Sale 1328 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 23-25 July, 2024
Category — Savings Stamps, Confederate States
$5.00 Deep Green, War Savings, Rouletted 7 (WS3). Original gum, Mint N.H. except for vertical gum skip and adherence from another stamp so counted by us as hinged, rich color, tiny thin in top right corner, still Very Fine, wtih 2024 P.S.E. certificate
$5.00 Orange on Green, War Savings (WS6). With top plate no. F73135 selvage, stamp is barely hinged (according to recent certificate) if at all, single hinge mark in selvage, brilliant color, Jumbo margins and choice centering for this difficult issue
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB LIGHTLY-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1920 $5.00 WAR SAVINGS ISSUE.
With 2024 P.F. certificate.
Baton Rouge La., 5c Green & Carmine, Maltese Cross Border (11X2). Large margins to close at bottom, brilliant colors, Baton Rouge circular datestamp cancel, fresh and Very Fine and choice, with 1983 P.F. certificate
Mobile Ala., 2c Black (58X1). Thin layer of original gum called "sweated" on certificate, full margins to touched at lower right, tiny thin spots, appears Very Fine, with 1980 P.F. certificate
Mobile Ala., 5c Blue (58X2). Horizontal pair, huge to enormous margins all around, with large part of adjacent stamps at bottom, tied to small piece by perfectly struck "Mobile Ala. Oct. 23, 1861" double-circle datestamp, Extremely Fine Gem pair, ex Caspary and Hillmer, with 1991 and 2023 P.F. certificates
Tellico Plains Tenn., 5c Red (81X1). Setting A with period after "Johnson", unused (no gum), large margins to just touched at bottom left, couple small filled thin spots at bottom, appears Very Fine, the Rheatown and Tellico Plains provisionals were printed by the same printer, using a typeset form of three subjects, for the Tellico Plains provisional, which probably followed the Rheatown, the post office and postmaster's names were changed, and the third subject at right was reset with a 10c denomination, only two used examples are recorded, both December 1861 dates (one is a cover)
10c Indigo, Paterson (2c). Large to huge margins, wonderful depth of color in the rare Indigo, tied to small piece by "Abingdon Va. Nov. 6" circular datestamp, stamp with corner crease at bottom left, faint vertical crease and small facial scrape at bottom, none of these issues are particularly obvious, appears Extremely Fine, with 2024 P.F. certificate, SCV $7,500
5c Light Milky Blue, Stone 2 (4b). Original gum, ample to huge margins including top sheet margin, Very Fine
10c Carmine (5a var). Position 4 with malformed "T" of "Ten", Large margins to clear at bottom right, beautiful intense shade, Richmond Va. circular datestamp cancel, small thin spots, Very Fine appearance and a nice combination of the scarce shade with the variety, with 2024 P.F. certificate, Scott value as normal No. 5a
10c Greenish Blue, Die A (11c). Mint N.H. bottom imprint and plate no. 1 block of 14, with "Daly" deleted, brownish gum with the typical unevenness and some gum toning on front, huge margins, appears Extremely Fine
1c Orange (14). Mint N.H., Jumbo margins including portions of adjoining stamps and bottom left corner sheet margins, bright color, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2013 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100), we gather that this did not receive the "Jumbo" appellation solely due to the corner margin position — which is actually more desirable in our opinion