The Richard F. Larkin Gold Medal Collection of Booklet Panes and Covers: United States & Possessions
Bethel, CT 06801, USA
Lot | 1917-1919 Washington-Franklin Issue, flat plate, unwmk, perf 11 | Estimate | |
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1101 | 1917, 1¢ green, A.E.F. booklet pane of thirty (Scott 498f), position W11, tab at left and "R.B." initials at lower left, vertical guide line at right, large margins at top and foot, bright clear color, o.g., a few light hinge remnants and minor gum bends at lower left crossing bottom stamp only, Fine to Very Fine.Scott $1,050. | $500 | |
1102 | 1917, 1¢ green, A.E.F. booklet pane of thirty (Scott 498f), position W12, tab at right and "J.H.K." initials at lower right, vertical guide line at left, large margin at top, deep bright color, a few hinge remnants and pencil notation on one stamp, Fine to Very Fine.Scott $1,050. | $600 | |
1103 | 1917, 1¢ green and 2¢ rose, type I, A.E.F. booklet singles (Scott 498f, 499f), each with large margins at top and deep rich colors, tied by "U.S. Army Postal Service Jun. 11, 1918 (A.P.O.) 702" duplex cancel on "The Salvation Army American E.F. France" corner card cover to Salvation Army Secretary Col. Peart in New York City; censor marking at bottom left, Extremely Fine. A scarce and very attractive use of the 1¢ and 2¢ A.E.F. stamps on cover. Peart's son was killed in the war five months later. Read about it at www.newyorkalmanack.com/2018/11/a-ny-officer-killed-one-day-before-wwi-armstice/. | $1,000 | |
1104 | 1917, 1¢ green and 2¢ rose, type I, A.E.F. booklet singles (Scott 498f, 499f), 1¢ with very large margin at bottom and dark color, 2¢ with straight edge at bottom, both tied by "U.S. Army Postal Service Apr. 2, 1918" duplex cancel on censored WWI patriotic cover with printed red and blue flag, plus manuscript "From E.D. Prim c/o U.S. Postal Agent France" at top left and blue censor mark at bottom left, addressed to his wife in Hayward, California; YMCA text on reverse, Very Fine. | $750 | |
1105 | 1917, 1¢ green and 2¢ rose, type I, A.E.F. booklet stamps (Scott 498f, 499f), vertical pair and single respectively, tied by barred handstamp on undated envelope (223 x 142mm.) from a corporal with the 18th Engineers to Duluth, Minn., showing faint strike of A.E.F. censor cachet in violet adjacent, stamps have faults at top, Very Good to Fine appearance, with 1988 P.F. certificate. | 2 | $200 |
1106 | 1917-18, A.E.F. Cover and Postcard Balance (Scott 498f, 499f), six items, consisting of 1¢ green on multicolored picture postcard of the Louvre and its surroundings, 2¢ rose, type I, sepia picture postcard of the Siene and four covers including one legal sized with "headquarters United States Navy Department 23 rue de la Paix Paris France" printed corner card, one with original letter where the writer expresses disappointment that the French women were not "beautiful and gay" as he hoped, and one with 1998 A.P.E.X. certificate stating #499, most of the stamps have a straight edge on one side, five have a "U.S. Army Postal Service" duplex cancel (either No. 1 or No. 2), five are censored with the usual marking in either purple or magenta, few small faults, generally Fine to Very Fine, see them all on the web. | $200 | |
1107 | 1917, 2¢ rose, booklet stamp (Scott 499e), position A, canceled by "Aqueboque/N.Y." duplex of "Jul 19 1917" on cover to Johnstown, N.Y., the earliest recorded date of use. Fine to Very Fine, with 2001 A.P.S. certificate. | 2 | $300 |
1108 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, $6 A.E.F. black on pink booklet covers (Scott BK65), reading "300/2 cent Postage Stamps/$6", front and back covers detached, two staples in back cover which still has seven sheets of interleaving attached, minor tape reinforcement over one staple hole on front cover, Fine to Very Fine appearance. No intact or partly complete booklets containing stamps are known to date, and only a few booklet covers are believed to have survived. | 2 | $1,500 |
1109 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, booklet pane of thirty (Scott 499f), with tab at right, vertical guide line at left and large margin at foot, nice clear color, fresh, part o.g., top pair in third vertical row has vertical gum wrinkle and top right stamp has light gum bend, Fine to Very Fine.Scott $20,000. | $6,000 | |
