Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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| Lot | United States & Possessions 1857-61 Issue | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Stampless covers 1850 (12 Apr) FL to North Fairhaven, Mass., with oval "Sacramento Apr 12 Cal." departure pmk, red crayon "40" rate interesting Gold-mining and Trans-Continental journey contents |  | $140 |
| 2 | Postmasters' Provisionals Albany, N.Y. (1Xa-E1d) 1847 Gavit & Co., Albany N.Y., 5c brown, Franklin Die Essay on Bond with complete cross-hatching, v.f. |  | $450 |
| 3 | Postmasters' Provisionals New York, N.Y. (9X1e) 1845 5c black on bluish wove paper, Without Signature, pos. 4, double transfer variety, margins all around, blue ms cancel at left and lightened ms cancel at center, fine, with 2024 Crowe certificate, cat. value $900 |  | $220 |
| 4 | 1847 Issue (1) 1847 5c black brown, margins all around, v.f., tied by blue "PAID" and "Albany & Buffalo RR" cancel on FL datelined Oct 16, 1848 pmk on FL addressed to Buffalo, rare, ex-Wyler |  | $230 |
| 5 | 1847 Issue (1,106L1) 1847 5c red brown, margins all around, small corner margin crease at top right, tied by red square grid on small cover to Boston with 1849 Messenkope Local 1c black on green glazed paper (Company name deleted by pen), red New York Dec 16 pmk and penciled docketing, v.f. and rare combination cover, ex-Nielsen, with 2018 PFC, cat. value $1500 |  | $950 |
| 6 | 1847 Issue (1TC1bk) 1847 5c black, trial color large die proof on bond, ample margins showing most of the cross-hatching, v.f., cat. value $800 |  | $350 |
| 7 | 1851-57 Issue (7,11,14,15) 1851 1c blue, 3c red brown, single and pair, ample margins to cut in at sides, used together with 10c green, horizontal pair (types II+III) margins all around, tied by oval grids on back of a flimsy FL to Paris, paying 30 cents from New Orleans (Apr 20, 1857), via New York (red Paid Apr 29), with Paris 12 May 57 arrival, fine three-color combination franking, paying double rate to France |  | $450 |
| 8 | 1851-57 Issue (7,9,11) 1851 two covers, one to Paris, franked with 2x1c blue, used together with 3c red, paying 5c shore to ship rate from Newport, R.I. per "Steamer Arabia", with "Boston Br.Packet" (24 June), red "Paid 5" on front, British (July 7, 1856) transit and Paris arrival, charged "13" (decimes); the other cover is franked with vertical strip of 3x1c blue, Type IV, margins all around, tied by West Winsted, Conn. departure pmks to Amherst, Mass., minor back cover flaws, fine-v.f. |  | $230 |
| 9 | 1851-57 Issue (11) 1851 3c brownish carmine, never hinged, margins all around, seldom seen in this condition, with 1999 PFC and 2025 PSE certificate, the latter graded "VF-XF 85" SMQ $400 for hinged |  | $700 |
| 10 | 1851-57 Issue (11-E5a) 1851 3c Washington, Essay by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., in deep green on stamp paper, fresh and v.f., cat. value $1,250 |  | $700 |
| 11 | 1851-57 Issue (11-E5a) 1851 3c Washington, Essay by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., in deep carmine on stamp paper, fresh and v.f., cat. value $1,250 |  | $700 |
| 12 | 1851-57 Issue (11-E5a) 1851 3c Washington, Essay by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., in brown on stamp paper, fresh and v.f., cat. value $1,250 |  | $700 |
| 13 | 1851-57 Issue (12) 1851 5c red brown, margins all around, bright color, v.f., tied by New Orleans 5 Oct, 56 pmk on complete FL to Paris endorsed "Africa", red "New York Br.Pkt Pct 15", French entry (28 Oct) and red "CY 28 Oct 1856" pmk on back, "13" (decimes) due mark crossed out and charged "26" for double-weight, with additional "8" applied at left, usual filing fold, fine and attractive 5c red brown on cover |  | $450 |
