Charleston, South Carolina continued...
SPECIAL NOTE: Lot Numbers with an "A" preceding them will be offered in three special sessions. Please refer to the Arrangement of the Sale web page for the schedule.
| Lot | Lot Description | ||
| A | 265 |
 Martin's City Post, Charleston
S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB16). Type D, unused (no gum), huge margins
all around, fresh and completely soundEXTREMELY FINE. THE FINEST OF THE FOUR RECORDED EXAMPLES OF MARTIN'S CARRIER STAMP. According to Faber's account (Pat Paragraphs, 1981 Reprint, pp. 247-248), Joseph G. Martin took over from E. J. Kingman after Kingman retired in March 1858. Martin served until retirement in 1861, but the extreme rarity of the stamps bearing his name suggests that they were not widely used. They were probably printed in 1858. We record just four stamps, all unused, listed as follows (different types are identified with letters): 1) Type A, tiny thin, ex Caspary, Lilly, Boker, offered in lot 266, 2) Type B, slight thins, ex Ferrary, Caspary, 3) Type C, margins cut in, slight faults, ex Caspary, Middendorf, and 4) Type D, sound, ex Hessel, the stamp offered here. Based only on soundness, this stamp is the finest extant. Ex Hessel. With 1975 P.F. certificate. (Image) |
5,000.00 |
| A | 266 |
 Martin's City Post, Charleston
S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB16). Type A, unused (no gum), ample to
large margins, minute and shallow thinsVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES OF THE MARTIN'S CARRIER STAMP ARE RECORDED, OF WHICH ONE IS SOUND. THIS CHOICE-APPEARING STAMP REALIZED $1,200 IN THE 1957 CASPARY SALE. s noted in the description of lot 265, only one of the four recorded 4LB16 stamps is sound. This stamp and one other have Very Fine appearance and tiny thins. The fourth examples is cut into and has small faults. Ex Caspary, Lilly and Boker. (Image) |
5,000.00 |