1110 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, booklet pane of thirty (Scott 499f), with tab at left, bright fresh color, particularly well centered for this, o.g., the four corner stamps have light hinge/fingerprint or minor gum disturbance, the others never hinged, light diagonal gum bend crosses four stamps at lower right, Very Fine, with 1981 P.F. certificate.Scott $20,000. | 3 | $8,000 |
1111 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, perf. 11, A.E.F. booklet single (Scott 499f), with very large margin at bottom, tied by well-struck "U.S. Army Postal Service Jun. 18" duplex cancel on censored picture post card of Concorde Place in Paris, with purple boxed censor mark at bottom left and second strike of waving flag machine cancel at left, addressed to Ann Arbor, Michigan, message dated June 10th, 1918, Very Fine, scarce use of the 2¢ A.E.F. stamp on a postcard. | 2 | $500 |
1112 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, A.E.F. booklet stamp (Scott 499f), vertical strip of three with imperforate margins at top and foot, horizontal guide line very close to bottom stamp, and Franklin 10¢ orange yellow pair, tied by "U.S. Army Postal Service/No. 1" duplex or framed bars on Sept. 28, 1917 Registered censored envelope (250 x 190mm.) to San Francisco (10.14) via New York (10.10), opened and sealed by "Examined/by/Base Censor" red on white labels, tied by "S" in violet circle and "A.E.F. Passed as Censored/A. 120" circular cachets, top 2¢ stamp is defective at left and the cover crumpled and creased, Fine appearance, a rare registered franking. Only two examples of the booklet stamps with this close horizontal guide line have been reported, both of which are on cover. | 2 | $500 |
1113 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, A.E.F. booklet stamp (Scott 499f), horizontal strip of three with large imperforate margin at foot and vertical guide line at left, tied by "U.S. Army Postal Service" flag duplex on June 1, 1918 censored envelope to Karlshamm, Sweden (7.9), some light rust and flap at lower back missing, foreign rate of 5 cents overpaid by 1 cent, Fine appearance and believed the only recorded use of the booklet stamps to a destination other than the United States or France. | $400 | |
1114 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, A.E.F. booklet stamp (Scott 499f), from the top row of the pane, tied by "U.S. Army Postal Service/No. 1" duplex on Oct. 11, 1917 censored envelope to Detroit, Mich., showing "A.E.F. Passed as Censored/A. 41" circular cachet in violet, Very Fine. | $350 | |
1115 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, perf. 11, A.E.F. booklet stamps (Scott 499f), 11 in total, including vertical strip of three with straight edges at top and bottom, tied by multiple strikes of violet "U.S. Army Postal Service Registered Jul. 29, 1918" double-circle datestamp, on 9 x 5.5 in. envelope from the American Y.M.C.A to the A.E.F. Y.M.C.A. in Paris, France; purple boxed Registered handstamp and light magenta censor handstamp at bottom left; one stamp with large piece off and another with faults from placement over edge of cover at right, cover with faults, Fine appearance. | 2 | $750 |
1116 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, perf. 11, A.E.F. booklet single (Scott 499f), with very large margin at bottom, used with 1¢ green (#498), both tied by poorly struck "U.S. Army Postal Service" duplex cancel on censored WWI patriotic cover with printed red and blue flag, plus two different purple censor marks, addressed to Clinton, Michigan; YMCA text and typed Paris return address on reverse, opened roughly at right and vertical crease affecting the 2¢ stamp, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, with 2000 A.P.E.X. certificate. | 2 | $300 |
1117 | 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, perf. 11, A.E.F. booklet block of 27 (Scott 499f), large "keyhole" cancels, a truly exceptional nearly complete used example of the rare 2¢ A.E.F. pane; bottom left stamps small surface scrapes and top right horizontal strip of five with diagonal crease, otherwise Very Fine. There are very few used multiples of this issue; this is the second largest block (largest is block of 29), with 1995 P.F. certificate. | 2 | $5,000 |
1118 | 1918, 3¢ violet, type II, 37¢ violet on sage booklet (Scott BK63 var.), complete and unexploded, comprising two panes of six (#502b), position A, the cover with barred handstamp in purple applied over "37¢", o.g., never hinged, but some gum disturbance, scarce and unusual example of this devalued booklet, Fine to Very Fine. In 1919, the rate reverted to two cents. Postmasters were instructed to remove the 3-cent stamps from the booklets and to place the stamps on sale as needed. Nevertheless, one postmaster, believed to be in Springfield, Illinois, devalued a number of booklets and sold these at the face value of "36¢". | $200 | |
