Sale 959 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Monday-Wednesday, 23-25 June, 2008
Category — War Savings, U.S. Possessions
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3433
$5.00 Orange on Green, War Savings (WS6). Slightly disturbed original gum as often seen on this issue, unusually well-centered, Very Fine and choice, a lovely example of this Rarity, with 2008 P.F. certificate
3,500
2,100
3434
Canal Zone Stock. Several hundred mostly unused stamps between Nos. 9-56 arranged on stock sheets in one binder, various quantities, incl. singles, blocks, overprint letter vars., also a fair number of J1-J4 Postage Dues, very decent quality for these issues with the vast majority Fine-Very Fine
E. 2,000-3,000
1,500
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1853, 5c Blue, Thick White Wove (5). Position 4, large margins to clear at bottom, lightly cancelled at left, appears unused except for small extraneous ink spot on his collar, Fine, with 2007 P.F. certificate
1,600
900
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1857, 5c on 13c Dark Red (7). Type I surcharge applied by Alvah Clark (Postmaster Jackson's clerk), ample margins to touched at lower left, cancelled by "San Francisco Cal." circular datestamp (uncancelled in Hawaii), small tear at upper left, about one-third of back is thinned (not unusual for this very thick paper)FINE APPEARANCE. THE 1857 REVALUED "5" ON 13-CENT PROVISIONAL IS ONE OF THE SCARCEST AND MOST DESIRABLE HAWAIIAN ISSUES.
Cancelled examples of this issue are scarcer and more valuable than unused (or uncancelled) copies. With 2007 P.F. certificate
10,000
2,200
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1859, 2c Light Blue, Bluish White (13). Huge margins all around, tied by red "POSTAGE PAID" in oval cancel (Ty. 762) on piece, barest trace of toning not mentioned on certificateEXTREMELY FINE GEM EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 2-CENT BLUE NUMERAL ISSUE CANCELLED BY THE RED "POSTAGE PAID" IN OVAL. ONE OF THE FINEST EXTANT.
Ex Middendorf and Ostheimer. With 2007 P.F. certificate noting that this is genuine but declining opinion as to the plating.
5,000
6,250
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1863, 1c Black, Grayish (15). Plate 4-A, Type IV, Position 4, large even margins, perfectly struck square grid cancel, small internal paper split near bottom of large numeral, Extremely Fine appearance, ex Wilcox, with 2007 P.F. certificate
2,750
2,600
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PHILIPPINES, 1944, 10c Rose Carmine, Official, "Victory" Ovpt. (O41). Tropical original gum beneath P.O. interleaving, exceptionally well-centered, Very Fine and choice, signed H. Bloch and with 1979 A.P.S. certificate which states "no gum but paper adhering to reverse"
500
170
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U.S. Possessions Stock. Thousands of stamps, virtually all unused, in two Elbe stockbooks, other than a small section of Puerto Rico and a few Hawaii the contents are exclusively Canal Zone and Philippines, solid stock throughout incl. singles and multiples, decent group of Philippines U. S Administration incl. imprint and plate no. strips of three of 1c, 2c and 5c in small quantity, 1899 Dollar value singles incl. two $2.00 and a $5.00, in addition there are two sheet files with back-up stock of Philippines issues from generally the 1920's to 1930's in sheets and part sheets, unused virtually all original gum with a fair amount of Mint N.H., generally Fine-Very Fine, should be viewed to fully appreciate
E. 5,000-7,500
6,000
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U.S. Possessions Collection. Stockbook of mostly unused stamps, incl. outstanding group of Philippines with Nos. 213-219, 223, 224, 225, 226-238, used Nos. 239, C14-C15 (with 2002 P.F. certificates), also Offices in China Nos. K1-K16, Guam Nos. 1-13 and E1, few flaws, many Fine-Very Fine
E. 5,000-7,500
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