United States Stamps and Covers continued...
1919-79 Issues
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 261 |
o |
537a |
 1919, 3¢ Victory, deep red violet shade. Salem, Ohio pre-cancel, large margins and exceptional centering for this notorious off-centered issue, rich true deep red violet color, Very Fine and
choice, a very scarce shade variety and an extremely difficult stamp to obtain in this condition, the only example to receiving this grade with only one example grading higher (an 85), with 2007 P.S.E. certificate Graded (VF 80,
SSV $3,000).
Scott No. 537a; $1,750 for the grade of fine. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 537a] |
Scott $1,750 for the grade of fine
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 262 |
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546 |
 1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste, perf 11. O.g., never hinged, large evenly balanced margins and perfect centering, deep rich color on fresh bright paper, full intact perforations all around,
a Superb gem, an amazing example of this difficult coil waste issue, this being one two examples to receive this grade with no others grading higher, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate Graded (Superb 98, SMQ $5,250).
Scott No. 546; $230.
ONE OF THE FINEST NEVER HINGED EXAMPLES OF THE 1921 2¢ ROTARY COIL WASTE PERF 11 ISSUE. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 546] |
Scott $230
SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 263 |
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554a |
 1923, 2¢ carmine, imperf vertically. Left margin block of 4, o.g., never hinged, well centered, rich bright color and particularly fresh, Very Fine and choice, a grossly undercataloged variety
in Scott with many examples of this variety with perfs well into the design, this block in choice condition is very rare, with 1980 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 554a; $500 for hinged pairs. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 554a] |
Scott $500 for hinged pairs
SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 264 |
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568 |
 1922, 25¢ yellow green. Bottom margin plate number 14064 single, o.g., never hinged, precision centering amid beautifully balanced margins, strong bold color, Superb, a lovely plate number
single gem, with only five examples grading higher, with 2013 P.S.E. certificate Graded (Superb 98, SMQ $700).
Scott No. 568; $30.
(Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 568] |
Scott $30
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 265 |
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673 |
 1929, 4¢ Nebr. O.g., never hinged, perfectly centered amid evenly balanced margins, beautiful deep rich color, a Superb gem, one of only two examples to receive this grade with none higher, with
2016 P.S.E. certificate Graded (Gem 100, SMQ $1,600).
Scott No. 673; $35.
ONE OF THE FINEST NEVER HINGED EXAMPLES OF THE 1929 4¢ "NEBR." OVERPRINT ISSUE. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 673] |
Scott $35
SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 266 |
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679 |
 1929, 10¢ Nebr. Top margin single, o.g., never hinged, exceptional centering and margins, rich brilliant color, Superb, with only four examples grading higher, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate
Graded (Superb 98, SMQ $1,050).
Scott No. 679; $180. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 679] |
Scott $180
SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 267 |
|
834a |
 1938, $5 Presidential, red brown & black shade. Top margin plate block of 4 with plate numbers and arrows, o.g., never hinged, wide margins and exceptional centering, rich colors, Extremely Fine,
with approximately twelve examples known, this is certainly one of the finest, with 1972 & 2001 P.F. certificates.
Scott No. 834a; $15,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE NEVER HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1938 $5 PRESIDENTIAL COLOR ERROR IN
EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 834a] |
Scott $15,000
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| 268 |
|
1610c |
 1979, $1 Lamp, brown (candle flame) inverted. O.g., never hinged, fresh and pristine, Extremely Fine and choice, rare with only about 95 examples accounted for from the only known pane
issued.
Scott No. 1610c; $17,500.
A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF THIS MODERN RARITY.
