The G. Denisenko Collection of Imperial Russia; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
March 7, 2007 and March 13-14, 2007
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1017 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE ca 1851 large size Valentine cover with enclosure, postmarked "Texas Hill, Ca., Jan.30" and sent to New Hampshire, with blue oval "Paid" and ms "50c", some paper erosion and small defects, otherwise fine and scarce  | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1018 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 1c blue type II, plate 2, red town cancel, huge margins to just touching, incl. part of adjoining stamp at bottom, tiny scissors-cut at lower right and tiny corner crease at top left, v.f. appearance O Catalog #7 Catalog Value $ 190 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #1019 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 1c blue, type II, pos.67R4, black town and ms cancels, large margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at bottom, v.f., with 2006 PFC O Catalog #8 Catalog Value $ 3,250 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1020 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 1c blue, type IV, black cds, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #9 Catalog Value $ 130 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1021 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 1c blue, type IV, horizontal strip of three, margins all around except close at top, used on "Western Hotel, D.D. Winchester, New York" cover from New York to Deerfield, Mass Catalog #9 Catalog Value $ 450 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1022 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 1c blue, type IV, horizontal strip of three, margins all around, little close at bottom left, used on small cover from Johnsville, Michigan to Utica, NY, fine Catalog #9 Catalog Value $ 450 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1023 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 3c orange brown, position 81Lli, huge margins all around incl. part of two adjoining stamps and part of sheet margin at left, tied by "Newark N.J. Oct. 9" cds on light gray 1851 FL to Philadelphia, light vertical file fold well away from stamp, v.f. Catalog #10 Catalog Value $ 210 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #1024 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 3c orange brown, position 90Lli, huge margins to full incl. sheet margin at right, brilliant color, tied by bold blue grid, "Philadelphia Pa. Aug 15" cds on 1851 FL to New York, vertical file fold well away from stamp and markings, small piece out at top of cover, v.f. appearance, used during the first month that Plate 1 Intermediate was put into service Catalog #10 Catalog Value $ 210 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1025 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 3c orange brown, position 45R5E, large to huge margins incl. part of adjoining stamp at bottom, brilliant color, tied by blue "Charleston S.C. Nov 20 Paid" cds on blue 1851 FL to New York, two faint file folds neither of which affect stamp, cover gently cleaned, still v.f. and most attractive item Catalog #10 Catalog Value $ 210 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1026 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 3c orange brown, margins all around, tied by blue "Plymouth, Mass" June 28 (1856?) cds on small cover to Weston, v.f. Catalog #10 Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1027 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 Bald, Cousland and Co., 3c composite essay in blue (showing three different designs), some minor hinge translucencies at bottom, v.f. and scarce E Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1028 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c trial color proof on wove paper, in pale reddish brown (close to issued color), v.f. and beautiful item P Catalog Value $ 300 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1029 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, relief A (No. 12 var.), spectacular pre-printing paper fold, faint black grid and part red arrival cancels, full margins all around, v.f. Such dramatic folds are exceptionally scarce, and seldom seen in any condition, ex-Mayer collection (illustrated in Frajola & Mayer, page 25, figure 3-20) O | Unsold |
 | Lot #1030 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, pos.91L, left sheet margin single, neat New Orleans cds, insignificant marginal crease well away from the design, v.f. And beautiful positional piece, ex-Mayer collection ( illustrated in Frajola & Mayer, page 22, figure 3-14) O Catalog #12 Catalog Value $ 950 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1031 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, black face-free cds, margins all around, fresh and fine stamp, with 2002 PSE cert. O Catalog #12 Catalog Value $ 950 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1032 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, faint black cds, margins all around, tiny tear at top, virtually entirely in margin, otherwise fresh and v.f. stamp, with 1999 PFC O Catalog #12 Catalog Value $ 950 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1033 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, huge margins incl. part of adjoining stamp at bottom, barely in at right, rich color, neat New Orleans and part of red French transits, diagonal crease at right, fine appearance O Catalog #12 Catalog Value $ 950 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1034 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, vertical strip of three, large margins all around including portions of adjoining stamps on both sides and at bottom (!), used in combination with vertical strip of three of 10c green (middle stamp type II), large margins all around, top stamp with surface scrapes at top, all tied by New Orleans July 14 (1857) cds on FL (printed "New Orleans Price Current, Commercial Intelligence and Merchant's Transcript" dated July 4) to "Trie" (Hautes Pyrenees), red "New York Paid, July 22/36" and French Packet "EU Unis Service" 3 August on front, with "Paris aux Pyrenees" and "Trie s Baise" arrival pmks on back. Top of the 5c strip is lifted off the letter, with some aging spots and wrinkles (of no importance). A fine and remarkable 45c (double rate) cover with extraordinary franking, apparently previously unrecorded | Price Realized $67,500.00 |
