Germany, Poland, Garfield Collection of U.S. Postal Stationery
October 28-29, 2009

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2028
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 1c dark blue on cream, cut square, 34.5x37mm, fresh and v.f., with 2009 PFC,
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Catalog #U110
Catalog Value $ 1,750
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2029
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 2c brown in cream, cut square, 32x36mm, beautiful color, v.f., unknown as an entire, with 2004 PFC,
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Catalog #U124
Catalog Value $ 1,250
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2030
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 2c brown on orange, unused entire, smaller size, beautiful color and sharp embossing, fresh and v.f., one of only three known copies, hence a great postal stationery rarity, with 2004 PFC,
Envelope *
Catalog #U125
Catalog Value $ 45,000
Price Realized
$18,000.00

Lot #2031
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 2c brown on amber, cut square, 34x36mm, fresh and v.f., with 2009 PFC,
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Catalog #U133
Catalog Value $ 525
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2032
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 2c vermilion on manila, cut square (UPSS 317), 34.5x37, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., one of only three cut squares known (one is a full corner; there is one known entire, however it is a specimen), a major postal stationery rarity, with 2004 PFC,
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Catalog #W138
Catalog Value $ 32,500
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #2033
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 2c reddish brown on orange, size 10, knife 53U, watermark 2 (UPSS 322), unused entire, two insignificant backflap thins mentioned for accuracy, fresh and v.f., one of only two recorded entires (in addition to a cut square and full corner), with 2007 PFC, ex-Barkhausen, Saddleback (where it brought $24,300 plus buyer's premium)
Envelope *
Catalog #U140A
Catalog Value $ 40,000
Price Realized
$21,000.00

Lot #2034
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 2c vermilion, cut square, 33x37mm, bright color, faint marginal stain at right and pencil notation at lower left, still v.f., with clear 1992 APS cert.,
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Catalog #U156
Catalog Value $ 1,750
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2035
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 3c green, cut square, 35x39mm, beautiful color, v.f., with 2009 PFC,
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Catalog #U168
Catalog Value $ 1,500
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2036
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 3c green, die 58, size 10, knife 54 (UPSS 449), unused entire, with pre-printed "Holden Brothers" return address, backflap partly sealed and the entire opened at top, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 2009 PFC,
Envelope *
Catalog #U168
Catalog Value $ 5,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2037
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 3c green on amber, cut square, 32.5x35mm, tiny thin spot at top and small corner crease at top left, otherwise v.f., with 2009 PFC,
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Catalog #U169
Catalog Value $ 625
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2038
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1881 3c green on blue, entire, size 10, knife 54, watermark 5 (UPSS 451), cork cancel, with "Burlington, VT Feb 24 1882" cds alongside, addressed to West Royton, MA, with preprinted address at upper left, few insignificant edge tears, otherwise v.f. and rare used entire, approximately 15 exist in addition to a known unused entire, with 2007 PFC, ex-Saddleback (where it brought $4,750 plus buyer's premium)
Envelope
Catalog #U170
Catalog Value $ 4,750
Unsold
Lot #2039
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 3c green on fawn, die 58, size 10, knife 54 (UPSS 452), entire with Dayton Melleable Iron Co. corner card addressed to Washington C.H., Ohio, with Dayton (Jan.13) cds, with faint arrival on reverse, entire slightly reduced at right, still v.f., one of only two known, ex-Worthington, Barkhausen and Lilly, with 2009 PFC,
Envelope
Catalog #U171
Catalog Value $ 14,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #2040
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1876 5c blue on crease, unused entire, size 21, knife 98, watermark 2 (UPSS 482), with 2007 PFC stating "genuine, with a faint "bleaching" line at lower center, and a few tiny natural inclusions", fine and rare entire,
Envelope *
Catalog #U178A
Catalog Value $ 22,500
Unsold
Lot #2041
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 15c orange on cream, full corner, 41x47mm, bright color, v.f. (catalogue value does not include premium for full corner)
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Catalog #U200
Catalog Value $ 700
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2042
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1874 15c orange on cream, cut square, 31x39mm, fresh and v.f., with 2009 PSE cert.,
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Catalog #U200
Catalog Value $ 700
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2043
UNITED STATES POSTAL STATIONERY 1874-86 Plimpton
1875 90c carmine on cream, cut square, 38x43mm, fresh and v.f., with 2009 PFC,
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Catalog #U213
Catalog Value $ 1,400
Price Realized
$625.00

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