US & Possessions, British and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
Bethel, CT 06801, USA
| Lot | 1851 Issue | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3201 | Airmail, 1951 Gratianus complete (Scott C20-C21), mint blocks of 4, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine.Sassone S.504; €1,875 ($2,020).Scott $1,460. |  2 | $400 |
| 3202 | 1859 Coat of Arms, 1r blue, fine impression (Scott 2), four margins, canceled with a small "Sun with rays" handstamp (not tied)l on a folded letter to Caracas, Very Fine, with a 2015 ASOFILCA certificate.Scott $500. |  3 | $400 |
| 3203 | 1859 Coat of Arms, 1r blue, fine impression (Scott 2), four nice margins, tied by a neat manuscript cancel on a folded letter to Swift, Penny & Co., Maracaibo; docketed Nov 28, 1859, Fine, with a 2015 ASOFILCA certificate.Scott $500. |  4 | $325 |
| 3204 | 1859 Coat of Arms, 1r blue, fine impression (Scott 2), four nice margins, tied by a neat manuscript cancel on a folded letter to Swift, Penny & Co., Maracaibo; docketed Apr 15, 1859, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2015 ASOFILCA certificate.Scott $500. |  4 | $325 |
| 3205 | 1859 Coat of Arms, 1r blue, fine impression (Scott 2), large margins to just touching, tied by a neat manuscript "X" on a folded letter to Swift, Penny & Co., Maracaibo; docketed 1859, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2015 ASOFILCA (Caracas Philatelic Assoc.) certificate.Scott $500. |  4 | $325 |
| 3206 | 1859 Coat of Arms, ½r yellow, coarse impression (Scott 4a), large margins to just touching, tied by a neat blue La Guaira c.d.s., Aug 9 (1860) on a folded address leaf to Caracas, also bears the sender's blue double oval handstamp, fresh and Very Fine, with a 2015 ASOFILCA certificate.Scott $500. |  4 | $400 |
| 3207 | 1859-62 Coat of Arms, 2r red, coarse impression (Scott 6), three large margins, just in at the right, tied by a blue La Quaira double circle datestamp on a cover front to Santander with a blue "4R." (reales due) and merchant's oval handstamps; small tear at the right, otherwise Very Fine, with a 2015 ASOFILCA certificate.Scott $1,500 for full cover. |  2 | $800 |
| 3208 | 1879, Fiscal Used For Postage, imperf with 2-line overprint, 5c yellow (Scott 50), large margins, tied on a May 18, 1880 folded letter from La Guaira to Caracas by a "Correos/ La Guaira" undated double circle; merchant's blue double oval handstamp; horizontal file fold, otherwise Very Fine, with a 1983 ASOFILCA certificate. |  4 | $300 |
| 3209 | 1879, Fiscal Used For Postage, imperf with 2-line overprint, 5c orange (Scott 50a), tied on a Jun 8, 1880 folded letter from La Guaira to Caracas by light "Correos/ La Guaira" undated double circle, Fine to Very Fine, with a 1983 ASOFILCA certificate. |  4 | $250 |
| 3210 | 1880, Fiscal Used For Postage, perf 11, 50c orange (Scott 61a), tied by a blue, non-postal double circle alongside a Maracaibo c.d.s., Mar 30, 1883, on a folded letter to Puerto Cabello; some toning, otherwise Very Fine.Scott $2,000 for fiscal cancel. |  3 | $1,600 |
| 3211 | 1882 Bolivar, 5c blue & two 10c red brown (Scott 74, 75), on a cover from Maracaibo to Buenos Aires via New York; tied by a blue Maracaibo c.d.s., Mar 11 (1892), and backstamped New York, Mar 25, and Buenos Aires, May 6—travel time nearly two months., Fine to Very Fine. |  2 | $200 |
| 3212 | 1893 Bolivar, two 5c red brown & four 10c blue (Scott 123, 124), tied by light Maracaibo undated serrated circles on a commercial cover to New York and backstamped there on Mar 30, 1898. The cover also bears the personal oval handstamp of (General) Fociòn Soto, a Colombian politician, railroad owner and military general, who, after being exiled from Colombia in 1886 for his involvement in the Thousand Days War, took up residence in Venezuela. |  2 | $200 |
| 3213 | 1924-39, Waterlow Re-engraved Bolivar, Plate Proofs of the six 1939 values (Scott 270P//284P), a pristine set of sheet margin blocks of 4 on stamp paper, imperf and gummed with security punches, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. |  2 | $200 |
| 3214 | 1951 State Coats of Arms, Regular Issues & Airs complete (Scott 464-631 & C338-C553), a marvelous mint set of 384 stamps on 24 hingeless album pages, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Rarely seen as a complete set in such choice condition. Scott $3,536 for hinged. |  | $2,400 |
| 3215 | Airmail, 1938-39 Pictorials complete (Scott C79-C113), an exceptional mint set, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine.Scott $292 for hinged. |  3 | $300 |
| 3216 | Providence, R.I., 1846, 5¢ gray black (Scott 10X1), single, mostly large margins to full at top left corner, neat ms. check-mark cancel as found on used examples of this issue ties to cut to shape piece, Very Fine and rare sound used example.Scott $2,250. |  | $500 |
| 3217 | St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 5¢ black on greenish (Scott 11X1), State 1, Type I, Position 1, clear to large margins at right and bottom, just into frameline at top and left, manuscript cancel, small thin spot at top center and tiny repair at top right edge, otherwise Fine and presentable example of the 5c St. Louis Postmaster's Provisional on Greenish paper, Fine appearing and presentable example of the 5¢ St. Louis Postmaster's Provisional on Greenish paper, signed Georg Buhler (twice).Scott $8,000. |  | $3,000 |
