Sale 1268 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 16-17 November, 2022
Category — Civil War Encased Postage
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
160
Bailey & Co., Philadelphia Pa., 10c Green (EP24). Stamp well-centered with value fully visible, minor mica crack, tab at right with a bit of rustVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 10-CENT BAILEY & COMPANY ENCASED POSTAGE STAMP.
J. Bailey & Company was one of the largest jewelry firms in the United States (it still operates under the name Bailey, Banks and Biddle). The firm's engravers also freelanced for the U.S. Mint. The Reed census reports only 5-10 known.
3,000
2,600
161
Brown's Bronchial Troches, Boston Mass., 10c Green (EP34). Stamp with rich color and attractively placed so denomination is clearly visible, small part of original silvering on reverse, mica with minor thin crack, Very Fine example of this issue in choice condition, John I. Brown & Son was a Boston-based patent medicine manufacturer and marketer, Brown's Bronchial Troches was advertised as a tonic for the throat and breathing passages with endorsements from singers, teachers, ministers and others, the firm was later associated with the sale of the notorious "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," a morphine and alcohol-based concoction that caused the deaths of hundreds of children through overdoses
1,000
1,300
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F. Buhl & Co., Detroit Mich., 10c Green (EP41). Stamp well-centered, mica with just some slight lamination and minor short thin crack, Very Fine, although the 10c denomination is the most available of the Buhl & Company encasements, it is still extremely rare, the Reed census records only 5-10 examples
1,750
1,500
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Burnett's Standard Cooking Extracts, Boston Mass., 10c Green (EP55). Stamp with deep rich color, nicely placed with denomination fully visible, mica with cracks at left, otherwise Very Fine, scarce
750
600
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Ellis, McAlpin & Co., Cincinnati O., 10c Green (EP81). Stamp centered to top of case, Fine and a very scarce issue -- an example of which we have not offered since our 2008 sale of the "Summit" collection, only 10-12 reported in Ford catalogue, with 2001 P.F. certificate
1,000
1,100
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J. Gault, New York N.Y., 10c Green (EP97). Rich stamp color, minor horizontal bend, placed in frame with denomination clearly visible, lovely frame color, minor short mica crack at top, still Very Fine
750
350
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Lord & Taylor, New York N.Y., 10c Green (EP124). Stamp superbly positioned showing full labels at top and bottom, mica shows only a thin crack at bottom, Very Fine and very scarce despite the modest catalogue value, we have offered only two examples since 2008 and the last example realized double this Scott value, the Reed census reports 16-20 known
1,150
1,400
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