Louisville, Kentucky
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 | 281 |
 Wharton's U.S.P.O. Despatch,
Louisville Ky., (2c) Bluish Green (5LB1). Complete sheet of 50 (two
panes), original gum, a few gum wrinkles and some adherence in right
margin, a few small patches of missing gum may also have slight paper
thinningEXTREMELY FINE. A MAGNIFICENT EXHIBITION PIECE AND ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING COMPLETE SHEETS OF FIFTY OF THE WHARTON'S CARRIER STAMP. Our records of Wharton indicate the existence of a half-dozen panes of 25 and at least four complete sheets of 50, however, we have no recent confirmation of the other sheets, and it is possible one or more of them has been cut apart. Ex Edward H. R. Green (Image) |
6,000.00 |
| A | 282 |
 Wharton's U.S.P.O. Despatch,
Louisville Ky., (2c) Bluish Green (5LB1). Complete pane of 25, unused
(no gum), large margins, one stamp has small hole, some slight creasing
(caused by gum, which has been removed), otherwise Very Fine, extremely
rare (Image) |
2,500.00 |
| A | 283 |
 Wharton's and Brown & McGill's
U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Bluish Green, (2c) Blue (5LB1,
5LB2). Unused (no gum) plus a 5LB2 with blue circular datestamp, ample
to large margins, unused stamps thinned, used 5LB2 is Fine (Image) |
440.00 |
| A | 284 |
 Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O.
Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2). Three large margins, bottom
frameline half complete, uncancelled, appropriately used with 3c Dull Red
(26), tied by blue "Louisville Ky." circular datestamp on buff cover to
Logansport Ind., Jan. 1860 docketing, small piece of backflap removed, Very
Fine (Image) |
E. 300-400 |
| A | 285 |
 Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O.
Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2). Three large margins, mostly
clear at top except at upper left corner, tied by pencil, used with 3c Dull
Red (26), tied by blue "Louisville Ky. May 25, 1859" circular datestamp
(also tied corner of carrier stamp) on newspaper publisher's advertising
cover with overall illustrated design lithographed in green on yellow,
to the "Patriot" newspaper office at Baltimore Md.VERY FINE AND OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE BROWN & McGILL'S CARRIER STAMP TIED ON COVER. ONLY SIX OR SEVEN TIED EXAMPLES ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST. Ex Boker, Meyersburg. With 1985 P.F. certificate. (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
| A | 286 |
 Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O.
Despatch, (2c) Black (5LB3). Unused (no gum), large margins with
framelines complete all aroundEXTREMELY FINE GEM. PROBABLY THE FINEST UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE THIRTEEN RECORDED BROWN & MCGILL 2-CENT BLACK STAMPS. Ex Boker. This stamp realized Sfr. 1,300 in the 1973 Robson Lowe sale, therefore, the current Scott value of $700.00 strikes us as considerably outdated. (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
| A | 287 |
 Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O.
Despatch, (2c) Black (5LB3). Even margin cut inside the framelines but
clear of design, faint staining and tiny thin, still a Fine example of this
very rare stamp, of which thirteen examples are recorded (Image) |
700.00 |
| A | 288 |
 Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O.
Despatch, (2c) Black (5LB3). Huge margins surrounding all four
framelines, used with 3c Dull Red (26), both stamps tied by blue
"Louisville Ky. Mar. 18" circular datestamp on small buff
pieceEXTREMELY FINE. THE FINER OF THE TWO RECORDED GENUINELY-CANCELLED EXAMPLES OF THE BROWN & MCGILL BLACK CARRIER STAMP. Our census contains 13 examples of 5LB3, including 10 uncancelled stamps, some (or all) of which were removed from pieces of covers, all dated in 1858. Two of the uncancelled stamps remain on their original covers with a 3c 1857 tied by the Louisville datestamp (Apr. 13 and Aug. 14, 1858 -- each with P.F. certificate). A cancelled stamp with two defective corners was sold in the 1921 "German Sale" and subsequently repaired, it was certified by the P.F. as having a counterfeit cancel. A cancelled stamp tied on a Valentine cover (with 3c 1857 stamp removed) was offered in the Robert Laurence Nov. 15, 1940 sale of the L. B. Mason collection. The piece offered here, according to a letter from Alfred H. Caspary, was originally in the C. T. Harbeck collection, then passed to C. E. Chapman, and from Chapman to Caspary, circa 1913. Ex Harbeck, Chapman, Caspary and Boker. Scott value of $1,750.00 reflects Sfr. 2,400 realization at the 1973 Robson Lowe sale. (Image) |
E. 7,500-10,000 |