Kelleher Club Sale
Bethel, CT 06801, USA
| Lot | Hawaii | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Savings Stamp, 1961, 25¢ dark blue & carmine (Scott S7a), booklet pane of 10, o.g., never hinged, pristine on bright white paper; interleaving accompanies, Very Fine.Scott $300. |  | $200 |
| 902 | Postal Telegraph Co., 1913, dark blue, perf 14 (Scott 15T46), o.g., never hinged, bright, fresh and beautifully centered, Extremely Fine.Scott $175 for hinged. |  | $120 |
| 903 | 1970, Jet Fighter Experimental, on three different papers (Scott TD115Bc, TD115D, TD115Df), horizontal pairs, bright, full-margined pairs, each positions 17-18 per consignor; on regular uncoated stamp paper, white coated paper from St. Regis Paper Co., and cream colored coated paper from Warren Paper Co. (the color difference clear when reverse is viewed); St. Regis pair with ink marking on gum, otherwise pristine, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, scarce items, with only one sheet of 50 of each known. Scott $1,350. |  2 | $750 |
| 904 | Test Stamp, 1995, Christmas issue (Ashton-Potter printing), serpentine die cut 11x10.9 & 11x11.5 (Scott TD127A, TD127B), o.g., never hinged, each fresh and bright, #TD127A (with backing paper margins) position 12, #TD127B position 17, Very Fine.Scott $1,400. |  | $750 |
| 905 | Test Stamp, 1996, B.C.A. Perf Test (Scott TD128), o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh with vibrant colors, Very Fine.Scott $400. |  | $150 |
| 906 | 1985, $4.40 Seashells, booklet panes blank (Scott TDB33), complete and unexploded, o.g., never hinged, interior fresh, cover with slight ghosting of black text, Very Fine nonetheless.Scott $400. |  2 | $200 |
| 907 | 1996, Blank self-adhesive convertible booklet pane of 20 + reorder label (Scott TDB86a), o.g., never hinged, bright and clean, the "reorder label" at lower right with "tic-tac-toe" defacement die-cutting as on #3112a, 3176a and 3244a; accompanied by #3112a for comparison, Very Fine.Scott $600. |  2 | $300 |
| 908 | Christmas Seal, 1908-16, Group of eight used on cards or cover (Scott WX4//WX18), pretty selection of early Seals, comprising #WX4, WX5, WX6, WX7, WX10, WX15, WX16 and WX18, 1912 issue serving as seal across envelope backflap, all the others on embossed postcards (1909 on a Tuck's); a few with light perforation tip toning, #WX5 fault at top due to placement, but an interesting group on which to build, Fine to Very Fine. |  4 | $200 |
| 909 | New Orleans, La., 1861, 2¢ blue (Scott 62X1), a fresh mint single, o.g., lightly hinged, ample to large margins and bright color, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.Scott $225. |  2 | $150 |
| 910 | New Orleans, La., 1861, 5¢ red brown (Scott 62X4), horizontal pair tied by New Orleans Oct. 15 postmark on cover to Mar's Bluff, South Carolina; stamp at left with full margins, that at right just in at side; toning to cover does affects stamps only faintly if at all, Fine to Very Fine.Scott $700. |  | $250 |
| 911 | 1861, 10¢ blue, Hoyer & Ludwig printing (Scott 2 var.), on yellow cover to Richmond, tied by Tudor Hall, VA postmark; three full to oversized margins (in at top right corner), the cover missing backflap and slightly reduced at top; text on back regarding Dr. E[dward] W Alfriend and his plans to return home for two months, noting "if he does not get a furlough or leave of absence…he will be forced to resign", Fine to Very Fine, ex Meroni.C.S.A. Catalog 2-H. |  2 | $350 |
| 912 | 1861, 10¢ blue, Patterson printing (Scott 2), ample to oversize margins with fresh color and a clear Richmond town cancel, Jul 23, 1865, Very Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.Scott $180. |  2 | $200 |
