Sale 1067 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 24-28 March, 2014
Category — U.S. Possessions: Puerto Rico, Ryuku Islands, Samoa, Group Lots
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2011
PUERTO RICO, British Post Offices in Puerto Rico. about 30 items, -1/2p-1sh Great Britain Queen Victoria issues with one 9p, two 10p and eight 1sh, five pairs and one strip of three, 23 are San Juan "C61" oval grids and seven are Mayaguez "C85" oval grids, generally Fine, nice lot for the specialist
E. 400-500
0
2012
PUERTO RICO, 2c Carmine, Ty. III (267). Cancelled by purple "Postages Correos 5cts." handstamp, some overall toning, otherwise Fine, scarce use of the Ponce provisional handstamp used as a cancel to indicate payment of the carrier fee, with 1977 P.F. certificate
E. 400-500
300
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PUERTO RICO, 5c Dark Blue (281). Rich color, cancelled by purple "Postages Correos 5cts." handstamp, also with wavy-lines cancel, tiny thin spot at center, Very Fine appearance, rare use of the Ponce provisional marking on the 5c stamp, with 2006 P.F. certificate
E. 500-750
325
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PUERTO RICO, Coamo Provisional, 1898, 5c Black, Ty. I, II (201). Two singles, Positions 2 and 10, first original gum, h.r., large margins to just touched and small vertical crease at top, second unused (no gum), large margins to touched and small corner crease at bottom right, Fine-Very Fine appearance, with 1978 and 2008 P.F. certificates respectively
1,300
0
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PUERTO RICO, Coamo Provisional, 1898, 5c Black, Ty. II (201). Position 10, original gum, h.r., large margins to clear, Very Fine, with 1978 P.F. certificate
700
500
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PUERTO RICO, Coamo Provisional, 1898, 5c Black, Ty. II (201). Position 10, full to large margins, uncancelled on small piece with black border at top (part of mourning cover?), Very Fine, from our 1995 Rarities sale
650
0
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PUERTO RICO, Coamo Provisional, 1898, 5c Black, Ty. II-I (201). Positions 1-2, horizontal pair, part original gum, h.r., large margins to clear, fresh and Very Fine, with 1976 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail as singles
1,350
250
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PUERTO RICO, 1900, 10c Regular and 1c-10c Postage Dues, "Puerto Rico" Ovpts., Special Printing (214SP, J1SP-J3SP). Set of four incl. the 10c Regular Issue and the three Postage Dues, h.r., 1c and 10c Dues each with a tiny thin spot, Fine appearance and rare, in 1900 one pane of 100 stamps of each was prepared for display at the Paris and Pan-American Expositions, the 5c, 8c and 10c and the 1c-10c Postage Dues were never regularly issued with the "Puerto Rico" spelling and so are only known as Special Printings, many were destroyed after the exhibitions
8,000
2,600
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S
PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c "Specimen" Ovpts. (210S-214S). Horizontal overprints, 1c and 2c 25 degrees, original gum, h.r., 10c small toned spots on back, Fine set
1,000
190
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S
PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c "Specimen" Ovpts. (210S-214S). Diagonal overprints, original gum, h.r., Fine-Extremely Fine, the 5c is especially nice
1,000
450
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E
PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c "Specimen" Ovpts. (210S-214S). Diagonal overprints, 1c and 10c "Specimen" inverted, 2c 25 degrees, all except 5c natural s.e. on one side, original gum, h.r., Fine, Scott Retail as normal overprints
1,000
250
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c Regular Issue (210-214). Bottom selvage imprint and plate no. strips of ten and blocks of four, some tropicalized original gum, 1c strip separated, few small faults, appear Fine-Very Fine, also incl. blocks of four of Nos. 215 and 216
1,662
225
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-5c Regular Issue (210-212). Bottom imprint and plate no. blocks of six, 1c h.r., 2c one stamp and selvage h.r., 5c stamps Mint N.H. and h.r. in selvage, rich colors, few minor perf separations, Fine
1,000
200
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c Regular Issue (210-214). Tied by bold strikes of "R" in squares, purple "Mayaguez, Porto Rico Registered Aug. 17, 1899" double-circle datestamp on registered cover to Nuremberg, Germany, receiving backstamp, fresh and Very Fine, a colorful franking
E. 300-400
250
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c Regular Issue (210-214). Tied by "Mayaguez, Porto Rico" machine cancels on registered cover to Nuremberg, Germany, "Mil. Sta. No. 4, W.D.C. San Juan, Porto Rico Rec'd Nov. 2 9 PM 99" and receiving backstamps, fresh and Very Fine, a colorful franking
E. 300-400
225
