Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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Lot | United States 1890-93 Issue | Estimate | |
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1 | 1846 (19 Aug) four-page letter sent from Lexington, Mich., postmarked "Port Huron" (Sep 8), with "Paid" "X" (10c), via Steamer to Liverpool and onwards to Ireland, fascinating contents, Irish Missionaries in Michigan, bringing religion to the Cherokee Indian Nation, also describing the writer's journey from Dublin to Quebec and final destination in Michigan, "America/Liverpool Sep 30" and red "Oct 1" markings on back, overall toning, otherwise fine | $180 | |
2 | 1847 5c red brown, red grid cancel, full margins all around, v.f., with 2023 PFC, cat. $425 (Cat No. 1) | $250 | |
3 | 1847 5c red brown, horizontal pair, red grid cancels, ample margins to cut in at bottom, bright color, fine (Cat No. 1) | $230 | |
4 | 1847 10c black, full to clear margins all around, with red grid cancel, used in 1850 on outer FL from Mobile to Philadelphia, red Mobile Ala. June 8 departure pmk below, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., with 1981 PFC, cat. $1350 (Cat No. 2) | $450 | |
5 | 1857 1c blue, type IA, manuscript cancel, fine and rare sound copy, with 2023 PFC, cat. $4500 (Cat No. 19) | $1,400 | |
6 | 1861 24c gray, unused with full original gum, l.h., well centered for this difficult issue, fresh and fine, with 2014 PFC, cat. $2750 (Cat No. 78b) | $450 | |
7 | 1861 two illustrated covers, one "Lafayette Barracks, Baltimore", franked with 1c blue and 3x3c rose, the other with single 3c, showing Fort Marshall, Baltimore, each pencil addressed to California, fine and attractive pair of covers | $230 | |
8 | 1865 3c rose, tied by a Circle of Wedges cancel on cover from New York City, addressed to a CSA Prisoner of War, James M. Morey, Harts Island, NY Harbor Prison Camp 27 (period docketing dates the cover to 1865). In 1865, as the Civil War was ending, the Federal government used the Island as a prison camp for Confederate soldiers, for four months in 1865. Of the 3,413 captured Confederate soldiers, 235 died. This final POW camp, located on Long Island Sound about twenty miles north of the city wasn't even used until April 1865, the month the Civil War came to an end. Within the four months of its operation, nearly 7 percent of the camp's POWs died. Only 22 covers are reported from this prison; all are from the Morey correspondence (James M. Morey (1844-1923), was captured at Orangeburg, S.C., sent to Harts Island Prison on April 10th and released on June 14th) | $450 | |
9 | 1869 2c brown, cork cancel, well centered with wide margins, with 2021 PFC graded "XF-S 95" (SMQ $900) (Cat No. 113) | $600 | |
10 | 1869 3c ultramarine, Split Grill variety, right margin block of four, n.h., well centered, with 2018 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $3,800+ for singles without variety) (Cat No. 114) | $1,800 | |
11 | 1875 2c brown, h.r., heavy thin, otherwise v.f., cat. $600 (Cat No. 124) | $250 | |
12 | 1881 15c, selection of six different trial color proofs on card from the Atlanta set, fine-v.f., cat. $2250 (Cat No. 129TC4) | $700 | |
13 | 1870 6c carmine, Early State H.Grill, lightly canceled, well centered, v.f., with 2021 PFC, cat. $425 (Cat No. 137) | $350 | |
14 | 1870 90c carmine, unused (regummed), reperforated at left and top, otherwise fine, with 2017 PSE certificate, cat. $1800 (Cat No. 155) | $220 | |
15 | 1873 90c rose carmine, large part original gum, bright color, fine, with 1989 PFC stating "previously hinged", cat. $2100 (Cat No. 166) | $450 | |
16 | 1879 10c brown, unused without gum, well centered with wide margins, with 2021 PFC graded "XF 90" (SMQ $1,600, this is the only unused stamp with this grade - and the highest graded without gum, in the Population Report) (Cat No. 187) | $1,200 | |
17 | 1882 10c orange brown, l.h., well centered with wide margins, with 2007 PSE certificate graded "XF-Sup 95" (SMQ $675) (Cat No. 209) | $280 | |
18 | 1883 2c pale red brown, h.r., well centered with large margins, tiny thin spot, with 2018 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85" ("apparent centering XF-Superb 95") (SMQ $500) (Cat No. 211B) | $180 | |
19 | 1888 4c carmine, barest trace of a hinge, well centered, with 2005 PFC (stating "never hinged, with natural gum skips along the right side") and 2017 PSE certificate, the latter graded "XF 90" (SMQ $525) (Cat No. 215) | $180 | |
20 | 1890 2c lake, l.h., nicely centered, with 2005 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $300) (Cat No. 219D) | $120 | |
Lot | United States 1894-97 Bureau Issues | Estimate | |
