Sale 1332 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 8-10 October, 2024
Category — Hunting Permits
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H., bright color, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85), SCV $775
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. irregular block of 16 including selvage at left and bottom, bright color, natural straight edge at top, one stamp with corner out and bottom stamp few short perfs, Fine and fresh, a scarce large multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of six with top plate no. F129200 selvage, rich color and detailed impression, fresh and Fine-Very Fine, lacking only side selvage to be considered a full plate block, which catalogues $14,500, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of six with top plate no. 129201 selvage, rich color, few natural gum bends, Very Fine, lacking only the side selvage to be a full plate block which catalogues $14,500, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of six with top plate no. F129199 selvage, rich color and detailed impression, well-balanced margins, fresh and Very Fine, lacking only side selvage to be considered a full plate block, which catalogues $14,500, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of eight, natural straight edge at right, light natural gum bends, Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of eight, bright and fresh, natural straight edge at right, light natural gum bends, Fine-Very Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of four with bottom plate no. 129201 selvage, rich color, usual light natural gum skips and bends, about Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Rose Lake, 1935 Hunting Permit (RW2). Mint N.H. with bottom plate no. 131982, rich color, detailed impression, Extremely Fine, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85), SCV $700
$1.00 Rose Lake, 1935 Hunting Permit (RW2). Mint N.H. top right plate no. F 131980 block of six, deep rich color, remarkably free of the usual gum skips and bends
EXTREMELY FINE MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF THE SECOND FEDERAL HUNTING PERMIT ISSUE, SCOTT RW2.
Designed by Frank Weston Benson, this issue shows Canvasback Ducks taking flight. These ducks are a diving species which are highly migratory in the United States.
$1.00 Rose Lake, 1935 Hunting Permit (RW2). Mint N.H. block of four with bottom right corner selvage and plate no. 131982, bold color, Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles with no premium for the position or plate number
$1.00 Light Violet, 1938 Hunting Permit (RW5). Mint N.H. top left plate no. F 138602 block of six with huge top selvage, rich color, natural gum bends, pos., 3 with small black mark on face, light horizontal crease, otherwise Very Fine
$1.00 Sepia, 1940 Hunting Permit (RW7). Mint N.H. bottom left corner plate no. 143776 block of six, crisp impression, well-balanced margins, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate
$1.00 Sepia, 1940 Hunting Permit (RW7). Mint N.H. bottom right plate no. 143743 block of six, crisp impression, natural gum bends, Very Fine and choice
$1.00 Brown Carmine, 1941 Hunting Permit (RW8). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 146282 block of six, rich color, Very Fine
$1.00 Violet Brown, 1942 Hunting Permit (RW9). Mint N.H. bottom right plate no. 149599 block of six, deep rich color, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, a beautiful plate block
$1.00 Violet Brown, 1942 Hunting Permit (RW9). Mint N.H. bottom left plate no. 149599 block of six, deep rich color, natural light gum bends, Very Fine
$1.00 Deep Rose, 1943 Hunting Permit (RW10). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 152827 block of six, brilliant color, usual light natural gum bends, Extremely Fine
$3.00 1964 Hunting Permit (RW31). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 168629 block of six, fresh colors, Very Fine, beginning in 1958 duck stamps were printed by rotary press and plate blocks were collected as corner blocks of four, this issue had the plate number mistakenly entered above the second stamp from the top left, collectors assumed a plate block of four was still the correct format and many sheets were broken in this manner before the realization that the correct format for this issue is a block of six
$3.00 1964 Hunting Permit (RW31). Mint N.H. bottom left corner plate no. 168629 block of six, rich colors, Very Fine and choice, the plate number for RW31 was put into the wrong place, resulting in many plate block collectors buying this as a block of four, as opposed to the correct block of six format
$7.50 1984 Hunting Permit (RW51). Two Mint N.H. gutter pairs, first is vertical gutter pair with left selvage, other horizontal pair with gutter, each with pencil notation on back indicating sheet of origin and "Special Comm. Issue" backstamps, Very Fine and choice, according to Scott Catalogue, after RW51 became void, 15 uncut sheets of 120 (four panes of 30 separated by gutters) were overprinted with "50th Anniversary 1934-1984" and auctioned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, fourteen were sold, and one was donated to the Smithsonian. Perhaps 2-3 sheets remain intact, each with certificate
$1.00-$25.00 1936-2022 Hunting Permits (RW1-RW89). Comprehensive collection on homemade Scott album pages, including RW1 on form 3333, complete from RW3-RW89A, few earlier lightly hinged, few graded such as RW10 and RW12 XF 90 and RW16 and RW26 XF-Sup 95, few varieties such as RW57a, also RW57 with printing on back directly on stamp (2011 A.P.S. certificate as RW57b), few have second copies with remarque (RW62 and RW66) or signed by artist, some souvenir sheets of one signed by artist and one lacking signature (RW77c and RW78c), overall fresh and Very Fine-Extremely Fine, an excellent collection with some nice depth
Hunting Permit Collection, 1934-2007 (RW1-RW74A). Complete collection on Lighthouse hingeless pages, the later issues in both sheet stamps and die cut, fresh throughout, also includes Nos. RW51x and RW57a (both with P.F. certificates) and a few plate blocks, Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine, Nos. RW1 and RW2 with P.F. certificate, Scott value
$1.00-$25.00 1944-2023 Hunting Permit Plate Blocks (RW11-RW30, RW32-RW90). Homemade Scott pages containing Mint N.H. plate blocks, Nos. RW67-RW85 represented by blocks of ten with two plate nos. with most from top positions, bright colors
VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE SET OF MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE BLOCKS WHICH IS ALMOST COMPLETE FROM 1944 TO 2023. A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF THESE ISSUES.
This is missing only RW31 to be complete for the period covered. Scott value counting the blocks of ten as two sets of plate blocks and two singles.
1943-78 Hunting Permits, Plate Block Collection (RW10-RW30, RW32-RW45). Complete for the years except missing No. RW31, Mint N.H. and mounted on album pages, bright and fresh throughout, Very Fine collection and noteworthy for its degree of completeness
Hunting Permit Collection, 1934-2000. Complete unused (Nos. RW1-RW67A), lightly hinged until about the 1970s, and then Mint N.H. after, No. RW1 regummed, No. RW5 with hinge thin, otherwise Fine-Very Fine
$5.00 1993-2023 Junior Hunting Permits Collection (JDS1-JDS31). Complete collection attractively mounted on homemade Scott pages, including the 1992 sheet of nine, each issue is represented by a single and a plate block of four, some issues also have a second single such as JDS1 and JDS7 signed by artist, several of the singles also with plate no. corner selvage, fresh and Very Fine, an outstanding opportunity to acquire a complete collection of singles and plate blocks of these issues, Scott value as singles with no premium for the plate blocks