Sale 1320 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Monday-Thursday, 22-25 April, 2024
Category — Hunting Permit Multiples and Group Lots
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. vertical strip of three, natural straight edge at left, Fine, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of four with plate no. 129201 at bottom, small stain and natural gum skip on bottom right stamp, otherwise Fine, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of four, rich color, usual light natural gum bends, extraneous dot of ink between left two stamps, Fine-Very Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of four, bright color, usual light natural gum bends, Fine and scarce 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 MINT NEVER-HINGED BLOCK OF SIX WITH PLATE NUMBER OF THE FIRST FEDERAL HUNTING PERMIT ISSUE.
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, bold color, natural straight edge at top and left, light natural gum bends, top left stamp with small adherence on face, Fine-Very Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of eight, bold color, natural straight edge at top and left, light natural gum bends, top left stamp with small adherence on face, Fine-Very Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. block of eight, natural straight edge at left, 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 eight, bright color, natural straight edge at right, light natural gum bends, bottom right two stamps damaged, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, Scott value as six singles (faulty stamps not counted)
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. irregular block of 10 including a complete column of seven stamps, bright color, natural creases through the fourth and sixth rows just break the paper, natural straight edge at bottom, Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. half pane of 14 with selvage at top and right including plate no. F 129199, natural straight edge at bottom, usual light gum wrinkles and top right stamp small inclusion, top selvage irregular at top but it is quite wide so could be trimmed, perf separations including the plate no. selvage separated between the stamp and selvage (intact with other part of selvage)
Fine-Very Fine APPEARING MINT NEVER-HINGED half pane OF THE FIRST FEDERAL HUNTING PERMIT ISSUE.
Scott value as singles.
$1.00 Blue, 1934 Hunting Permit (RW1). Mint N.H. complete pane of 28 with plate no. F 129199 at top, natural straight edge at left and bottom, lacking only selvage at right, light natural gum wrinkles but overall the gum is cleaner than usually encountered
FINE-VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE PANE OF 28 OF THE FIRST FEDERAL HUNTING PERMIT ISSUE, SCOTT RW1, WITH TOP PLATE MUMBER.
Nos. RW1 thru RW12 were issued in panes of 28. Selvage is found at either top or bottom and on one side; nine stamps have a natural straight edge on one side, and one has a natural straight edge on two sides. Plate numbers are found at either top or bottom. This is the first multiple we have offered from the top position larger than a block of six and only the third intact pane with all 28 stamps. We have offered only one fully complete pane with selvage on two sides -- in our 2022 sale of the Richie Prager collection (Sale 1258, lot 3095, realized $35,000 hammer). The Prager pane had a bottom plate block. We are also aware of two other fully complete panes including side selvage (one has a hole in the selvage and a bottom plate block). We offered a separated pane of 28 which was missing the side selvage in our 2016 sale of the William Webster collection. That pane also had a bottom plate number. The Frelinghuysen collection had a pane of 28 with bottom plate number and missing the side selvage but it was affixed to a card so is not in the same class as the Mint N.H. pane offered here. This Mint N.H. pane with top plate number is a great rarity.
Scott value as Mint N.H. singles with no premium for the plate number.
$1.00 Rose Lake, 1935 Hunting Permit (RW2). Mint N.H. block of four with bottom right corner selvage and plate no. 131980, rich color, Fine-Very Fine, Scott value as singles with no premium for the position or plate no.
$1.00 Rose Lake, 1935 Hunting Permit (RW2). Mint N.H. block of four with bottom plate no. 131981 selvage, rich color, Fine and scarce multiple, Scott value as singles
$1.00 Brown Black, 1936 Hunting Permit (RW3). Mint N.H. top left plate no. F134317 block of six, rich color, Very Fine and choice
$1.00 Light Green, 1937 Hunting Permit (RW4). Mint N.H. bottom right plate no. 136267 block of six, rich color, fresh and Very Fine plate block
$1.00 1937 Hunting Permit (RW4). Top left plate no. 136267 block of six, bright shade, five stamps Mint N.H., bottom left stamp and selvage lightly hinged, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.F. certificate, unpriced in Scott as previously hinged, Scott value as Mint N.H. plate block
$1.00 Light Violet, 1938 Hunting Permit (RW5). Mint N.H. top left plate no. F 138602 block of six, rich color, virtually free of the gum bends and skips commonly encountered on this issue
VERY FINE. A HANDSOME MINT NEVER-HINGED PLATE BLOCK OF THE 1938 HUNTING PERMIT ISSUE, SCOTT RW5. ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING OF ALL HUNTING PERMIT STAMPS TO FIND AS A SELECT QUALITY PLATE BLOCK.