| 14 | 1851-57 Issu (13) 1851 10c green, type I, used, margins all around, fresh deep color, v.f., with photocopy of 2004 PFC for a pair from which this originated, cat. value $750 |  | $280 |
| 15 | 1851-57 Issue (13) 1851 10c green, Type I, large margins all around, with part of adjoining stamp at right, tied by faint Providence, R.I. cds in red on buff cover addressed to San Francisco, v.f. and attractive transcontinental cover, cat. value $850 |  | $280 |
| 16 | 1857-61 Issue (25A) 1857 3c rose, Type II, pos.23L5L, claret shade, tied by Sandusky May 13 cds on cover addressed to Ohio some staining slightly affecting the stamp, with 2011 APS certificate, fine appearance, cat. value $950 |  | $130 |
| 17 | 1857-61 Issue (26A) 1857 3c dull red, type IV, n.h., well centered for this difficult issue, margins clear design on all sides nice color, post office fresh, extremely rare never hinged example of 3c dull red, type IV, with 2002 PFC (catalogued as hinged), cat. value $600 |  | $900 |
| 18 | 1857-61 Issue (28A) 1857 5c Indian red, lightly canceled, reperforated at left, otherwise fine, with 2008 APS certificate, cat. value $3,750 |  | $450 |
| 19 | 1857-61 Issue (30A,35,38) 1857 5c brown, 10c green (straight edge at left) and 30c orange, tied by red grid cancels on blue outer FL from New York to Lyon Steamship Persia directional endorsement at top, red "New York Paid 36/Aug 29" departure pmk, French 9 Sep 1860 entry cds, additional transit and Lyon arrival pmks on back, usual filing fold well away from the stamps, fine and beautiful three-color franking paying 45 cents on Payen correspondence letter to France (a similar cover, ex-Gross, fetched $4,250 in a 2019 Siegel auction) |  | $900 |
| 20 | 1857-61 Issue (36) 1857 12c black, three covers two England, two franked with horizontal pairs, one with "New York & Boston Steamboat R.R.R." cancels also one with two horizontal pairs, various markings, fine (catalogued as singles off cover), cat. value $3,000 |  | $450 |
| Lot | United States & Possessions 1870-73 Issues | Estimate | |
| 21 | 1861-68 Issues (63) 1861 1c blue, top sheet margin single, n.h., remarkably fresh, wide margins at right and at bottom, selvage folded, fine light natural gum bend not mentioned on the accompanying 2024 PFC (catalogued as hinged), cat. value $800 |  | $450 |
| 22 | 1861-68 Issues (65) 1861 3c rose, tied by fancy Shield cancel on "The Independent" all-over advertising cover sent from Brooklyn, N.Y. Nov.23, 1863 to Poughkeepsie, fine |  | $180 |
| 23 | 1861-68 Issues (65,70,71) 1861 3c rose, 24c gray lilac (straight edge at right) and 30c orange, tied by round "PAID" grid cancels on FL to Hong Kong, China endorsed "Via Marseilles March 26", red "Boston Br.Pkt Mar 10 Paid" cds on back, London transit, with red crayon "1" Colonial rate marking and "52" (due to Hong Kong) hs and May 5, 63 arrival pmk on back, fine and attractive three-color franking, filing folds well away from the stamps, beautiful condition. This cover from the Augustine Heard correspondence is correctly prepaid at 57c for the British Mail via Marseilles rate prior to June 1863 |  | $900 |
| 24 | 1861-68 Issues (67b) 1861 5c olive yellow, very light black cancel, fresh color, reperforated at left, otherwise a fine example of this scarce shade, with 2024 Crowe certificate, cat. value $4,850 |  | $450 |
