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Sale 356
U.S. and Worldwide
Stamps, Covers, Coins and Collections
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Lot 418 |
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Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (C13-C15), original gum never hinged, fresh and attractive set of plate no. singles. F.-V.F.
Scott $1,750
Expertization: each with 2007 or 2008 P.S.E. certificate.
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Lot 419 |
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Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (C13-C15), original gum, 65¢ and $1.30, lightly hinged, $2.60 never hinged, usual natural gum skips $1.30, light gum bend, fresh. F.-V.F.
Scott $1,480
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Lot 420 |
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Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (C13-C15), original gum. Fresh F.-V.F.
Scott $1,105
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Lot 421 |
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Premium Postage Dues, 1891/1930 (J24//J76), four, comprised J24, J48a, J75-76, original gum never hinged, well centered and fresh. Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,105
Expertization: all with 2018 P.F. certificates.
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Lot 422 |
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Postage Due, 1959, 7¢ carmine rose & black, dull gum (J95), bottom margin single, original gum never hinged. Extremely Fine.
Scott $575
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Lot 423 |
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Offices in China, 1919, 40¢ on 20¢ deep ultramarine (K13), original gum never hinged, beautifully centered, vivid color. Extremely Fine. SMQ $1925.
Expertization: with 2007 P.S.E. certificate graded XF-SUP 95.
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Lot 424 |
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Offices in China, 1919, $1 on 50¢ light violet (K15), original gum never hinged, essentially perfectly centered, bright color. Extremely Fine SMQ $6,250.
Scott $1,250
AN EXCEPTIONAL MINT EXAMPLE OF THIS SHANGHAI OVERPRINT HIGH VALUE, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE IN THIS SUPERLATIVE CONDITION, ONLY TWO HAVE GRADED HIGHER (BOTH 98) AND ONLY FIVE OTHERS SHARE THIS GRADE.
Expertization: with 1983 P.F. certificate and 2008 P.S.E. certificate, the latter graded XF-SUP 95.
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Lot 425 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1875 Special Printings, 1¢-30¢ complete, overprinted "Specimen" (O1SD-O9SD), without gum as issued. Couple minor faults or reperfed. Overall fresh set F.-V.F.
Scott $2,887
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Lot 426 |
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Executive Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 2¢ carmine, overprinted "Specimen", foreign entry of 6¢ Agriculture (O11SD var.), without gum as issued, position 40, beautifully centered. Reperfed at right as many are, as this position would yield straight-edged examples, tiny thins. Choice Very Fine appearance, rare.
Scott $2,250
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Lot 427 |
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Justice Dept., 1875 Special Printings, 1¢-90¢ complete, overprinted "Specimen" (O25SD-O34SD), without gum as issued, nicely centered. Some faults, mostly blunt perfs or reperfed. Otherwise F.-V.F., a fresh and attractive set, of which no more than 150 can exist.
Scott $10,087
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Lot 428 |
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Navy Dept., 1875 Special Printings, 1¢-90¢ complete, overprinted "Specimen" (O35SD-O45SD), without gum as issued. Some faults, generally blunt perfs or reperfed. Otherwise F.-V.F., an attractive set, of which no more than 102 can exist.
Scott $14,660
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Lot 429 |
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Navy Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 7¢ ultramarine, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O39SDa), overprint error, extremely fresh, without gum as issued, small thin. Fine appearing.
Scott $10,000
ONLY 501 SPECIMEN STAMPS WERE SOLD AND ONLY ONE ERROR OCCURRED ON SOME SHEETS (SEE SCOTT), MAKING THIS ONE OF POSSIBLY FIVE SOLD.
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Lot 430 |
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Post Office Dept., 1875 Special Printings, 1¢-90¢ complete, overprinted "Specimen" (O47SD-O56SD), without gum as issued. Some faults, generally blunt perfs or reperfed. Otherwise mostly well centered and fresh F.-V.F., a rare set, of which no more than 81 can exist.
Scott $12,570
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Lot 431 |
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Post Office Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 1¢ black, overprinted "Specimen" inverted (O47SDb), without gum as issued, bright color. Light stain. Otherwise fresh and Fine, rare, probably less than 100 exist.
Scott $2,500
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Lot 432 |
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Post Office Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 12¢ black, overprinted "Specimen" (O52SD), without gum as issued, fresh. Usual scissor trimmed perfs. Fine.
Scott $1,600
TRULY RARE WITH ONLY 93 ISSUED.
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Lot 433 |
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State Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 1¢-90¢ values, overprinted "Specimen" (O57SD-O67SD), complete to the 90¢ without gum as issued. Some small faults, mostly blunted perfs. Otherwise fresh set F.-V.F.
Scott $4,252
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Lot 434 |
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State Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 2¢ bluish green, overprinted "Sepcimen" (error) (O58SDa), without gum as issued, bright color, fully intact perfs. Small thin. Fine appearance, according to Markovits only 7-10 exist, few of which are sound.
Scott $2,500
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Lot 435 |
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Treasury Dept., 1875 Special Printings, 1¢-90¢ complete, overprinted "Specimen" (O72SD-O82SD), without gum as issued, perfs mostly intact. Some minor faults. Otherwise fresh F.-V.F. a rare set, only 72 complete sets can exist.
Scott $14,330
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Lot 436 |
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War Dept., 1875 Special Printings, 1¢-90¢ complete, overprinted "Specimen" (O83SD-O93SD), without gum as issued, fresh colors. Some minor faults, mostly nibbed perfs or reperfed. Otherwise F.-V.F., no more than 104 sets can exist.
Scott $11,785
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Lot 437 |
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Parcel Post, 1913, $1 carmine rose (Q12), natural straight edge, tied with 30¢ Washington-Franklin (420) on large registered address label -was apparently sewed on and the threads are still present!- from Kobe Japan tied by multiple New York double ovals, partial Holland customs label and markings, arriving in New York with purple New York Reg Div. 9/11/15 double oval, additionally franked with single and pair 5¢ (JQ3, pen cancelled), various U.S. registry markings, include "2nd Notice" 9/21/15 handstamp, New York Foreign 12/1/15 double oval, various Japanese issues tied by roller cancels, large red "R" and Kobe registered lables, blue crayon markings, some stamp flaws attributed to this usage. Overall F.-V.F.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
EXTREMELY RARE USAGE OF $1 PARCEL POST ISSUE, ESPECIALLY USED WITH 5¢ PARCEL POST POSTAGE DUE ISSUE, A PHENOMENAL PARCEL POST USAGE.
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Lot 438 |
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Wrapper, 1903, 1¢ green on manila (W384), used in Shanghai, China, locally addressed to New Point Hotel, backstamped with Shanghai Local Post "H" 12/20/05 double ring c.d.s. Very Fine and quite scarce usage of U.S. wrapper.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 439 |
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Hunting Permit, 1934, $1 Mallards (RW1), original gum never hinged, flawless centering within very large margins, choice color and impression. Superb. SMQ $8,000.
Scott $750
A SIMPLY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST DUCK STAMP, THE HIGHEST GRADE TO DATE WITH ONLY THREE OTHERS AT THIS GRADE. THE CERTIFICATE CONTAINS A BILL LITLE POST IT NOTE "THIS IS THE 2ND RW1 98J AND, IN MY OPINION, THE BEST ONE TO DATE".
Expertization: with 1993 P.F. and 2007 PSE certificates, latter graded SUP 98J.
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