| 913 | 1862, 5¢ blue (Scott 4), with #6, tied on cover to Independence, Texas by indistinct Texas postmark; stamps faulty, cover with stain at bottom and damage artfully repaired at bottom right, still an uncommon Texas cover, Fine, signed Ashbrook. |  | $100 |
| 914 | 1863, 10¢ blue (Scott 11), exceptional four-margined example with deep color and proof-like detail, tied by Richmond postmark on cover to Wytheville, Va.; cover slightly reduced at right, the stamp a beauty, Very Fine, signed Kimbrough.Scott $125. |  | $150 |
| 915 | 1913, 1¢ dark green & black, overprint reading up, type II, booklet pane pair, handmade, perforated margins (Scott 38c), tied by "Lascascades/C.Z." duplex on June 6, 1914 cover to Brookline, Mass., Fine to Very Fine, with 2003 A.P.S. certificate. |  2 | $80 |
| 916 | Postal Card, 1907, 1¢ on 2c carmine (Scott UX1), imprint and text in bright color, with overprint shifted to right; toned, but otherwise sound, Fine to Very Fine. |  | $160 |
| 917 | Postal Card, 1907, 1¢ on 2c carmine, "CANAL" 13mm, overprint shifted (Scott UX1d), a fresh, clean mint card with the overprint shifted about 3mm upward and tilted slightly to the left, Extremely Fine. Ex-Gibbs.Scott $250+. |  2 | $160 |
| 918 | 1925 (Jan. 2), Bradley Airmail Flight Covers to Costa Rica, with Photos, four pieces of mail (three covers plus an uprated Canal Zone entire), each with different frankings, as well as three original photographs and a full-page description written by Bliss about the trip, Very Fine, wonderful archive of the flight. 522 pieces of mail were flown. Three U.S. Army Martin bombers made a courtesy trip from France Field to San Jose, Costa Rica, under the leadership of Major Follet Bradley (1890-1952), the France Field Commanding officer. Postmaster Gerald D. Bliss officially designated Bradley as an Airmail pilot and authorized him to carry the mail. |  | $200 |
| 919 | 1868, King Kamehameha III, 13¢ dull rose, re-issue, overprinted "Specimen" (Scott 11SB), top right corner margin single, o.g., hinged; thin & toned spot at bottom, Fine to Very Fine.Scott $275. |  | $50 |
| 920 | 1868, King Kamehameha III, 13¢ dull rose, re-issue, overprinted "Specimen" (Scott 11SB), o.g., hinge remnant, Fine to Very Fine.Scott $275. |  | $100 |
| Lot | General Collections | Estimate | |
| 921 | 1863, Numeral, 1¢ black on grayish (Scott 15), Plate 4-A, type IV, position 4, unused without gum, large balanced margins; tiny thin, Very Fine appearance, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.Scott $650. |  2 | $200 |
| 922 | 1864, Numeral, 1¢ black (Scott 23), Plate 8-A, type I, position 2, unused without gum, four close but clear margins, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.Scott $300. |  2 | $150 |
| 923 | 1864, Numeral, 2¢ black (Scott 24), traces of o.g., decent margins all around, almost Very Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.Scott $350. |  2 | $150 |
| 924 | 1864, King Kamehameha IV, 2¢ rose vermilion (Scott 31), o.g., never hinged (noticeable gum creases), Very Fine to Extremely Fine.Scott $150. |  | $160 |
| 925 | 1889, King Kamehameha IV, 2¢ carmine, overprinted "Reprint" (Scott 51SC), left margin horizontal strip of 3, o.g., lightly hinged (2 stamps never hinged) (minor gum creases), Fine to Very Fine.Scott $105. |  | $70 |
| 926 | 1893, Provisional Govt., 12¢ red lilac, red overprint (Scott 63), o.g., hinged, a big stamp with rich color on bright paper and fresh, clean gum, an Extremely Fine jumbo, with 2014 P.S.E. certificate graded XF 90J.SMQ XF 90J; $220 as a "90".Scott $175. |  2 | $160 |
| 927 | 1893, Provisional Govt., 2¢ rose, black overprint, "1833" for "1893" (Scott 66 var.), unused without gum, Post Office fresh with mangled type, nearly Very Fine, unlisted in Scott. |  | $130 |
| 928 | 1893, Provisional Govt., $1 rose red, black overprint (Scott 73), Fine.Scott $190. |  | $70 |
| 929 | Invitation from the King of Hawaii, 1893 Dinner invitation card (8" x 6") from King Kalakaua; and two playing card sized royal items, one reads "Dance Program- Royal Palace King Kalakaua"; this was the last year of the Kingdom prior to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the Provisional government. |  | $200 |
| 930 | 1901, $5 dark green (Scott 225), o.g., fresh and beautifully centered with a horizontal guide line along the bottom perf tips; a couple of which are a bit short, and another of which has a minute thin, otherwise Extremely Fine, with a 2024 P.F. certificate.Scott $500. |  2 | $200 |
| 931 | 1958, Economic & Social Council, 4¢ blue green & 8¢ vermilion, large die proofs (Scott 65PD-66PD), dies 101785 & 101786 die sunk on full cards, Very Fine. Unpriced - only 8 & 7, respectively, were produced, signed y.Scott $500. |  2 | $160 |
| 932 | 1965, Population Growth, 4¢ multicolor, partial missing colors (Scott 151 var.), small streaks of missing color in the left side of the multicolor oval and somewhat "evanescent" letters in "UNITED NATIONS"; three examples, each slightly different—from very small to much more obvious—two of them are the left stamps in a block of 4 with two normal, the third is the left stamp in a pair with a normal, o.g., never hinged, Extremely Fine. |  2 | $120 |
| 933 | 1968, 6¢ Postal Stationery, Approved Specimen of Complete Envelope, Normal and Legal Sizes (Scott U3S var), both with "SPECIMEN" perforated initials at center applied after folding into envelope shape, straightline violet "Suomen Pankin Setelipaino" and black "30075" handstamps at top left, boxed "Color and Die Proof Approved ………. UN Postal Administration" and "3 JUN 1968" handstamps at bottom, flaps are not glued together; normal sized with toning at top left (due to prior adherence), legal sized is Extremely Fine, unlisted in Scott and Gaines (who died in 1998; five years before the UN Archives were sold at auction), Unique, ex-United Nations Archives lots 3770 and 3771 which sold for $250 hammer each. |  2 | $160 |
| 934 | 1952, 10¢ Air Letter Sheet, Specimen (Scott UC1S), perforated "D & S/SAMPLE" ("D & S" is the printer, Dennison & Sons); side flaps neatly folded, Extremely Fine. |  2 | $250 |
| 935 | 1952, 10¢ Air Letter Sheet, Specimen (Scott UC1S), perforated "D & S/SAMPLE" ("D & S" is the printer, Dennison & Sons); side flaps neatly folded, Extremely Fine. |  2 | $250 |
| 936 | 1960, 10¢ Air Letter Sheet, Double Print, One Inverted (Scott UC4 var.), inverted impression light but absolutely complete and not an offset; side & top flaps neatly folded, Extremely Fine.AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE—PERHAPS UNIQUE—MAJOR ERROR. |  2 | $800 |
| 937 | Mostly Mint Collection, 1851-1983, Scott National most mint in mounts; used include #9, 11, 25, 64, 68, 73, 76, 88, 93, 94, 98, and 160-162; unused include 239, 274, 283, 291, 305, 307, 328-330, 408V paste up, 409V, 443 LP, 444 LP, 446 LP, 447 LP, 457 LP, 486-490 LP, 493-497 LP, 597-599 LP, 600-606 LP, Farely gutters, mostly complete 1935-1983; Airmail C2-C12, and C16-C116; also Postage Due, Special Handling, Parcel Post, and extensive booklet panes; worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 9 lbs. |  | $1,800 |
