Test Stamps & Booklets, Small Miscellaneous Balance, three exhibit pages containing pairs of TD79-82, strips of 6 of TD119-120, a number strip of TD119, and two ATM panes of TCB99a, Very Fine, ex Undersander/L. Weiss.
Scott $266. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Dummy Booklet, 1997, Two promotional ATM format booklets, one promoting the soon-to-be-released self-adhesive Federal Duck Stamp in ATM format (this was a 2-side promotional piece with no actual stamps); the second, with 18 stamp-like images overprinted with black lines, produced for and distributed at PACIFIC 97, Very Fine, ex L. Weiss. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Test Stamp, 1958, U.S. Army Test stamps for training military postal clerks, complete set of 20, 14 values from 1¢ to $1 in black - including a 7¢ "Air Mail" - perf 12½ and gummed (lightly hinged), and six from 1¢ to 8¢ - the 8¢ for "Air Mail" - each in a different color, roulette 6 and gummed (never hinged), Very Fine. A very rare set., ex L. Weiss. (Image)

Estimate $400-600

Test Stamp, 1910's-1920's, $1 Service and Inspection Charge, required by Chicago Board of Underwriters, perf 12 vertically, Scott-unlisted, o.g., previously hinged; small scuff at bottom, Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Flag Over Porch Dummy Coil, USPS/Walmart promotion, three strips of 3 and a pair, Fine to Very Fine, ex Undersander. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Test Stamp,1940s, Security Banknote Co., 20(c) Plane over Lake, imperf, detailed engraved scene, "SPECIMEN" in bottom label, three blocks of 4: deep red, deep orange and red brown, ungummed, Extremely Fine. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Test Booklet, 1970s, Avery-Dennison, Eagle self-adhesive test booklet, an exploded stapled booklet consisting of a single pane of 8 and two blank, thin card covers, 92 x 50 mm, Very Fine. Unlisted. Said to be one of only three panes known. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000

Test Stamp, ca. 1880s, American Bank Note Co.(?), 3(c) Liberty Head "Experiment", upper left sheet margin block of 10, bright blue on stamp paper, perf 12, without gum, Very Fine. A rare multiple, ex L. Weiss. (Image)

Estimate $200-300

Test Stamp, 1907, Blank Design Type, double line watermark (Scott TD11), block of 4, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Scott $300. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Test Stamp, 1910, Hamilton design, offset, coil, deep red, perf 10½ horizontally (Scott TD23), pair, without gum, Fine to Very Fine. Scott says, "Pairs invariably have one row of perfs cutting slightly into the design and are valued thus", ex Undersander.
Scott $800. (Image)

Estimate $500-750

Test Stamp, 1909-10, Simplex Stamp Affixer, red (Scott TD27), pair, o.g., never hinged; light gum wrinkles, Fine.
Scott $1,000 as singles. (Image)

Estimate $350-500

Test Stamp, 1910's, Standard Stamp Affixer (Somerville) coil, green, alternating perf 8¼ and 8½ vert. (Scott TD34), strip of 5, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, Ex-L. Weiss.
Scott $85+. (Image)

Estimate $100-150

Test Stamp, 1910-49, Multipost Co. coils, group of 14 items (Scott TD37//TD93), mostly pairs or strips of 3 including at least one pair of TD37, TD37B (perf 11¾ unpriced by Scott!) and TD88-93, plus 3x TD88 on a cover; all on two Exhibition pages, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine, ex Undersander, L. Weiss.
Scott $420+. (Image)

Estimate $200-300

Test Stamp, 1911-13, Extensive Mfg. Co. coil, carmine & black, perf 10¼ vertically (Scott TD40), small group: a mint strip of 3, a "used" single with a partial Dec 1916 c.d.s., and a mint pair in brown & black instead of carmine & black, mint strip and pair are o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Unlisted in brown & black, Ex-L. Weiss.
Scott $220 ++. (Image)

Estimate $200-300

Test Stamp, 1910-27, blank horizontal coils, Schermack type III & Mailometer type I perforations (Scott TD46, TD47), strip of 4 of the Schermack, strip of 3 of the Mailometer, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, on an Exhibition page with a #TD45 strip of 4 (lightly hinged, light crease) and a #TD45A pair (never hinged). Very rare; #TD46 is unpriced by Scott, #TD47 is $300 as singles, ex L. Weiss. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000

