Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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United States Stamps and Possessions continued...

Air Post incl. Specialized Air Post Special Delivery

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Lot Description

3408

6c Orange, 1918 Air Post (C1). Mint N.H., gorgeous centering and color with unusually wide and balanced margins, Extremely Fine Gem, a phenomenal stamp, with 2015 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $1,700.00), only two have graded higher (Image)

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120.00

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

3409

16c Green, 1918 Air Post (C2). Mint N.H. centerline block of four, outstanding centering, deep rich color, Extremely Fine Gem with 1984 and 2009 P.F. certificates, Scott Retail as singles without regard to the position (Image)

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$ 520.00

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

3410

24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post (C3). Top arrow, double plate no. and double "TOP" block of 12, faintly hinged (if at all), bright colors, position 11 a particularly Jumbo example, Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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$ 1,150.00

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

3411

10c Lindbergh, Booklet Pane, Tab at Bottom (C10a var). Complete unexploded booklet of two Mint N.H. panes (BKC1 var), bottom pane with tab at bottom (Position H) and top pane with normal tab at top (Position J), bright colors, fresh and intact

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT LINDBERGH AIR POST ISSUE WITH THE TAB AT BOTTOM. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN.

There was strong public demand for the Lindbergh issue in booklet form, so the Post Office decided to issue this with six stamps per booklet. They were first placed on sale on May 26, 1928. The discovery of the inverted pane was first made in 1938, and fewer than a half-dozen others have since been discovered. According to a letter from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (reproduced in the Bureau Specialist), they state that it is possible that the pane of inverted stamps may have originated from a sheet that became reversed during processing (cutting apart into the individual panes), and would have been assembled with the panes in reverse unless discovered before final assembly.

With 2001 P.S.E. certificate. We have offered only one other since keeping computerized records, from our 2010 sale of the Beutel collection. It was an exploded booklet (Image)

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$ 12,500.00

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3412

65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Mint N.H., 65c with minor gum skips and bends, $1.30 with small natural paper inclusion, $2.60 with small gum skip and light fingerprint on gum, Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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$ 1,900.00

SOLD for $700.00
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3413

65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Rich colors, 65c natural gum wrinkle at right, Fine-Very Fine set (Image)

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$ 1,155.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

3414

65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Small accumulation, unused incl. 65c (four, two with thins), $1.30 (four, one with corner sheet margins, $2.60 (four, two Mint N.H. with gum skips), also used set of all three, most of the unused with h.r., generally Fine centering with a few Very Fine (Image)

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$ 6,560.00

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

3415

65c Graf Zeppelin (C13). Extra wide margins and choice centering, "Lakehurst, N.J." straightline cancel, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp with a scarce cancel, with 2015 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $300.00) (Image)

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$ 165.00

SOLD for $325.00
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3416

$1.30 Graf Zeppelin (C14). Extra wide margins and precise centering, neat machine slogan cancel, rich color, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2015 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $900.00) (Image)

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375.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

3417

$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C15). Outstanding centering with wide margins, neat machine slogan cancel, deep rich color, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2015 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,300.00) (Image)

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$ 600.00

SOLD for $800.00
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3418

5c Winged Globe, Air Post (C16). Mint N.H., excellent centering, rich color, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2014 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $600.00) (Image)

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$ 8.75

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction