U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; The David Mace Collection of U.S. Stamps
April 24-25, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2006 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 1c dark blue, type I, Position 7R1E, used, large margins showing complete design, with portion of adjoining stamp at right, bright early shade and impression, attractive town cancel, signed and plated by Stanley Ashbrook, with clear 1957 PFC and 2007 PSE certificate ("genuine used, with a corner crease at the upper left, a small tear at the bottom center and a thin in the lower left corner"), fresh and very fine appearance of position 7R1E (the seventh stamp in the right pane of Plate I), showing complete design, as such a great rarity, in fact the rarest of all United States stamps issued regularly prior to the 1868 Grills, with a copy of the Ashbrook article, showing this example; Wagshaw census #40, illustrated on page 358 of the National Philatelic Museum handbook, ex-Connoisseur collection. Listed (only one example of No. 5 in dark blue shade is recorded) but as yet unpriced in Scott's (catalogue value for blue shade with minor faults). An unusual opportunity obtain this unique and major rarity (p O Catalog #5var Catalog Value $67,500 | Price Realized $25,000.00 |
 | Lot #2007 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 1c blue, type Ib, pos. 6R1E, unused without gum, three ample margins, large at top, cut in at bottom, horizontal crease at top, ending with tear at top, also additional two small tears, good color, fine appearing example of this rare stamp, with 2009 PSAG certificate. Type Ib was produced only as imperforate issue and less than five unused examples have been recorded to date, (*) Catalog #5A Catalog Value $12,000 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #2008 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 1c blue, type Ia, pos.92R4, faintly canceled, deep and appealing color, three ample margins, just touching at top, showing complete design at bottom, practically uncanceled (appears unused), fine and sound example of the imperforate Plate 4 stamp, extremely rare Type Ia, produced only as imperforate issue (less than five unused examples recorded), with 2004 PFC, O Catalog #6 Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #2009 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 1c blue, type III, position 80R4, unused, three ample margins, cut in at top, deep intense color typical of Plate 4, with 2010 PFC ("with small break at bottom, trace of gum, and an albino scratch on shoulder"), rare stamp in any condition, * Catalog #8 Catalog Value $25,000 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #2010 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 1c blue, type IIIa, position 50R4, unused without gum, large margins all around, with part of adjoining stamp at right, v.f. and beautiful stamp, with 1988 and 1994 PFCs, (*) Catalog #8A Catalog Value $2,250 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #2011 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 3c bright orange brown, position 39R1E, light red circular grid cancel, margins all around, v.f., with 2010 PSAG certificate, O Catalog #10 Catalog Value $180 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2012 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 3c orange brown, type II, position 99R10, unused with original gum, l.h., fresh and beautiful stamp, v.f., with 2012 PSAG certificate, * Catalog #10A Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2013 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 5c red brown, unused without gum, large margins all around, tiny blue mark at top margin only, fresh and fine, rare unused stamp, with photocopy of a 1973 PFC for a pair from which this originated, (*) Catalog #12 Catalog Value $11,000 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #2014 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 10c green, type I, unused with gum, hinge remnants (causing a horizontal bend), ample margins to just touching at bottom, showing the complete ornaments, light vertical crease and other small faults, not mentioned on the accompanying 2010 W.R. Weiss certificate, * Catalog #13 Catalog Value $19,000 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #2015 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 10c green, type II, unused with original gum, h.r., three ample margins, just in at bottom, deep color and unusually fresh, rare unused, with 1989 PFC ("genuine previously hinged") * Catalog #14 Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #2016 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 10c green, type III, unused with full original gum, lightly hinged, three ample margins, just barely touching the ornaments at right, good color, tiny corner crease at bottom right, still a fine unused stamp, with 1995 PFC, * Catalog #15 Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #2017 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 10c green, type IV, pos.65L, recut at top, neat and very light town cancel, large margins all around, beautiful color, v.f., with 2010 PFC, O Catalog #16 Catalog Value $1,600 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