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 8c Violet Brown (213). Bottom imprint and plate no. 249 block of six, four stamps Mint N.H., small h.r. where few perfs sensibly reinforced between top two stamps at left, rich color, Fine, a scarce plate block
5,000
0
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 10c Brown, Ty. I (214). Bottom imprint and plate no. 520 block of six, top center stamp h.r., others Mint N.H., pretty shade, fresh and Fine
1,500
400
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S
PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c Postage Dues, "Specimen" Ovpts. (J1S-J3S). Diagonal overprints, original gum, h.r., deep rich color, Fine
1,500
400
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S
PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c Postage Dues, "Specimen" Ovpts. (J1S-J3S). Horizontal overprints, slightly tropicalized original gum, detailed impressions, Fine, ex Todd
1,500
300
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c-10c Deep Claret, Postage Due, 25 Degree Ovpts. (J1a-J3a). Blocks of four, incl. two of J3, original gum, h.r., one 10c few faults, Fine-Very Fine
400
0
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 1c Deep Claret, 25 and 36 Degree Ovpts. (J1a). Top imprint and plate no. 267 block of six, paper h.r. at top of ungummed selvage, otherwise Mint N.H., some perf separations, light creases in selvage, Fine appearance
750
225
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 10c Deep Claret, Postage Due, Combination 25 and 36 Degree Ovpts. (J3a). Top imprint and plate no. 72 strip of three with wide selvage, slightly tropicalized original gum, left stamp 36 degrees, others 25 degrees, well-balanced margins, Very Fine, combination overprints are the only way top and bottom imprint and plate no. positions occur, it is interesting to note that the bottom position degree sequence differs from that on the top due to the setting of 100 overprints which comprised four cliches of 25 each in alternating fashion with 36 degree for the top left quadrant, then 25 degree, 36 degree and 25 degree in clockwise rotation
1,250
150
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 10c Deep Claret, Postage Due, Combination 25 and 36 Degree Ovpts. (J3a). Bottom imprint and plate no. 72 strip of three, possibly Mint N.H. but difficult to tell due to strong offset, left stamp 25 degrees, others 36, fresh and Fine, combination overprints are the only way top and bottom imprint and plate no. positions occur, it is interesting to note that the bottom position degree sequence differs from that on the top due to the setting of 100 overprints which comprised four cliches of 25 each in alternating fashion with 36 degree for the top left quadrant, then 25 degree, 36 degree and 25 degree in clockwise rotation
1,250
0
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 10c Deep Claret, Postage Due, Combination 25 and 36 Degree Ovpts. (J3a). Block of four, original gum, lightly hinged, deep rich color, two of each angle, Fine-Very Fine, Scott Retail as two pairs
1,300
0
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PUERTO RICO, 1899, 2c Carmine on Amber, Oriental Buff (U6-U7). First is 63 x 61mm full corner, cancelled by neat "Arecibo Sta. Porto Rico Feb. 14, 1900" duplex, most of San Juan backstamp, minor wrinkle, Very Fine, second is 36 x 46mm cut square with duplex cancel, Very Fine, purple Sloane backstamp
1,000
400
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Puerto Rico, Spanish Administration Collection, 1873-98. Old time collection in one volume, nearly complete and virtually all unused from No. 1 to 170, better items noted incl. Nos. 1-3, 13a, 14a, 19, 65a, 126 and 130, with another parallel collection on pages in back of album not as complete and with a fair amount of used, unlisted varieties, 1882 "Printer's Waste", interesting town cancellation study and a fairly comprehensive showing of Revenues, generally Fine-Very Fine, an impressive collection of these issues which needs to be remounted as some of the stamps have fallen out of their spaces
E. 1,000-1,500
750
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Puerto Rico, U.S. Administration Collection. On pages, incl. a nice selection of Military Station and Spanish cancels used on U.S. stamps, several quite scarce featuring 2c block of four cancelled by "Mil. Sta. 8 WDC Juan Diaz", stamps with singles and blocks, both used and unused, some cut squares with unused No. U10 and used U12 (P.F. certificate) and Revenue set with Specimen ovpt. (R1S-R9S), slightly mixed condition, generally Fine-Very Fine, interesting lot
E. 750-1,000
750
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Puerto Rico Collection, 1899-1900 1c-10c Ovpts. (210-216, J1-J3). Imprint and plate no. collection, incl. four 1c No. 210, one No. 215 and three 2c No. 216 imprint and plate no. blocks of six, then about 200 imprint and plate no. strips of three for nos. 210-216 and J1-J3, largely complete and many matched sets of bottom and side or top and side, some mild duplication, original gum in varying states, slightly mixed condition as typically seen in these type of collections where the plate number comes first, still nearly all Fine-Very Fine, decades in its formation
