The Sante Fe Collection
December 7-8, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #502 HAITI 1882 Liberty Head, 1c, 2c, 5c and 20c, four different, vertical (1c) and horizontal pairs, imperf. between, 5c used, others large part original gum, usual centering and faint thin specks (5c), fine and scarce group, each with Brian Moorhouse cert., *O Catalog #7c,8c,10c,13d Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #503 HAITI 1882 20c pale brown, yellowish, plate II, block of four, yielding two vertical pairs imperf. between, fine-v.f., with Brian Moorhouse cert.,  *Catalog #13c Catalog Value $300 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #504 HAITI 1903 Centenary of Independence, 2c-50c centers inverted, six different blocks of four, cplt as issued, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #83-88var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #505 HAITI 1904 50c claret, horizontal tete-beche pair, h.r., truly imperceptible perf. toning, v.f., scarce, with Brian Moorhouse cert. ("a very scarce variety, very underrated in current catalogues") * Catalog #101a Catalog Value $350 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #506 HAITI 1906 1c on 50c claret, surcharge inverted as always, also 1c on 20c orange, h.r., fine-v.f., the latter with Brian Moorhouse cert., rare, * Catalog #108a,161 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #507 HAITI 1914 50c claret, overprinted "GL OZ", with boxed "Poste/Paye" control handstamp, bottom sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, with 2003 Brian Moorhouse certificate, ex-Judge Montes, Everett Colson, Alfred Lebon, Ferrars Tows collections. This is the rarest stamp from Haiti, with only around 10 used and unused copies recorded. This is the only known marginal example. Brian Moorhouse included a short history of this stamp, originally given by Judge Montes to his fiend Everett Colson sometime in the early 1920s. Mr. Colson, sold the stamp to Alfred Lebon, who in turn sold it to Ferrars H. Tows. It subsequently appeared at the Collector's Club during the sale held by Carl Pelander in February 1949 (lot 1606). At that sale, the stamp realized $390 (against Scott's catalogue value at the time of $400) * Catalog #176 Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
