Feature Lot. Lot 326 - 1856, 3¢ dark carmine, yellow gum (1a) huge margins except close at bottom, tied by five-ring canceller, matching antiqua "Frederiksted, 26/5, 1860" origin cds on cover to Lahaina, Hawaii, sent from Frederiksted to St. Thomas by coastal ship arriving May 27th, Danish "St. Thomas, 27/5, 1860" cds backstamp, handed over to the British Post Office who struck the "St. Thomas, MY 28, 1860" double-arc backstamp and red "Paid at St. Thomas" crown mark with magenta "P....Est. $75,000-100,000 Sold for US$ 85,000 (Link to this Lot in the Catalog for Bidding)

The sale contains an interesting selection of over 700 lots of worldwide material including our usual strong section of U.S. Postal History. There is a little bit ofeverything for collectors with many highlights including the used 10c Providence Provisional #10X2, the 24c Navy #O43 on a small cover to Uruguay, and the DWI #1a cover to Hawaii, the Al Kugel collection of Registry Exchange labels, Transpacific Japan and China mails including an 1896 U.S.-China Local Post combination, the EDU of a government coil (314H), and much more! We hope you find something of interest.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Great American Stamp Show in Hartford!

All Lots Sold Subject to a 18% Buyers Premium.

You can download the Sale 4 catalog pdf here.

U.S. Postal History

• Western Express Covers Lots (1-20)
  
• Western Express Covers Lots (21-31)
  
• Western Covers Lots (32-35)
  
• State Covers Lots (36-40)
  
• State Covers Lots (41-42)
  
• Waterway Covers Lots (43-48)
  
• Foreign Mail Lots (49-60)
  
• Foreign Mail Lots (61-62)
  
• Transpacific Mail Lots (63-77)
  
• Advertising Covers Lots (78-80)
  
• Advertising Covers Lots (81-94)
  
• Exposition Covers Lots (95-100)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (101-120)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (121-125)
  
• Machine Cancels Lot 126
  
• A.E.F. - Siberia Lot 127
  
• Covers by Stamp Issue Lots (128-140)
  
• Covers by Stamp Issue Lots (141-160)
  
• Covers by Stamp Issue Lots (161-180)
  
• Covers by Stamp Issue Lots (181-200)
  
• Covers by Stamp Issue Lots (201-204)
  
• Airmail Lot 205
  
• Special Delivery Lots (206-210)
  
• Registry Exchange Labels: The Al Kugel Collection Lots (211-220)
  
• Registry Exchange Labels: The Al Kugel Collection Lots (221-240)
  
• Registry Exchange Labels: The Al Kugel Collection Lots (241-252)
  
• Registry Lot 253
  
• Postage Dues Lots (254-257)
  
• Offices in China Lot 258
  
• Officials Lots (259-260)
  
• Officials Lots (261-264)
  
• Official Seals Lots (265-279)
  
• Parcel Post Lot 280
  
• Parcel Post Lots (281-286)
  
• Special Handling Lots (287-289)
  
• Carriers Lots (290-293)
  
• Civil War Postal History Lots (294-295)
  
• Patriotic Covers Lots (296-300)
  
• Patriotic Covers Lots (301-306)
  
• Confederacy Lots (307-311)
  
• Canal Zone Lot 312
  
  U.S. Possessions Stamps and Covers
  
• Canal Zone Lots (313-320)
  
• Canal Zone Lots (321-324)
  
• Danish West Indies Lots (325-327)
  
• Guam Lots (328-330)
  
• Samoa Lots (331-332)
  
  Selections from the James Allen Collection of Classic United States
  
• Advertising Covers Lot 333
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (334-340)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (341-360)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (361-380)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (381-400)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (401-408)
  
• Covers by Stamp Issue Lots (409-420)
  
• Covers by Stamp Issue Lots (421-431)
  
• Stamps Lots (432-440)
  
• Stamps Lots (441-460)
  
• Stamps Lots (461-480)
  
  United States Stamps
  
• Postmasters' Provisionals Lots (481-483)
  
• Regular Issues Lots (484-500)
  
• Regular Issues Lots (501-515)
  
• Back of the Book Lots (516-520)
  
• Back of the Book Lots (521-540)
  
• Back of the Book Lots (541-547)
  
  Foreign Stamps and Covers
  
• Foreign Stamps and Covers Lots (548-560)
  
• Foreign Stamps and Covers Lots (561-580)
  
• Foreign Stamps and Covers Lots (581-586)
  
  U.S. Postal History Collections
  
• Civil War Postal History Lots (587-591)
  
• Cover Collections and Balances Lots (592-600)
  
• Cover Collections and Balances Lots (601-615)
  
• Back of the Book Postal History Collections Lots (616-620)
  
  U.S. Stamp Collections
  
• Regular Issues Lots (621-633)
  
• Back of the Book Collections including Revenues Lots (634-640)
  
• Back of the Book Collections including Revenues Lots (641-653)
  
• Hawaii Lots (654-655)
  
  Foreign and Worldwide Collections
  
• Foreign Country Collections Lots (656-660)
  
• Foreign Country Collections Lots (661-680)
  
• Foreign Country Collections Lots (681-700)
  
• Foreign Country Collections Lots (701-707)
  
• Worldwide Collections Lots (708-712)
  
• Worldwide Postal History and Literature Lots (713-717)