| 938 | Lifelong Mint Collection, 1857-1980, pair of Scott National albums with mint in Crystal mounts; includes #24, 35, 112-114, 150, 210, 217, 230-240, 258, 276, 288-291, 294-299, 300-312, 323-330, 341, 343-347 (pairs), 397-400A, 403, 480, 630, and essentially complete 1929-1980; Airmail includes C1-C12, C16-C70; also Special Delivery, Postage Due, Parcel Post, Special Handling, and Parcel Post Postage Due; real value here, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 11 lbs. |  | $1,600 |
| 939 | Quaint Mixed Collection, 1851-1947, 1947 Scott's American Album for US Stamps with nicely colocated mint and used in black mounts; used include #10, 11, 24, 35, 63, 69, 71, 73, 76, 78, 98, 112-115, 117, 118, 148, 153, 160, 162, 165, 190, 217, 218, 226-229, 260, 274-276, 291, 310, 479, 480, 547, 599A, C2, C6, J19, J20, J24, J25, O19-O21, O73-O78, O93, Q10-Q12; unused #221, 228, 250, 257, 258, 230-239, 289, 290, 294-299, 305-308, 398-400, 614-623, National Parks, Special Printings, Prexies to $5 Coolidge, E2, E4, J3, J26, Q1-Q9; consignor catalog $20,400, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. |  | $1,200 |
| 940 | Ultra Clean Mint Singles Collection, 1928-94, seven-volume White Ace album in slipcases; consignor made extra effort to collect well-centered post office fresh examples; essentially complete between 1938 and 1994 for regular issues and 1928 to 1994 for commemoratives; stamps are presented in black mounts and look great; also includes about 50 modern First Day Covers in a Lighthouse binder; pretty, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 35 lbs. |  | $800 |
| 941 | Sweet Little Album, 1847-1947, 1947 Scott American Album with mixed mint and used; includes used #1 (red cancel), 7, 10, 17, 24, 73, 76, 77, 88, 90, 94, 96, 113-115, 145-155, 228, 237, 275, 290, 294-297; unused #11, 184, 298, and 304; room to grow, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.4 lbs. |  | $650 |
| 942 | Strong Balance Lot, 1851-1981, Scott National album with mixed mint and postally used in black mounts; used include #9 and 17; unused include 291-298, 308, 320, 513, 517, 548-550, 571, 600-606, 610-612, 614-619, 635-643, and nearly complete MNH 1929-1981; also Airmail, E14-E23, Postage Due, Confederate States of America, and Federal Ducks (RW1 and RW2); worth a look, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 7 lbs. |  | $600 |
| 943 | Coils and Booklets Collection, 1912-75, line pairs and booklet panes on White Ace pages plus hundreds of mostly modern line pair strips of four; booklets include # 374a, 375a, 405b, 424d, 425e, 462a, 498e (plate number), 499e (plate number), 501b, 502b, 552a, 554c (plate number), 632a, 634d, 720b, 804b, 806b, 807a, 1035a, 1036a, 1213a, 1280a, 1284a, C10a, C25a, C39a, C60a, C64a, and several more; line pairs include #410, 441-444, 452, 455, 486, 488-490, 492, 496, 597, 597A, 598-606, 656, 686, 721-723, 839-851, Liberty Series, and Prominent American Series; also a few hundred line pairs including Non-Profit, Bulk Rate, Non-Denominated, and more; useful, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. |  | $500 |
| 944 | Congressional Presentations Collection, 1985-90, 15 personalized USPS new issue presentation folders with the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations name embossed; includes Enrico Caruso, Classic Mail Transportation, Penalty Mail, North Carolina Statehood, Ambulance and Buckboard, Drafting of the Constitution, America Commemorative and Airmail, Oil Wagon and Pushcart, Francis Ouimet, Washington Statehood, Rural Electrification Administration, Moon Landing Priority Mail, Junipero Serra, Cats, and Future Mail Transportation; very seldom encountered, Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 17 lbs. |  | $500 |
