1912, 1¢ green, 36 examples prepaying the 10¢ registry fee plus 26-times the first class letter rate, tied by "U.S.S. New Hampshire Sep 6, 1915" duplexes on large size registered cover to New York City, purple Brazilian Consulate in Mexico City return cachet, additional franked with Mexico 5-centavos, 50 examples with the overprint of the Mexican Provisional government; opened out for display, F.-V.F., This is the largest recorded multiple used on cover, it was mailed during the U.S. Occupation of Vera Cruz. Scott No. 405  Estimate $400 - 600. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, bottom guideline s.e., used with 10¢ parcel post (Q6), both tied by U.S. Postal Agency Shanghai Registry oval on cover to New Brunswick N.J., purple "Shanghai, China. (U.S. Postal Agency.) Registered Jan 30 1915" origin backststamp, purple Chicago (3.9) and New Brunswick N.J. (3.11) transit backstamps; cover has been opened fo display and backed, two opening tears on back, Very Fine appearance. Scott No. 405  Estimate $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, two pairs and single, couple faults, tied by "Maple Plain Oct 1 1914" duplex on cover to Sherbeck, Belgium, cover held for duration of WWI, returned with "Bruxelles Depart Dec 18 1918" machine cancel and various return handstamp, Fine and unusual WWI use held for over 4 years. Scott No. 405  Estimate $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, two singles, rich color, tied by "Grescon Pa. Apr 27 1914" duplex on cover from Tuberculosis Sanitarium to St. Clairsville Pa., purple "Disinfected" handstamp at top, corners clipped at bottom left and top right, Very Fine, One of only 12 recorded examples. Scott No. 405  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, guideline s.e. at top and right, tied by "Grand Central N.Y. Sep 6 1914" wavy machine cancel on post card addressed to passenger on S.S. Sasonia in New York City, purple script "Sent to Quarantine." straightline handstamp; Very Fine, The passenger had been sent to the Ellis Island Quarantine Facility. Scott No. 405  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, used with 2¢ carmine (406) horizontal pair, tied by "Ann Arbor Mich Dec 26 1915" wavy machine cancel on cover to Batang, West China (Tibet), endorsed "Via Tachienlu"; light overall toning, part of back missing, Fine. Scott No. 405  Estimate $100 - 150. The addressee Dr. A. L. Shelton was a medical pioneer in Tibet. At this time, he and his wife were the only Caucasians in the area. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, used with 1912, 2¢ carmine and 15¢ Parcel Post, tied by "Boston Mass" third class ovals and additional "Boston Mass. Sep 20" duplex on thick mailer enclosing film prints, Very Fine and scarce use with higher value parcel post stamp. Scott No. 405 + 406, Q7  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ Green and 2¢ Carmine, Kansas City Roulettes, corner margin blocks of four, hinged on a 1919 affidavit sworn by M.O. Canfield, Very Fine. Scott No. 408-409 vars.  $300+. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, Brinkerhoff, Type IIa, exceptionally well centered with deep rich color, guide line pair, o.g., barest trace of hinge, Extremely Fine. Scott No. 408  $150. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, Covel Private Perforations, horizontal pair, tied by partial wavy machine cancel and "New Orleans La. Feb 19 1914" valentines's day duplex on cover with illustrated The Grunewald hotel corner card and addressed to Covel Mfg. Co. in Benton Harbor, Mich., 2¢ postage due tied by "Benton Harbor Mich." oval cancellation as letter was apparently double weight, Very Fine. Scott No. 408 var.  Estimate $200 - 300. The Covel Manufacturing Company of Benton Harbor, Michigan privately perforated imperforate stamps, for use on their advertising mailers. These perforations were created by A.W. Filstrup, the head of Covel, probably with a Rosback perforator. The perforations were very similar to the government perf. 12. Filtrup was a philatelist and produced these for personal and company use. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, Farwell Group 4, 4A4, intact perfs at right, rich color, tied by "Chicago Ill. Feb. 1913" third-class machine cancel on John V. Farwell Company cover to Appleton Wis., Very Fine and choice use. Scott No. 408  $450. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, imperf, right plate number "5727" block of six with "A" and Bureau imprint, huge margins all around, particularly bright and fresh, unused, Extremely Fine and rare position plate block. Scott No. 408  $550 as o.g. Most panes had the right side margins trimmed off, leading to the great rarity of this right side plate block. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, imperf, horizontal pair, tied by "Washington D.C. Apr 26 1912" machine cancel on multicolor post card to Germany; vertical card crease doesn't affect pair, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Alpha. Scott No. 408  Estimate $750 - 1,000. THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE 1912 1¢ IMPERFORATE ISSUE. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, imperf, horizontal coil, strip of three with paste-up between left pair, cancelled by machine cancel on small piece, Very Fine. Scott No. 408H  Estimate $100 - 150. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED USED EXAMPLES. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, imperf horizontally, vertical block of six, imperf horizontally between upper right vertical pair, folded over, torn and spliced during manufacture, Fine and rare. Scott No. 405a  $2,000. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1¢ GREEN 1912-14 PERF 12 ISSUE VERTICAL PAIR IMPERF BETWEEN VARIETY. We note only one other example of this variety, which is a pair certified by the Philatelic Foundation. We feel this is woefully undercatalogued by Scott. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, imperf, pre-print paper fold, absolutely huge 7mm paper fold, large margins, o.g., Very Fine and stunning. Scott No. 408  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, imperf, vertical coil, strip of five, tied by "Ridgeway N.J. May 5 1927" duplexes on cover to Paris, France, cover tear at right, otherwise Very Fine and scarce use; with 2005 A.P.S. certificate. Scott No. 408V  Estimate $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ Green, Kansas City Roulette, tied by "Kansas City Mo. Dec 6 1914" machine cancel on post card to Mount Zion Ill., Very Fine; with 2001 P.S.E. certificate. Scott No. 408 var.  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ Green, Kansas City Roulette, imperforate between, right margin block of six, o.g., never hinged, imperforate between center vertical rows, proper authentication handstamps on reverse; natural gum bend affects three stamps, Very Fine; with 2001 P.S.E. certificate. Scott No. 408 var.  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, large die proof, India paper die impressed on full size 152x202mm card, Very Fine, one of only four recorded examples. Scott No. 405P1  $1,400. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, mis-perfed, block of six, dramatic shift of vertical perforations, o.g., never hinged. Scott No. 405 var.  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, Portugal "Colonias", purple diagonal handstamp, affixed to small piece, slightly toned, Very Fine. Scott No. 405S var.  Estimate $150 - 200. Specimen stamps were provided by the U.S. Post Office to members of the UPU. Portuguese Empire Postal Administration stamped the 1912 issue Colonias. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, pre-perf fold-over, block of four, crazy perfs created by paper fold before perforating, bright and fresh; some perf seps, o.g., Very Fine. Scott No. 405 var.  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

1912, 1¢ green, Shermack Type III and Privately Perforated 13, double perforations, tied by "New York, N.Y. Jan 15 1914" machine cancel on post card to Philadelphia Pa.; card creasing, Fine and exceptionally rare; with 1995 A.P.S. and 1998 P.S.E. certificates. Scott No. 408  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. This item was illustrated and discussed in an article by Ken R. Lawrence in the September 1998 American Philatelist on page 824. It is hypothesized that the extra private 13 gauge perforations were most likely done for use in Mailometer equipment that had been altered to accept government coils. $0 (Image)