21 | 1890 2c carmine, with Caps over both "2"s, l.h., well centered, v.f., with 1997 PSE certificate and 1999 PFC, cat. $650 (Cat No. 220c) | $180 | |
22 | 1890 90c orange, h.r., well centered, bright color, with 1981 PFC and 2017 PSE certificate, the latter graded "XF 90" (SMQ $1,100) (Cat No. 229) | $450 | |
23 | 1890 90c orange, unused (regummed), well centered with jumbo margins, bright color, with 2022 PFC graded "XF 90J" (SMQ $1,400 for a stamp with original gum) (Cat No. 229) | $220 | |
24 | 1893 2c brown violet, upper right sheet corner margin, Imprint and Plate No. 155 block of ten, n.h., wide margins, fine-v.f., cat. $1275 (Cat No. 231) | $230 | |
25 | 1893 3c green, n.h., left margin single, well centered with wide margins, rich color, with 2019 PSAG certificate graded "95" (SMQ $675) (Cat No. 232) | $280 | |
26 | 1893 6c purple, l.h., perfectly centered with wide, even margins, fresh color, with 2019 PSAG certificate graded "100" (unpriced in SMQ; $950 for 98J) (Cat No. 235) | $450 | |
27 | 1893 6c purple, bottom margin plate number and imprint block of eight, n.h., well centered, beautiful color, faint gum bend, fresh, nearly v.f., cat. $3250 (Cat No. 235) | $450 | |
28 | 1893 6c red violet, bottom margin part imprint single, n.h., near perfect centering, fresh and v.f., with 1997 PFC, cat. $175 (Cat No. 235a) | $100 | |
29 | 1893 8c magenta, n.h., nicely centered, with 2004 PSE certificate graded "XF 90" (SMQ $350) (Cat No. 236) | $130 | |
30 | 1893 15c dark green, n.h., bright color, v.f., with 2007 PFC, cat. $600 (Cat No. 238) | $180 | |
31 | 1893 15c dark green, right margin imprint block of four showing a plate crack in margin, n.h., fresh color, right stamps with natural gum crease, fine-v.f. and attractive multiple (catalogued as singles) cat. $2800 (Cat No. 238) | $450 | |
32 | 1893 50c slate blue, bottom margin Plate number 77 Imprint horizontal strip of four, h.r., hinge reinforcements at bottom selvage, light marginal crease at right, with owner's handstamp, fine positional piece, cat. $3500 (Cat No. 240) | $450 | |
33 | 1893 $1 salmon and $2 brown red, unused (regummed), reperforated, the latter with a filled in thin, fine appearance, each with 2014 PSE certificate, cat. $1050 (Cat No. 241,242) | $170 | |
34 | 1893 $1 salmon, h.r., nice color, v.f., with 2023 PFC, cat. $1000 (Cat No. 241) | $600 | |
35 | 1893 $1 salmon, small h.r., well centered, wide margins, gummed over filled thin, v.f. appearance, with 2017 PSE certificate, cat. $1000 (Cat No. 241) | $140 | |
36 | 1893 $3 yellow green, h.r., rich color, wide margins, tiny gummed over thin spot, otherwise v.f., with 2017 PSE certificate, cat. $1500 (Cat No. 243) | $180 | |
37 | 1893 $3 yellow green, faintly canceled, nice centering, with 2017 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $1,250) (Cat No. 243) | $475 | |
38 | 1893 $3 yellow green, used, well centered, with 2023 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $1,250) (Cat No. 243) | $900 | |
39 | 1893 $5 black, unused (regummed), repaired tear, v.f. appearance, with 2017 PSE certificate, cat. $1250 (Cat No. 245) | $180 | |
40 | 1894 3c purple, n.h., well centered, with 2022 PFC graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $525) (Cat No. 253) | $350 | |
Lot | United States 1904 Louisiana-Purchase Exposition | Estimate | |
41 | 1895 10c dark green, bottom margin plate number and imprint strip of three, n.h., some natural gum wrinkles, fine-v.f., cat. $1000 (Cat No. 273) | $170 | |
42 | 1895 $5 dark green, unused (regummed), well centered, fresh color, v.f., with 2017 PSE certificate, cat. $900 (Cat No. 278) | $280 | |
43 | 1898 $2 orange brown, l.h., sharp impression, with 2014 PSE certificate graded "F-VF 75" (SMQ $1,250) (Cat No. 293) | $450 | |
44 | 1898 $2 orange brown, unused (regummed), rebacked and reperforated, v.f. appearance, with 2022 PSE certificate, cat. $1000 (Cat No. 293) | $140 | |
45 | 1901 1c green and black, corner margin plate number block of twelve, n.h., marginal thin at left away from the plate block, fine-v.f., cat. $1180 (Cat No. 294) | $280 | |
46 | 1901 1c green and black, corner margin plate number block of eight, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $580 (Cat No. 294) | $150 | |
47 | 1901 1c green & black, variety "sinking ship", n.h., v.f. (Cat No. 294var) | $140 | |
48 | 1901 2c carmine & black, top sheet margin Imprint single, n.h., with 2012 PSAG certificate graded "95J" (SMQ 700) (Cat No. 295) | $230 | |
49 | 1901 2c carmine and black, corner margin plate number block of eight, n.h., fine, cat. $575 (Cat No. 295) | $150 | |
50 | 1901 2c carmine and black, corner margin plate number block of twelve, n.h., fresh color, fine-v.f., cat. $1075 (Cat No. 295) | $500 |