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Abraham Lincoln - 1869-1898 Issues continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description Estimate or Cat Value
61 E 254-E3 image1894, 4¢ Lincoln Die essay, in black brown on India on card (254-E3), nearly finished design, 73x75mm with full die sinkage, pencil notation in margin "Expand by [engraver] Alfred Jones Before Re-Ent. 1890". Very Fine.
Scott $1,250 (Image)		 Scott $1,250
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
62 E 254-E3 var. image1894, 4¢ Lincoln Die essay, in black brown on India on card (254-E3 var.), finished design prior to hardening with die number C—226 and ABNCo. imprint, 77x80mm with full die sinkage, initialed below proof with instruction "O.K. to harden, July 17/94". Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000 (Image)
SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction
63 P 254P1 image1894, 4¢ Lincoln, large die proof from the finished die (254P1), die-sunk on card 111x152mm, signed in pencil by engravers James Kennedy and "Worked over by J.F.C. Smillie". F.-V.F.
Scott $600+ (Image)		 Scott $600+
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
64 254 image1894, 4¢ dark brown (254), bottom margin plate number and imprint block of 6. Remarkably fresh and well centered. O.g., lightly hinged. Very Fine.
Scott $2,200 (Image)		 Scott $2,200
SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction
65 254 image1894, 4¢ dark brown (254), used with the rest of the 1894 First Bureau Issue to the 50¢ (247, 251, 253-260) on registered cover from New York to Raratonga, Cook Island via San Francisco, Sep 10, 1895; backstamped San Francisco (Sep 13) and Auckland, New Zealand (Oct 10); few minor perf flaws, 50¢ with faults. Otherwise Fine and attractive.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

Expertization: photocopy of 1988 P.F. Certificate. (Image)
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
66 269 image1895, 4¢ dark brown (269), used to pay postage due on a packet boat cover from Danish West Indies to Winfield Junction, New York City, franked with two 1896 D.W.I. 5¢ (19) tied by Jacksonville, Fla. machine cancel upon entering the U.S. mails, Feb 10, 1899; the cover was rated "Ship Less Postage due 4 cents." and the 4¢ stamp was added and canceled; backstamped P.O.N.Y. transit and Winfield Junction receiver. Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

Provenance: Schnell.

Believe to be the only such usage recorded. (Image)
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
67 269 image1895, 4¢ dark brown (269), used with 1¢ & 2¢ (264, 267a) as forwarding postage on 1896 cover from Canada to Steilacoom, Wash. forwarded to Hawaii, originally franked with Canadian 3¢ Small Queen tied by Penticton, B.C. squared circle, address crossed off and redirected to Lihue Kauai, Hawaiian Is. with 7¢ postage added and canceled at Steilacoom; rated "Collect 16 Cents"; backstamped Tacoma (Jul 9), Honolulu (Jul 31) and Lihue (Aug 4); slight faults and some soiling, but a totally unique usage.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 (Image)
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
68 269 image1895, 4¢ dark brown (269), tied by New York machine cancel on spectacular 12-color advertising cover for Seabury & Johnson, makers of "Medicinal, Surgical and Antiseptic Specialties"; stamp with natural straight edge. Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 500 (Image)
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
69 269 image1895, 4¢ dark brown (269), Used with 1¢ blue (264) on cover from Philippine Station, San Francisco, Cal. Sep. 14, 1898 to Cadiz, Spain, French packet boat handstamp Sep 24, backstamped Hong Kong (Sep 19) and Cadiz (Oct 5); also on reverse manuscript. "1er sello yankee de Filipinas", indicating the first American stamps used in the Philippines; couple trivial toned perfs, vertical file fold and edge faults. Fine and rare.
Estimate $300 - 400

Provenance: Whitpain.