Known as the "CIA" invert, the known pane of 100 was sold by the McLean, Virginia post office in the spring of 1986 to an employee of the
CIA who had been sent to the post office to buy stamps for the agency. The inverted error was discovered shortly thereafter and nine CIA employees decided to switch the errors for newly purchased normal issues. The story of what happened was
eventually leaked and a scandal ensued with four employees being fired. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 1610c] |
Scott $17,500
SOLD for $9,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Airmail to Postage Due Issues
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 269 |
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C13 |
 Airmail, 1930, 65¢ Graf Zeppelin. Top margin plate no. "F20079" block of 6, o.g., never hinged, wide margins and choice overall centering, rich color; small natural paper inclusion in top right
stamp not visible on front, Extremely Fine, a wonderful Zeppelin plate block.
Scott No. C13; $2,200. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States C13] |
Scott $2,200
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 270 |
|
C14 |
 Airmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin. Block of 4, o.g., never hinged, beautiful allover centering and margins, rich color; trivial natural inclusion at bottom left, Extremely Fine and choice, an
exceptional multiple, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate Graded (XF 90).
Scott No. C14; $2,200. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States C14] |
Scott $2,200
SOLD for $1,350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 271 |
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C15 |
 Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin. O.g., never hinged, exceptional centering with beautifully balanced margins, deep color, Extremely Fine to Superb, with 2011 P.S.E. certificate Graded
(XF-Sup 95, SMQ $1,750).
Scott No. C15; $850. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States C15] |
Scott $850
SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 272 |
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C15 |
 Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin. Top margin plate no. "20090" block of 6, o.g., never hinged, wonderful overall centering and strong intact perforations all around, rich deep color and
exceptionally fresh, Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott No. C15; $8,000.
AN EXCEPTIONAL NEVER HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1930 $2.60 GRAF ZEPPELIN ISSUE. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States C15] |
Scott $8,000
SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 273 |
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 Anzac Clipper to Honolulu, Dec. 7, 1941 -- The Day of Infamy. Red and blue "Via Airmail" cover with Foreign Missions Department corner card bearing 1¢ green (552),
17¢ Harding (623) 12¢ and 20¢ Presidentials (817, 825) paying the 50¢ per half ounce rate, tied by "Springfield Mo. Dec 2, 1941" duplex datestamps to Baguio, Philippine Islands, carried on the Anzac Clipper
from San Francisco on December 6th to Honolulu arriving during the morning of the Pearl Harbor attacks, the flight was less than an hour away from Honolulu when word of the attacks was radioed and it was then diverted to Hilo, reverse with
"RELEASED/BY I.C.B." (Information Control Branch) that has been cross out and "147" Hawaii censorship examiner backstamps struck across the sealing tape, aged as usual, Honolulu "Returned to Writer" hand handstamp
struck on front and back; minor cover wrinkling, Very Fine.
Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000.
A HISTORIC FLIGHT COVER FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU ON THE ANZAC CLIPPER, ARRIVING IN HAWAII LATE ENOUGH ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 FOR
DIVERSION TO HILO AS THE BOMBS FELL.
Ken Lawrence has written extensively on WWII postal history and the Pearl Harbor Day flight of the Anzac Clipper. In his Linn's article, "International airmail covers recall the 'Day of
Infamy' ", he writes how the Pan American Airways FAM 14 Anzac Clipper, a Boeing B-314A flying boat, registration No. NC 18611 had taken took off from San Francisco late on the afternoon of December 5 but experienced mechanical trouble 400
miles out and had to return for repairs. "After being repaired, she had been rescheduled to leave at 2 p.m. California time on Dec. 6, but the veteran pilot, Capt. H. Lanier Turner, had been granted a brief postponement of the departure time,
about half an hour, so he could attend his daughter's first piano recital at Oakland. At 8 a.m. the next morning, Anzac Clipper was less than an hour away from Honolulu when its radio officer received a coded flash warning that Pearl Harbor was
under Japanese air attack. Turner's providentially late departure from San Francisco had delayed his approach just long enough to have kept his vulnerable aircraft out of harms way. Turner's "Plan A" secret instructions in the event
of war rerouted Anzac Clipper to Hilo, 220 miles southwest of the combat zone. Gen. Walter C. Short, the military governor of Hawaii, had immediately declared martial law in the islands and had ordered the newly created Information Control Board,
headquartered beside the Honolulu post office, to open and examine all transit and outbound civil mail."