 | Lot #1035 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, horizontal pair with large margins all around, used on legal-size printed "Howard's Express" cover sent from Bethlehem Pa (1857) to Fredericton, New Brunswick, stamps tied by blue "Bethlehem Pa. Aug 29" cds, exchanged at Houlton, Me, with red "U. States" horseshoe handstamp, also Woodstock (9.3.57) transit and Fredericton (9.5.57) arrival on reverse, minor edge wear and file creases, well away from the stamps which are in exceptional quality, v.f. and extremely rare usage to New Brunswick, Canada (as noted on reverse of the cover by a handwritten pencil notation by Sir Nicholas Waterhouse stating that it was purchased at auction in 1946 and soon after exchanged for a Scott No.1-2 combination cover, worth a considerable amount today), ex-Waterhouse and Mayer collections (illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 91, fig. 7-6) Catalog #12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1036 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, margins all around except just touching at bottom, tied by red circled "Paid" cancellations and used in combination with perforated 10= green, type IV, recut at top (trimmed perfs at bottom) on small envelope to Paris, tied by Boston "Paid" grid, red "New York 'Paid 12' Oct. 13" cds, with "Providence R.I. Oct. 12, 1858" cds, French (25.Oct.58) entry and Paris (26.Oct.58) arrival on reverse, with original enclosure, v.f. example of the latest recorded Trans-Atlantic usage of the imperf. 5c, ex-Mayer collection ( illustrated in Frajola and Mayer p. 76, fig. 6-25) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1037 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, horizontal pair with sheet margin at left, used on small ornamental ladies cover (c.1857) from Palmyra, NY to Sacramento, stamps tied by two bold strikes of "Palmyra N.Y. Jun 16" cds, cover missing backflap and expertly restored, pair creased between stamps, otherwise fine and rare usage, ex-Mayer Catalog #12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1038 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 FL sent from New Orleans (8.16.56) to Bordeaux, France via New York forwarder, franked with 5c red brown, large to close margins, with part of adjoining stamp at right, tied by black grid cancellation, red "Forwarded by John Derand & Co. New York" handstamp, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Aug 26" cds, transferred to Boston for the Cunard Line steamer Canada, which departed on August 27 and arrived at Liverpool on September 7, with red Liverpool (9.8.56) handstamp, Calais (9.8.56) entry cds, with matching "13" (dTcimes) due handstamp, French backstamps including Bordeaux (Sept.10) arrival, stamp lifted and replaced, small corner crease and ink mark, light overall toning and age spots, fine cover, one of only two recorded 5c usages bearing a forwarding cachet, ex-Mayer collection (illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 81, no. 8) Catalog #12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1039 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 FL sent from New Orleans (Dec.17.56) to Chalons sur Saone, France, franked with 5c red brown, margins all around, tied by New Orleans cds, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Dec 16" cds, transferred to Boston for the Cunard Line steamer "Arabia", which departed on December 17 and arrived at Liverpool on December 28, red Liverpool "29 DE 1856" transit backstamp, Calais entry (Dec.30) cds with matching "13" (dTcimes) due handstamp, "Chalons S. Saone 31 Dec. 56" arrival backstamp; address reinked, tiny cover tear along fold, otherwise v.f. The last sailing prior to the three-month period, ex-Mayer collection (illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 83, no. 21) Catalog #12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1040 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 cover sent from New Orleans (May.14.57) to Paris, franked with 5c red brown, large margins all around, used in combination with 10= green, type II, clear to large margins all around, both tied by New Orleans cds, red "New-York Am. Pkt. May 24" cds, Calais (Jun.8) entry cds and matching boxed "PD" handstamp, reverse with Paris (Jun.8) arrival, slight toning, otherwise v.f., ex-Mayer collection | Unsold |