1119 | 1918, 3¢ violet, type II, booklet stamp (Scott 502b), position A, on Feb. 1, 1919 YMCA corner card cover from a lieutenant with the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, canceled by "U.S. Postal Agency/Siberia/1" duplex, showing "Am. E.F. Siberia/Passed as Censored/Lieut. Lester. K. Ade/Base Censor" oval cachet adjacent; also 1917, 2¢ rose, type I, booklet stamp (#499e) on undated front and back flap from a lieutenant with the A.E.F. to Oklahoma, showing "A.E.F. Siberia/Censored/Sig…" framed handstamp in blue, countersigned by officer; the first is Fine to Very Fine, and the second has faults. | $200 | |
1120 | 1918, 3¢ violet, type II, booklet pane of six (Scott 502b), position O, horizontal guide line at top and vertical guide line interrupted at top left, from plate number 9129; deep color, o.g., hinge remnants, Fine to Very Fine, the unique example of this variety from position O. | $250 | |
1121 | 1918, 3¢ violet, type II, booklet stamp (Scott 502b), position O, horizontal guide line at foot and vertical guide line interrupted at bottom right, an exceptional example with unusually large margins at right and foot highlighting this variety to its full extent, canceled by "Akron/Ohio" duplex on Mar. 25, 1919 illustrated cover to Warren, N.Y., Very Fine and believed unique on cover. | $250 | |
Lot | 1922-1929 Fourth Bureau Issue | Estimate | |
1122 | 1926, 2¢ carmine, perf. 10, booklet stamp (Scott 583a), position J, showing complete horizontal guideline at foot further highlighted by the extra-large margin there, vivid color, tied by "Saint Petersburg/Fla." duplex, Very Fine and a great rarity with only three examples of the rotary press booklet stamp with guide line recorded on cover. Unlike the flat press plates, the rotary press plates did not have any guide lines, except the first two plates, 17450 and 17451. Only one full pane (vertical guide line at right, ex Beutel) and three single stamps on cover are recorded with guide lines. | $600 | |
1123 | 1923-27, Booklet pane issues on cover collection (Scott 552a//634d), over 170 covers and over 90 picture postcards franked with #552a, 554c, 583a, 632a, 634d; best item by far is a complete 2¢ rotary press booklet pane (#583a) First Day Cover from H.F. Colman to H.A. Robinette (both early stamp dealers); sorted by issue, four with captured partial plate numbers, some from Hawaii (Territorial at the time) and a few foreign destinations including India and Straights Settlements; few minor faults as always, generally Fine to Very Fine, see the highlights online. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs. | 2 | $300 |
Lot | 1925-1929 Issues | Estimate | |
1124 | 1927, 2¢ carmine, type I, 25¢ red and buff booklet with experimental cellophane interleaving (Scott BK80a), complete and unexploded, comprising two panes of six (#634d), cover type IV-c.3-4, remarkably fresh and of exquisite color, never hinged, interleaving adheres to top pane, Very Fine, fewer than five booklets believed to have survived. Scott $2,500. | $1,200 | |
1125 | 1927, 2¢ carmine, type I, booklet stamp (Scott 634d), position A, on Nov. 17, 1927 cover from Laurel, Miss. to Barranca Beraja, Colombia canceled by duplex, missent to the Canal Zone, showing "Missent" "Corozal, C.Z." straight-line handstamps, "Corozal/C.Z. (11.23) and "Balboa/C.Z." (11.25) datestamps, forwarded with SCADTA 30c blue applied to pay domestic postage and canceled by "Correo de Transportes Aereos/ Barranquila" c.d.s. (12.2), filing fold at foot clear of stamps and markings, Fine to Very Fine. | $200 | |
1126 | 1927, 2¢ carmine lake, type I, booklet pane of six (Scott 634e), position D with part plate number 19849, vibrant color on bright paper, Fine to Very Fine and an exquisite pane, o.g., never hinged, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate.Scott $750. | 2 | $500 |
Lot | 1929-1937 Issues | Estimate | |
