Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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Lot | United States 1930-79 Issues | Estimate | |
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101 | 1917 5c rose, double error in 2c block of 12, n.h., natural straight edge at bottom, lower right 2c stamp with gum disturbance, fine-v.f., cat. $1850 (Cat No. 505) | $450 | |
102 | 1917 5c red, single error in 2c block of 28, with plate block of six 2c (#7942) at bottom, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $1070 (Cat No. 505) | $450 | |
103 | 1917 30c orange red, top margin Plate No. 6911 block of six, used Aug.21, 1923 on flown cover from New York to Los Angeles, v.f., with arrival pmk (Cat No. 516) | $140 | |
104 | 1918 $5 orange red and black, l.h., well centered with jumbo margins, beautiful color, with 2023 PSE certificate graded "XF-Sup 95J" (SMQ $1,000) (Cat No. 523) | $700 | |
105 | 1918 $5 orange red and black, used, well centered with jumbo margins, with 2024 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85J" (SMQ $350) (Cat No. 523) | $220 | |
106 | 1918 $5 deep green and black, n.h., well centered, fresh and v.f., with 2012 APS certificate, cat. $340 (Cat No. 524) | $120 | |
107 | 1920 2c carmine, Type V, block of four, n.h., v.f., cat. $800 (Cat No. 533) | $230 | |
108 | 1920 1c green, Cleveland, Ohio precancel, well centered for this difficult issue, fine and rare, with 2002 and 2023 PFCs, cat. $3500 (Cat No. 544) | $2,000 | |
109 | 1920 5c deep blue, top margin single, near perfect centering, beautiful color, with 2011 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $1,575) (Cat No. 550) | $650 | |
110 | 1922 2c carmine, perf. 10 at top, wavy line machine cancel, facial abrasions and thinning, otherwise fine example of this rare stamp, with 2023 PFC, cat. $5000 (Cat No. 554d) | $750 | |
111 | 1922 10c orange, top margin plate number block of six, n.h., well centered, bright color, fresh and v.f. block, with 2023 PSE certificate, cat. $400 (Cat No. 562) | $450 | |
112 | 1922 7c black, plate number block of four, n.h., well centered, fresh and v.f., with 2023 PSE certificate, cat. $425 (Cat No. 588) | $400 | |
113 | 1923 1c green, Rotary, perf. 11, used, exceptionally well centered for this notoriously off center stamp (Scott catalogue value is for examples with perforations touching the design), nice color, a wonderful opportunity to acquire one of the finest of the approximately 110 used copies (Siegel census of Scott 594 records 112 used stamps, many with perforations cutting in on one or more sides, or with faults), ex-Klein, Zoellner and Gorham, with 1975, 1998 and 2022 PFCs, the latter graded "XF 90" (SMQ $90,000) (Cat No. 594) | 2 | $22,000 |
114 | 1923 2c carmine, n.h., fine, with photocopy of a 2024 PSE certificate for a strip of three from which this originated, cat. $240 (Cat No. 599A) | $150 | |
115 | 1923 2c carmine, horizontal pair, n.h., fine, with 2024 PSE certificate for a strip of three from which this originated, cat. $500 (Cat No. 599A) | $375 | |
116 | 1924 1c dark green, n.h., perfectly centered with even margins, with 2020 PSAG certificate graded "100" (SMQ $1,300) (Cat No. 614) | $550 | |
117 | 1924 2c carmine rose, left margin single, near perfect centering, bright color, with 2020 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $475) (Cat No. 615) | $180 | |
118 | 1928 2c carmine, n.h., well centered, v.f., with a photocopy of a 2006 PSE certificate for a block of 15 from which this originated, cat. $600 (Cat No. 634A) | $280 | |
119 | 1928 Hawaii, 5c blue, sheet of 100, well centered, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $2439 (Cat No. 648) | $350 | |
120 | 1931 2c Red Cross, 2c Yorktown, each variety shifted red and shifted black, n.h. or l.h., also 5c Beacon Air Post, two singles, each with blue shifted to top or bottom, n.h., fine-v.f. (Cat No. 702,703,C11var) | $230 | |
Lot | United States - Air Post | Estimate | |
121 | 1932 3c Olympics, n.h., near perfect centering, with 2024 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $195) (Cat No. 718) | $150 | |
122 | 1935 National Parks, three sets of sheets of 50, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) cat. $1627 (Cat No. 740-49) | 10 | $180 |
123 | 1938 Presidentals, 1c-$5 complete set on individual cacheted FDCs, top values sheet margin singles, v.f. (Cat No. 803-34) | 18 | $140 |
124 | 1938 Presidentials FDCs, two sets to $5, various cachets, also coils, booklet panes, etc., fine-v.f. (Cat No. 803-834) | $230 | |
