1847 10c black, unused without gum, clear to large margins all around, fresh color, fine example of this rare stamp unused, without any faults, with 2011 PFC, cat. $15000 (Cat No. 2)
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1857 5c brick red, vertical strip of three, tied by 1859 New Orleans cds to small piece, with faint red arrival, usual centering, fine and scarce multiple, with 2003 PFC, cat. $6000 (Cat No. 27)
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1875 3c scarlet, plate proof on india, horizontal pair, each stamp with an inking flaw at top of the vignette, v.f., with 2004 PFC (Cat No. 41P3)
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1861 3c pink, h.r., usual centering and irregular perforations, tiny corner crease, otherwise fine example of this rare shade, with 1972 and 2003 PFCs, the former without mention of the crease, cat. $14000 (Cat No. 64)
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1861 5c olive yellow, light black cancel, nicely centered, small faults, fine appearance of this rare shade, with 2021 PSAG certificate, cat. $4750 (Cat No. 67b)
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1861 24c violet, blue cancel, usual centering, small tears and thin, fine appearance, with 2022 PFC, cat. $2275 (Cat No. 70c)
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1867 30c orange, F.Grill, unused without gum, fresh color, a fine sound copy, with 2022 PFC, cat. $3300 (Cat No. 100)
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1869 2c brown, l.h., natural straight edge at right, well centered, fine, with 2021 PFC, cat. $500 (Cat No. 113)
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1869 3c ultramarine, fancy blue Crossed Circle cancel, well centered, v.f., with 2004 PFC (Cat No. 114)
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1869 12c green, unused part original gum, large margins all around, fresh and v.f. stamp, cat. $1850 (Cat No. 117)
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1870 90c carmine, unused without gum, well centered with wide margins, beautiful color, v.f., with 1999 PFC (catalogued as unused without gum) cat. $1800 (Cat No. 155)
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1873 3c green, n.h., fresh color, wide margins, fine, with a photocopy of a 2022 PFC for a strip of five from which this originated (catalogue value for hinged) cat. $110 (Cat No. 158)
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1873 90c rose carmine, well centered, beautiful color, h.r., fine, with 2001 PFC, cat. $2100 (Cat No. 166)
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1875 1c ultramarine, unused without gum as issued, beautiful color, wide margins, usual scissors separated perforations at sides, v.f. example of this rare stamp of which only 44 (!) certified examples have been reported, with 1967 and 2003 PFCs, cat. $14000 (Cat No. 167)
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1893 5c chocolate, n.h., well centered with jumbo margins, fresh color, with 2021 PFC graded "XF 90J" (SMQ $650) (Cat No. 234)
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1893 8c brown purple, bottom margin Plate No.132 block of eight, two stamps at left h.r., minor perf. separations, fine-v.f., cat. $1625 (Cat No. 236)
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1893 15c dark green, two blocks of four, slightly different shades, one with part imprint at left, n.h., fresh colors, few natural inclusions, fine (catalogued as singles) cat. $4800 (Cat No. 238)
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1893 30c orange brown, block of four, h.r., light gum soak at upper right, fine-v.f., cat. $1075 (Cat No. 239)
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1893 $2 brown red, unused without gum, fresh color, fine, with 2022 PFC (catalogued as unused without gum) cat. $550 (Cat No. 242)
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1894 $5 dark green, used, creases and small thins, fine appearance, with 2021 PFC, cat. $2600 (Cat No. 263)
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1898 10c gray violet, left margin block of four, n.h., fresh and fine (catalogued as singles) cat. $1700 (Cat No. 290)
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1901 4c deep red brown and black, upper left corner margin block of ten with siderographers initials, hinged in top margin only, stamps n.h., fine, cat. $1800 (Cat No. 296)
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1906 2c carmine, n.h., jumbo margins with parts of adjoining stamps on all sides, with 2019 PSE certificate graded "Gem 100J" (SMQ $400 for "100") (Cat No. 320)
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1904 3c violet, bottom margin Plate no. block of eight, n.h., well centered, some usual marginal gum loss, fresh and nearly fine, cat. $2090 (Cat No. 325)
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1904 5c dark blue, n.h., nicely centered, fresh color, with 2021 PFC graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $325) (Cat No. 326)
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1904 5c dark blue, n.h., well centered, fresh and v.f., with a photocopy of a 2021 PFC for a block of four from which this originated, cat. $180 (Cat No. 326)
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1909 10c yellow, l.h., deep color, fine, with a photocopy of a 2021 PSE certificate for a block of four from which this originated, cat. $1600 (Cat No. 364)
