St. Louis, Missouri
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 | 421 |
 U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis
Mo., 2c Black (8LB1). Type I, unused (no gum), large margins all around
with outer framelines complete on all four sides, intense shade and
impressionEXTREMELY FINE GEM. THE FINEST OF THE THIRTEEN RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE ST. LOUIS 2-CENT BLACK CARRIER STAMP. THE ONLY SOUND TYPE I OF THE GROUP. Our census of the St. Louis 8LB1 carrier stamp contains 10 unused and 3 used stamps (none is known on cover). This stamp has the largest margins of all sound examples. Only 4 of the 13 stamps are Type I, and this is the only sound stamp among the Type I's. Ex Caspary and Boker (Image) |
4,000.00 |
| A | 422 |
 U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis
Mo., 2c Black (8LB1). Type I, unused (no gum), huge margins all around
including portions of framelines from stamps above and below, faint
vertical creaseEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY FOUR OF THE THIRTEEN RECORDED ST. LOUIS 8LB1 CARRIER STAMPS ARE TYPE I. AN OUTSTANDING RARITY. Colson backstamp. Ex Hunter, Hind and Boker. (Image) |
4,000.00 |
| A | 423 |
 U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis
Mo., 2c Black (8LB1). Type II, unused (no gum), large margins clear of
outer framelines on three sides and just touching extreme outer line at
left, intense shade and impressionEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE TWO FINEST SOUND EXAMPLES OF THE THIRTEEN RECORDED ST. LOUIS 8LB1 CARRIER STAMPS. Only 5 of the 13 recorded 8LB1 stamps are sound. Ex Redfield. With 1972 Friedl certificate signed by Bloch and Boker. (Image) |
4,000.00 |
| A | 424 |
 U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis
Mo., 2c Black (8LB1). Type II, unused (no gum), full to large margins,
just into extreme outer frameline at left, faint vertical line shows dark
in fluid -- this is not mentioned as a crease on accompanying certificate
and could possibly be natural to the paper mesh -- small
translucencyVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS CARRIER RARITY, OF WHICH THIRTEEN ARE RECORDED. Ex Middendorf. With 1991 P.F. certificate. (Image) |
4,000.00 |
| A | 425 |
 U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis
Mo., 2c Blue (8LB2). Ample to large margins except touched at top,
cancelled by "1 ct" in frame, tiny thin and diagonal corner
creaseFINE APPEARANCE. THE ONLY OFF-COVER STAMP AMONG THE FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE ST. LOUIS 2-CENT BLUE CARRIER (8LB2). A REMARKABLE STAMP, ISSUED CIRCA 1859-60 AND MODELED UPON THE ONE-CENT 1851-57 FRANKLIN STAMP AND THE 1852 3-CENT SILVER COIN. Elliott Perry's theorized that the design of this stamp was a cross between the 1851 1c stamp (ornamental border) and the 1852 3c silver coin known as a "fish-scale", which had the shield in six-point star design (see Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp. 263-264). The concept was "something between" 1c and 3c. Our records contain just five examples of 8LB2: 1) "1 ct" cancel, off cover, the stamp offered here, 2) tied by "1 ct" in frame on cover to Edwin Harrison, ex Middendorf, 3) used on large Valentine cover to Mrs. Scoot, ms. "X" cancel (not tied) and "Paid" straightline, ex Bulger, 4) tied by "1 ct" in frame on cover to Miss St. Denis, Sloane files, and 5) cut to oval shape, tied by "Paid" in arc on large Valentine cover to Mrs. Scoot, Sloane photo. (Image) |
E. 10,000-15,000 |