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Lot 1384 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 1¢-30¢ complete (O1-O9), a bright, fresh matched set of right margin blocks of six, all with full original gum, and each with the middle pair never hinged, clipped perfs one 10¢ small stain one each 3¢ & 12¢ otherwise completely sound and generally Fine.
Scott $28,120 as singles
AN IMPRESSIVE AND TOTALLY UNIQUE SET OF BLOCKS FOR THE SPECIALIST.
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Lot 1385 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 2¢ yellow (O2), top margin block of of four with plate no. 64, well centered with rich color, original gum, hinge remnant at bottom, Very Fine.
Scott $1,050+
Provenance: Lockyear
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Lot 1386 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 3¢ yellow (O3), irregular block of 29, brilliant color and full, never hinged original gum (gum skips affecting seven stamps), average to Fine centering, few light stains along left edge and clipped perfs at top with at least 20 sound stamps being NH without gum skips, a rare large multiple.
Scott $11,180 as singles
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Lot 1387 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 10¢ yellow (O5), used on Dept. of Agriculture to label signed by Commissioner of Agriculture Frederick Watts on large piece of package wrapper to Webster, Me. (mis-sent to Webster Groves, Mo.), docketed Jan 1, 1875; Very Fine and exceedingly rare.
Scott $6,000 on cover
THIS IS THE FINEST OF ONLY THREE 10¢ AGRICULTURE USAGES RECORDED; ALL THREE ARE AGRICULTUE DEPARTMENT PACKAGE LABELS SIGNED BY WATTS.
Frederick Watts was the first president of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society (1851), a founder of the Farmers' High School (now Penn State) and the U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture (1871-76).
Illustrated in Alan Campbell's "Usages of Department of Agirculture Official Stamps" in the U.S.P.C.S. Chronicle #194, May 2002.
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Lot 1388 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 1¢ vermilion (O15), full plate no. 52 pane of 100, bright and fresh with 94 stamps being never hinged, though both plate blocks are hinged in the selvage; F.-V.F. (top plate block Very Fine, bottom just Fine).
Scott $16,430 as singles
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE FULL PANE OF THE 1¢ INTERIOR.
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Lot 1389 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 2¢ vermilion (O16), full plate no. 45 pane of 100, exceptionally well centered, separated horizontally into two blocks of 50 and hinged together with other hinge-reinforcement, bright and fresh with 35 non-plate block stamps being never hinged (both plate blocks are hinged); Fine to Extremely Fine (top plate block F-VF, bottom Very Fine).
Scott $10,650 as singles & plate blocks
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE FULL PANE OF THE 2¢ INTERIOR.
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Lot 1390 |
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Interior Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 10¢ vermilion, overprinted "Specimen" (O19SD), beautifully centered with full perforations all around, without gum as issued, bright, fresh and Extremely Fine. Only 82 were sold.
Scott $1,750
Expertization: 1985 PF Certificate.
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Lot 1391 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢ purple (O25), block of four, well centered, original gum, lightly hinged, fresh and Very Fine, a choice block.
Scott $1,100
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Lot 1392 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 1¢ purple (O25), upper right corner margin block of 15, exceptionally well centered for a block of this size with bright color and full, lightly hinged original gum; cuople of stamps in the left vertical row with very faint tone spots, otherwise mostly fresh and generally Very Fine.
Scott $3,750 as singles
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Lot 1393 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple (O27), block of four, fresh and beautifully centered, original gum, hinge remnants, Very Fine.
Scott $1,450
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Lot 1394 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 10¢ purple (O29), block of six, bright and fresh, original gum (lower left & lower right stamps NH), F.-V.F.
Scott $2,020
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Lot 1395 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 10¢ purple (O29), tied by "Washington, D.C. Apr 20" duplex with cork cancel on legal size cover to Frederick Douglass, U.S. Marshal in Washington, D.C., Dept of Justice crimson seal corner card; minor edge wear, cosmetically refolded slightly at top, F-VF; rate is five times the 2¢ local letter rate.
Scott $3,750
ONE ONLY FOUR 10¢ JUSTICE COVERS RECORDED, ANOTHER BEING IN THE NATIONAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION.
Provenance: Waud, Markovits, Lockyear
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Lot 1396 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 12¢ purple (O30), top sheet margin imprint block of four, bright and fresh, original gum, single toned perf bottom left, F.-V.F.
Scott $1,200+
Provenance: Ward, Weill Brothers, Lockyear
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Lot 1397 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 15¢ purple (O31), block of four, bright fresh color, original gum, couple insignificant reinforced perf separations, about Fine and unique.
Scott $2,400
THE ONLY RECORDED BLOCK OF THE 15¢ JUSTICE.
Provenance: Lockyear
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Lot 1398 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 15¢ & 6¢ purple (O31, O28), sheet margin singles, tied by "Washington, D.C. Feb 5" duplex with cork cancel on legal size cover to Clarksburg, W.V., 1876 docketing on front, Dept of Justice crimson seal corner card; edge tears, Fine, one of only two recorded 6¢/15¢ frankings paying seven times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
ONE OF ONLY EIGHT RECORDED 15¢ JUSTICE COVERS.
Expertization: 1999 PF Certificate.
