Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The D.K. Collection of United States Carriers and Locals continued...

**Carrier Departments (Charleston S.C.) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
27		Kingman's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB1). Vertical pair, from the left side of the sheet with parts of adjoining stamps above and at right, large margin at left and just touched at bottom, tied by ms. cancel (pair has been lifted and reaffixed in a slightly different position), used on embossed Valentine cover to "Miss Bessie McKenzie, Rutledge St. above Bull St.", with original Valentine enclosure VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE KINGMAN'S THREE-LINE STAMP. A MAGNIFICENT RARITY. From the same correspondence as lots 22 and 25. Ex Hall. With 2001 P.F. certificate. (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500	4,500.00
28		Martin's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB16). Type D, unused (no gum), huge margins all around, fresh and completely sound EXTREMELY 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, Golden, 2) Type B, slight thins, ex Ferrary, Caspary, Hall (realized $7,500), 3) Type C, margins cut in, slight faults, ex Caspary, Middendorf, and 4) Type D, sound, ex Hessel, Golden (realized $7,000), the stamp offered here. Based only on soundness, this stamp is the finest extant. Ex Hessel and Golden. With 1975 and 2000 P.F. certificates. Scott Retail $8,000.00. (Image)	E. 7,500-10,000	8,500.00
29		Martin's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB16). Type A, unused (no gum), ample to large margins, minute and shallow thins VERY 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. As noted in the description of lot 28, only one of the four recorded 4LB16 stamps is sound. This stamp and one other have Very Fine appearance and tiny thins. The fourth example is cut into and has small faults. Ex Caspary, Lilly, Boker and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $8,000.00. (Image)	E. 6,000-8,000	5,000.00
30		Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB19). Position 4, unused (no gum), none of the translucent staining that affects this issue A FINE AND ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THIS CARRIER RARITY, OF WHICH FIVE OR SIX ARE KNOWN. Ex Caspary and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $4,500.00. (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	2,400.00
31		Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB19). Position 6, unused, gum soaked off leaving only a trace of usual translucency, full margins, wood fiber inclusion VERY FINE. ONLY FIVE OR SIX EXAMPLES OF THIS STEINMEYER ISSUE ARE RECORDED. Ex Caspary and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate as "used" (in error). Scott Retail $4,500.00. (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	2,100.00
32		Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB19). Position 10 with bottom right corner sheet margins and large margins all around, original gum, couple small gum soaks as usual, pinhole in border, certificate describes gum as redistributed over a thin in margin (we disagree) EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF FIVE OR SIX KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THIS RARITY. Ex Col. Green and Hall. With 2001 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $4,500.00. (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	1,800.00
33		Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Pink (4LB20). Complete pane of ten, original gum, Mint N.H. except for bottom right stamp, signed by J. F. Steinmeyer Jr. in bottom margin EXTREMELY FINE. A GREAT RARITY IN SHEET FORM, AND ONE OF THE FEW SIGNED BY STEINMEYER. Ex Lilly and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $2,250.00 as an unsigned pane (footnote attributes 50% premium to signature). (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	2,800.00
34		Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Yellow (4LB21). Complete pane of ten, unused (no gum), signed by J. F. Steinmeyer Jr. in bottom margin, Pos. 5 has tiny paper flaws EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION ITEM AND ONE OF THE FEW SHEETS IN EXISTENCE. There probably no more than four or five complete sheets of 4LB21. Ex Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $2,250.00 as an unsigned pane (footnote attributes 50% premium to signature). (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	2,800.00

Carrier Departments (Charleston S.C.) continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

Kingman's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB1). Vertical pair, from the left side of the sheet with parts of adjoining stamps above and at right, large margin at left and just touched at bottom, tied by ms. cancel (pair has been lifted and reaffixed in a slightly different position), used on embossed Valentine cover to "Miss Bessie McKenzie, Rutledge St. above Bull St.", with original Valentine enclosure

VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE KINGMAN'S THREE-LINE STAMP. A MAGNIFICENT RARITY.

From the same correspondence as lots 22 and 25. Ex Hall. With 2001 P.F. certificate. (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

4,500.00

Martin's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB16). Type D, unused (no gum), huge margins all around, fresh and completely sound

EXTREMELY 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, Golden, 2) Type B, slight thins, ex Ferrary, Caspary, Hall (realized $7,500), 3) Type C, margins cut in, slight faults, ex Caspary, Middendorf, and 4) Type D, sound, ex Hessel, Golden (realized $7,000), the stamp offered here. Based only on soundness, this stamp is the finest extant.

Ex Hessel and Golden. With 1975 and 2000 P.F. certificates. Scott Retail $8,000.00. (Image)

E. 7,500-10,000

8,500.00

Martin's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB16). Type A, unused (no gum), ample to large margins, minute and shallow thins

VERY 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.

As noted in the description of lot 28, only one of the four recorded 4LB16 stamps is sound. This stamp and one other have Very Fine appearance and tiny thins. The fourth example is cut into and has small faults.

Ex Caspary, Lilly, Boker and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $8,000.00. (Image)

E. 6,000-8,000

5,000.00

Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB19). Position 4, unused (no gum), none of the translucent staining that affects this issue

A FINE AND ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THIS CARRIER RARITY, OF WHICH FIVE OR SIX ARE KNOWN.

Ex Caspary and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $4,500.00. (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

2,400.00

Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB19). Position 6, unused, gum soaked off leaving only a trace of usual translucency, full margins, wood fiber inclusion

VERY FINE. ONLY FIVE OR SIX EXAMPLES OF THIS STEINMEYER ISSUE ARE RECORDED.

Ex Caspary and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate as "used" (in error). Scott Retail $4,500.00. (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

2,100.00

Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Bluish (4LB19). Position 10 with bottom right corner sheet margins and large margins all around, original gum, couple small gum soaks as usual, pinhole in border, certificate describes gum as redistributed over a thin in margin (we disagree)

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF FIVE OR SIX KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THIS RARITY.

Ex Col. Green and Hall. With 2001 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $4,500.00. (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

1,800.00

Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Pink (4LB20). Complete pane of ten, original gum, Mint N.H. except for bottom right stamp, signed by J. F. Steinmeyer Jr. in bottom margin

EXTREMELY FINE. A GREAT RARITY IN SHEET FORM, AND ONE OF THE FEW SIGNED BY STEINMEYER.

Ex Lilly and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $2,250.00 as an unsigned pane (footnote attributes 50% premium to signature). (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

2,800.00

Steinmeyer's City Post, Charleston S.C., 2c Black on Yellow (4LB21). Complete pane of ten, unused (no gum), signed by J. F. Steinmeyer Jr. in bottom margin, Pos. 5 has tiny paper flaws

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION ITEM AND ONE OF THE FEW SHEETS IN EXISTENCE.

There probably no more than four or five complete sheets of 4LB21. Ex Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail $2,250.00 as an unsigned pane (footnote attributes 50% premium to signature). (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

2,800.00