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.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2512 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 1c blue & black, Center Inverted, small faults, probably caused by herringbone cut cancel, unusually well centered, appears unused, O Catalog #R103a Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #2513 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 2c blue & black, Center Inverted, manuscript cancel, usual centering, with 2007 PFC, rare complete sound invert (Scott catalogue value should probably be $6,000, as the cut cancel is listed at $3,500) O Catalog #R104a Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #2514 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 5c blue & black, Center Inverted, manuscript cancel, nicely centered, small thin, otherwise fine, with 2011 PSAG certificate (Scott catalogue value should probably be $4,000, as the cut cancel is listed at $2,500) O Catalog #R107a Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2515 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 10c black & blue, Center Inverted, handstamped and with herringbone cut cancels, fresh colors, with 1978 PFC, ex-Baron du Plussis (catalogued as cut cancel) O Catalog #R109a Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2516 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 20c blue & black, Center Inverted, herringbone cut cancel which has been treated with some white filler in places where it breaks the paper, thin spot at right, well centered, v.f. appearance. Only thirteen singles and a pair have been recorded, of which only two are sound. A footnote in Scott states "R111a is valued in the grade of fine and with small faults, as almost all examples have faults". A rare invert, ex-Robert Hall collection (Siegel Auctions, Apr 2015, $6,000 hammer) O Catalog #R111a Catalog Value $4,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #2517 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 25c blue & black, Center Inverted, 1872 manuscript cancel, well centered for issue, with three large margins, tiny thin speck at bottom, not mentioned on the accompanying 1983 PFC, which notes "genuine with the vignette faded", v.f. appearance of this rare invert, less than 18 (!) recorded, virtually all with faults or repairs, O Catalog #R112a Catalog Value $13,000 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #2518 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 50c blue & black, Center Inverted, appears unused, minor wrinkles, fine, O Catalog #R115a Catalog Value $400 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #2519 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 70c blue & black, Center Inverted, light 1871 datestamp in blue, herringbone cut cancels with some reinforcing, well centered, v.f. appearance for this scarce invert, only 27 examples recorded, ex-Curtiss collection (Siegel Auctions Dec 2014, $3,500 hammer) O Catalog #R117a Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #2520 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 $1 blue & black, Center Inverted, 1872 manuscript cancel, centered to left, bright colors, tear at top, creases and large thins (having been removed from a document), fine appearance, with 2007 PFC, O Catalog #R118a Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #2521 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 $5 blue & black, Center Inverted, "1872" manuscript cancel, well centered, bright colors, small tears at upper left and a tiny marginal thin at lower left, v.f. appearance of this scarce invert, especially well centered, with 2007 PFC, O Catalog #R127a Catalog Value $3,750 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #2522 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 2c orange & black, Center Inverted, herringbone cut cancels, fresh and well centered stamp, looks unused, O Catalog #R135b Catalog Value $300 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2523 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 15c brown & black, Center Inverted, faint blue and cut cancels, rich colors, centered to bottom right as nearly always, fine example of this rare invert, only thirteen singles and one pair have been recorded, approximately half with cut cancels, nearly all have faults and most are centered to one corner, O Catalog #R139a Catalog Value $9,000 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #2524 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 30c orange & black, Center Inverted, blue handstamp and cut cancel, small thin spot, well centered, fine appearance, with 1987 PFC, O Catalog #R140a Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #2525 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871 Third Issue, $1 green & black, Center Inverted, light cut cancels, minor creases, bright colors and v.f. appearance of this rare Third Issue $1 invert, only 27 recorded, most of which are with faults. The example offered here looks unused, with nice centering and with minimal faults. A wonderful U.S. Revenue rarity, ex Cunliffe and Curtiss collections (Siegel Auctions, Dec. 2014, $15,000 hammer) O Catalog #R144a Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #2526 United States - Revenue Stamps 1871-72 $2.50 claret and black, Center Inverted, 1872 manuscript cancel, fairly well centered with fresh color, small repair at right, still quite an acceptable copy of this rare invert of which there are only 15 recorded, with 1983 PFC, O Catalog #R146a Catalog Value $22,500 | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
 | Lot #2527 United States - Revenue Stamps 1874 2c orange & black on green paper, Center Inverted, manuscript "1865" cancel, tiny thin spot, well centered, fine appearance, O Catalog #R151a Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $375.00 |
