Sale 1244 — The Arthur S. Przybyl Collection of United States, Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 9-10 November, 2021
Category — Carriers and Locals
(1c) Dull Blue, Franklin Carrier (LO1). Original gum, small h.r., large margins, tiny thin spotEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE FRANKLIN CARRIER ISSUE.
Only a handful of examples with original gum exist in this choice condition.
Ex Myersburg. With 1979 P.F. certificate
U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Rosy Buff Unsurfaced (6LB2). Position 21R, unused (no gum as always), large even margins, without any thins, beautiful impression on bright paper, certificate notes "tiny gum soiling in the margins at top right and bottom left" but this has been expertly removedEXTREMELY FINE. THE FINEST OF THE APPROXIMATELY TEN KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE 3-CENT ON ROSY BUFF PAPER.
We have tracked sales of the Rosy Buff paper for three decades, and this is the only example of this rare stamp we have encountered that is not thinned.
Ex Ferrary, Hall and "New Amsterdam". Small "W.H.C." backstamp (Warren H. Colson). With 2001 P.F. certificate
Wells Fargo & Co. Pony Express, $1.00-$4.00 Horse & Rider Issues (143L1-143L5). All five Horse & Rider stamps including $2.00 Red and $4.00 Green, First Issue (April 1861) and $1.00 Red, $2.00 Green and $4.00 Black, Second Issue (July 1, 1861), each stamp plated, all but No. 143L4 original gum, large margins, No. 143L2 light stain at top center, No. 143L4 tiny margin thin, overall bright and freshEXTREMELY FINE (OR APPEARING) SET OF WELLS FARGO & COMPANY’S HORSE & RIDER STAMPS ISSUED FOR USE ON THE LEGENDARY PONY EXPRESS. VERY FEW SETS OF THIS HIGH QUALITY COULD BE ASSEMBLED.
Ex Middendorf. Each with 2007 P.S.E. certificate
Wells Fargo & Co. Pony Express, $1.00 Blue, Garter (143L6). Huge margins, cancelled by single wavy-line pen stroke, small faint thin at top and two tiny pinholesEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE PONY EXPRESS GARTER STAMP. PROBABLY THE FINEST KNOWN OFF-COVER USED GARTER STAMP.
Any example of the $1.00 Garter stamp is rare, either unused or used. In comparing the used examples (without a red line across the face, which are listed as a footnote in Scott), our records do not contain a single sound example. This stamp, with large margins, a neat pen cancel and non-obvious faults, is easily one of, if not the finest, off-cover used example extant.
Ex Hall, Twigg-Smith, “Golden Oak” and Middendorf. With 2009 P.F. certificate.