U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 10-11, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #106
United States Modern Issues
1932 2c Lake Placid (straight edge at right and bottom) 1st Beverly Hills cacheted FDC, Lake Placid cancel, some slight mount toning, otherwise v.f. (Planty 716-55)
Envelope
Catalog #716
Catalog Value $250
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #107
United States Modern Issues
1935 3c California-Pacific Exposition, single on Crosby cachet in black, with small "California-Pacific International Expo" photo affixed at right, San Diego cancel, addressed, v.f. (Planty 773-40a)
Envelope
Catalog #773
Catalog Value $350
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #108
United States Modern Issues
1939 3c Golden Gate, complete set of nine 1st Cal Craft FDCs, each franked with block of four, tied by S.F. cancels and addressed to Kempton, PA, v.f. and rare set (Planty 852-16a-i),
Envelope
Catalog #852
Catalog Value $540
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #109
United States Modern Issues
1939-42 two 73c unexploded booklets, pink covers, panes with plate numbers, one booklet with notations in ink on front cover, fine-v.f.
Booklet
Catalog #BK101,103
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #110
United States Modern Issues
1961 Project Mercury, 4c imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #111
United States Modern Issues
1979 $1.00 Rush Lamp & Candle Holder, intaglio brown color inverted, n.h., v.f. The CIA invert is one of the best known inverted color errors in United States philately. These stamps were discovered by an on-duty CIA employee who teamed up with some colleagues to purchase the pane from a post office. Saving a copy each, the group later sold the bulk of the sheet to a prominent stamp dealer. News of the error reached CIA officials who sought to claim ownership and US Postal authorities who tried to recover the stamps. Official queries, threats, and even job losses followed the group until the sale of the pane was ruled legal. Because the number of existing CIA inverts approximately equals the number of existing Inverted Jennies (examples of C3a regularly bring six-figure sums at auction), it may be said that current values for 1610c are far too low,
**
Catalog #1610c
Catalog Value $17,500
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #112
United States Modern Issues
1992 25c Stock Exchange Bicentennial, center inverted, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. Only two panes of this error were discovered, each containing 28 stamps with center inverted. With only 56 errors available, this is a true modern rarity,
**
Catalog #2630c
Catalog Value $18,500
Price Realized
$15,000.00

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