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
2672
1919-1969, Official Seals, Black on White (OX21-OX40). 26 covers mounted on exhibit pages, ranging from 1919-1978, variety of usages and frankings, both U.S. and foreign, highlights include mixed usage with 1917 and 1919 seals, two imperf horizontally pairs on 1950 cover from China, 1927 airmail crash cover, perf 12 seal with Boston precancel mailed from Osaka to Boston, possible earliest known usage of 1950 Issue, (October 15, 1949, Kotanchik records Jan 12, 1950 on p. 323), many others, interesting group hand-picked for owner's gold medal-winning exhibit
E. 500-750
600