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 #2128
United States 1917-29 Issue
1917 5c carmine, single error in 2c block of nine, n.h., fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #505
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2129
United States 1917-29 Issue
1917 5c carmine, double error in a complete 2c upper left pane of 100, Plate No.7942 at top and left, fresh color, nicely centered, both errors are fine-v.f., several pencil notations in selvage, attractive complete sheet (catalogued as double error in a block of twelve),
Box **
Catalog #505
Catalog Value $1,850
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2130
United States 1917-29 Issue
1919 2c carmine rose, type II, Rotary perf. 11x10, n.h., deep color, post office fresh, fine, handstamped guarantee mark on back, with 1996 PFC (Scott catalogue in the grade of fine only),
**
Catalog #539
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2131
United States 1917-29 Issue
1923 1c green, Perf. 11, n.h., centered slightly to left, post office fresh, fine, with 2007 PFC and 2008 PSE certificate. A very rare stamp, less than 20 exist, most are poorly centered or have been damaged as the result of irregular production and mishandling,
**
Catalog #544
Catalog Value $35,000
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #2132
United States 1917-29 Issue
1919 1c green, 2c carmine, n.h., well centered, post office fresh, fine-v.f., the latter with 2001 PFC,
**
Catalog #545-546
Catalog Value $830
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #2133
United States 1917-29 Issue
1923 1c green, Rotary, perf. 11, unused without gum, well centered for this difficult issue with perfs clear (often found with perfs in), thinned, with 1983 PFC stating "stained discolored and with a deep thin spot", staining has since been removed. One of the rarest 20th Century United States stamps in unused condition (594 is waste from a horizontal rotary printing used to make coils. At the beginning or end of a coil-stamp print run from the 170-subject rotary plates, some leading or trailing paper was produced that was too short for rolling into 500-stamp rolls. In 1919 the Bureau devised a plan to salvage this waste by perforating and cutting the sheets into panes. They were put through the 11-gauge flat-plate perforator in use at the time, giving the sheets full perforations on all sides. The existence of Scott 594 was not reported until four months after the final sheets were delivered, and the 1c Rotary perf. 11 was soon recognized as one of the rarest United States stamps. Siegel Census of unused examples of Scott 594 records only 18 (!) copies. Of these only 11 have any gum, and three of those have perforated initials of Crowell Publishing Co. of Springfield, Ohio, which some collectors regard as equivalent to a cancel. (Scott Catalogue notes "both unused and used are valued with perforations just touching frameline on one side") (catalogued as unused without gum), ex-Hoffman (Siegel Auctions Aug 2008),
(*)
Catalog #594
Catalog Value $35,000
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #2134
United States 1917-29 Issue
1923 Coils, 2c carmine, type II, horizontal pair, n.h., natural gum skips, fine,
**
Catalog #599A
Catalog Value $500
Unsold
Lot #2135
United States 1917-29 Issue
1926 2c carmine, type II, lower right Plate No.19744 single, n.h.,
**
Catalog #634A
Catalog Value $600
Unsold
Lot #2136
United States 1917-29 Issue
1926 2c carmine lake, type I, n.h., with 2005 PSE certificate, graded "XF-Sup 95" (SMQ $950)
**
Catalog #634b
Price Realized
$900.00

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