U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 7-8, 2020
Our July 7-8, 2020 auction will be held on CherrystoneLIVE. The sale contains 940 lots of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with extensive United States, European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, German Area, Hungary, Italy and Colonies, Switzerland and other areas. Great Britain and British Commonwealth feature many high values and sets covering all reigns. This sale concludes with a good selection of large lots and collections, which range from single country albums to specialized collections and multi-carton worldwide stocks and cover lots. Please note our usual catalogues have not been printed for this sale, due to the current unreliability of the postal service (we hope to resume printing catalogues for the future auctions)
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #8167 United States 1909-13 Issues 1909 Seward, imperf. bottom plate no. block of six, l.h., also Hudson-Fulton top perf. and left imperf. plate no. blocks of six, first with few opened perfs, n.h., fine-v.f.,  **Catalog #371,372,372 Catalog Value $1,025 | Unsold |
 | Lot #8168 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 2c carmine, used, perfectly centered with jumbo margins, fresh color, with 2011 PFC and 2007 PSE certificate, the latter graded "Gem 100J" (SMQ $325 for "100") O Catalog #375 | Unsold |
 | Lot #8169 United States 1909-13 Issues 1910 1c green, horizontal guide line pair, h.r., fine, with 2019 William T. Crowe certificate, * Catalog #387 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #8170 United States 1909-13 Issues 1911 3c deep violet, Type I, Orangeburg coil single, perf. 12 vertically, machine cancel as always, usual centering (actually quite nice for this stamp), with 2018 PSE certificate (The 3c Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911, specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. They were used to send product samples to physicians and were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. Due to the coil stamps' use on mass mailings, many of the surviving copies are faulty to some extent. The most common defects are corner creases or tears). A rare sound example, O Catalog #389 Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #8171 United States 1909-13 Issues 1913 5c blue, horizontal guide line pair, used, left stamp well centered, fine-v.f. and scarce used pair, with 1994 PFC and 2019 PSE certificate, O Catalog #396 Catalog Value $825 | Unsold |
