Sale 1187 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
Category — Officials
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
722
$5.00 State (O69). Part original gum, intense colors and detailed impressions, fresh and Fine, with 1983 P.F. certificate
7,500
1,500
723
$2.00 State (O68). Bold colors, blue "Received" double oval favor cancel with 1880 year date, pulled perf at right and minor corner crease, Fine appearance
3,025
375
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$2.00 State (O68). Indistinct cork cancel, small faults including corner crease and small margin tear, otherwise Fine example of this scarce used stamp, almost none we have encountered are sound
3,000
275
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$5.00 State (O69). Original gum, deep rich color, short perfs at bottom right, appears Very Fine
7,500
900
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$10.00 State (O70). Large part original gum, rich color, attractive margins and centering, Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate
4,500
1,200
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$10.00 State (O70). Original gum, deep rich colors, crisp impressions, Fine, signed A. Diena and Bolaffi
5,000
900
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$10.00 State, Ribbed Paper (O70 var). Original gum, vertically ribbed paper, deep rich colors and proof-like impressions, small repairs at top left and bottom left, Very Fine appearance and rare, this is the first we have offered since keeping computerized records, none was offered in the Markovits sale and the online records of The Philatelic Foundations contain only one other, with part original gum, with 2000 P.F. certificate, listed but unpriced in Scott
E. 1,000-1,500
750
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$20.00 State (O71). Original gum, decent margins and centering, thin spot at top left and small tear at bottom left, otherwise Very Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate
5,000
650
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$20.00 State (O71). Unused (no gum), particularly wide margins, sharp impressions, some slight offset on reverse which just bleeds thru in top margin, otherwise Fine appearance
2,250
650
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1c Agriculture, Soft Paper (O94). Without gum as issued, characteristic brilliant color, small inclusion at the edge of Franklin's head, Fine
5,500
750
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24c Interior, Soft Paper (O103). Slightly disturbed original gum, bright color, light diagonal crease, tiny inclusion in lettering at top, appears Fine
4,500
1,000
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90c Treasury, Soft Paper (O113). Original gum, rich color, couple light creases, Fine appearing example of this scarce stamp, with 2017 P.F. certificate
9,000
1,100
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50c Postal Savings (O122). Full top imprint, plate no. 5614 and star block of six, unused (regummed), deep rich color, well-centered, Very Fine, Scott Retail as original gum
2,400
400
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Officials, Unused Collection. Housed on stock, dealer and auction lot cards, wide coverage of each Department with individual examples cataloguing many hundreds each, both unused (no gum or regummed) and original gum, while condition is slightly mixed, we notice a large number of well-centered and sound examples, generally Fine or better, worthy of careful viewing as the total catalogue value should prove to be quite large
E. 2,000-3,000
3,250
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Officials, Unused Collection (O1-O126). Nearly complete collection of mostly unused stamps, hard paper issues missing only $5.00-$20.00 State, includes $2.00 State, soft paper issues missing the rarities, mix of original gum, with some either disturbed or partial gum, also some no gum, mixed condition with faults to be expected though certainly some are sound, overall Fine appearance
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E. 2,000-3,000
2,800
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14c-22c Officials (O135, O138, O139). Massive accumulation of intact coil rolls, including two complete boxes of 50 rolls each of No. O139 (catalogue value $52,500.00), fourteen rolls of No. O135 (catalogue value $2,450.00), 88 bottom right corner selvage plate blocks of No. O138 (catalogue value $2,420.00), as purchased from the post office in pristine condition, unopened so we did not calculate the slight premium for plate no. positions, Very Fine, a phenomenal holding, total Scott Catalogue value $57,320.00, face value is $2,529.28, we have never encountered such a massive holding of these issues, so have placed what we think is a conservative estimate
E. 2,000-3,000
1,300
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Officials Used Group. On stock, dealer and auction cards, numerous better examples noticed such as Nos. O1, O6, O8, O10-O13, O31-O33, O45, O65-O67 and others, few Soft Paper and even fancy cancels, some in better condition with many well-centered examples, small faults to be expected, Fine or better
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E. 1,000-1,500
1,300
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Official Cover Group. Small collection of sixteen covers, all but one bears Official stamps (No. 184 on Navy Department corner card), better items incl. Navy 3c (2), State 3c, 6c and 7c, Treasury 1c and 2c on cover, plus others from Interior, Post Office, Treasury and War Departments, slightly mixed condition though generally Fine or better
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E. 750-1,000
900
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Fancy and Fort Cancels on War Department Officials. Group of 26, better cancels incl. Kicking Mule on 6c (O117), "E" in Wreath on 1c (O83) and Honeycomb on 3c (O116), both of Fort Leavenworth, Indian head on 6c (O117), plus numerous Forts such as Snelling (Minn), Grant (Ariz), Sill (Ind), Thomas (Kan), Leavenworth (Kan), Custer (Mont), Apache (Ariz) and more, some small faults to be expected, generally Fine-Very Fine strikes
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E. 500-750
0
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