Manila was occupied on August 13, 1898. (Image)
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
70 P 269P5 image1895, 4¢ dark brown, imperf plate proof on stamp paper (269P5), horizontal pair used with a similar pair of the 1¢ imperf plate proof on stamp paper (264P5) on registered cover from Boston to Washington, D.C., Mar 21, 1900; 4¢ creased between stamps, cover with minor edge flaws at top. Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

Expertization: 1966 P.F. Certificate. (Image)
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
71 280, 280b vars. image1898, 4¢ rose brown & 4¢ orange brown, two spectacular fold-over/missing print errors (280, 280b vars.), in a corner margin block of four and a corner margin single. O.g. The block partially rejoined. F.-V.F.
Estimate $300 - 400 (Image)
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
72 280 image1898, 4¢ rose brown (280), used with 50¢ orange (275), and the rest of the 1898 Color changes (279, 279B, 280-282, 283, 284) on registered cover from Honolulu, Hawaii to New York City, Apr 3, 1901; minor edge wear. F.-V.F.
Estimate $750 - 1,000

Provenance: Whitpain. (Image)
SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction
73 / 280b image1898, 4¢ orange brown (280b), complete left plate no. 1101 pane of 100. Bright and fresh, o.g., all but 16 stamps NH, including both plate blocks. Some separation, Fine-average centering with several Very Fine stamps. Top plate block is Fine, bottom Very Good. A rare sheet.
Scott $8,150 as singles (Image)		 Scott $8,150 as singles
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
74 280b image1898, 4¢ orange brown (280b), plate number 793 single, tied by one of two strikes "Mil. P Sta N-O. Tientsin, China" duplex, Nov 7, 1900, on 2¢ entire (U364) to Birmingham, Ala.; backstamped San Francisco & Birmingham. F.-V.F. A convenience overpayment of 1¢.
Estimate $200 - 300 (Image)
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
Abraham Lincoln - 1909 Commemoratives
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description Estimate or Cat Value
75   imageCorrespondence from Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, six items: 1.) a carbon copy of a telegram dated Jan 2, 1909, from president Theodore Roosevelt to the wife of the late sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens, asking her permission to use one of her husbands sculptures of Lincoln as the basis for a stamp being prepared for the Feb 12th 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth; 2.) A hand written two page letter from Mrs. St. Gaudens granting such permission; 3.) a typed letter signed by Roosevelt's secretary, William Loeb, Jr., to Postmaster General Meyer enclosing Mrs. St. Gaudens' letter; 4.) a carbon of a draft proposal for Roosevelt's original telegram, which included the date of Feb 22nd, confusing it with Washington's birth date; 5.) an official 8x10 archival photo of the St. Gaudens statue of the seated Lincoln in Chicago's Grant Park, upon which the bust on the issued stamp was based; and 6.) a multicolor postcard featuring St. Gaudens' "standing Lincoln" which resides in Chicago's Lincoln Park.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 (Image) (image2) (image3) (image4)
SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction
76 367 var. image1909, 2¢ Lincoln, Post Office Announcement (367 var.), issued Jan 12, 1909. Fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750

Provenance: "Aristocrat".

Purportedly one of two recorded. (Image)
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction
77 E 367-E2 image1909, 2¢ Lincoln, Retouched artist's model reduced to stamp size with dates added (367-E2), Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,500 (Image)		 Scott $1,500
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
78 367-E3 image1909, 2¢ Lincoln, large die essay of incomplete design in carmine (367-E3), India on full card. Very Fine and uniqe.
Scott $3,500

Provenance: Ainsworth. (Image)		 Scott $3,500
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
79 P 367P1 image1909, 2¢ Lincoln, large die proof (367P1), on full card, approved and signed below proof by Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer ("G.V.L. Meyer"). Light toning on edges of card only. Otherwise Very Fine.;one of only two known.
Scott $1,750 (Image)		 Scott $1,750
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
80 P 367P2 image1909, 2¢ Lincoln, small die proof (367P2), fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,200

Expertization: 1984 P.F. Certificate. (Image)		 Scott $1,200
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

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