1127 | Booklet, 1932, 37¢, violet on buff cover, experimental cellophane interleaving (Scott BK84a), with panes of #720b var., o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. 30,000 of these booklets were issued in July of 1936. Few have survived. Scott $3,000. Hugh Southgate wrote in the Feb. 1932 issue of The Bureau Specialist, "The Bureau has been experimenting with the use of cellophane in place of the paraffined interleaves in our current booklets…. The extra cost of material will probably prevent the use of this interleaf. When this was previously considered it was found that the cellophane did not lend itself to the mechanical work of assembling as satisfactorily as the standard material." . | $1,500 | |
1128 | 1932, 3¢ violet, booklet pane of six (Scott 720b), position A, with double foldover, part o.g., hinge reinforcing and minor surface scuff at lower left, Fine to Very Fine and quite striking variety. | $200 | |
Lot | 1938-1954 Presidential Series | Estimate | |
1129 | 1939, 3¢ violet, 3mm. gutter, booklet pane of six, imperforate vertically (Scott 807d), showing significant portions of adjoining stamps at left and right, o.g., lightly hinged at top, central vertical crease, Very Fine and a remarkable variety, with 1972 P.F. certificate. | 2 | $500 |
1130 | Collection of 1¢, 2¢, and 3¢ Prexie booklet panes of six, 1939 (Scott 804b//807a), a small collection replete with varieties, including 3¢ violet panes (4, one 3mm. gutters) with foldovers, one of which has resulted in imperforate-between pair and two with plate numbers, 1¢ green (3mm. gutter) 25¢ booklet with cover doubly printed containing two panes of six, 3¢ violet (3mm. gutter) 37¢ booklet containing two panes of six dramatically miscut and covers with staples at wrong end, 3¢ violet (3mm. gutter) 73¢ booklet with double back cover containing four panes of six, o.g., never hinged, except the 37¢ with part o.g., also six envelopes, "V-Mail" letter sheet, and card with Aug. 23, 1943 censor to an American P.O.W. interned in the Philippine Islands, c/o Japanese Red Cross in Tokyo (the addressee, Lt. C.W. Burris, was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Force who was shot down and survived the Bataan Death March), Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.7 lbs. | 2 | $400 |
1131 | 1938, Prexies booklet stamps on cover (Scott 804b, 806b, 807a), 62 picture postcards (mostly 1¢), seven souvenir postcard folders, and 128 covers (mostly 3¢) including many WWII soldier's mail, few auxiliary markings, three from Japanese Internment Camp (2 postmarked Rivers AZ; 1 McGehee Ark. Relocation Bridge), 11 covers with captured partial plate numbers including a 1¢ pane, also includes a First Day Cover with all 3 panes, couple with faults, generally Fine to Very Fine, see the highlights online. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. | $200 | |
Lot | 1938-Present Issues | Estimate | |
1132 | 1954, 3¢ Statue of Liberty, booklet pane of 6, horizontal pair, imperf between (Scott 1035b), in center of folded over booklet pane, the part to the left of the foldover is stuck to the booklet's inside front cover and the part to the right of the foldover) is stuck to the interleaving, Very Fine. Normal second pane stuck to interleaving and back cover accompany; the Scott catalog listing notes these are caused by "foldover (two pairs recorded in two full panes) or miscut (three pairs from pane)", a very rare error with only 5 recorded examples, with 1983 P.F. certificate noting a small tear at bottom of foldover clear of error pair.Scott $5,000. | 4 | $2,000 |
Lot | Airmail | Estimate | |
1133 | 1928, 10¢ Lindbergh, booklet pane of three (Scott C10a), position D, partial plate number 19425 or 19426 at top right, o.g., never hinged, light gum creasing or bends; also front and back booklet covers detached. Very Fine. | 2 | $200 |
1134 | 1928, 10¢ Lindbergh, booklet pane of three (Scott C10a), position H, on Feb. 4, 1929) Miami to Cristobal, Canal Zone First Flight Cover, faults in tab, and position A, on Aug. 25, 1929 "Graf Zeppelin LZ127" Los Angeles to Lakehurst 1¢ postal card, both with appropriate cachets, Fine to Very Fine. | 2 | $300 |
1135 | 1928, 10¢ Lindbergh, booklet pane of three, tab at bottom (Scott C10a var.), fresh; two stamps with hinge remnants, Fine to Very Fine, an extraordinary variety, of which fewer than five such panes are believed to exist. Scott $7,500. | $3,500 | |