| 3218 | St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 10¢ black on greenish (Scott 11X2), Type II, Position 4, huge margins on 3 sides to just into at right, single line pen cancel and trace of red cancel where pen line ends at right, Fine and scarce sound example of the 10¢ St. Louis Postmaster's Provisional on Greenish Paper.Scott $8,000. |  | $2,000 |
| 3219 | 1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), fresh four-margined example with radiant color and red circular grid cancels, Very Fine, with 2000 P.S.E. certificate.Scott $425. |  2 | $250 |
| 3220 | 1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), fresh four-margined example with rich color, full margins (closer at lower right) and blue Baltimore postmark and partial red transit, Very Fine.Scott $550. |  | $400 |
| 3221 | 1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), left sheet selvage horizontal pair with huge margins all around including traces of framelines of adjacent stamps above left stamp and below both stamps, close at bottom right corner, dark color on deeply blued paper, New York City red square grid cancels; vertical crease thru left stamp, handsome Very Fine appearance.Scott $950. |  | $500 |
| 3222 | 1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), sound four-margined example with solid color and blue grid cancel, Very Fine, with 2025 P.F. certificate graded VF 80.SMQ VF 80; $450.Scott $465. |  2 | $350 |
| 3223 | 1847, 5¢ Mars brown (Scott 1 var.), exquisite example with four oversized margins, fresh in alluring shade with light red grid cancel, Extremely Fine To Superb, with 2025 P.F. certificate graded XF-SUP 95 noting shade.SMQ XF-SUP 95; $1,750.Scott $425. |  2 | $1,200 |
| 3224 | 1847, 5¢ orange brown (Scott 1b), vertical pair, fresh and bright with manuscript "X" cancels; light horizontal crease at top of top stamp, Fine, with 2024 P.F. certificate.Scott $1,800. |  2 | $600 |
| 3225 | 1847, 5¢ orange brown (Scott 1b), fresh four-margined example (close but clear at top) in rich color with the faintest of cancels, Very Fine, with 2025 P.S.A.G. certificate graded VF 80.SMQ VF 80; $800.Scott $675. |  2 | $400 |
| 3226 | 1847, 5¢ orange brown (Scott 1b), sound, four-margined example with bright color and a black town postmark, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2024 P.F. certificate graded VF-XF 85.SMQ VF-XF 85; $975+.Scott $975. |  2 | $750 |
| 3227 | 1847, 5¢ Argus brown (Scott 1b var.), clean and sound with eye-catching color; four-margined with black postmark and British postage due marking, Very Fine, with 2025 P.F. certificate graded VF 80.SMQ VF 80; $800.Scott $750. |  2 | $600 |
| 3228 | 1847, 5¢ Brussels brown (Scott 1b var.), fresh with rich color, four full to oversized margins, and black circular grid cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2025 P.F. certificate graded XF 90 noting shade.SMQ XF 90; $1,250.Scott $750. |  2 | $800 |
| 3229 | 1847, 10¢ black, stitch watermark (Scott 2), across top clearly visible in fluid, full margins at top and bottom, wide margins at sides, plating mark in bottom right corner, outstanding dark color two strikes of red grid cancel; filled thin at top left corner, still Very Fine appearing, with 2024 P.F. certificate.Scott $850 without premium for watermark. |  2 | $400 |
| 3230 | 1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), four-margined and sound, with red circular grid cancel, Fine to Very Fine.Scott $850. |  | $600 |
| 3231 | 1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), left margin single, fresh with bold color and red grid cancel; small tear at bottom right, otherwise nearly Very Fine.Scott $850. |  | $200 |
| 3232 | 1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), a beautifully centered four-margined example with strong color and eye-catching blue negative "10 in circle of stars" cancel, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2024 P.F. certificate graded VF-XF 85.SMQ VF-XF 85; $1,100+.Scott $1,150. |  2 | $800 |
| 3233 | 1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), left sheet margin single with wide margin at right and full margins top & bottom, black circular datestamp ($250 premium), deep charcoal shade on fresh white paper, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.Scott $1,150. |  | $1,500 |
| 3234 | 1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), fresh and bright with full to oversized margins all around, sound with blue town postmark, Extremely Fine To Superb, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF-SUP 95.SMQ XF-SUP 95; $2,500.Scott $900. |  2 | $1,500 |
| 3235 | 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ red brown (Scott 3), without gum as issued, fresh and sound four-margined example, Very Fine, with 2025 Crowe certificate.Scott $1,000. |  2 | $750 |
| 3236 | 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ red brown (Scott 3), without gum as issued, Post Office fresh with bright color and four full, balanced margins, Very Fine, with 1982 P.F. certificate.Scott $1,000. |  2 | $750 |
| 3237 | 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ red brown (Scott 3), without gum as issued, clean and sound with deep color and full margins all around, Very Fine.Scott $1,000. |  | $750 |