E. 2,000-3,000
1,000
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, 1952, 100y on 2y Rose Violet (17). Position 26 with head missing from central diagonal stroke of "Kai" character, h.r., Very Fine, scarce, this variety unlisted in Scott, signed Barr and Levine, with 1981 R.P.S.S. certificate, Scott Retail as normal
1,600
550
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, 3c Deep Green, Inverted Ovpt. (122b). Lightly hinged, selvage at right, balanced margins, Very Fine and choice
1,500
160
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, 1-1/2c Bingata Horse, Gold Omitted (139a). H.r., brilliant colors, Extremely Fine, rare
2,000
550
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, 3c Kyuzo Toyama, Without Ovpt. and Wide-Spaced Bars (192a, 192b). Single of each, h.r., fresh colors, Very Fine and choice, the missing ovpt. error is very rare
3,700
750
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, KUME ISLAND, 1945, 7s Black on Cream, Provisional (1X1). Position 6, right sheet margin single, printed on U.S. military mimeograph paper then validated by the official seal (in red) of Norifume Kikuzato, postmaster of Kume Island, without gum as issued, Extremely Fine and very rare, ex Templeton
3,200
750
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, ANAMI DISTRICT, 1947, 5s Brown Lake (2X10). Tropical original gum (covered by interleaving), very trivial toning and couple minor wrinkles, still Very Fine, ex Ibuki
700
200
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, ANAMI DISTRICT, 1947, 40s Dull Violet (2X27). Slightly disturbed original gum, fresh and Very Fine, rare stamp, with 1983 R.P.S.S. photo certificate
1,750
500
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, MIYAKO DISTRICT, 1947, 1y on 3s Brown (3X27). Tropical original gum with interleaving adhering, thinned at top, still Very Fine and rare with less than 20 known, we sold the adjoining stamp from a block in 2005, accompanied by photo of the block of four
3,000
300
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, 1969, $20.00 Carmine, Revenue (R29). Inscription selvage at bottom, lightly hinged, brilliant color, Very Fine
2,000
325
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, 1969, $30.00 Blue, Revenue (R30). Inscription selvage at bottom, lightly hinged, brilliant color, Very Fine, scarce
2,500
325
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RYUKYU ISLANDS, 1969, $50.00 Black, Revenue (R31). Inscription selvage at bottom, lightly hinged, deep rich color, fresh and Very Fine, rare
3,000
550
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Ryukyu Islands. Collection hinged on Scott album pages, incl. 1948 First and Second printings, some nice 1952 surcharges, decent group of Provisionals from Okinawa, Yaeyama, Miyako and Anami districts, some extremely rare, also back-of-book with many better incl. Nos. C14a, R1-R16, R17-R28, 46TC4S and 48TCS, letter sheets, postal cards and paid reply cards incl. Nos. UY1 (Scott Retail $2,000.00, small corner crease), UY4-UY5, also a collection of United States Trust Territories, few reference items inevitably included, overall Fine-Very Fine and worthwhile collection, from correspondence (not included) many items were purchased from noted dealer John Head
E. 1,000-1,500
1,700
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SAMOA (U.S.). 19 different U.S. stamps affixed on an official looking page with "United States Post Office" imprint at top, incl. parts of the 1902-03 and 1908-09 Regular issue sets and E5-E6, J41-J42, J44, each stamp individually tied by "Pago Pago Samoa Dec 6 1910" circular datestamp, some toning, otherwise Fine-Very Fine, very scarce and most unusual
E. 750-1,000
400
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SAMOA (U.S. Used in). 13 items, incl. Nos. 279-284 tied in separate small blue pieces by "Pago Pago Samoa Sep. 25, 11AM 1901" circular datestamps, also three Special Delivery stamps (two tied on pieces), last item is No. 328 tied on 1c entire by "Tau Samoa Mar. 30 6A.M." duplex, Fine-Very Fine group
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E. 200-300
200
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U.S. Possessions Balance. Scott album pages of unused and used stamps, incl. Cuba unused Nos. E1, J1-J4, D.W.I. used Nos. 1, 13 and 16-20, Guam unused Nos. 11, 12, E1 and M1-M11, some Puerto Rico, mixed condition, few Fine-Very Fine, Scott Retail almost
6,000
650
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U.S. Possessions Collection. Couple hundred virtually all unused stamps attractively displayed on stock sheets, incl. Canal Zone, Cuba, Guam, Philippines and Puerto Rico, by far most of the quantity and value is in Overprinted United States Issues, but other better incl. Guam Guard Mail and eleven different Philippines "Madrid-Manila" Air Post Ovpts, generally Fine-Very Fine, nice lot
E. 1,000-1,500
1,000
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