1136 | 1946 (Aug. 9), Envelope carried by Walter Goodman during the Atomic Bomb Drop over Nagasaki (Scott C25a), complete and unexploded, with handwritten note from Goodman dated May 8, 1946 that reads, "Dear Mr. Parker, Enclosed are two envelopes both of which were in my pocket during my flight over the Empire. I had taken along six envelopes with sufficient stationery to write some letters but found very little time to do any writing. I brought these envelopes back and used them later in the week. I do hope they will be of use to you. Yours, Walter Goodman" accompanied by cover that carried this note and the two covers addressed to Robert Parker at the "Airmail Club" in New York City, and one of the two envelopes carried by Goodman on the mission which he used to send a letter to his wife postmarked exactly one week later on August 16, 1946, franked with #C25a single and red pen note "This envelope was carried on the Atomic Bombing Mission of Nagasaki from Tinian in the B-29 observation Super fortress #89 Aug. 9, 1945, Walter Goodman, Scientific Observer", Very Fine. The bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Goodman, along with Lawrence H. Johnston and NY Times correspondent William L. Laurence, were on board the instrumentation aircraft, The Great Artiste, as part of the mission. Goodman took motion pictures of the mushroom cloud above Nagasaki. Walter Goodman joined the Special Engineer Detachment at Los Alamos in 1943, where he worked as an electrical engineer on the implosion bomb with Manhattan Project scientists Luis Alvarez and Harold Agnew. He also witnessed the Trinity test. | 3 | $750 |
1137 | 1943, 6¢ carmine, booklet panes (Scott C25a), a selection, including 73¢ booklet (BKC3) containing four strikingly miscut and bound inverted panes of three, complete and unexploded, 1941 Japan letter card with 6¢ used in Philippines, Apr. 19, 1945 "On Active Service" cover to U.S. bearing 6¢, canceled by "R.N.Z.A.F./N.Z.A.P.O." c.d.s., and "V-Mail" letter sheet, also 1949 6¢ miscut booklet pane of six showing plate number at foot (C39a var.), o.g., n.h., Fine to Very Fine. | 5 | $300 |
1138 | Airmail booklet, 1949, 73¢, red cover, "Not Issued" handstamps (Scott BKC4 var.), complete and unexploded, with purple straightline handstamps on both miscut covers with two very miscut panes (#C39a var.) with interleaving, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Interestingly, the staples line up the text on the booklet panes. Accompanied by article on the booklet published in the August 1962 issue of The Bureau Specialist asking for information or additional examples, but there was no follow-up article. | 4 | $300 |
Lot | Experimental & Provisional Booklets | Estimate | |
1139 | 1964 Wheaton Maryland Experimental Booklets, $1.00 Type I, complete and unexploded, two blank white covers with two staples at left, 25¢ Paul Revere (#1048) with interleaving, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Only 307 type I booklets were sold between 10/15/64 and 11/10/64. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the May 2014 issue of The United States Specialist. | 2 | $200 |
1140 | 1964 Wheaton Maryland Experimental Booklets, $1.00 Type I, complete and unexploded, two blank white covers with two staples at left, 25¢ Paul Revere (#1048) with interleaving, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Only 307 type I booklets were sold between 10/15/64 and 11/10/64. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the May 2014 issue of The United States Specialist. | 2 | $200 |
1141 | 1964 Wheaton Maryland Experimental Booklets, $1.00 Type IIa, complete and unexploded, booklet stapled on the left only with #1048 with interleaving, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Only 305 booklets were sold from the period 11/11/64 through 11/19/64. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the May 2014 issue of The United States Specialist. | 2 | $100 |
1142 | 1964 Wheaton Maryland Experimental Booklets, $1.00 Types IIa and IIb, complete and unexploded, former stapled on the left only and latter stapled on each side, both with #1048 with interleaving, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine duo. Former just 305 booklets were sold from the period 11/11/64 through 11/19/64, and the latter 2,844 booklets were sold between 11/20/64 and 2/25/65. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the May 2014 issue of The United States Specialist. | 2 | $200 |
1143 | 1964 Wheaton Maryland Experimental Booklets, $1.00 Type IIb, complete and unexploded, booklet stapled on each side with #1048 with interleaving, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. 2,844 booklets were sold between 11/20/64 and 2/25/65. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the May 2014 issue of The United States Specialist. | 2 | $100 |
