Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #6 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 3c dull red, small h.r., large margins all around showing parts of adjoining stamps at top and at left, fresh, with 2015 PFC graded "XF90" (SMQ $550) * Catalog #11A | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #7 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 Bald, Cousland & Co., "Postage 3 Cents" imperforate Essays on bond paper, two different in scarlet and black, v.f. E Catalog #11-E15b | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #8 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 10c green, type II, large margins all around including large portion of adjoining stamp at left, used on piece in combination with 3c red brown, v.f. O Catalog #14 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #9 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 12c black, horizontal pair, right stamp shifted transfer (1L-2L1), red grid cancels, margins all around, deep color, v.f., with 1978 PFC O Catalog #17,17var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #10 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851 1c blue, type II, used in combination with three overlapped examples of 3c dull red (one torn at left), all tied by 1858 San Francisco cds on cover to Warren, Rhode Island, overall ageing, fine combination franking, with clear 2012 APS certificate  Catalog #7,26 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #11 United States 1851-57 Issue 1851-68 Mississippi packet boats, four stampless covers, including "Alice Vivian", "Str. Gov. Allen" (3c stationery entire) and steamers "Amanda" & "Dr Batey", mixed condition but good markings, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #12 United States 1851-57 Issue 1853 (22 July) FL from New York to Tabasco, Mexico, sent via New Orleans, forwarded there August 1st by "J.W. Zacharie & Co." (embossed oval) franked with 4x3c red (overpaid by 2 cents) and continuing on the steamer "Texas" departing August 13th and arriving Veracruz, August 18th, where it was charged 3 reales due for internal postage Catalog #11 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #13 United States 1851-57 Issue 1860 (9 Aug) outer FL originating from Paris, France, with oval "Apesteguy & Mairesse" oval, addressed to the U.S. Consul in Vera Cruz, Mexico, sent by unknown means to New Orleans, where it was franked with 3c red (imperf. at right, with vertical gutter lines), tied by 1 September cds, oval "Forwarded by E.J. Forstall" handstamp on back, carried by the schooner "Potomac", with no charges assessed in Mexico, some cover mending at top, little toning at left, otherwise fine and interesting item, with Molesworth's pencil noted on reverse Catalog #11 | Price Realized $450.00 |
