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Sale 301
U.S. Autographs, Stamps and Postal History
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Lot 1881 |
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Cuba 1898-99, 3c on 1m orange brown (179D), tied on small irregular piece. Fine.
Scott $750
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Lot 1882 |
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Cuba 1898-99, 5c on 3m orange brown (187), tied on small piece by Jan 18th c.d.s., beautifully centered. Extremely Fine.
Scott $400
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Lot 1883 |
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Cuba 1898-99, 3c on 3m blue green (205), well centered. Very Fine.
Scott $400
Expertization: handstamped Tows.
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Lot 1884 |
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Cuba 1898-99, 5c on 4m blue green (218), nicely centered. Very Fine.
Scott $1,500
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Lot 1885 |
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Guam Guard Mail, 1930, 1c-2c complete (M3-M4), block of 4. Without gum as issued. Very Fine.
Scott $850
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Lot 1886 |
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Hawaii 1853, 5¢ blue, thick white paper (5), on small piece with two diagonal bisects of the U.S. 12¢ black (17) fitted together to make a whole stamp, each stamp with full margins, the 5¢ with red "Honolulu/U.S. Postage Paid" c.d.s. and the whole tied together by a Feb 20 San Francisco c.d.s. Very Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: 1967 P.F. Certificate, illustrated in Meyer-Harris, p.44.
Provenance: Plass, Pietsch
The speculation in Meyer-Harris is as follows: "The Honolulu post office had some splits left over which they could not use because of the Postmaster General's order of November 10, 1853. They carried them on books as a dead asset until April 1, 1855, when the new 10¢ rate for cross-country letters to the eastern states, plus the 2¢ ship fee, made the 12¢ stamps a useful denomination. They then used up the balance remaining by placing them thus together to represent the whole stamps. The number of splits used in this way cannot have been large, ore we would have heard of more of them.
The letter to which these stamps were affixed left Honolulu on January 21, 1857, by the bark FANNY MAJOR. It arrived in San Francisco February 6, 1857, and had to lie over until February 20 for a ship carrying eastbound mail via Panama."
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Lot 1887 |
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Hawaii 1893, 1¢ green, double red overprint (55d), horizontal pair. Both overprints heavy, both overprints heavy. Full, slightly diagonal second overprint. O.g., hinge remnant. Fine.
Scott $1,250
Expertization: 1990 P.F. Certificate as 55b, its former number.
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Lot 1888 |
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Hawaii Envelope, 1893, 10¢ black, blue inside (U14), mint entire with blue insides, size 6, fresh white paper. Very Fine rare entire.
Scott $1,000
Expertization: 1997 P.S.E. certificate.
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Lot 1889 |
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Philippines 1944, 16c dark blue, handstamped "VICTORY" (480), left margin block of four. Well centered. O.g., lightly hinged. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $2,000
Expertization: 2005 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1890 |
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Philippines Official, 1944, 2c rose, handstamped "VICTORY" in violet (O38), well centered with bright color. O.g., lightly hinged. Very Fine.
Scott $375
Expertization: photocopy of 1972 P.F. Certificate for block of 4.
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Lot 1891 |
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Puerto Rico 1898, 5¢ black (201), horizontal pair. Types III-IV, position 7-8, framelines all around. Most o.g. Very Fine.
Scott $1,625+
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Lot 1892 |
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Puerto Rico 1898, 5¢ black (201), vertical pair. Type II-III, position 1/6, large margins, bottom stamp without "F. Santiago" control mark. O.g. Very Fine.
Scott $1,475+
Expertization: signed A. Roig.
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