| 3238 | 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 10¢ black (Scott 4), without gum as issued, sound with clean detail in crisp color and four balanced margins, Very Fine.Scott $1,300. |  | $1,000 |
| 3239 | 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 10¢ black (Scott 4), without gum as issued, attractive four-margined example, clean and well-balanced; faint diagonal crease passing below chin, otherwise Very Fine, with 2025 Crowe certificate.Scott $1,300. |  2 | $600 |
| 3240 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type Ib (Scott 5A), single (in at top, grazed at lower left, small scissors cut at upper left, otherwise full- to oversize-margined), plus three #10 (horizontal pair plus single), all pen-cancelled with "South New Market/16/MAR/[1857 manuscript]/N.H." postmark alongside, on cover addressed to Petaluma, California; stamps fresh, the 1¢ with particularly bold color, Fine, attractive cross-country use.Scott $3,460+. |  | $1,000 |
| Lot | 1857 Issue | Estimate | |
| 3241 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type Ib, Pos. 8R1E (Scott 5A), enormous sheet margin at top, ample to full margins other three sides, two strong strikes of 7-bar circular grid cancel, gorgeous deep blue color on radiant white paper, very faint diagonal crease only shows in fluid, still Very Fine to Extremely Fine, Positions 3-6R and 8-9R on the original printing plate which we call "Plate 1 Early" are classified as "Type Ib" and are distinguished by the complete design at top and nearly complete design at bottom. When first entered on the plate, these 6 positions featured the complete design at top and bottom, but small portions of the bottoms were ironed out when the entries were made below them. Positions 6R and 8R had less of the bottom erased than the other Type Ib positions, and for this reason they are more desirable examples of type Ib and have a catalog value nearly double their counterparts. For some reason, pos. 7R did not have its bottom portion ironed out, and is thus the only position with a complete design (classified as "Type I").Scott $11,000. |  | $5,000 |
| 3242 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type Ia (Scott 6), pos. 96R4 with huge sheet selvage at bottom and wide margin at left, full to just into at right and into at top, stunning shade all of the essential elements of Type Ia unobscured by small "N.Y. N.Y." (?) cancel, intense blue shade, couple very faint creases only visible in fluid, Fine to Very Fine appearance, Type Ia only comes from the bottom row of both panes of Plate 4., signed old time NYC dealer S.D. Harris.Scott $9,250. |  | $4,000 |
| 3243 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type Ia (Scott 6), fresh-faced with bright color, clean impression, and light, face-free cancel; faults, Very Good, your opportunity to obtain this difficult stamp.Scott $9,250. |  | $2,500 |
| 3244 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type II, design complete at top (Scott 7 var.), position 10R1E, "T" Relief, fresh with bold color and clean detail, black circular grid cancel lightly struck and face-free; small corner crease and small diagonal crease at the top right, Fine to Very Fine. The only Type II position with the design complete at top on Plate 1, with 2025 Crowe certificate.Scott $2,000. |  2 | $400 |
| 3245 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type II (Scott 7), horizontal pair, attractive in bright color, the left stamp lightly cancelled at top above "AG" of "POSTAGE"; right stamp with small thin at lower right, otherwise Very Fine.Scott $325. |  | $200 |
| 3246 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type III (Scott 8), position 68R4, sound with rich color on fresh paper, town postmark relatively light, Extremely Fine, with 2011 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF 90.SMQ XF 90; $4,750.Scott $1,650. |  2 | $3,000 |
| 3247 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type IIIa (Scott 8A), positions 89-90R4, "E" Relief, horizontal pair, clean-faced and clear-margined all around, with immense color depth and New York town cancels; right stamp with a small sealed rear at right center, Fine to Very Fine, with 2025 Crowe certificate.Scott $2,300. |  2 | $750 |
| 3248 | 1851, 1¢ blue, type IIIa (Scott 8A), choice example with bright color and crisp detail, fresh and sound with New York Sept. 18 postmark, Extremely Fine To Superb, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF-SUP 95.SMQ XF-SUP 95; $4,500.Scott $800. |  2 | $2,500 |
| 3249 | 1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), position 81R0, attractive and sound with rich color, clean detail, and blue San Francisco postmark (erroneously "New York" on certificate), Extremely Fine, with 2024 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF 90.SMQ XF 90; $375.Scott $155. |  2 | $300 |
| 3250 | 1852, 3¢ dull red, type II (Scott 11A), left margin straddle-pane single with centerline at left, fresh with margins clear to gargantuan, with near-complete San Francisco 20 Feb postmark in black, Extremely Fine To Superb, with 2024 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF-SUP 95.SMQ XF-SUP 95; $250. |  2 | $150 |