The Anzac Clipper's mail was forwarded from Hilo to Honolulu for censorship, denoted by the handstamped RELEASED BY I.C.B. 147
marking in black ink over the cellophane tape seal on the cover offered here. Mail to destinations in Hawaii was delivered, while flights farther west ceased. Mail to Japanese-occupied places was of course returned to sender, as was the case with the
cover offered here. Mail to other places was rerouted for transatlantic transport to the destinations. (Image1)
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Est. $4,000-6,000
SOLD for $6,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 274 |
|
E4 |
 Special Delivery, 1894, 10¢ blue, unwatermarked. O.g., never hinged, well centered amid large margins, rich color and bright paper, Extremely Fine to Superb, very scarce in never hinged
condition, with 2019 P.S.A.G. certificate Graded (85, SSV $3,250).
Scott No. E4; $2,100. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States E4] |
Scott $2,100
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 275 |
|
F1 |
 Registry, 1911, 10¢ ultramarine. O.g., never hinged, perfectly centered amid large well balanced margins, strong bright color on bright paper, Superb, one of eight examples to receive this grade
with only two examples higher (both a 98J), with 2002 P.F. & 2019 certificates, the latter Graded (Superb 98, SMQ $850).
Scott No. F1; $175. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States F1] |
Scott $175
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 276 |
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J9 |
 Postage Due, 1879, 2¢ deep brown, special printing. Without gum, attractively centered amid uncommonly wide margins, rich and distinctively deep color on bright paper; tiny natural paper inclusion of
no consequence, Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. J9; $6,000 for no gum.
A HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THE VERY RARE 1879 2¢ POSTAGE DUE SPECIAL PRINTING ISSUE. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States J9] |
Scott $6,000 for no gum
SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 277 |
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J39 |
 Postage Due, 1895, 2¢ deep claret. Bottom margin plate number single, o.g., never hinged, rich bright color, evenly balanced margins and exceptional centering, Superb, one of seven examples to
receive this grade with only one graded higher (a 98J), with 2005 P.S.E. certificate Graded (Superb 98, SMQ $550).
Scott No. J39; $40. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States J39] |
Scott $40
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 278 |
|
J57 |
 Postage Due, 1914, 30¢ carmine lake. O.g., never hinged, choice centering and nicely balanced margins, deep rich color on white bright paper, Extremely Fine to Superb, one of two in this grade
with only three graded higher, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate Graded (XF-Sup 95, SMQ $1,400).
Scott No. J57; $525.
(Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States J57] |
Scott $525
SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Offices in China
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 279 |
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205 |
 U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai., 23 Dec 86. Purple oval date stamp on "Consulate of the United States, Hankow, China" corner card cover to Kansas City, Mo., tying 1882, 5¢ yellow
brown, horizontal pair with additional grid handstamps canceling, San Francisco transit and receiving backstamps; cover with small corner repair at lower right, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 205; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 205] |
Est. $1,500-2,000
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| 280 |
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247+249+258 |
 Shanghai, China, "R". Red Shanghai Local Post circular handstamp on registered cover to Kansas City Mo., franked with 1894, 1¢ ultramarine + 2¢ carmine lake, horizontal pair + 10¢
dark green tied by "U.S. Postal Agency, Shanghai, Mar 9, 95" duplex postmarks, reverse with "Customs, Shanghai, Mar 9, 1895" cds and San Francisco transit date stamp; cover with lightened central toned spot, Very Fine.
Scott No. 247+249+258; Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE USAGE OF THE SHANGHAI LOCAL POST CIRCULAR REGISTRY MARKING.
(Image1)
Get Market Data for [China (Shanghai) 247+249+258] |
Est. $6,000-8,000
SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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