the lowest value in the stamp
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ContentsLETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
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AcknowledgmentsThe symposium would
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