The Maitland Collection of U.S. Stamps and Inverted Centers of the World
October 29-30, 2024

We are pleased to present two outstanding sales from the Maitland Collection - United States Stamps and Inverted Centers of the World. The focus on the United States Collection is on items typically missing from conventional collections, most notably Re-Issues, Special Printings, rare Coils, Postage Dues and of course the Inverted Jenny (which is offered in the Inverted Centers sale). Some additional highlights include a sound unused Indian Red, Grills, Bluish Papers complete, imperf. 5c in 2c block, "Fast", "Slow" and "Grounded" Jennies, and more.
The Maitland Collection of Inverted Centers of the World brings these striking errors and some of their stories to light. The United States showing is apparently complete, with 1869 Pictorials, 1901 Pan-Americans, Internal Revenues and the more modern CIA and Stock Exchange inverts. Rounding the group is the Inverted Jenny, one of the three stamps recovered from the infamous "McCoy" block. Stolen from the APS Convention in 1955, the Maitland copy is position 75, its fascinating story available at https://invertedjenny.com/position/75.
The collection continues with major rarities from Central and South America, better Canal Zone, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Peru and Uruguay.
European Countries feature the three Inverted Parliament Building errors from Austria, Inverted Madonna from Hungary, Bulgaria 50st, Athens Academy from Greece, Italian Filiberto and Postage Dues, as well as Italian Colonies, 1956 Poland 20gr Boxer, a splendid group of Imperial Russia and Spain.
The British Commonwealth is highlighted by Canadian Revenues, St. Lawrence Seaway, multiple examples of the Truro School, plus Patricia Airways. Jamaica, Labuan, New Zealand, Cook Islands, South Australia and Tonga.
Not to be overlooked, there are inverts from Belgian Congo, French Colonies, Liberia, excellent Iran and others.
These sales will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2537
AUSTRIA
1919 Parliament Building, 2k vermilion and black, Center Inverted, perfectly centered with wide, even margins, beautiful color, small h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Mueller, with 1967 Friedl certificate. A rarity, especially in such beautiful condition, (ANK 284D, €4,000)
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Catalog #219a
Catalog Value $2,750
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2538
AUSTRIA
1919 Parliament Building, 4k carmine & black, Center Inverted, l.h. (if at all), v.f. (ANK 287D, €2,000)
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Catalog #222a
Catalog Value $2,100
Unsold
Lot #2539
AUSTRIA
1919 Parliament Building, 20kr violet gray & lilac brown, Center Inverted, neat postmark (Wien) and well centered, excellent colors, with usual irregular perforations at bottom, slightly improved at left, otherwise v.f., one of the finest of the less than 15 (!) known, with 2010 Soecknick certificate which confirms that practically all known examples of this great Austrian rarity have defective perforations (they were carelessly torn by hand) (ANK 291D, €40,000)
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Catalog #226a
Catalog Value $40,000
Unsold

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