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 #8138 United States 1901 Pan-American Exposition 1901 4c deep red brown and black, Center Inverted, clear "Specimen" overprint, h.r., small sealed tear, otherwise fine, with 2018 PFC (it has been reported that a total of 203 4c Inverts were released, both with and without the small "Specimen" overprint (it is not known how many were overprinted). Some examples, both with and without the overprint, were given away by Third Asst. Postmaster General Edwin C. Madden. When postal authorities learned of the practice, they destroyed 194 copies and put one pane of 100 into the official archives. At a later date, 97 of these were traded for rarities missing from the archives) S Catalog #296aS-E Catalog Value $11,500 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
