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Lot 1072 |
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Philippines, 1904, $1 black (237), block of four, nicely centered, original gum, fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $1,750
Expertization: 1990 PSE Certificate.
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Lot 1073 |
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Philippines, 1911, 4p deep blue (273), block of four, fresh and virtually perfectly centered, slightly tropicalized original gum, small inclusion lower left stamp, Extremely Fine.
Scott $3,250
Expertization: 1989 PSE Certificate.
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Lot 1074 |
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Philippines, 1943 Free Philippines Guerrilla Postal Service, 2c blue, two singles tied by purple oval "Posted in the Free Philippines, Mindanao Guerilla Area, 16 May, 1945, M.D. No. 10" on cover from Lt. Cdr. M.M. Wheeler to Los Angeles, Cal., matching "Tenth Military Dist." censor handstamp at lower left initialed "W" [for Wendell Fertig], Very Fine. With just 500 stamps issued and only about 36 covers recorded, this may well be the only double franking in existence. Accompanied by a six-page article by Walter W. Adler on the history of the stamps from the Sept 1982 issue of The American Philatelist.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000
Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate.
Lt. Commander Wheeler is one of just nine men known to have used the Guerrilla stamps on mail.
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Lot 1075 |
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Philippines, 1943 Free Philippines Guerrilla Postal Service, 2c blue, tied by purple oval "Posted in the Free Philippines, Mindanao Guerilla Area, 25 Dec 1945, M.D. No. 10" on 2c entire (U41) from Capt. Jesus J. Montalvan to Don Andres Soriano, Insular Treasurer of the Philippines, Washington, D.C., matching "Tenth Military Dist." censor handstamp (not initialed), used with 2c Commonwealth ovpt (411) tied by Esperanza, Agusan duplex, also Christmas Day, additional matching patriotic handstamp "We depend upon MacArthur's pledge to return" and "By Officer Courier"; Very Fine. Only 500 stamps were issued and only about 36 covers have been recorded. Accompanied by a six-page article by Walter W. Adler on the history of the stamps from the Sept 1982 issue of The American Philatelist.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
These stamps were printed in Brisbane, Australia in November of 1943 as part of General Douglas MacArthur's Black Ops program. They were supplied to Guerrilla forces on the island of Mindanao under the leadership of Colonel Wendell Fertig.
Captain Montalvan was Col. Fertig's Adjutant.
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