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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 4123 |
 N. G. Taylor & Co., Philadelphia, 1c Blue (EP169). Stamp with slight soiling, mica essentially flawless, sound case with brown and gold
hues with traces of the original silvering still showing on the reverseEXTREMELY FINE. A VERY RARE ENCASEMENT, WITH ELEVEN TO FIFTEEN REPORTED. Ex Ford where this item was described as "one of the nicest we have seen" (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 612) (Image Magnifier) |
3,700.00 | 3,250.00 | |
| 4124 |
 Weir & Larminie, Montreal, 10c Green (EP177). Stamp has rich color and perfect positioning, mica nearly fault free, sound case with
brownish tone and about one-third of the original silveringEXTREMELY FINE. THIS EXAMPLE RIVALS THE TWO IN THE FORD COLLECTION AND AESTHETICALLY IS MORE PLEASING WITH REGARD TO THE POSITIONING OF THE STAMP. EACH OF THE FORD EXAMPLES WAS DESCRIBED AS "ONE OF THE NICEST 10 CENTS KNOWN". With 1987 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
3,000.00 | 2,600.00 | |
| 4125 |
 White, The Hatter, New York, 3c Rose (EP179). Stamp light bend, some mica flaws, sound case with nearly complete original
silvering on reverse and even traces on the obverse tabsVERY FINE. THE 3-CENT WHITE THE HATTER IS RARE, WITH A TINY ESTIMATED POPULATION OF BETWEEN FIVE TO TEN SPECIMENS. The Reed census reports 5-10 known. (Image Magnifier) |
2,650.00 | 1,900.00 | |
| 4126 |
 White, The Hatter, New York, 5c Red Brown (EP180). Stamp has rich color, trivial bends, excellent positioning with both labels
fully visible, mica lamination at center, sound case with pretty olive gold toned reverseVERY FINE. THE 5-CENT WHITE THE HATTER IS AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ENCASEMENT, WITH A MINISCULE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF TWO TO FOUR. The Reed census reports 2-4 known, but the Ford sale catalogue description of this specimen (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 635) states "we think there are only two of these known." Ex Lilly and Ford (Image Magnifier) |
3,750.00 | 4,750.00 | |
| 4127 | E |
 12c Black, Scovill Die Essay for Encased Postage, Lithographic impression on 113 x 88mm die sunk card, Extremely Fine,
Scovill was contracted by John Gault to produce his encased postage stamps, interesting and rare encased postage essay, also incl. "exploded" 3c Ayer's Pills with stamp, mica and obverse and reverse frame parts and an extra 3c unused stamp (Image Magnifier) |
E. 500-750 | 600.00 |
| 4128 |
 "Feuchtwanger" 9c Strip of Three. Three 3c 1861's slightly overlapped, right one natural s.e. in rectangular copper frame, some mica
faults, frame embossed with floral motif and central eagle and snake, this is reminiscent to Feuchtwanger's 1c obverse design, this fantasy was not made by Gault or Scovill and have nothing to do with Feuchtwanger, nevertheless they have been
collected along with encased postage stamps for decades (Image Magnifier) |
E. 500-750 | 450.00 |