U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 19-20, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #11
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 1c blue, type Ia, position 92L4, part black cds, usual centering, showing complete type characteristics at top, deep rich color, fresh and fine example of this rare stamp, with 1990 PSE and 2005 PFCs,
O
Catalog #19
Catalog Value $9,000
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #12
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 1c blue, type Ia, pos. 94L4, tied by 1858 Troy, NY cds on unsealed circular to Tisbury, MA, a fine example of this rare stamp on cover, with 2007 PFC,
Envelope
Catalog #19
Catalog Value $9,500
Unsold
Lot #13
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 1c blue, type 1c, pos. 83L4, black cds, usual difficult centering, small diagonal crease, fine appearance, with 1994 PFC,
O
Catalog #19b
Catalog Value $2,750
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #14
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 1c blue, type III, barest traces of red and black cancels (appears unused), creases and thin, fine appearance, with 1993 PSE certificate,
O
Catalog #21
Catalog Value $1,690
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #15
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 1c blue, type IV, black grid cancels, fairly well centered for this difficult issue, small corner crease, fine appearance, with 1993 PFC,
O
Catalog #23
Catalog Value $900
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #16
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 Canal Bank, New Orleans, $10 banknote printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear and Co., with vignettes of Franklin and Washington, 1c blue and 3c red (both unused, small faults) included for comparison, v.f.
Catalog #24,26
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #17
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 3c dull red, Dry Print Impression, l.h., nice impression, fresh and fine, with 1979 and 2016 PFCs,
*
Catalog #25
Catalog Value $2,750
Unsold
Lot #18
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 5c brick red, faint, nearly face-free red cds, usual centering, light horizontal crease, otherwise fine example of this better shade, with 1996 PFC,
O
Catalog #27
Catalog Value $1,700
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #19
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 5c brick red, part black cds, fairly well centered for this difficult issue, fine, with 2015 PFC,
O
Catalog #27
Catalog Value $1,450
Unsold
Lot #20
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 5c brick red, vertical strip of three, tied by 1859 New Orleans cds to small piece, with faint red arrival, usual centering, fine and scarce multiple, with 2003 PFC,
O
Catalog #27
Catalog Value $6,000
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #21
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 5c red brown, vertical strip of three, used in 1858 on FL from New Orleans to France, red "Boston March 27 Paid 6" and framed "PD," transit and arrival pmks, fresh and fine cover
Envelope
Catalog #28
Unsold
Lot #22
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 5c Indian red, black cds, reperforated at top with perf. flaws, otherwise fine example of this rare shade, with 1992 APS certificate,
O
Catalog #28A
Catalog Value $3,500
Unsold
Lot #23
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 5c brown, unused without gum, usual centering, faint crease and small thin, fine appearance, with 1986 PFC,
(*)
Catalog #29
Catalog Value $1,750
Unsold
Lot #24
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 5c orange brown, unused without gum, fine, with 1993 PFC,
(*)
Catalog #30
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$110.00

Lot #25
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 5c brown, unused (regummed), usual centering, repaired (corner added), fine appearance, with 1993 PFC,
(*)
Catalog #30A
Catalog Value $825
Price Realized
$110.00

Lot #26
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 10c green, type I, part black cds, usual centering, fine, with 1993 PFC,
O
Catalog #31
Catalog Value $1,100
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #27
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 10c green, type IV, Stitch Watermark, pos. 55L, black town cancel, well centered, with graded "VF-XF 85" 2016 PSE certificate (SMQ $3,500)
O
Catalog #34
Unsold
Lot #28
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 10c green, type IV, pos. 54L, pen cancel, fairly well centered, cancellation lightened, otherwise fine, with 1993 PFC,
O
Catalog #34
Catalog Value $2,100
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #29
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 12c black, Plate 3, h.r., nicely centered especially for this difficult issue, with graded "VF-XF 85" 2017 PSE certificate (SMQ $1,175)
*
Catalog #36b
Unsold
Lot #30
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 24c gray, unused without gum, tiny thin spots, fine appearance, with 1993 PFC,
(*)
Catalog #37a
Catalog Value $525
Price Realized
$110.00

Lot #31
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 30c orange, Aug. 28, 1861 pmk, well centered, fresh, fine stamp, signed Brun,
O
Catalog #38
Catalog Value $425
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #32
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 90c blue, unused without gum, deep intense color and well centered for issue, tiny mark at right, fresh and v.f. (catalogued as unused, without gum)
(*)
Catalog #39
Catalog Value $1,200
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #33
United States 1857-61 Issue
1857 90c blue, red grid cancel, extensively repaired (margins added at sides, part of the cancel drawn in), still an exceedingly rare used stamp, with 1994 PFC,
O
Catalog #39
Catalog Value $10,000
Price Realized
$575.00

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