 | Lot #1041 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 blue FL sent from New Orleans (Jan.31.57) to Chalons sur Saone, France, franked with 5c red brown, three large margins all around with parts of adjoining stamps at sides, bottom just touching, tied by New Orleans cds, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Feb 10" cds, red Liverpool "23 FE 1857" transit, Calais (Feb.23.57) entry cds, with framed "G B / 1F 60C" and "8" (dTcimes) due handstamps, reverse with "Chalon-S-Saone 25 Fevr. 57" arrival, filing fold, stamp with small corner crease in upper right margin only, otherwise fine, ex-Mayer collection (illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 83, no. 24) Catalog #12 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1042 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 blue FL sent from New Orleans (Mar.21.57) to Paris, franked with 5c red brown, full to clear margins all around, tied by New Orleans cds, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Apr 1" cds, red Liverpool "13 AP 1857" transit, Calais (Apr.15) entry cds, with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "16" (dTcimes) double-weight due handstamps, reverse with Paris (Apr.14) arrival, light vertical file folds away from the stamp, v.f., ex-Mayer collection (illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 67, fig. 6-16) Catalog #12 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1043 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 5c red brown, margins all around, v.f., tied by Nov.3, 1856 New Orleans pmk on FL to France, red New York Nov.12 Br.Packet transit and various arrival pmks, small piece of address portion excised, otherwise v.f. Catalog #12 Catalog Value $ 1,800 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1044 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type I, unused without gum, margins all around to just in at lower right, rich color, fresh paper, fine and affordable example of this rare unused stamp, seldom seen sound, with 1979 PFC (*) Catalog #13 Catalog Value $ 7,750 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1045 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type I, red grid canc. and part New York cds, full to large margins all around, creases, v.f. appearance, with 2005 PFC O Catalog #13 Catalog Value $ 975 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1046 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type I., curl in left "X", position 99R1, light cds, large margins all around incl. a substantial part of adjoining stamp at right, intense color and impression, small faults, v.f. appearance, with 2001 PFC O Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1047 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type I, tied by black grids on cover to Washington, D.C., margins all around to close at upper right, with part of adjoining stamp at left, fine Catalog #13 Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1048 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type II, black cds, large margins all around, bright color, v.f., with 1997 PFC O Catalog #14 Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1049 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type II, black cds, full margins all around, fresh and v.f., with 1990 PFC O Catalog #14 Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1050 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type II, black cds, large margins all around, fresh and v.f., with 1984 PFC O Catalog #14 Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1051 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, horizontal pair, margins all around including parts of adjoining stamps at bottom, v.f. Catalog #14 Catalog Value $ 450 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1052 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type III, full to huge margins all around, beautiful color and sharp impression, unused without gum, heavy horizontal crease, v.f. appearance, with 1990 PFC (*) Catalog #15 Catalog Value $ 2,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1053 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type III, black cds with red transit pmk, margins all around, v.f., with 1999 PSE cert. O Catalog #15 Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1054 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type III, black cds, margins all around, fresh and v.f., with 1999 PFC O Catalog #15 Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1055 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type III, black grid canc., margins all around, v.f., with 1981 PFC O Catalog #15 Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1056 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type IV, pos.76L1 (recut at bottom), full to clear margins all around, tied by black straight line "Paid" hs to cover (part of backflap missing) addressed to California, with Dixfield, ME cds (Oct.3), some minor edge wear, fine example of a rare position on cover, with 2004 PSE cert. (catalogue value is without premium for recut) Catalog #16 Catalog Value $ 2,050 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1057 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 10c green, type IV, pos.86L1 (recut at top), full to large margins all around incl. parts of adjoining stamps at top and left, tied by black San Francisco (1857) cds, to FL addressed to Philadelphia, vertical filing fold affecting the stamp, which was removed and replaced, otherwise v.f. and attractive cover, with 2004 PSE cert. Catalog #16 Catalog Value $ 1,900 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1058 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 12c black, three enormous margins, large at bottom, neatly struck cds, v.f. gem, with 1990 PFC O Catalog #17 Catalog Value $ 350 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1059 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 12c black, part black cds, full margins all around incl. part of adjoining stamp at bottom, small faults, v.f. appearance O Catalog #17 Catalog Value $ 350 | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #1060 UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE 1851-57 12c black, horizontal pair, used on piece, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #17 Catalog Value $ 750 | Price Realized $475.00 |
