Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

4LB8a, 4LB8-4LB9:

Lot

Lot Description

220

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish, Period after "Paid" (4LB8a). First Setting, large to huge margins, cancelled by ms. check mark (not tied), red "Charleston S.C. Dec. 28/10" integral-rate circular datestamp (ca. 1850) on small white cover to Pittsfield Mass., fresh and Extremely Fine, ex Caspary and Middendorf (Image)

E. 750-1,000

221

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish, Period after "Paid" (4LB8a). First Setting, large margins, tied by ms. cancel, red "Charleston S.C. Jan. 3/10" (ca. 1851) integral-rate circular datestamp on buff cover to Pittsfield Mass., month rewritten in pencil, few ink smears, Extremely Fine stamp and attractive cover, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 500-750

222

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish, Period after "Paid" (4LB8a). First Setting, mostly ample to large margins, tied by ms. cancel, red "Charleston S.C. Dec. 17/10" integral-rate circular datestamp on buff cover to Pittsfield Mass., very slight edgewear, Very Fine, ex Hessel (Image)

E. 400-500

223

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish, Period after "Paid" (4LB8a). First Setting, three huge margins, touched at left, tied by ms. "X" cancel, red "Charleston S.C. Apr. 26/10" integral-rate circular datestamp on buff cover to Greenville S.C., 1851 docketing, faint staining, otherwise Fine (Image)

E. 300-400

224

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB8). 16 stamps, most from study of the later settings with Comma after "Paid", types/positions identified and mounted on pages by Elliott Perry, most have ms. cancels, margins on at least three sides, minor faults, overall a Fine-Very Fine group

2,080.00

225

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB8). Position 3, ample margins to just touching pearls, cancelled by brown small segmented cork, on piece, Very Fine, scarce cancellation (Image)

E. 200-300

226

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish Pelure (4LB9). Position 3, margins all around, ms. cancel, Very Fine, very scarce paper variety that Scott gives major-listing status, ex Hessel (Image)

525.00

227

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish, "Cens" (4LB8b). Position 2, early state showing period level with "Post" and "Honour's" without gap, full margins to just touching, tied by ms. cancel, used with 3c Orange Brown (10), full to large margins, tied by blue "Charleston S.C. Sep. 6/3" integral-rate circular datestamp on front only to Augusta Ga., Very Fine, from the Courtney correspondence (Image)

E. 750-1,000

228

E. 500-750

229

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish, "Cens" (4LB8b). Position 2, later state showing dropped period after "Post", gap between "N" and "O" of "Honour's", lower right pearl out of alignment, ample margins to just touching a few ornaments, ms. cancel (not tied, lifted and hinged in place), used with 3c Dull Red (11), large margins to slightly in at right, tied by blue "Charleston S.C. Paid Mar. 29" circular datestamp on buff cover to Sandy Grove S.C., handstamped return card on flap, Very Fine stamp and attractive cover, scarce, ex Chapman, Caspary and Middendorf (Image)

E. 750-1,000

230

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish, "Cens" (4LB8b). Position 2, very late state showing dropped period after "Post" (nearly level with "Cents"), gap between "N" and "O" of "Honour's" and lower right pearl out of alignment, full margins to slightly in at left, ms. cancel (lifted and hinged in place), used with 3c Brownish Carmine (11), mostly full margins, tied by blue "Charleston S.C. Paid Apr. 12" (ca. 1852) circular datestamp on cover to Mount Clio S.C., stamp has slight crease, still Very Fine and scarce, ex Chapman, Caspary and Middendorf (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

231

Honour's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black, "Cens" & Misaligned Type (4LB8b var). Probably the latest state of the Position 2 "Cens" error -- gap between "N" and "O" of "Honour's, "City" and "Post" far out of alignment, gap between pearls at lower right -- margins mostly clear except at bottom left, lightly cancelled, added to a cover to which it does not belong

VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS VARIETY, WHICH SHOWS THE BREAK-UP OF TYPE IN POSITION 2, THE "CENS" ERROR.

Elliott Perry note on back "The stamp is O.K., although I am not confident it was used on this cover. It may well be a unique and unlisted variety." In fact, the stamp was affixed to another cover in the Hind sale. (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

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