| 945 | Neat As a Pin Collection, 1847-1988, Scott National album lovingly filled for years with used to 1920 and mint thereafter in black mounts; used include #1, 7, 20, 25, 26 (unused), 36, 63, 71, 73, 76-78, 93, 113, 151, 152, 162, 218, 228, 290, 310, 347, 391, 479, 480, and 524; mint include #1053, C3, C18; very well populated 1930-1988 (including Airmail); a delightful collection well worth a look, catalog $3,900, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 7 lbs. |  | $500 |
| 946 | Comprehensive Commemoratives Collection, 1928-2002, 6 volume (with slipcases) White Ace collection (plus a binder with modern Airmail pages) of US commemoratives in black mounts; includes Century of Progress souvenir sheets, National Parks blocks and gutters, Famous Americans, Overrun Countries, State flags, American wildlife, State Birds & Flowers, US Presidents series, Legends of the West error sheet (and normal), American wildflowers, Columbian Expo 92 souvenir sheets, Pacific 97 mini sheets, booklet panes, and much more, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 39 lbs. |  | $500 |
| 947 | Sweet Commemoratives Album, 1869-1934, rarely encountered 1934 Stampolog United States Commemorative Stamps album with hinged stamps; includes #113 and several other definitives; Columbian 1¢-10¢ used, Trans-Mississippi 1¢-8¢ unused as well as 50¢, #299, 327, 330, 367-369, 399, 400, and more; most have a single and block of four for subsequent commemoratives as laid out in the album; sweet, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.1 lbs. |  2 | $400 |
| 948 | Cartload of philatelic supplies, Lighthouse cover binders, hardcover mint sheet files, Scott Plate Number Coils (1981-1988), Scott Postal Cards (1875-1975), pair of Scott National albums (1847-1985), two new Kiribati albums (1978-1983), Mystic Heirloom (2006-2018), Fidelity (2 vol) People's Republic of China (1950-1969 and 1969-1978), Harris Plate Blocks (1964-1971), Harris Liberty (2000-2012), several new SAFE binders, SAFE hingeless Germany (1996-2000), hundreds of clear and black mounts, 7 USPS Yearbooks (1994//2001), 2 boxes (1,000 each) #7 envelopes, and more. Shipping charges apply - weight 380 lbs. |  | $400 |
| 949 | Ducks, Souvenir Cards, and FDCs, 1934-2004, #RW65A pair of souvenir sheets (one artist signed), and RW66A pair (one artist signed); 34 different Famous Americans FDC with better multicolr cachets; 35 different Fred Collins First Day Covers with the 1986 presidential set; C-23 sheet with selvege missing; 20 BEP and American Banknote exhibition cards; #948 exhibition souvenir sheet FDC on oversized Fleetwood/Knapp envelope (a stunner); 1995 First Day of Non-Issue Atomic bombs end WWII complete sheet (Cinderella) with cover autographed by BGen Paul Tibbets (who droped the bomb); complete set (16) of Fleetwood Maxim type cards with the 1992 Columbus reissue; 9 different oversized 22k Gold Replica stamp cachets; complete Griswold matched set of Special Printings imperforate National Parks blocks of 4; matched set of Fairway National Parks blocks of 4; complete set (9) Colorano "Silk" cachet Trans-Mississippi reissue; Rice cachet on Washington Bicentennial complete set; three Zeppelin flown covers (including Round-The-World sent to Paris; and much more, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 6 lbs. |  | $400 |
| 950 | Classics, Blocks, and Plates, 1892-1940, diminutive holding of singles, blocks and plate blocks; used #230-241, and 551-571; mint include #614-621, 644 (plate block of 6), 646-648, 756-765 (Special Printings plate blocks of 6 complete), 839-851 coil singles and line pairs, 855 complete matched set of Baseball plate blocks (16 in all), and complete set of Famous Americans blocks of 4 (with plate numbers folded over); and more. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. |  | $400 |