| 25 | 1861-68 Issues 1863 Union Patriotic cover (reduced at left), endorsed "U.S. Brig "Banbridge / Aspinwall, N.G./ Per Str. Northern Light Nov.25th" addressed to Newton, Mass., with "Due 10" charged, 10c dark green added and tied by "Steamship Cts" cancel, fine and rare in every respect (soon after the Civil War began, "Bainbridge" was sent to the Gulf of Mexico to enforce the blockade of the Confederacy and to protect United States shipping. While in that area in May and June 1862, she participated in the capture of three blockade runners. Following a brief trip north, Bainbridge returned to the Gulf area in August 1862. She encountered a damaging storm at Aspinwall, New Granadine (a short-lived federal republic established in 1858 as a result of a constitutional change replacing the Republic of New Granada. It consisted of the present-day nations of Colombia and Panama and parts of northwestern Brazil. In turn, the Granadine Confederation was replaced by the United States of Colombia after yet another constitutional change in 1863) |  | $230 |
| 26 | 1867 Grill Issue (83) 1867 3c rose, C.Grill, h.r., well defined grill, beautiful pastel color, fresh and nicely centered for issue, fine, with 2006 PSE certificate, ex-Petersen (Siegel Auctions, Apr 2021, $4,750 hammer) cat. value $5,500 |  | $3,250 |
| 27 | 1867 Grill Issue (83) 1867 3c rose, C.Grill, Cross Roads cancel, well centered for this, vertical crease at right, fine appearance, with 1996 PFC, cat. value$1,150 |  | $180 |
| 28 | 1867 Grill Issue (86) 1867 1c blue, E.Grill, n.h., beautiful fresh color on bright paper, well defined grill, fine and rare never hinged stamp. ex-Laila (Siegel Auctions, Apr 2009, $4,000 hammer) (catalogued as hinged), cat. value $3,000 |  | $3,250 |
| 29 | 1867 Grill Issue (88) 1867 3c rose, E.Grill, never hinged, usual centering, fine and seldom seen in n.h. condition, with 2024 Crowe certificate (catalog value for hinged) cat. value $1,050 |  | $170 |
| 30 | 1867 Grill Issue (99) 1867 24c gray lilac, F.Grill, circle of wedges cancel, usual centering, scarce stamp, with 2024 Crowe certificate, cat. value $1,700 |  | $280 |
| 31 | 1867 Grill Issue (100) 1867 30c orange, F.Grill, unused without gum, nice color, a sound copy, with 2024 Crowe certificate, cat. value $4,500 |  | $450 |
| 32 | 1869 Pictorials (115) 1869 6c ultramarine, unused (regummed), nicely centered, reperforated at right, fresh and fine appearance, with 2024 PSE certificate (catalogued as unused without gum) cat. value $1,050 |  | $450 |
| 33 | 1869 Pictorials (116-117) 1869 10c yellow, 12c green, unused (regummed), brilliant colors, fresh, the former reperforated at bottom, fine-v.f. (catalogued as unused without gum), cat. value $1,475 |  | $450 |
| 34 | 869 Pictorials (118) 1869 15c brown & blue, type I, h.r., fresh colors, well centered, v.f., with 1980 and 1999 PFCs, cat. value $9,000 |  | $3,500 |
| 35 | 1869 Pictorials (119var) 1869 15c brown & blue, Type II, significant shift of the central vignette to right, heavy hinge remnant, centered to bottom, fine, cat. value $2,600 |  | $350 |
| 36 | 1870-71 Issue (139A) 1870 10c brown, I.Grill, used, natural straight edge at right, small thin, otherwise fine, with 2024 Crowe certificate, cat. value $10,000 |  | $900 |
| 37 | 1870-71 Issue (141) 1870 15c orange, H.Grill, used, light horizontal bend at top of the grilled area, otherwise fine, with 2024 Crowe certificate, cat. value $1,500 |  | $120 |
| 38 | 1870-71 Issue (143) 1870 30c black, used, fairly well centered, with small tear and creases, fine appearance, with 1997 PFC, cat. value $3,750 |  | $450 |
| 39 | 1870-71 Issue (151) 1870 12c violet, unused (regummed), post office fresh, centered to left, beautiful color, fine, with 2024 PFC, cat. value $1,050 |  | $450 |
