Sale 1278 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 21-23 March, 2023
Category — Sanitary Fairs
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
4038
Army Relief Bazaar, Albany, 10c Rose (WV1). Setting A (narrow spacing), block of four, three large margins, ample at left, usual crackly original gum, thin spot at top right, appears Extremely Fine, ex Kantor
1,200
600
4039
Army Relief Bazaar, Albany, 10c Rose (WV1). Setting B (wide spacing), block of four, part original gum, large margins to touched at lower left, couple small thin spots, appears Very Fine-Extremely Fine, ex Warm and Kantor
500
300
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Army Relief Bazaar, Albany, 10c Rose (WV1). Setting B (wide spacing), complete pane of 25, unused (no gum), small faults including creased at center from fold, nicked in right margin and some slight toning, Very Fine appearance, a scarce complete pane of which only approximately three are recorded, ex Kantor
3,000
1,100
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National Sailor's Fair, Boston, 10c Green (WV3). Unused (no gum), bright color, small thin spot at upper left, Very Fine appearance, ex Kantor, Scott value as original gum
700
250
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National Sailor's Fair, Boston, 10c Green (WV3). Original gum, lightly hinged, bright color and well-centered, Very Fine and scarce, ex Kantor
700
500
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Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair, (15c) Green (WV4). Position 5, original gum, h.r., full margins all around, rich color, horizontal crease at bottom, appears Extremely Fine, ex Kantor
1,000
650
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Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair, (15c) Green (WV4). Position 4, original gum, h.r., full margins all around, rich color, Extremely Fine, ex Kantor
1,000
800
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Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 5c Black on Rosy Buff (WV6). Bright Pink paper, unused (no gum), Fine, approximately 30-40 copies known, signed Klemann, ex Kantor
1,000
650
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Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 5c Black on Rosy Buff (WV6). Unused (no gum), large central thin spot, appears Fine, approximately 30-40 copies known, P.F. certificate no. 385632 no longer accompanies (printout from P.F. website included)
1,000
550
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Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 10c Green (WV7). Original gum, huge margins, Extremely Fine, approximately 25-30 copies known, ex Kantor
1,100
800
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Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 10c Green (WV7). Original gum, huge margins, small thin spots at top, appears Extremely Fine, approximately 25-30 copies known, small purple "WS" backstamp, ex Kantor
1,100
750
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Metropolitan Fair, New York N.Y., 10c Red (WV9). Original gum, h.r., brilliant color, large margins to in at top right, Fine and rare, fewer than 20 examples are believed to exist in any condition, ex Kantor
5,000
700
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Metropolitan Fair, New York N.Y., 10c Red (WV9). Large part original gum, full to large margins all around, black marks across the face could be optimistically be seen as a cancel but could also be a paper clip stain (offered on its own merits), also corner crease at top right, otherwise Very Fine, rare with fewer than 20 examples believed to exist in any condition, ex Kantor
5,000
475
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Metropolitan Fair, New York N.Y., 10c Black, Plate Proof on Yellow Glazed Card (WV10P4b). Full margins, oxidized and thinned, otherwise Very Fine, a decent substitute for the WV10 stamp, which is unique and last realized $24,000 hammer in our 2019 Rarities sale, ex Kantor, unpriced in Scott on yellow glazed card, value as white card
900
3,000
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Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, 20c Green (WV12). Deep shade on bright paper, fair circular datestamp struck at bottom, light natural paper crease, appears Very Fine, ex Kantor
600
300
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Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, 30c Black (WV13). Manuscript cancel, corner perf crease and a short perf, Very Fine appearance, scarce used with fewer than 15 recorded, ex Kantor
500
225
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Soldier's Fair, Springfield Mass., 10c Lilac (WV14). Full margins to just in at lower left, affixed with slight brown gum on cover with proper dark blue "Soldier's Fair, Springfield, Dec. 20, 1864" circular datestamp, Very Fine appearance, ex Kantor, these covers were probably prepared in advance and sold to patrons, this unaddressed example is what may be termed an unused entire
900
650
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Soldier's Fair, Stamford Conn., 15c Pale Brown (WV15). Full margins to clipped at top left corner, red "Stamford Ct. Jul. 27" (1864) circular datestamp, top right corner slightly thinnedFINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED USED EXAMPLES OF THE STAMFORD SOLDIERS' FAIR STAMP.
The Stamford Soldiers' Fair stamps were issued during the fair on July 27-29, 1864. Only 14 Stamford Soldiers' Fair stamps are recorded in total, including five used.
Ex Kantor
6,500
1,500
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