With 1999 P.F. certificate
$1.00 Light Violet, 1938 Hunting Permit (RW5). Mint N.H. top right plate no. 138602 block of six, bright color, typical natural gum bends, selvage slightly reduced at top, Very Fine
$1.00 Chocolate, 1939 Hunting Permit (RW6). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 141428 block of six, bold color, erased pencil notation in selvage, top selvage reduced, Fine and scarce
$1.00 Sepia, 1940 Hunting Permit (RW7). Mint N.H. bottom left plate no. 143776 block of six, crisp impression, Very Fine and choice
$1.00 Sepia, 1940 Hunting Permit (RW7). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 143776 block of six, bold color, natural gum bends just show through on face, Fine-Very Fine and scarce
$1.00 Brown Carmine, 1941 Hunting Permit (RW8). Mint N.H. top left plate no. F 146271 block of six, excellent centering, pencil notation in ungummed selvage and typical light gum skips, Very Fine
$1.00 Violet Brown, 1942 Hunting Permit (RW9). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 149599 block of six, light natural gum bends and paper crease through top left stamp, otherwise fresh and Very Fine
$1.00 Violet Brown, 1942 Hunting Permit (RW9). Mint N.H. top right plate no. 149600 block of six, sharp impression and rich color, selvage reduced at top, Very Fine
$1.00 Red Orange, 1944 Hunting Permit (RW11). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 155590 block of six, bright color, fresh and Very Fine
$1.00 Black, 1945 Hunting Permit (RW12). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 157249 block of six, sharp impression, usual light natural gum bends, Very Fine and choice
$1.00 Bright Blue, 1948 Hunting Permit (RW15). Mint N.H. bottom right plate no. 160102 block of six, radiant color, light natural gum skips and bends, Extremely Fine
$2.00 Bright Green, 1949 Hunting Permit (RW16). Mint N.H. top left plate no. 160790 block of six, bright color, well-proportioned margins, trivial light natural gum skips and bends, Very Fine-Extremely Fine
$2.00 Violet, 1950 Hunting Permit (RW17). Mint N.H. bottom left plate no. 161535 block of six, pretty color, typical natural gum skips, Very Fine
$3.00 1964 Hunting Permit (RW31). Mint N.H. top right plate no. 168630 block of six, fresh colors, Fine-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
Hunting Permits Collection, 1934-2012. Unused stamps on album pages, apparently complete for the year-range and with duplication, including two sets for RW1-RW25, some Mint N.H. in the early stamps including one RW1, then another set with unused RW1 and some used on the other early issues, recent issues include panes of one and some Junior Duck stamps, some faults to be expected but with the duplication it is possible to put together at least one good quality set of the earlier issues
$1.00-$3.00 1934-68 Hunting Permits Balance. 64 mostly unused stamps, including Nos. RW1 (2), RW2 (2), RW3 (2), RW4 (2 unused, one used), RW5, RW6, nice range of other issues to 1968, Both RW1, RW2 and a few others unused (no gum), others original gum with some possibly Mint N.H., few faults, Fine-Very Fine group
$3.00-$15.00 1971-2000 Hunting Permits (RW38-RW67). Mint N.H. plate blocks, complete for period covered with some duplication, fresh and Very Fine-Extremely Fine, also includes six State Hunting Permit stamps
State Duck Stamp Collection. Banker's box with two binders of stamps and several large bundles of souvenir cards with single stamps, these are all pictorial state duck designs, the binders arranged alphabetically, we presume all Mint N.H., some of the early California with typical self-adhesive gum soak-through (does not include California Nos. 1-2), Very Fine collection