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1913 10c orange yellow, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh color, v.f., with a photocopy of a 2021 PFC for a block of five from which this originated, cat. $260 (Cat No. 400)
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1914 2c red, type I, vertical coil pair, showing part of adjoining stamp at bottom, l.h., well centered, fresh color, v.f. and scarce coil pair, with 2006 PSE certificate, cat. $6000 (Cat No. 449)
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1915 2c pale carmine red, top margin single, n.h., wide margins, fine, with a photocopy of a 2009 PFC for a block of 20 from which this originated, cat. $330 (Cat No. 461)
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1919 1c gray green, perf. 12 1/2, sheet of 100, n.h., centered to left, minute natural scuff marks affecting one stamp at left, fresh and mostly fine, scarce sheet, cat. $4760 (Cat No. 536)
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1919 3c deep red violet, n.h., well centered for this notoriously difficult stamp, with the design clear of the perforations on all sides, beautiful color, a fresh and nearly v.f. example of this rare shade, with 2017 PFC (catalogue value for "fine") cat. $2400 (Cat No. 537a)
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1920 Pilgrim Tercentenary, 1c-5c, set of plate no. blocks of six, n.h., nicely centered, fine-v.f., cat. $950 (Cat No. 548-550)
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1923 perf. 10, 3c violet, sheet of 100, n.h., usual centering for this difficult issue, fine and fresh sheet, cat. $6185 (Cat No. 584)
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1925 Norse-American, 2c double plate no. block of twelve and 5c double plate no. block of eight, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $975 (Cat No. 620-621)
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1938 $5 red brown and black, n.h., v.f. example of this rare shade, with 2019 PSE certificate for a block of four from which this originated, cat. $3000 (Cat No. 834a)
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1930 65c green, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh color, v.f., with 2022 PFC, cat. $250 (Cat No. C13)
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1930 $2.60 blue, l.h., well centered with wide margins, bright color, with 2022 PFC graded "XF-S 95" (SMQ $750) (Cat No. C15)
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1969 (16 July) Apollo XI cover, autographed by Buzz Aldrin, v.f. (Buzz Aldrin, a former astronaut, made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and as Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11. He and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two people to land on the Mo
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1970 (20 July) Moon Landing Anniversary cover autographed by Buzz Aldrin, v.f. (Buzz Aldrin, a former astronaut, made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and as Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11. He and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two people to
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1928-36 First Flight via Graf Zeppelin from the United States to Germany, three covers, different franking, also two "Hindenburg" cacheted covers to Germany, plus 1933 "Airship Dock Akron, Ohio" and 1948 commemorative covers, mostly fine
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1930 65c green, used May 31, 1930 on picture postcard from Lakehurst to Germany, also $1.30 on May 31 Washington DC cover, plus $2.60 used April 29, 1930 on cover from New York Varick Station to Philadelphia, making round-trip voyage, each with red South America cachet and Round Flight in violet, fi
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1933 50c green, single and two blocks of four, used on three covers, first Miami Oct.23 dispatch, the others Oct.4 New York to Friedrichshafen, with appropriate cachets and arrival pmks, fine-v.f. (Cat No. C18)
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1914 1c carmine lake, top margin single, n.h., well centered, fresh color, v.f., with a photocopy of a 2022 PFC for block of six from which this originated, cat. $220 (Cat No. J52)
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1873 Interior, 1c vermilion, n.h., well centered with wide margins, fresh color, v.f., with 2019 PFC for a block of six from which this originated, cat. $170 (Cat No. O15)
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1873 State, $2 green and black, small h.r., well centered, fine, with 2021 PFC, cat. $1800 (Cat No. O68)
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1879 Agriculture, 3c yellow, left margin single, small h.r., fresh and fine, with 2016 PFC for a pair from which this originated, cat. $550 (Cat No. O95)
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1879 Treasury, 30c brown, part original gum, small thins, fine appearance, with 2020 PFC, cat. $2400 (Cat No. O112)
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1861 Baton Rouge, 5c green & carmine, unused, slightly glazed original gum, large margins all around, fresh and v.f., cat. $1500 (Cat No. 11X2)
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1861 5c olive green, top sheet margin used on cover from Winchester, Va to Rockbridge, also 1863 cover franked with 10c blue, used from Richmond to Petersburg, fine-v.f., cat. $425 (Cat No. 1,11)
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