U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
October 16-17, 2018
Welcome to our October 16-17, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,627 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including Ernest Wheeler’s flight and space covers and autographs, additional selections from the Scouts of the World collection, Vito Bianco’s stock of Italian area and many others. There are solid selections of United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany & Italy, with their respective Colonies, also Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland; rarities from China and other Asian material. As always, the sale contains 150+ large lots and collections, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and more. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2057 United States 1909-13 Issues 1909 4c orange brown, horizontal guide-line pair, l.h., fine, with 2003 PFC, * Catalog #354 Catalog Value $ 1,400 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2058 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 1c green, 2c carmine, 3c deep violet and 4c brown, Plate No. Blocks of six, two different of 2c, one h.r., others l.h. or n.h., well centered, v.f.,  */**Catalog #374-77 Catalog Value $ 1,105 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2059 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 1c green, unexploded 25c booklet with four panes of 6x1c Position A, generally very good to fine centering, wax interleaves, fresh, diagonal cover creasing, otherwise v.f. complete booklet, the only booklet issued for the single-line watermarked One Cent panes (BK27)  Catalog #374a Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2060 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 1c green, 2c carmine booklet panes of six, each with a plate number, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., Catalog #374a,375a,405b,406a Catalog Value $ 555 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #2061 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine, unexploded 25c booklet with two panes of 6x2c, well centered, some gum disturbances, wax interleaves, fresh, back cover creased and frail, otherwise fine and scarce complete booklet (BK28) Catalog #375a Catalog Value $ 900 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #2062 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine, unexploded 97c booklet with eight panes of 6x2c, unusually fresh, very good to fine centering, wax interleaves, slight cover creasing, still fine and scarce complete booklet (BK30) Catalog #375a Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2063 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 6c red orange, bottom Imprint and Star, Pl. No. 5215 block of six, n.h., remarkably well centered, natural gum creases, trifle heavy at bottom left, tiny perf. thin at upper left, still fresh and v.f. plate block, **Catalog #379 Catalog Value $ 700 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #2064 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 1c green, top and right Plate No. Blocks of six, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #405 Catalog Value $ 445 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2065 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 1c green, unexploded 25c booklet with four panes of 6x1c, fine centering, wax interleaves, fresh and v.f. complete booklet (BK31) Catalog #405b Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #2066 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 7c black, bottom Pl. No. 6916 block of four, h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., well centered, fresh and v.f., scarce plate block, *Catalog #407 Catalog Value $ 1,200 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #2067 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 1c green, 2c carmine, Ty. I, Kansas City Roulettes, top and right Pl. No. 6013 and 6941 blocks of six, the latter h.r. at top, otherwise n.h., handstamped "C.A.S." on back, v.f. A rare set of plate blocks of six of this officially sanctioned private perforation. In December 1914, the Kansas City post office had an oversupply of imperforate stamps, originally intended for vending machines. The supply of stamps was rouletted with women's dressmaking tracing wheels, and official approval for their release was given by Washington */**Catalog #408,409 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #2068 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 Perf. 12, watermarked, 8c pale olive green, 10c orange yellow, bottom and top Plate No. Blocks of six, l.h. or h.r., well centered, the former with faint marginal toning, still fresh and v.f. pair of plate blocks, *Catalog #414,416 Catalog Value $ 975 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #2069 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 10c orange yellow, left plate no. 5852 and letter "A" block of six, h.r. at bottom right, others n.h., fine-v.f., *Catalog #416 Catalog Value $ 500 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2070 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 15c gray, top imprint, Plate No. 5760 and letter "A" block of six, beautiful fresh color on bright paper, perfectly centered, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #418 Catalog Value $ 1,700 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2071 United States 1909-13 Issues 1912 30c orange red, top Plate No. 6899 block of six, l.h., tiny perf. separations, fresh, fine-v.f., *Catalog #420 Catalog Value $ 1,450 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2072 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 1c green and 2c rose red, right imprint and "COIL STAMPS" blocks of ten, plate nos. 6581 and 6568 respectively, the latter h.r. in selvage only, stamps n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #424,425 Catalog Value $ 525 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2073 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 1c green, unexploded 97c booklet with sixteen panes of 6x1c, fine centering, some back cover creasing, also a 24c combination booklet, each with wax interleaves, fresh and fine-v.f. complete booklets (BK42,43) Catalog #424d Catalog Value $ 435 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2074 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 2c carmine, unexploded 25c booklet with two panes of 6x2c position D, both with Plate Numbers, very good to fine centering, some cover creasing, wax interleaves, fine complete booklet, catalogued as an ordinary booklet, without premium for the Plate Number panes (BK44) Catalog #425e Catalog Value $ 500 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #2075 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 2c carmine, unexploded 97c booklet with eight panes of 6x2c, fine centering, some dried gum from glassine interleaves, front cover with ink and pencil notations, minor staple rust, scarce complete booklets with perf. 10 panes of 2c carmine (BK46) Catalog #425e Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #2076 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 Perf. 10, watermarked, 5c indigo blue, 11c dark green, 12c claret brown, bottom or right Plate No. Blocks of six, n.h., well centered, light natural gum skips or creases, fine-v.f., **Catalog #428,434,435 Catalog Value $ 1,650 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2077 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 6c orange, pale red orange, two distinct shades, top Pl. No. 7137 block of six and top Pl. No. 5423 and star block of six, l.h., some gum offsets, well centered, v.f. pair of Perf. 10 plate blocks, *Catalog #429 Catalog Value $ 950 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2078 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 Perf. 10, watermarked, 8c olive green, Right Plate No. A 5846, also Bottom Pl. No. 5722, imprint and A block of six, both hinged, well centered, fine-v.f., *Catalog #431 Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #2079 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 Perf. 10, watermarked, 9c salmon red, 11c dark green, bottom or right Plate No. Blocks of six, hinged, well centered, fresh, fine-v.f., *Catalog #432,434 Catalog Value $ 1,025 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #2080 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 15c gray, right Plate No. 6825 block of six, well centered, fresh and v.f., *Catalog #437 Catalog Value $ 1,125 | Price Realized $525.00 |
