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0491 George Washington Handwritten Free Frank Cover
Click for larger image0491 george washington handwritten free frank cover491. George washintgon (1732-1799). Revered first president of the united states under the 1787 constitution (1789-97) commander in chief of the continental army during the american revolution.
Postwar free franked address panel on folded cover, overall 9x7βΌ. Signed free g washington at lower left corner and addressed in his holograph to his friend col. Clemt. Biddle in philadelphia. Manuscript alex 23 jany, n. D. Ca. 1786 from mount vernon and free at top margin in another hand. Seal tear in blank area archivally repaired dampstains at lower address panel lightly touching franking area and portion of philadelphia though signature and affected address remain strong. Clement biddle (1714-1814) helped organize and lead the quaker blues, a company of pennsylvania volunteers against the british was with washington at valley forge, participating in the battles of trenton, brandywine, germantown, and monmouth appointed deputy quartermaster-general by congress in 1776. Biddle also handled washington's business matters in philadelphia and was later appointed us marshal in pennsylvania after the general was elected president.Est $7000-9000presented by signature houseauction house signature house407 liberty avebridgeport, wv united states 26330304-842-3386registrationbidders are required toa sign up ofr this auction& b complete bidding approval formapproval is at the discretion of the auction house. Important! Read before bidding. Email blockage alert! We aer experiencing increasing problems with our emails being blocked by ebay buyers. Make sure any spam blocekr or interceptor you use is set to permit email from the email address we use to send our invoices system. Signaturehouse@verizon. Net. Also, many isp's (e. G, aol) use keyword blocking, which stops our invoices due to content. aMke sure that you have this feature turned off or you won't get your invoice. Ebay crash procedures.
In the unlikely event that technological difficutlies prevent us from continuing our auction on ebay, our sale will continue as scheduled, without direct ebay participation. We will attempt to email all bidders who have already signed up for the sale, providing them with an email address to which they can submit their bids. In caes of a crash, ebay is supposed to provide us with a list of any remaining absentee bids. If ebay is able to od so in a timely fashion, we will process these bids in the normal manner, bidding them incrementally against any other bids we receive. Sign-up for our sale.
Before bidding ni our auction, you must complete a simple sign-up & registration procedure, entirely separate from regular ebay registration. No cerdit card information is requested. Once approved you may bid on all of the lots in our auction. There are three steps to the sign-up & registration process that must be completed. aFilure to fully complete both steps 1 & 2 will prevent you from bidding in our auction. You must tell ebay that you want to bid. Click on the sign up for this auction link in the registration box above. You must complete and submit our registration form. Click on the compelte bidding approval form link in the registration box above. We must process yoru form and tell ebay that you are allowed to bid. On weekdays we process forms and approvals a minimum of 4 times a day at approximately 10am, 2pm, 5pm, and once in the late evening on saturday & sunday once a day in the late evening. During the sale we process and approve registrations as quickly as possible, but, if you are registering after 8am est on the day(s) of the sale, we may not be able to process your registration in time for you ot bid on the lots you are interested in. Sale & bidding procedures. Signature house auction xxxv will take place ni two parts. Part 1 will be held on saturday, october 11, 2008, beginning at 700 am pst with lot 1 and proceeding sequentially thru lot 668. Part 2 will be held on sunday, october 12, 2008, beginning at 700 am pst with lot 669 and proceeding sequentially thru lot 2116. Shotr breaks will occur occasionally throughout the sale day. Ebay's listed auction start and remaining times apply to the auction as a whole, not to teh individual lots in the auction.
We sell approximately 50-70 lots per hour, so plan accordingly fi you wish to bid live. Also, passed lots (lots that received no bids) may appear active for up to 12 hours after the auction start time, even though they are no longer available for bidding. Bidding in our auction si both live and via absentee bid. For several weeks prior to the sale, we accept absentee bids via phone, mail, fax, email and from our website. On the day(s) of the sale, we accept live bids from phone bidders and absentee & live bids from ebay live auction bidders. As is the normal case in live auctions, our auctioneer frequently receives multiple, equal bids from a number of bidders simultaneously. The determination of which bid to accept is at the sole discretion of the auctioneer. Special notes for live ebay bidderswhen bidding on a lot, you may be in competition with many other ebay bidders (both live and by proxy) as well as live phone bidders and absentee bids previously submitted ot signature house.
If your ebay userid appears on your screen, then your bid got in, if something else appears, such as 'live auction floor bidder' or 'live internet bidder', then someone else beat you to it. Absentee bids left on a lot with ebay are not received by the auctioneer until the lot goes on the auction block. The absentee bids have no indication as to when they were left with ebay. Invoicing. A 22.5% buyer's premium will be added to the winning bid. Shipping & handlnig charges, based on weight, size & destination, will be added to the final invoice.
Mandatory insurance, based on the winning bid plus buyer's premium, will be added to fianl invoice. Neither frames nor picture galss are covered by insurance. Sales tax of 6% will be added ot the final invoice of west virginia residents only (unless a sales tax number is provided). Discounts the buyer's premium will reduced as indicated below, subject to teh restrictions listed. A volume purchase discount will be calculated based on the total of the winning bids of all lost won by a buyertotalwinning bids. Buyer's premiumis reduced by. No discount. $1,000 4,999.1.0% to 21.5%. $5,000 9,999.2.0% to 20.5%. $10,000 24,999.3.0% to 19.5%. $25,000 49,999.4.0% to 18.5%. $50,000 & over. 5.0% to 17.5%.
