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Feature Lot.
Lot 176 -
C13-15,65¢-$2.60 GRAF ZEPPELIN, SET OF (3), VF NH, all pristine, no faults, C15 has 2007 PSE certificate Cat($1,900)....$1,500
Sold for US$ 950
Sam Houston Philatelics Sale - 3117
Internet, Mail, and Phone Auction 3117 - October 2, 2024
Sam Houston Philatelics next auction will close on Wednesday, October 02, 2024 at 1:00 PM, Central Time. The sale contains 732 lots, with material in all price ranges and something for everyone, collectors and dealers alike. A few of the highlights
include the following:
Lot 44 - Scott no.244a - $4.00 Columbian, rose carmine shade, F-VF, beautiful, bright color
Lot 45 - Scott no. 245var - $5.00 Columbian, Plate Scratch variety
Lot 46 - Scott no. 254 - 4¢ Dark Brown, Bottom Plate Block of 6, no. 59 with Bureau Imprint
Lot 47 Scott no. 256 - 6¢ Purple Lake, Bottom Plate Block of 6, No. 28. This is a very RARE color for this unwatermarked issue and should get certified!
Lot 65 Scott. no. 480 - $5.00 Light Green, Top Plate Block of 6 No. 8016, F-VF, GORGEOUS and seldom seen!
UNITED STATES, There are (136) U.S. lots offered, includes a splendid assortment of Classics, with several scarce issues. There are some Banknotes, (10) Columbians, about (18) Washington/Franklins; including a Scott 480, ($5.00 LIGHT GREEN, TOP
PLATE BLOCK OF 6 NO. 8016), and (17) lots of Kansas/Nebraska Overprint issues. The rest are a mixture of 1922 Regular and Modern issues.
COVERS, There are (24) Cover lots; (11) Commercial that includes one with $1.30 and $2.60 GRAF ZEPPELIN ISSUES ON ZEPPELIN FLIGHT COVER, a beautiful piece of postal history; and (13) First Day covers, including a C18 FDC.
AIRMAIL AND BACK OF BOOK ISSUES, This section contains (30) lots of which (8) are Air Post, with attractive copies of the first issues and a set of NH Zepplins - pristine (C13-C15) . The others are a mix of Special Delivery, Revenue and Souvenir
Cards and pages.
ERRORS, FREAKS & ODDITIES, There are (4) lots with color shifts, mis-cuts and misperfs.
GENERAL FOREIGN & COLLECTIONS, There are about (250) lots to consider, with some excellent Peoples Republic of China (PRC) sets from the 1960's-70's. A number of collections from a variety of countries offering new collecting opportunities; and
several interesting Topical collections. Many Canadian classics (18) are also offered; one highlight is lot 235 Canada 104-122 1¢-$1.00 1911-25 KGV Definitives, with white paper and bright colors!
AUTOGRAPHS & MISCELLANEOUS, About (24) items offered with (6) Autograph lots; includes nice signed letter by Leo Durocher - very successful and fiery baseball player and manager; also 1876 and1893 Exposition tickets, along with other
memorobilia and Cinderellas (1977 set of Staffa gold stamps for Queen Elizabeth's 25th anniversary as monarch).
DUCK AND CONSERVATION STAMPS & PRINTS, Contains about (260) lots, with Federals; (singles, plate blocks and plate number singles) along with Mini-sheets, remarques, EFO's, and artist signed stamps. The State Duck stamps category consists of
singles, Governor's Editions (31) lots - several hand signed) , and Conservation issues with a number of South Dakota text stamps (some quite scarce) and a South Dakota NH 1949 waterfowl issue. Also, rounding out the popular duck stamp categories,
are (8) Federal Duck Stamp Prints, including RW34, 43, 45, 46 (two, one with a companion etching), 51, 52 and 60. There are (7) State Duck Print lots, including a Green-winged Teal lot of five state prints. Finishing off the last of the prints,
you'll find duck prints from Canada. Nice selection of 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.
Bid with confidence by:
Web shpauctions.com or StampAuctionNetwork.com
Phone 1-800-231-5926
Fax 281-496-1445
Mail P.O. Box 820087, Houston, TX 77282
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For more information please contact us at:
Sam Houston Philatelics
14780 Memorial Dr Ste #110
Houston, Texas 77079
Phone: 281 493 6386
Fax: 281 496 1445