• Login (enter your user name) and Password
    Please Login. You are NOT Logged in.

    Quick Search:

  • To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork news in your Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!

Login to Use StampAuctionNetwork.
New Member? Click "Register".

StampAuctionNetwork Extended Features

StampAuctionNetwork Channels
 
You are not logged in. Please Login so that we can determine your registration status with this firm. If you have never registered, please register by pressing the [Quick Signup (New to StampAuctionNetwork)] button. Then Login. Listen to Live Audio!


 
logo

The Harvey Mirsky Collection of the United States 1847 Issue continued...

Unused Stamps including Blocks
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2029 ogbl Image5c Red Brown (1). Top left corner margin block of ten, Positions 1-5/11-15L1, huge margins to clear including 2mm of sheet margin at left and 10-1/2mm at top, part original gum, bright shade, top stamps light horizontal crease, bottom left and bottom right stamps small repairs

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THE LARGEST MULTIPLES OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN EXISTENCE AND MOST DESIRABLE WITH THE CORNER SHEET MARGINS.

The 1847 Issue is much scarcer in unused condition than other issues, because the stamps were demonetized in 1851. They could be exchanged for the new issue, but once the exchange period ended, the stamps would have no postage value. Considering the purchasing power of five or ten cents in 1851, it is not surprising that the stamps were either used or exchanged, rather than left for future generations of collectors.

A census of 5c 1847 multiples -- proofs, unused and used -- was published in 1996 by Mal Brown in Chronicle 171. This block of ten is listed in Brown's census. The unused blocks preceding it in size are: a block of 30 (reported but not yet documented), the well-known block of 16, Positions 21-24/51-54R1, original gum, ex Earl of Crawford, Ackerman, Ward, Ishikawa, currently in the William H. Gross collection, and an irregular block of of eleven reported to have been in the Senator Ackerman collection. This last block (ex Ackerman) does not appear in any of the auction catalogues or records we have surveyed. If, in fact, it once existed, it is possible that it was cut down to a smaller, more uniform size.

If the unconfirmed block of 30 and the ex-Ackerman block of eleven are removed from the census, this block of ten becomes the second largest block of the 5c 1847 Issue, and it is the only block of its size in unused condition.

Ex Kapiloff. With 1994 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as two blocks of four and a pair. (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 116,000.00

SOLD for $75,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2030 ogbl Image10c Black (2). Block of four, Positions 74-75/84-85R1, original gum, three stamps have large to huge margins, including parts of adjoining stamps at top, right margin cut just into frameline and tiny portion of background of top right stamp, fresh and bright paper with the exception of very faint toning in bottom left margin caused by uneven application of gum (characteristic of the issue and described on most recent certificate as "faint toned spot in bottom left margin"), short scissors-cut in margin between bottom stamps, faint corner crease at bottom right

VERY FINE AND REMARKABLY CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES GENERAL ISSUE. ONLY TWO UNUSED BLOCKS OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS. ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST IMPORTANT MULTIPLES IN CLASSIC PHILATELY.

The 1847 Issue is much scarcer in unused condition than other issues, because the stamps were demonetized in 1851. They could be exchanged for the new issue, but once the exchange period ended, the stamps would have no postage value. Considering the purchasing power of ten cents in 1851, it is not surprising that the stamps were either used or exchanged, rather than left for future generations of collectors.

Only three unused blocks of the 10c 1847 stamp are recorded:

1) Block of six (largest known), original gum, ex Gibson, Ward and Ishikawa, currently in the William H. Gross Collection

2) Block of four, original gum, ex Green, Klein, Kapiloff and Zoellner, the block offered here

3) Block of four, without gum, contained in the Hirzel Collection at the Swiss PTT Museum

The elusiveness of 10c 1847 unused blocks is shown in the fact that none was contained in the great classic collections formed by Slater, West, Caspary, Moody, Lilly or Grunin.

Ex Edward H. R. Green, Klein, Kapiloff and Zoellner. With 1970 and 1998 P.F. certificates (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 200,000.00

SOLD for $450,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2031 og Image5c Red Brown (1). Original gum, large to ample margins, dark shade and sharp impression, faint toned spot at left center, otherwise Very Fine, scarce in original-gum condition (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 6,750.00

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2032 ng Image5c Red Brown (1). Unused (no gum), large to huge margins including part of adjoining stamp at bottom, Extremely Fine, European dealer's handstamp on back, with 1974 P.F. certificate (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 2,400.00

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2033 ng Image5c Brown, Dot in "S" (1 var). Unused (no gum), large to huge margins including huge sheet margin at bottom, dark shade, faint light creases, Extremely Fine appearance, with 1972 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail with no premium for the variety (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 2,400.00

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
2034 ng Image5c Dark Brown (1a). Horizontal pair, unused (no gum), large to full margins, gorgeous rich color and sharp early impression

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL UNUSED PAIR OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN THE EARLY DARK BROWN SHADE.

With 1989 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as no gum singles (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 6,500.00

SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
2035 ng Image5c Brown Orange (1d). Unused (no gum), large even margins, bright and attractive shade, clear impression

EXTREMELY FINE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN THE BROWN ORANGE COLOR.

1995 P.S.E. certificate no longer accompanies. (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 4,500.00

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2036 ng Image10c Black (2). Unused (no gum), large even margins, deep shade and detailed impression on crisp fresh paper

EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE AND RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE. SELDOM ENCOUNTERED IN SOUND UNUSED CONDITION WITH FULL MARGINS.

The 1847 Issue is much scarcer in unused condition than other issues, because the stamps were demonetized in 1851. They could be exchanged for the new issue, but once the exchange period ended, the stamps would have no postage value. Considering the purchasing power of ten cents in 1851, it is not surprising that the stamps were either used or exchanged, rather than left for future generations of collectors.

Ex Moody and Hetherington. With 1980 and 1999 P.F. certificates. (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 15,000.00

SOLD for $13,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
2037 og Image10c Black (2). Unused (no gum), full to large margins, handsome shade and fine impression, barest hint of small paper discoloration at right

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE.

Ex Dr. Amonette. With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)

Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com

 15,000.00

SOLD for $6,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork are
Copyright © 1994-2022 Droege Computing Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Mailing Address: 20 West Colony Place
Suite 120, Durham NC 27705
Back to Top of Page