2003 Rarities of the World

*A buyer’s premium of 10% of the winning bid was added as part of the total purchase price on all lots in this sale. Buyers were responsible for applicable sales tax, customs duty and any other prescribed charges. By placing a bid, bidders agreed to the terms and conditions in effect at the time of the sale.

Featuring
Autographs and Free Franks
United States Stamps of Outstanding Quality, including Bank Note Special Printings
The Lieutenant Earl English Correspondence
Exceptional 19th and 20th Century Covers
Waterbury, Connecticut, Fancy Cancellations
Back-of-Book Issues and Confederate States
Hawaii and a New Find of Guam
Canadian Classics
Crowned-Circle Handstamps of The British Empire

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Sale 863 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

• Free Franks and Autographs Lot 201–205
• Stampless and Territorial Lot 206–207
• Roosevelt Presentation Album Lot 208
• Postmasters Provisionals Lot 209–213
• 1847 Issue Off Cover Lot 214–217
• 1847 Issue On Cover Lot 218–227
• 1c 1851 Issue (Scott 7 to 9) Lot 228–237
• 3c-5c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 10 to 12) Lot 238–241
• 10c 1855 Issue (Scott 13 to 16) Lot 242–246
• The Lieut. Earl English Correspondence Lot 247–255
• 12c 1851 Issue Lot 256–257
• 1c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 19 to 24b) Lot 258–265
• 3c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 25 to 26) Lot 266–267
• 5c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 27 to 30A) Lot 268–276
• 10c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 33 to 35) Lot 277–281
• 12c-90c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 36-39) Lot 282–295
• 1875 Reprint of 1857-60 Issue (Plate Proofs) Lot 296–301
• 1875 Reprint of 1857-60 Issue (Scott 41 to 47) Lot 302–308
• 1861-66 Issue (Scott 62a to 70b) Lot 309–318
• 1861-66 Issue (Scott 72 to 78a) Lot 319–328
• Waterbury, Connecticut Fancy Cancellations Lot 329–339
• 1867-68 Grilled Issue (Scott 79 to 85E) Lot 340–347
• 1867-68 Grilled Issue (Scott 86 to 91) Lot 348–355
• 1867-68 Grilled Issue (Scott 92 to 101) Lot 356–369
• 1875 Re-Issue of 1861-66 Issue Lot 370–383A
• 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 113 to 116) Lot 384–393
• 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 117 to 120b) Lot 394–402
• 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 121 to 122a) Lot 403–408
• 1875 Re-Issue of 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 124S to 132) Lot 409–421
• 1870-88 Bank Note Issues (Scott 134 to 144) Lot 422–434
• 1870-88 Bank Note Issues (Scott 149 to 155) Lot 435–444
• 1870-88 Bank Note Issues (Scott 156 to 179) Lot 445–456
• 1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Special Printing (Scott 167 to 177) Lot 457–477
• 1870-88 Bank Note Issues (Scott 184b to 191) Lot 478–486
• 1880 American Bank Note Co. Special Printing (Scott 193 to 202) Lot 487–498
• 1870-88 Bank Note Issues (Scott 207c to 229) Lot 499–504
• 1893 Columbian Issue (Scott 233a to 245) Lot 505–517
• 1894-98 Bureau Issues (Scott 255c to 282C) Lot 518–528
• 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue Lot 529–533
• 1902-08 Issues Lot 534–537
• Louisiana Purchase Lot 538–539
• 1908-23 Issues (Scott 352 to 366) Lot 540–551
• 1908-23 Issues (Scott 368 var to 446) Lot 552–558
• 1908-23 Issues (Scott 449 to 478) Lot 559–568
• 1908-23 Issues (Scott 485 to 534B) Lot 569–578
• 1908-23 Issues (Scott 537a to 546a) Lot 579–583
• 1922-29 and Later Issues (Scott 562c to 1451a) Lot 584–590
• Air Post Lot 591–595
• Postage Due Lot 596–603
• Offices in China Lot 603A–604
• Officials Lot 605–607
• Newspapers and Periodicals Lot 608–614
• Postal Stationery Lot 615–633
• Official Seals to Revenues Lot 634–635
• Civil War and Confederate States (Shenandoah to Postmasters Lot 636–643
• Confederate States Lot 644–651
• Guam Lot 652–657
• Hawaii Lot 658–660
• Philippines Lot 661
• General Foreign (Fournier Album) Lot 662
• General Foreign (Austria and Lombardy-Venetia) Lot 663–664
• General Foreign (Canada) Lot 665–678
• General Foreign (Cape of Good Hope to Falkland Islands) Lot 679–682
• General Foreign (Hong Kong) Lot 683–686
• General Foreign (Jamaica to Palestine) Lot 687–688
• Crowned Circle Handstamps of the British Empire Lot 689–716