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 #8200 United States 1917-29 Issues 1917 2c deep rose, Ty. Ia, Imperforate, with Schermack perfs clearly visible at left, neat wavy lines machine cancel, characteristic rich color, faint corner crease at top left, fine example of this rarity, of which only 40 (!) copies recorded (Scott 482A was issued imperforate by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and sold to the Schermack Company for use in its patented stamp affixing machines, which typically applied stamps one at a time, so in most cases, the hyphen-hole perfs on one side would be cut off. Most surviving examples are either cut well into the design or have the Schermack perfs trimmed away on one side). An important 20th Century U.S. rarity, with 1977 and 2017 PFCs, O Catalog #482A Catalog Value $65,000 | Price Realized $13,000.00 |