1144 | April 1973, $1 Seattle Vending booklet, complete and unexploded, unprinted yellow front and gold back covers with two staples, containing single O'Neill sheet stamp (#1294) in a #1 glassine envelope, in like-new condition, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine and scarce. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the July 2013 issue of The United States Specialist.Furman SONS6; $300. These booklets were locally produced for use in vending machines in self-service stations, and were often issued without announcement, meaning most collectors were unaware of their existence. According to Furman, booklets containing the sheet stamp were used from the beginning in Feb. 1972 to June 1973 when the coil stamp was used. | $300 | |
1145 | April 1973, $1 Seattle Vending booklet, complete and unexploded, green front cover with purple "Seattle, WA Main Office Station May 8, 1973" double-circle datestamp and gold back cover with two staples, containing single O'Neill sheet stamp (#1294) in a #1 glassine envelope, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine and scarce. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the July 2013 issue of The United States Specialist.Furman SONS7; $300. These booklets were locally produced for use in vending machines in self-service stations, and were often issued without announcement, meaning most collectors were unaware of their existence. According to Furman, booklets containing the sheet stamp were used from the beginning in Feb. 1972 to June 1973 when the coil stamp was used. | $300 | |
1146 | June 1973, $1 Seattle Vending booklet, complete and unexploded, unprinted yellow front and gold back covers with one staple, containing single O'Neill coil stamp (#1305C) in a #1 glassine envelope, in like-new condition, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the July 2013 issue of The United States Specialist.Furman SONC2; $300. These booklets were locally produced for use in vending machines in self-service stations, and were often issued without announcement, meaning most collectors were unaware of their existence. According to Furman, booklets containing the sheet stamp were used from the beginning in Feb. 1972 to June 1973 when the coil stamp was used. | $300 | |
1147 | March 1974, 60¢ Special Delivery, Seattle Vending booklet, complete and unexploded, unprinted yellow front and gold back covers with two staples, containing single 60¢ Special Delivery stamp (#E23) in a #1 glassine envelope, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine. Accompanied by the definitive article on the booklets by Roger S. Brody published in the July 2013 issue of The United States Specialist.Furman SSD7; $300. These booklets were locally produced for use in vending machines in self-service stations, and were often issued without announcement, meaning most collectors were unaware of their existence. According to Furman, booklets containing the sheet stamp were used from the beginning in Feb. 1972 to June 1973 when the coil stamp was used. | $300 | |
Lot | Official Booklets | Estimate | |
1148 | "Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage, $300 (GPO)", label from booklet rouletted 12-66 tied by "Washington D.C. 21 Jul. 2, 1951" wavy line machine cancel on legal sized cover with crimson "MILITARY ASSISTANCE ADVISORY GROUP PORTUGAL American Embassy Lisbon Portugal" four line handstamp corner card and "ROUTING CERTIFICATE" handstamp at bottom left with the Air Pouch option checked, addressed to Commander J.W. Robbins at the U.S. Naval Supply Depot in Bayonne NJ, Very Fine and a very rare cover. On January 5, 1951, the United States & Portugal signed a Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement similar to those between the United States and other NATO countries. On February 2, a United States Military Assistance Advisory Group was formally established in Portugal, and a Defense Agreement was signed at Lisbon on September 6, 1951. Military Assistance Advisory Groups consisted of United States military advisors sent to other countries to assist in the training of conventional armed forces and facilitate military aid. | $300 | |
Lot | Revenue | Estimate | |
1149 | Documentary, 1954, $1,000 carmine booklet pane of four, $4,000 black on buff booklet (Scott R684a var.), complete and unexploded, unused without gum, Very Fine.Scott $1,200. | $500 | |
1150 | Potato Tax Stamps, 1935, 5 lb. black brown, Tax Exempt Potatoes, booklet pane of twelve (Scott RI15a), o.g., never hinged, light diagonal gum bends, Very Fine.Scott $750. | $300 |