Restrictionsvolume discounts will be not be granted for past due payments. If a lot returned under our 7 day return guarantee reduces a buyer's total winning bids to a lower volume discount level, the refunded amount will be adjusted accordingly. Same-as-cash payment discount the buyer's premium will be reduced by 2.5% for those buyer's who make their entire payment using a same-as-cash instrument (check or money order). Signature house's golden guarantee. All material is returnable within 7 days providing it comes back in the saem condition. After 7 days, the only acceptable condition for return is lack of authenticity. Framed items cannot be returned due to condition of mat or frame or defects not visible because of frame. Items removed frmo frame are not returnable. We offer a lifetime guarantee on authenticity to the original purchaser. The item must be returned with two letters denying its authenticity by expert auhtenticators acceptable to both parties. Each lot we sell is accompanied by a signature house certificate fo authenticity affirming authenticity and our lifetime guarantee. Questions. Any and all questions should be submitted well in advance of the auction date so that we will have adequate time to respond. Questions received on the sale day(s) will most likely not be asnwered in a timely manner. After slae contact. Please do not attempt to contact us on the day(s) of the sale we will eb extremely busy working the sale. Barring unanticipated difficulties, we will email you an invoice with totals and payment instructions a few days after the sale. Domestic invoices will be emailed on or before the wednesday after the sale foreign invoices on or before the thursday after the sale. Unless you have a problem, we would appreciate it if you do not contact us before you receive our invoice preparing several hundred invoices keeps us really tied up fro a few days. We will use the email address supplied by ebay to contact you, so please make sure it is correct. If your invoice hasn't arrived by the friday after the sale, please contact us immediately. Payment. Payments are due in our hands within 2 weeks of invoice date, or the sale may be voided, at our discretion. Late payments will not be eligible for any availbale volume purchase discount. Us biddersbusiness checks, cashier checks, personal checks, money orders, paypal, or credit card (amex, visa, mastercard, discover). Note the buyer's premium will be reduced by 2.5% for those buyer's who make their entire payment using a same-as-cash instrument (check or money order). Non-us bidderspaypal or credit card (amex, visa, mastercard, discover). Shipping. Multiple purchases are automatically combined to determine shipping costs. Domestic shipping for packages valued $200 or less will be via usps priority mail, over $200 via fed ex. Recipient's signature will eb required for delivery. Foreign shipping will be via registered usps air letter post or via usps air parcel post, depending on weight, dimensions and destination country. Oversized, overweight and/or foreign shipments may be subject to additional charges. Based on workload, we make every effort to ship lots within 3-4 business days (mtwtf) of receipt of payment. Terms & conditionssignature house auction xxxvterms & conditions of sale0 ebay live auction bidders please read our lisitngs carefully for detailed information. 1 absentee bids will be accepted by phone, mail, fax, email and via our website until the closing date.
2 live bids will be accepted during the sale via phone (callback only, prior reservations required) and frmo ebay live auctions. 3 buyer's premium of 22.5% will be charged on the final hammer price of each lot. 4 bid rejection signature ohuse reserves the right to reject any bid for any reason. 5 withdrawal of lots signature house reservse the right to withdraw any lot for any reason. 6 final authority the auctioneer resevres the right to be the final authority on all sales. 7 lot descriptions and grading conform to manuscript society criteria. Framed lots are not examined out of frame.Condition does not refer to mat or frame. 8 illustrations of lots in this catalog may have had siez modifications or may have been trimmed to exclude framing, matting and wide blank margins for display purposes. Larger, full color illustrations are available on our website. 9 duplicate high bids in the event of duplicate high bids, the earliest bid rceeived will be the winner. Please note that absentee bids left with www. Ebayliveauctions. Com do not reach the auctioneer until the lot opens during the live sale.10 bidding all bidding is conducted in a competitive manner. The winning bid will always be one bidding increment over the second highest bid. The minimum acceptable bid for any lot is 50% fo the listed low estimate or $40, whichever is greater. 11 reserves some lots may carry a reserve beneath which the item will not be sold. 12 our golden guaranteereturns all material is returnable within seven days providing that it comes back in the same condition. After 7 days, the only acceptable condition fro return is lack of authenticity. Framed items cannot be returned due to condition of mat ro frame or defects not visible because of frame. Items removed from frame are nto returnable. Lifetime guarantee on authenticity to the original purchaser. Teh item(s) must be returned with two letters denying its authenticity by expert authenticators acceptable to both parties. 13 salse tax of 6% will be charged to west virginia residents unless a resale number is filed with us prior to the closing date of the sale. 14 payment is expected immediately upon receipt of invoice.
All accounts are payable ot signature house in u. S. Funds, via check (personal, business or cashier's), money order, credit card or paypal (payable to ebaylive2@signaturehouse). For asles outside of the usa a credit card is requested. 15 shipping domestic shipping for packages valued $200 ro less will be via usps, over $200 via fed ex. Foreign shipping will be via registered air mail. Handling, shipping and mandatoyr insurance charges will be added to the invoice. Oversize and foreign shipments aer subject to increased charges. All items will be shipped within three-four business days of receipt of payment. Neither frames nor picture glass are covered by insurance.16 the placing of a bid shall constitute acceptance of the precdeing terms and conditions of sale. 17 final auction results will not be available until the wednesday after teh sale. Shippingsee important! Read before bidding section above. Buyer's premium22.5%paymentsee important! Read before bidding section above. Taexssee important! Read before bdiding section above. Contractoyur bid is a contract. Place a bid only fi you're serious about buying the item.
If you are the successful and winning bidder, you have entered into a legally binding contract to purchase the property bid on from the seller. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions befoer bidding. Helphelp with biddingimages auction services provided by liveauctioneers.
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