Sale 967 — Important and Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 16-19 December, 2008
Category — Postal and War Savings, other Back-of-Book)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5371
25c Dark Carmine Rose, Postal Savings (PS8). Mint N.H. bottom plate no. 22542 block of six, intense shade and impression, Very Fine and choice
340
225
5372
50c Dark Blue Green, Postal Savings (PS9). Mint N.H. bottom plate no. 22544 block of six, deep rich color, usual light gum bends, better centering than most, Very Fine, a pretty plate block
1,125
300
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$1.00 Gray Black, Postal Savings (PS10). Mint N.H. left plate no. 22545 block of six, crisp impression, two stamps small natural gum skips (much better than most of these we have seen), Fine-Very Fine
2,400
425
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10c Rose Red, Postal Savings (PS11). Mint N.H. bottom left plate no. 22715 block of six, signed in selvage by engraver and designer, Very Fine and choice, interesting item
E. 200-300
130
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$5.00 Deep Green, War Savings, Rouletted (WS3). Part original gum, clear roulettes on all four sides, bright shade, fresh and Very Fine, a pretty stamp, with 1971 P.F. certificate
1,200
600
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$5.00 Deep Green, War Savings, Rouletted (WS3). Block of four, unused (no gum), bright color, faint diagonal crease at top left not mentioned on accompanying certificate, Very Fine appearance, with 1980 P.F. certificate
5,000
0
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$5.00 Deep Blue, War Savings (WS4). Mint N.H., wide margins, fresh and Very Fine, exceedingly difficult stamp to find in Mint N.H. condition, with 2008 P.F. certificate
600
300
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American Rapid Telegraph Company, 1c-50c "Prepaid Telegram", Plate Proofs, Trial Color Proofs (1T1P3-1T16P3, 1T3TC). Blocks of four, rich colors, few small flaws often associated with this fragile paper, Very Fine, scarce and highly exhibitable
E. 1,500-2,000
0
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California State Telegraph Co., 1871, Black & Salmon, Blue Number (5T4). Pane of six with full selvage, "104" control number, original gum, h.r., small reinforcement and faint toning at bottomFINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE PANE OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE TELEGRAPH 1871 ISSUE WITH CONTROL NUMBER.
Even single copies of this stamp are scarce. This pane is exceedingly rare.
4,500
0
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United States Telegraph-Cable-Radio Carriers, 1947, 5c-10c Olive Bister (17T1-17T2). Se-tenant pair, original gum, lightly hinged, small thin spots, Very Fine appearance
750
225
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1919, Official Seal, Indigo, Perf 12 (OX19). Complete Mint N.H. sheet of ten, bright color, fresh and Fine-Very Fine, scarce complete sheet
3,600
0
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Black on White, Typeset, Post Office Seal (LOX21). Berkeley Cal. issue, original gum, large margins, Very Fine
750
0
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1970 Green Test Coil, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (TD109b). Mint N.H. block of eight (four error pairs), Fine-Very Fine
800
425
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1975, Orange on Gray, Test Stamp (TD110). Mint N.H. pair, brilliant color, wide and balanced margins, fresh and Extremely Fine
2,000
550
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1996 Thick Lined Black Rectangle, Test Coil (TD125). Mint N.H. strip of six, Very Fine
750
300
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Test Coils and Vending Machine Packets. Nice selection incl. pairs or strips of four of Nos. TD38, TD88-TD89, TD91, TD93, also $4.00 1936 Social Security Coil Essay and two different Eastman Kodak and one Bausch and Lomb coils (these are more likely advertising labels than test coils), there are five Stamp Packets, several with partial plate nos., these are the types that were dispensed from machines in little cardboard folders (usually in Drug Stores), various slogans or ads, this was supposed to be the way to buy your stamps in a "sanitary" fashion, Fine-Very Fine lot
E. 300-400
225
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1913 Christmas Seal, Ty. I (WX11). Original gum, small h.r., rich colors, Very Fine, scarce
1,400
500
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Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair, (15c) Green (WV4). Original gum, large margins, rich color, Very Fine example of this scarce issue
1,250
800
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Metropolitan Fair, New York, 10c Red (WV9). Original gum, lightly hinged, large margins to clear, rich color, Very Fine, scarce, fewer than 20 examples are recorded
1,500
900
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Soldier's Fair, Springfield Mass., 10c Lilac (WV14). Affixed to unaddressed cover blue "Soldiers Fair Springfield Dec. 20, 1864" circular datestamp at top left, stamp with slight soiling and tear at bottom left, otherwise Fine
750
300
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CONFEDERATE STATES, 10c Blue, Frameline (10). Ample to huge margins showing full frameline at top, part at right and bottom, barely cancelled, appears unused, pressed vertical crease, Very Fine appearance
1,800
1,900
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