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Feature Lot.
Lot 242 -
RB28a,2½¢ LAKE, BATTLESHIP, BLOCK OF 6 (2x3), IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY, F-VF NH, except one small piece HR at right side of upper right stamp; lower right stamp with right side arrow marking visible in corner. If broken up, it would yield a NH strip of 3 and hinged strip of 3; or a NH strip of 3 and NH pair and a hinged single. But quite scarce as a block of 6. CV $225 per hinged pair....$750
Currently US$ 360
Internet, Mail, and Phone Auction 3133 - March 20, 2026
Sam Houston Philatelics next auction will close on Friday, March 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM, Central Time. The sale contains 631 lots, with material in all price ranges and something for everyone, collectors and dealers alike.
UNITED STATES, There are (127) U.S. lots offered, including some nice Classics, Columbians, Washington Franklins, 1922 Regular Issues, 1924-29 Issues, and a good amount of 1930 to date graded stamps.
COVERS, There is a selection of (16) Commercial covers; including a C18¢ Graf Zeppelin on Graf Zeppelin flight cover, and a great mix of (42) First Day cover lots.
AIRMAIL AND BACK OF BOOK ISSUES, There are (39) lots; an interesting mix of Airmails, Special Delivery, Postage Due, Newspaper, Postal Cards; including a UX21, 21e 1¢ Blue on bluish postal card (2), and a few Revenues.
ERRORS, FREAKS, AND ODDITIES, There are (14) lots offered; including color shifts, printing flaws, and misperfs. A noteworthy error is the RB28a 2½¢ Lake, Battleship, Block of 6 (2x3), Imperf Horizontally.
U.S. POSSESSIONS, You will find (2) lots, comprised of (5) Confederate States and (4) United Nations lots.
GENERAL FOREIGN, COLLECTIONS, There are about (96) lots to consider. There are many notable and nice foreign stamps to point out; Australia, Canada, People's Republic of China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, and a special Somalia
first flight cover. You'll find (3) U.S. collections, (29) Foreign Country Lots; highlights include Australia, Colombia, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands and Russia, (12) World Wide Collections; British Africa and World Wide FDC's, and (16)
Topical and Miscellaneous lots; Captain Cook, and King George V Silver Jubilee Omnibus Collection.
AUTOGRAPHS, There are (6) autographs; Politics, Music and Sports.
COINS & CURRENCY, (5) lots of Buffalo Nickels, Susan B. Anthony and Indian Head, U.S. Currency with gold accents, and Coil stamp on Commemoraitve cover.
DUCK STAMPS & PRINTS, Contains over (214) lots, beginning with Duck Souvenir Cards (10), Federal FDC's (10), Junior Duck Stamps (5), Federal Duck Stamps (68) including a nice set of RW51-62 Plate Blocks of 4, Federal Mini-sheets (4), Press
Sheets (4), Federal Duck Errors (19), Artist Signed Federal and State Stamps (37), State Duck Stamps (24); including a MS10a Missisippi Error Pane of 10. Governor's Editions (5), and Fishing Stamps (2). Finishing up the sale, are (3) Federal Duck
Prints; including RW13 First Edition, (13) State Duck Prints and (2) Conservation (Fishing) Prints.
Collectors and dealers are welcome to view the lots Monday-Friday (11:00am-5:00pm) by appointment at Sam Houston Philatelics’ retail location: 14780 Memorial Dr., Ste. 110, Houston, TX 77079, on-line at shpauctions.com or StampAuctionNetwork.com.
Printed catalogs may be obtained from Sam Houston Philatelics, P.O. Box 820087, Houston, TX 77282 or by calling 1-800-231-5926. E-mail requests may be directed to auctions@shpauctions.com.
Prices realized will be posted on both web sites approximately 24 hours after the sale closes, unless it closes on a Friday (results available the following Monday).
Bid with confidence by:
Web shpauctions.com or StampAuctionNetwork.com
Phone 1-800-231-5926
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Mail P.O. Box 820087, Houston, TX 77282
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Sam Houston Philatelics
14780 Memorial Dr Ste #110
Houston, Texas 77079
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