| 40 | 1873 Continental Bank Note Company (159) 1873 6c dull pink, l.h. (if at all), brilliant color, small toned spot at left, well centered, fresh and fine stamp, with 1992 PFC, cat. value $375 |  | $180 |
| Lot | United States & Possessions 1902-08 Issue | Estimate | |
| 41 | 1873 Continental Bank Note Company (165) 1873 12c blackish violet, h.r., fresh and well centered for issue, an exceptional stamp, with 1997 PFC, ex-Przybyl (Siegel auctions, Nov.2021, $4,000 hammer) cat. value $4,000 |  | $2,800 |
| 42 | 1875 Special Printing (170) 1875 6c dull rose, unused without gum as issued, brilliant color, scissors-separated as usual but leaving completely intact perforations on three sides exceptionally well centered, with removed soiling (not mentioned on accompanying 1983 PFC), otherwise v.f. example of this rare Special Printing, only 38 (!) recorded, with 2024 PSE certificate, cat. value $20,000 |  | $7,000 |
| 43 | 1875 Special Printing (172) 1875 10c pale brown, unused without gum as issued, rich color and detailed impression, virtually intact perforations on all sides, wide margins, fresh and v.f. completely sound example of this rare Special Printing, only 38 recorded, with 1947 and 2008 PFCs, cat. value $19,000 |  | $9,500 |
| 44 | 1875 Special Printing (176) 1875 30c greenish black, unused without gum as issued, fully intact perforations on three sides (scissors separated as always), nicely centered, fresh color v.f., with 1990 PFC. Many examples of the Continental Bank Note special printings were separated by scissors, and are usually found with perforations partly missing or entirely trimmed away. Of the 50 recorded copies, only a few have perforations on all four sides, cat. value $12,500 |  | $7,000 |
| 45 | United States 1879 American Bank Note Company (187) 1879 10c brown, without secret mark, l.h., tiny corner margin crease, otherwise fine, with 1987 PFC, cat. value $3,000 |  | $700 |
| 46 | 1879 American Bank Note Company (190) 1879 30c greenish black, n.h., well centered and post office fresh, v.f., with 2007 and 2024 PSE certificates scarce in never hinged, well centered condition, cat. value $2,800 |  | $4,500 |
| 47 | 1880 Special Printing (202) 1880 90c dull carmine, unused without gum as issued, bright color, centered to right, intact perforations on all sides, fresh & fine example of this rare Special Printing with 1974 PFC (Siegel census of Scott 202 contains 42 examples, including one in the Miller collection owned by The New York Public Library, leaving 41 available to collectors. Thins or more serious faults affect about half of the known examples. Most of the sound examples are centered to the right), cat. value $30,000 |  | $11,000 |
| 48 | 1881-1888 Bank Note Issue (210) 1883 two covers with 2c franking, one dated 1886 from Port Townsend, Wash., with "Kicking Mule" fancy cancel, the other from Garden City to Edgar Co Illinois, with "Camp Douglas Prisoner of War Commission for Grave Removal" handstamp |  | $180 |
| 49 | 1890-93 Issue (220/226P5) 1890 2c-10c, seven imperf. plate proofs on stamp paper in horizontal pairs, with 2c (two, both without gum), 3c (l.h.), 4c (h.r.), 5c (h.r.), 6c (small h.r.) and 10c (regummed), 3c with small scissors cut in top margins, otherwise fine-v.f., with 1980 PFC for the 3c, cat. value $1,330 |  | $280 |
| 50 | 1893 Columbian Exposition (230-45P4) 1893 1c-$5 plate proofs on card, complete set of 16, hinge remainders on back, otherwise brilliant colors and margins, fresh and v.f., cat. value $2,110 |  | $550 |
