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 #14 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 1c blue, type I, unused with original gum, bright color, sharp impression, well centered for this issue, fine, with 2002 PFC, * Catalog #18 Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #15 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 1c blue, type IV, triple transfer, one inverted, position 71L1L, recut twice at top and once at bottom (only four such recuts on the plate), deep rich color, used, faint crease, otherwise fine and very rare, O Catalog #23var Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #16 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 3c dull red, two distinct shades, n.h., exceptionally wide margins for issue, with 2006 PSE and 2018 PSAG certificates, each graded "XF90" (SMQ $1,250) ** Catalog #26 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #17 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 cover (partly restored on back) sent in 1861 from San Francisco, paying 16 cents (10c and pair of 3c) overpaying the rate by 6c, to Guadalajara, via a ship of the PMSC line to Acapulco, where 2 reales was charged for internal postage, fine  Catalog #26,35 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #18 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 24c gray lilac, tied by red grids on cover via New York (Apr 30) to London, with May 13, 1861 arrival pmk, minor cover flaws, otherwise fine, signed Alcuri, with 1984 Scott Philatelic Co. certificate, Catalog #37 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #19 United States 1857-61 Issue 1857 90c blue, used, relatively light black cancel, well centered for issue, small faults as often encountered in this high value, very rare genuinely used, with 2004 PFC ("with a tear at left center and small faults"), fine appearance (This 90c stamp was actually issued in 1860 and was in use for only one year because of the outbreak of the Civil War, when supplies of current U.S. stamps were declared invalid in the South and ultimately demonetized in the North. Genuinely canceled copies of the 90c are scarce) O Catalog #39 Catalog Value $10,500 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #20 United States 1857-61 Issue 1858 Mississippi boat "Bluff City", red straight line "per Bluff City" cancel in red, neatly struck on 3c stationery entire envelope to New Orleans, with black "Steam" and New Orleans May 24 pmks, fine | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #21 United States 1857-61 Issue 1861 outer FL with oval "Wells, Fargo San Francisco May 14" and "Paid" in blue alongside, addressed to the United States Consul in Victoria, Vancouver Island, sent by Capt. George G. Welles of the bank "Emily Banning," filing folds, otherwise fine, scarce Ship Letter | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #22 United States 1857-61 Issue 1864 cover endorsed "from U.S.Steamer Saranac Pacific Squadron," addressed to Philadelphia, with "Steamship 10" payment at upper right, some toning, otherwise fine (USS Saranac was a sloop of war of the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1850 and saw service protecting American interests in the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Pacific Ocean. During the Civil War, Saranac patrolled America's west coast) | Price Realized $140.00 |
