Sale 905 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Monday, 12 December, 2005
Category — Telegraph Stamps
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3765
California State Telegraph Co., 1870, Blue and Black (5T1). Original gum, Very Fine
450
375
3766
California State Telegraph Co., 1870, Black and Red Without Number (5T2). Original gum, Fine
200
230
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California State Telegraph Co., 1871, Black and Salmon, Blue Number (5T4). Original gum, Fine
450
350
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California State Telegraph Co., 1872, Green and Red, Red Number (5T5). Original gum, couple minor h.r., Fine
210
400
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California State Telegraph Co., 1873, Red and Salmon, Blue Number (5T6). Original gum, lightly hinged, Very Fine
300
1,050
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California State Telegraph Co., 1874, Blue and Salmon, Black Number (5T7). Original gum, Very Fine and choice
375
400
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California State Telegraph Co., 1875, Brown and Green, Black Number (5T8). Original gum, h.r., Fine
275
500
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City & Suburban Telegraph Co., 1c-2c Black (6T1-6T2). Unused (no gum, probably as issued), 1c thin spot, otherwise Fine-Very Fine
675
800
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Colusa, Lake & Mendocino Telegraph Co., 5c Black (7T1). Slightly rough perfs as always, blue superintendent's handstamp, Very Fine
800
900
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North American Telegraph Co., 1899-1906, Various Colors (10T1-10T6). Singles from panes of four, all with natural s.e. one or two sides as always, Fine-Very Fine
1,415
1,250
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North American Telegraph Co., 1907, Green (10T8). Fresh, nicely centered, Very Fine and choice, one of the rarest regularly issued telegraph stamps
1,100
1,600
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Postal Telegraph Co., 1910, Black on Yellow Laid (15T42). Couple h.r., fresh and Very Fine
525
500
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Postal Telegraph Co., 1912, Dark Green, Official (15TO14). Fresh, h.r., Extremely Fine
700
1,200
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Postal Telegraph Co., 1908, Violet, Official (15TO17). Fresh, Very Fine and choice, rare
1,250
2,800
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Postal Telegraph Co., 1909, 1911, 1912, Yellow, Official (15TO25, 15TO27, 15TO28). 1911 Mint N.H., tiny natural inclusion, 1909 has unlisted watermark (clearly "SS"), Fine-Very Fine
700
1,200
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Postal Telegraph Co., 1910, Yellow, Official (15TO26). Slightly disturbed original gum, couple tiny thins in the top right margin, Very Fine and choice appearance
900
800
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United States Telegraph-Cable-Radio Carriers, 1947, 10c Olive Bister (17T2). Single from a pane of ten with nine 5c stamps, barely hinged, if at all, Very Fine
750
625
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Mercantile Telegraph Co, 1892, Blue on Lilac (Scott Unlisted ). Used (very lightly), small faults, Very Fine appearance and very rare
E. 500-750
3,250
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U.S. Telegraph Stamps Collection. Over 250 different on Springer pages, includes nos. 15T30 and 15T37 (no gum), 15 T38 (small edge stain), 15T39, 15TO4-15TO6, last no gum and 15TO9 to mention a few, also includes two pages of unlisted telegraph material, virtually all unused, some with original gum, overall Fine-Very Fine, a really nice collection of these increasingly popular back-of-book issues
E. 2,000-3,000
4,250
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