Test Stamp, 1912, Bruckmann A.G. (Washington design), brown (Scott TD51), horizontal pair with wide sheet margin at the right, ungummed, Very Fine. Only 372 stamps are known in private hands, Ex-Undersander.
Scott $200+. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Test Stamp, 1912, Bruckmann A.G. (Washington design), brown (Scott TD51), block of 24 with full side selvage, ungummed; torn irregularly across bottom, vertical crease through 4th column, otherwise Very Fine. Only 372 stamps are known in private hands, ex L. Weiss.
Scott $2,700 as blocks of 4. (Image)

Estimate $1,500-2,000

Test Stamp, 1922, Mail-O-Meter coil, red, perf 10¼ vertically (Scott TD58), affixed (upside down) on a small promotional piece published by Mail-O-Meter distributor, the Office Device Company of Philadelphia, Very Fine. (Image)

Estimate $150-200

Test Stamp, 1922, Mail-o-meter coil, red, perf 10½ vertically (Scott TD59), pair, o.g., never hinged, in bright color as bold as the company's boast; paper Post Office fresh with sound perforations; small tear at bottom of left stamp, the right stamp completely sound, Fine to Very Fine appearance, unpriced in Scott (listed with a dash). (Image)

Estimate $500-750

Test Stamp, 1922, Mail-O-Meter ("10,000 Envelopes Per Hour") coil, red (Scott TD60A), pair, o.g., never hinged, a bold claim in even bolder color, beautifully offset by the immaculate paper; fresh and sound, Fine to Very Fine, unpriced in Scott, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000

Test Stamp, 1927-30, B.E.P., blank on cream horizontal coils, perf 9¾ (Scott TD75-TD76), small study on three Exhibition pages including a coil leader strip of 4 of #TD75 and color/gap varieties of #TD76; 11 pieces altogether, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine, ex L. Weiss. (Image)

Estimate $200-300

Test Stamp, 1954, B.E.P. framed rectangle design coil, violet (Scott TD95), five unaddressed demonstration covers from Detroit's "Parade of Postal Progress" Exhibit, Oct 14-17, 1959; all bear the appropriate slogan cancel: 1.) Oct 15 with the cancel tripled; 2.) Oct 15 with the cancel tripled plus an extra cancel inverted at the lower left; 3. & 4.) with no date slug (third class mail), machines 2A & 2B; and 5.) Oct 15 canceled once normally and once inverted at the lower left; all but the second cover have a badly misperfed stamp. A unique group mounted on two Exhibit pages, ex L. Weiss.
Scott $425+. (Image)

Estimate $300-400

Test Stamp, 1954, B.E.P. framed rectangle design coil, purple, imperf (Scott TD95a), joint line strip of 6, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
Scott $550. (Image)

Estimate $350-500

Test Stamp, 1954, B.E.P. framed rectangle design coil, red violet (Scott TD96), seven unaddressed demonstration covers from Detroit's "Parade of Postal Progress" Exhibit, Oct 14-17, 1959; all bear the appropriate slogan cancel: 1.) tied with a 4¢ Lincoln, Oct 16, on an envelope with a pictorial cachet for the event; 2. & 3.) legal size envelopes one dated Oct 15, the other, for 3rd class mail, with no date slug; 4. & 5.) two legal size covers canceled Oct 14 & 17, both with multiple strikes of the cancel (normal, lower left, and'or back); 6.& 7.) two postcard, one plain, one with an added 5¢ Eagle Airmail & and Air Mail label, both canceled at a preview session on Oct 13 and both with the incorrect "1958" year date. A unique group, with covers from each day of the exhibit as well as from the preview session; mounted on three Exhibit pages, Very Fine, ex L. Weiss.
Scott $595+. (Image)

Estimate $500-750

Test Stamp, 1954, B.E.P. framed rectangle design coil, red violet, imperf (Scott TD96a), a bright, fresh vertical block of 6, o.g., never hinged but slightly disturbed, Very Fine.
Scott $1,700 for never hinged. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000