U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
June 23-24, 2004
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2114 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Amami District, 1948 validated with "Ken" seal, 2s vermilion, violet hs, unused without gum as issued, fine, very rare (*) Catalog #2X4a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2115 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Amami Gunto, 1948 validated with Ken Seal in red, 10sen crimson & dull rose, top sheet margin single, unused without gum as issued, fine and rare. The Amami Ken seals are the most complex as well asthe rarest provisionals. There were diff. sized chops, in various colors. Quantities were small, since Amami residents used overprinted lettersheets. All remaining stocks from various post offices were destroyed by July 20, 1948 (*) Catalog #2X15 Catalog Value 550 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2116 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Amami, 1948 10sen red orange (Mt.Fuji and Flowers), imperforate single handstamped in red, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., extremely rare (*) Catalog #2X16 Catalog Value 2,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2117 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Amami Gunto, 1948 validated with Ken Seal in red, 15sen dull blue, perf., unused with some glasine interleaving as always, fine and rare (*) Catalog #2X18 Catalog Value 550 | Price Realized $230.00 |
| Lot #2118 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Miyako Island group, 1946-47 validated with Tomiyama seal in red, 1/2s purple-50sen olive, selection of 20 diff. incl. rare shades of 30s and 40s, unused without gum as issued, or with glasineinterleaving as always, mostly fine-v.f., with various Joe Bush photo guarantee plates, rare, (*) Catalog #3X1/22 Catalog Value 2,540 | Price Realized $1,300.00 | |
 | Lot #2119 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Miyako Gunto, 1948 Tomiyama Seals, 20sen imperf, also 50sen perf., unused without gum as issued, n.h., fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #3X16,22 Catalog Value 375 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #2120 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Miyako, 1948 Tomiyama Seals with additional Japanese surcharges in black, six diff., unused without gum as issued or with glasine interleaving as always, fine-v.f. (*) Catalog #3X25,28,28a-31 Catalog Value 910 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2121 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Okinawa Gunto Provisional Issue. 1948 Japan 10sen red orange, handstamped in black, unused without gum as issued, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., rare, with Joseph V. Bush cert. for a vertical pair from which this singleoriginated. These provisionals were made available on the Okinawa gunto island on July 1, 1948. They replaced the "Fee Paid" system previously used. Postmaster Hirata's chop was used to validate certain Japanese stamps for postal use (*) Catalog #4X1 Catalog Value 1,200 | Price Realized $500.00 |
| Lot #2122 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Okinawa, 1947 20sen ultramarine, handstamped in black, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., rare (*) Catalog #4X2 Catalog Value 600 | Price Realized $240.00 | |
| Lot #2123 Ryukyu Provisional Issues Okinawa, 1947 50sen dark brown, handstamped in black, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f., rare (*) Catalog #4X3 Catalog Value 900 | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2124 Ryukyu Provisional Issues 1948 Yaeyama Gunto stamps, validated with the seal of postmaster Chosho Miyara, 20s, 40s (3) and 50s, diff. types, unused or with glasineinterleaving as always, mostly fine-v.f., (*) Catalog #5X5,7,8 Catalog Value 460 | Price Realized $160.00 |