125 | 1938 3c deep violet, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., fresh, single short perf. at left, still fine and scarce, with 2015 PSE certificate, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 807b) | $450 | |
126 | 1938 $1 Wilson, vignette and perforations shifted to bottom, block of four, h.r. at bottom, top stamps n.h., also $2 Harding and $5 Coolidge, top Plate No. Blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Cat No. 832var,833,834) | $230 | |
127 | 1938 $1 Wilson, watermarked "USIR", right sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f., cat. $800 (Cat No. 832b) | $230 | |
128 | 1938 $5 Coolidge, n.h., with 2005 PSE certificate graded "XF 90J" (SMQ $190), also variety showing displaced center, l.h., v.f. (Cat No. 834,834var) | $140 | |
129 | 1938 $5 Coolidge, single and Top Plate No. Arrow block of four, used on separate Nov.17, Washington, D.C. legal-size FDCs, each addressed to Forth Worth, Tx, v.f. (Cat No. 834) | $140 | |
130 | 1938 $5 red brown and black, l.h., pencil notation on gum, v.f., with 1972 PFC (catalogue value for hinged) cat. $1850 (Cat No. 834a) | $450 | |
131 | 1942 China Resistance, five sheets of 50, also Air Post, two sets of sheets, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) cat. $2900 (Cat No. 906,C25-31) | 8 | $230 |
132 | 1943 (17 Nov) "Wings for Victory", hand-painted Dorothy Knapp cacheted cover, Grand Rapids, Mich., to Birmingham, Mich., v.f. (Cat No. 907) | $140 | |
133 | 1943 Overrun Nations, 5c sheet of 50, "Norway" appears double on the left half of the sheet, at least 25 stamps with apparently doubled name, also another Norway sheet with reverse printing of flag colors, all n.h., v.f. (Cat No. 911var,911b) | $1,300 | |
134 | 1944 3c Corregidor, Dorothy Knapp, signed "Food for Victory", hand-painted cachet, Lansing, Mich. Oct.19, 1944, addressed locally, faint corner mounts toning, otherwise v.f. (Cat No. 925) | $140 | |
135 | 1972-85 8c Stamp Collecting Issue, black omitted, gum disturbance (actually a heavy fingerprint), also Ameripex '86, Plate No. block of four, red, black and blue omitted, n.h., fine-v.f. cat. $765 (Cat No. 1474a,2145a) | $180 | |
136 | 1977 Spirit of St. Louis, 13c imperforate vertical pair, n.h., v.f., cat. $700 (Cat No. 1710a) | $230 | |
137 | 1993 National Postal Museum, "USA" denominations, inscriptions ("My Dear Cousin Mary", etc.) omitted, upper left sheet corner margin Imprint and Plate No. se-tenant block of four, n.h., v.f. A spectacular error, between 8-16 are believed to exist, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 2782b) | $900 | |
138 | 2003 Flag, 37c imperforate block of 20, n.h., v.f., cat. $2000 (Cat No. 3629f) | $450 | |
139 | 1918 24c carmine rose and blue, vignette slightly shifted to the right ("slow plane"), Top Plate No. 8492 block of four, used, fine-v.f. (Cat No. C3var) | $140 | |
140 | 1923 8c dark green, n.h., near perfect centering, fresh color, with 2023 PFC graded "S 98" (SMQ $500) (Cat No. C4) | $180 | |
141 | 1923 16c dark blue, bottom margin plate number block of six, n.h., well centered, v.f., with 2023 PSE certificate, cat. $2000 (Cat No. C5) | $1,000 | |
142 | 1924-31 24c carmine, block of four, 10c Lindbergh booklet pane of three, also 50c Century of Progress (2), n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $785 (Cat No. C6,10a,18) | $230 | |
143 | 1927 20c yellow green, n.h., near perfect centering, with 2019 PSE certificate graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $300) (Cat No. C9) | $120 | |
144 | 1927 20c yellow green, n.h., near perfect centering, with 2021 PFC graded "Superb 98" (SMQ $300) (Cat No. C9) | $120 | |
145 | 1927 10c Lindbergh, 20 booklet panes of three, n.h., mostly well centered, fine-v.f., cat. $2300 (Cat No. C10a) | $230 | |
146 | 1927 10c Lindbergh, 5 booklet panes of three, also six unexploded booklets, each with two panes, n.h., mostly well centered, fine-v.f., cat. $1980 (Cat No. C10a) | $230 | |
147 | 1927 10c Lindbergh, 10 unexploded booklets, each with 2 panes of three, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $2300 (Cat No. C10a) | $450 | |
148 | 1927 Lindbergh, three 10c booklet panes of three, each used with additional franking on covers flown from Philadelphia to Bombay, India, Melbourne, Australia, Auckland, New Zealand, fine-v.f., each with arrival markings (Cat No. C10a) | $230 | |
149 | 1930 Zeppelin, 65c-$2.60, set of three, h.r., usual natural gum wrinkles, fine-v.f., cat. $1080 (Cat No. C13-15) | $450 | |
150 | 1930 Zeppelin, 65c-$2.60, set of three, h.r., well centered (especially $2.60, with wide margins all around), v.f., cat. $1080 (Cat No. C13-15) | $475 |