Sale 997 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 26-29 October, 2010
Category — The Falberg Collection of Postal Cards (UX17 Full Face McKinley)
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card Proof (UX17P; USPCC 21P). Imprinted "Die Proof of McKinley Postal Card. Issue of 1901" at bottom, Very Fine and scarce
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card, "Stamp Division, P.O. Dept. Apr 1 1902" Production Specimen Circular Datestamp (UX17S; USPCC S21Sp-2a Ty. A-10). Natural inking flaw near McKinley's forehead, Very Fine and rare, USPCC value, Scott Retail unlisted
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card, Purple "Stamp Division, P.O. Dept. May 5 1902" Production Specimen Circular Datestamp With Additional Manuscript "Rejected Dieproof" and "Specimen" (UX17S; USPCC S21Sp-2c Ty. A-10). Signed J. H. Reeve, Superintendent of the Stamp Division, couple immaterial ink specks on back of cardVERY FINE. AN IMPORTANT FULL-FACE McKINLEY POSTAL CARD SPECIMEN OF GREAT RARITY.
USPCC value
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card, Purple "Stamp Division, P.O. Dept. April 15 1902" Production Specimen Circular Datestamp With Additional Manuscript "From rejected die" (UX17S; USPCC S21Sp-2b Ty. A-10 var). And Signed J. H. Reeve, Superintendent of the Stamp Division, some diagonal creasing, otherwise Very Fine, most likely unique, USPCC value
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card, 60.6mm x 2mm Gray Black "SPECIMEN-Not good for postage" Handstamp (UX17S). Additional two Line Imprint at Bottom "Die Proof of McKinley Postal Card. Issue of 1901.", fresh clean card, Very Fine and choice, USPCC listed this in 2005 catalog as USPCC S21Sp-4, reclassified in 2010 catalog as a proof, Scott Retail unlisted
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card, 60.6mm x 2mm Gray Black "SPECIMEN-Not good for postage" handstamp, plus "Stamp Division P.O. Dept. Apr 29 1902" Production Specimen Circular Datestamp (UX17S). Additional two Line Imprint at Bottom "Die Proof of McKinley Postal Card. Issue of 1901.", negligible corner creaseVERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN COMBINATION OF USPCC SPECIMEN NUMBERS SP-2 TYPE A-10 AND SP-4.
The Stamp Division marking is the exact date that the PMG ordered all 1,625,000 of the inferior quality Full-Face cards destroyed. USPCC listed this in the 2005 catalog as S21Sp-4var and reclassified it in the 2010 catalog as a proof
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card Proof, Diagonal 11mm Gray Black "Specimen" Handstamp (UX17S; USPCC S21Sp-5 Ty. H-2). Also imprinted "Die Proof of McKinley Postal Card. Issue of 1901" at bottom, Very Fine and scarce, USPCC "rare"
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card Proof, Horizontal 11mm Gray Black "Specimen" Handstamp (UX17S). Also imprinted "Die Proof of McKinley Postal Card. Issue of 1901" at bottom, Very Fine and scarce, USPCC listed this in 2005 catalog as S21Sp-5 Ty. H-2, reclassified in 2010 catalog as a proof
1c Black on buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card (UX17; USPCC S21Sp-1). Mint card, without printed address, fresh and crispVERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT BLACK FULL-FACE McKINLEY POSTAL CARD. EXTREMELY RARE WITHOUT THE PRINTED ADDRESS AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FALBERG COLLECTION
As an indication of rarity, the Scott Catalogue prices the card without printed address at $9,000.00, versus $3,500.00 with the printed address. The entire stock of 500 cards was inadvertently sent from Washington to Booth, Dailey & Ivins in New York where they were shortly thereafter pre-printed with their address and garbage dumping information on the back to be filled out by the tug captain. As a result of the printing there remained no Mint cards for collectors. This "Unmarked Specimen" long ago became accepted as a full mint card in order to allow collectors to have a complete unused collection. Albert Daggett, the contractor for the printing of the Full Face card, was never able to satisfy the Post Office in Washington due to sub-standard quality of his productions. All submitted samples were rejected and as a result the entire stock of 1,625,000 cards was ordered destroyed by the PMG on April 29, 1902.
USPCC $9,000.00
1c Black on Buff, Full-Face McKinley Postal Card (UX17; USPCC S21). Printed address for Messrs. Booth, Dailey & Ivins in New York City, back of card with printed form, uncancelledVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A LOVELY UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE FULL-FACE McKINLEY "GARBAGE" CARD.
Only one box of 500 was inadvertently released from Washington and all were preprinted shortly after receipt. It is generally believed that there are about 150 surviving unused cards. USPCC $3,750.00