Sale 976 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 29 September-2 October, 2009
Category — The Martin Richardson Gold Medal Collection of U.S. Post Office Seals (1877-1969 Post Office Seals)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2624
1919-1969, Official Seals, Black on White (OX21-OX40b). Approx. 188 unused seals on exhibit pages, range of varieties from the first GPO printed seals of 1919 through just before the modern seals of 1971, including paper types, perforation types, watermarks, etc., highlights include pane of 20 perf 12 watermarked "Certificate Bond", pane of 20 perf 12 and imperforate between 1st and 2nd rows, pane of 20 perf 12 x 8.5 watermarked "Eagle & Star" (Ty. B), very scarce pane of 16 with experimental hyphen-hole perf 9.5 (Scott Retail $350.00), two imperf double panes of No. OX39c, one with tab at top, one with tab at bottom, many others, a nicely comprehensive lot of this long running seal with many varieties, Scott Retail more than $1,300.00
E. 500-750
325