U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 7-8, 2021
Welcome to our December 7-8 sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. This 1,554 lot sale begins with United States, with 19th and 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. European countries are well represented, with a good showing of Great Britain & British Commonwealth. South America is highlighted by classic Colombia. Other noteworthy areas include the late Roy Koczarski's award-wining collection of Poland, plus Russia, with an unused Number One. The sale concludes with Large Lots and Collections, with single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and cover lots. Scans of most of the lots are available on our website and additional scans are being added daily
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #302 United States Modern Issues 1964 American Music, 5c red & black, blue color omitted, also 5c Florida, yellow omitted, both n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1252a,1271a Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #303 United States Modern Issues 1969 Professional Baseball, 6c yellow, red, green, black omitted (inscriptions and value), n.h., v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison, ** Catalog #1381a Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #304 United States Modern Issues 1971 Space Achievement, 8c se-tenant horizontal pair, blue & red colors (litho.) omitted, n.h., v.f., with regular pair included for comparison, ** Catalog #1435d Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #305 United States Modern Issues 1971 Emily Dickinson, 8c multicolored, black and olive (engr.) omitted (inscriptions and value), n.h., v.f., 1999 APS certificate, with regular stamp included for comparison, ** Catalog #1436a Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #306 United States Modern Issues 1972 Tom Sawyer, right sheet margin single, red & black (engr.) omitted, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1470b Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #307 United States Modern Issues 1974 Energy Conservation, 10c multicolored, bottom sheet margin single, orange & green omitted, also another error, green omitted, p.m., v.f., with regular stamps included for comparison, ** Catalog #1547b,c Catalog Value $675 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #308 United States Modern Issues 1975 D.W. Griffith, 10c multicolored, brown (engr.) omitted, n.h., v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison, ** Catalog #1555a Catalog Value $450 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #309 United States Modern Issues 1975 Space Issue, 10c Mariner, red and dark yellow omitted, n.h., v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison, ** Catalog #1556a Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #310 United States Modern Issues 1979 $1.00 Rush Lamp & Candle Holder, intaglio brown color inverted, n.h., v.f. The so-called CIA invert is one of the best known inverted color errors in United States philately. These stamps were discovered by an on-duty CIA employee who teamed up with some colleagues to purchase the pane from a post office. Saving a copy each, the group later sold the bulk of the sheet to a prominent stamp dealer. News of the error reached CIA officials who sought to claim ownership and US Postal authorities who tried to recover the stamps. Official queries, threats, and even job losses followed the group until the sale of the pane was ruled legal. Because the number of existing CIA inverts approximately equals the number of existing Inverted Jennies (examples of C3a regularly bring six-figure sums at auction), it may be said that current values for 1610c are far too low. This exceptional copy is accompanied by a 2014 PFC graded "XF 90", ** Catalog #1610c Catalog Value $17,000 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #311 United States Modern Issues 1981 three different errors, including 6c Edna Millay, 18c Remington and American Bicentennial 18c pair, each black or brown omitted, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1926a,1934b,1938b Catalog Value $665 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #312 United States Modern Issues 1984 Waterfowl Preservation, 20c blue, horizontal strip of three imperf. vertically and at margin at right, n.h., v.f. (catalogued $275 for a pair) ** Catalog #2092a | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #313 United States Modern Issues 1986 Ameripex, booklet pane of four (without selvage), black omitted, tied on unaddressed cacheted FDC, unofficial Dayton, Ohio Jan.23, 1986 postmarks, v.f., with AFDCS certificate  Catalog #2198-2201b | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #314 United States Modern Issues 1987 25c Honeybee, black ("25c USA" omitted), horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #2281c Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #315 United States Modern Issues 1987-89 U.S.- Morocco, CPA and Bill of Rights, three different, each with black (engr.) omitted, n.h., v.f., with two regular stamps included for comparison, ** Catalog #2349a, 2361a, 2421a Catalog Value $830 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #316 United States Modern Issues 1993 Sporting Horses, se-tenant block of four, black (engr.) omitted, n.h., v.f.,  **Catalog #2759b Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $280.00 |
