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 (1872-1969 Post Office Seals on Cover)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2669
1912-1913, Official Seals, Hyphen-Hole 6.5 and Compound Perforations (OX14-OX15a). Seven covers on exhibit pages, four with hyphen hole perf 6.5 seals, three with 2c 3rd Bureau Issue, one with four-color franking incl. 10c Registry Issue, interesting example from Miles City MT to Victoria B.C., forwarded to Seattle, then to Oakland, then to Aurora Ill., also single example of perf 12 x hyphen-hole 6.5 (pair) on 2c entire, finally two examples of the scarce hyphen-hole 6.5 at right x perf 12 on other sides, attractive group, surprisingly difficult to find examples of the compound perfs on cover
E. 400-500
275
