Sale 993 — The Wagshal Collection, Part 1: 1845-69 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
Category — 10c 1855 Issue On Cover
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
282
10c Green, Ty. I (13). Position 93L1, large margins to full, rich color, tied by neat strike of "Empire Ranch Cal. 17 Jun." circular datestamp on lady's embossed cover to York Penn., second strike of circular datestamp at left, fresh and Very Fine, scarce and attractive usage
E. 750-1,000
850
283
10c Green, Ty. I (13). Large margins to full, rich color, tied by large "Paid" grid, red "Boston Mass. 3 Dec." circular datestamp with date overwritten in manuscript "3 Dec. 1857" to Oregon City Or., Very Fine
1,050
650
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10c Green, Ty. I (13). With curl in left "X", three large margins, just touched at left, tied by "Peacham Vt. Jan. 2" circular datestamp on light pink cover to San Francisco Cal., trivial edgewear, Very Fine
1,050
325
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10c Green, Ty. II (14). Position 75R1, showing plate crack under "T" of "TEN", large margins, tied by "San Francisco Cal. 5 Apt." circular datestamp on cover to South Argyle N.Y., with original 1856-dated enclosure, few light age spots, stamp with trivial bend from enclosure, Very Fine, an interesting position item
E. 200-300
170
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10c Green, Ty. II (14). Position 74R1, huge margins including part of adjoining stamp at top, tied by "New Haven Conn. Oct. 25, 1855" circular datestamp on orange cover to Brantford, Canada West, red "United States Paid 6d" two-line handstamp, receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine, a pretty early usage to Canada
E. 300-400
190
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10c Green, Ty. II (14). Large margins to full, tied by blue grid, matching "Chinese Camp Cal. Mar. 11" circular datestamp on cover to Hartford Conn., some edgewear, Very Fine, a pretty cover, a short history of Chinese Camp can be found at http://www.malakoff.com/chcamp.htm, ex Emerson
270
325
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10c Green, Ty. II (14). Position 15L1, huge margins to full including part of three adjoining stamps, bright shade, tied by "San Francisco Cal. 3 Sep." circular datestamp on buff cover to Wilmington Del., missing top flap and reduced at left, the stamp is Extremely Fine, ex Levi
260
325
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10c Green, Ty. II (14). Large even margins, deep rich color, tied by "San Francisco Cal. 20 Jan." circular datestamp on buff cover to Lewisburg Penn., fresh and Very Fine, an immaculate cover
260
170
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10c Green, Ty. II (14). Huge margins to full, tied by "Murphy's Cal. Apl. 4" circular datestamp on cover to Norwalk Conn., trivial edgewear, Very Fine, according to the town's website Murphy's Cal. was first settled by John and Daniel Murphy who were part of the first party to successfully bring wagons over the Sierra in 1844
260
170
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10c Green, Ty. II (14). Large even margins, bright shade, tied by "Portland Ct. Jan. 27" circular datestamp on buff cover to New Haven Conn., missing small part of bottom flap, fresh and Very Fine, a pretty cover, ex Levi
260
350
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10c Green, Ty. II, III (14, 15). Single of each, huge margins, affixed inverted in relation to another and tied by "San Francisco Cal. 21 Apr." circular datestamp on 1856 cover to Lynn Mass., some edge flaws, the stamps are Extremely Fine, unusual and attractive cover with the two types
E. 500-750
400
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10c Green, Ty. III/II (15/14). Positions 26R/36R1, vertical pair, top Type III,, bottom Type II, large margins, used with 1c Blue, Ty. IV (9) and tied by grids, red "New Orleans La. Aug. 27" circular datestamp on 1855 part-printed notice to La Rochelle, France, stamps also tied by red "New York Am. Packet Sep. 5" circular datestamp, French transit and "8" decimes due marking, light horizontal file fold does not affect stamps, Very Fine, carried aboard the Collins Line's Pacific
E. 750-1,000
475
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10c Green, Ty. III/II/III (15/14/15). Positions 10/20/30L1, vertical strip of three, large margins to in, tied by "Fort Wayne Ia. Aug. 5" circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Hanover, Germany, red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid 7 Aug. 9" credit datestamp, red boxed "Aachen Franco" handstamps, receiving backstamp, fresh and Fine
E. 500-750
400
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Huge margins all around including sheet margin at left, intense shade, tied by neat strike of "Racine Wis. May 30" circular datestamp on orange cover to Buckner's P.O. Cal., pencil "Oct. 2/52" docketing at left, missing most of top flap and few edge tears, still Extremely Fine
260
300
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Position 1L1, the misplaced relief B instead of A -- the only Type III corner position possible (others are Types I or II) -- huge margins including part of top left corner margin, tied by bold strike of "San Francisco Cal. 26 Jul." circular datestamp on buff cover to Baltimore Md., Very Fine, we are aware of only one other example on cover from this position, which was offered in our Zoellner sale in 1998
E. 500-750
250
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Large even margins, tied by "Milford Conn. Oct. 4" circular datestamp on cover to San Francisco, few light age spots, Very Fine
260
100
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Large margins all around, tied by "Fosters Bar Cal. Sep. 1" circular datestamp on buff cover to East Boston Mass., cover with minor wear, Very Fine, ex Knapp
260
225
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Huge margins, pretty shade, tied by face-free strike of "San Francisco Cal. Dec. 21, 1857" circular datestamp on orange cover to Philadelphia, barely reduced at right, the stamp is Extremely Fine
260
225
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Large even margins, deep rich color, tied by "Chicago Ill. Oct. 19, 1857" circular datestamp on cover to Freelton Post Office, Canada West, neat strike of "U. States 20" in arc handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, some overall soiling, otherwise Very Fine
E. 300-400
450
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Large margins, rich color, tied by "San Francisco Cal. ? 25" circular datestamp on cover to New York, barely reduced at right, Very Fine, a pretty cover, ex Klein
260
190
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10c Green, Ty. III (15). Huge margins including significant portion of adjoining stamp at top, used with perforated 10c Green, Ty. III (33) and tied by light strike of "San Francisco Cal. Jun. 20" circular datestamp on orange cover to Attica Ind., pencil "1858", fresh and Very Fine, a very rare combination of imperforate and perforated 10c stamps, ex Haas and Jessup
E. 750-1,000
950
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10c Green, Ty. IV (16). Position 55L1, recut at bottom, deep rich color, large margins all around, tied by blue "Baltimore Md. Jan. 3" circular datestamp on orange cover to San Francisco Cal., trivial edgewear, the stamp is Extremely Fine, with 1983 P.F. certificate
2,000
2,200
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