Provenance: Lockyear
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Lot 1399 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 24¢ purple (O32), two singles, lightly tied by light violet "Washington, D.C. Aug 1, 1878" duplex on legal size Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury cover to Clarksburg, W.V., manuscript "Ward claim" notation; extensive cover restoration around edges, Very Fine appearance. 48¢ paid 16 times the 3¢ first class letter rate.
Estimate $7,500 - 10,000
ONE OF TWO RECORDED 24¢ JUSTICE COVERS, THE OTHER BEING A SINGLE FRANKING.
Provenance: Ehrenberg, Lockyear
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Justice Dept., 1873, 24¢ purple (O32), pair and single tied by segmented cork cancels on large fragment of a Department of Interior Pension Office envelope, portion of large boxed "Registered No." postmark also ties pair; stamps Fine, repair at upper left corner of piece, otherwise Fine.
Estimate $4,000 - 5,000
THE LARGEST RECORDED FRANKING OF THE 24¢ JUSTICE; OTHER THAN THIS PIECE, ONLY TWO 24¢ JUSTICE COVERS RECORDED.
Provenance: Waud, Markovits, Lockyear
The only recorded use of Justice stamps on a Dept. of the Interior mailing.
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Justice Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 30¢ purple, overprinted "Specimen" (O33SD), choice centering, scissor separated on all sides, without gum as issued, Very Fine.
Scott $1,250
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Lot 1402 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 30¢ purple (O33), lower left corner margin block of four with part imprint, large part o.g., slight double transfer visible in the top frame line of the bottom stamps, light gum soak, mostly in bottom selvedge, Fine and unique.
Scott $5,500
THE ONLY RECORDED BLOCK OF THE 30¢ JUSTICE.
Provenance: Lockyear
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Lot 1403 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 1¢ ultramarine (O35), block of eight, nicely centered, original gum, hinge remnants, few short perfs at left, F.-V.F.
Scott $1,500
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Lot 1404 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 2¢ dull blue (O36a), lower left corner margin block of six with imprint, bright color, original gum (right vertical pair never hinged), fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $1,525
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Lot 1405 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 10¢ ultramarine (O40), block of four, wonderfully fresh and bright and nearly perfectly centered, original gum, hinge remnant at top, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a choice block.
Scott $1,150
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Lot 1406 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 24¢ ultramarine (O43), block of 6, exceptionally well centered with bright color, most original gum, fresh and Very Fine, a handsome and rare multiple.
Scott $2,800
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Lot 1407 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 30¢ ultramarine (O44), block of four, original gum, hinge remnants, couple of nibbed perfs, fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $1,600
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Lot 1408 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 90¢ ultramarine (O45), block of 4, bright, fresh and nicely centered, original gum, hinge remnant at top, tiny tone spot and small gum crease lower right st F.-V.F. and exceedingly rare.
Scott $6,250
A STUNNING USED RARE BLOCK OF THE NAVY HIGH VALUE.
Provenance: Markovits
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Lot 1409 |
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 6¢ black, diagonal bisect (O50a), neatly tied by quartered cork cancel duplexed with a Rockland, Me. c.d.s. on Post Office Money Order Business envelope to New York City; top left corner of stamp missing, otherwise Very Fine and rare.
Scott $4,750
Expertization: 1971 PF Certificate.
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Lot 1410 |
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 24¢ & 30¢ black (O54-O55), blocks of four, well centered, disturbed original gum (30¢ only slightly so), fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $1,800
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State Dept., 1875 Special Printing, 1¢ bluish green, double "Specimen" overprint (O57SDd), second impression is slightly displaced but unmistakable, nicely centered with bright color, without gum as issued, few short perfs at right, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $3,850
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE OVERPRINT VARIETY.
Expertization: clear 2006 PSE Certificate.
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Lot 1412 |
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State Dept., 1873, 12¢ dark green (O63), block of 4, deep color, original gum (hinge remnants upper left & lower left stamps, light crease top stamps, fresh and and otherwise F.-V.F.
Scott $1,650
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Lot 1413 |
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State Dept., 1873, 30¢ dark green (O66), well-centered single, canceled by bold smear of ink, not tied, on large (and intact) white envelope to Philadelphia, neat "Washington D.C. Jul. 10" c.d.s., "Department of State" imprint at upper right; stamp with corner nick at upper right and small sealed tear at left, Fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
ONLY EIGHT EXAMPLES OF THE 30¢ STATE ARE RECORDED ON COVER; THIS IS PERHAPS THE FINEST OF THE DOMESTIC USAGES.
Provenance: Ackerman, Ehrenburg
Reference: Cover #30 in Alan Campbell's "High Value Officials on Cover" (Chronicle, #188, Nov. 2000).
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Lot 1414 |
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State Dept., 1873, $20 green & black (O71), top sheet margin strip of five (half-sheet) with imprint and plate no. 124/123, beautifully centered and remarkably fresh with full original gum, faint, tiny rust speck right stamp; Very Fine and choice.
Scott $26,250 as singles
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND IMPORTANT STATE DEPARTMENT MULTIPLE.
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Lot 1415 |
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State Dept., 1873, $20 green & black (O71), left margin block of four with full top and partial bottom imprints, bright and fresh with full, lightly hinged original gum, small, faint ink smudge in left margin of upper left stamp, some horizontal separation, F.-V.F.
Scott $27,500
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE BLOCK OF THE $20 STATE DEPARTMENT.
Expertization: 1977 PF Certificate.
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Lot 1416 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 15¢ brown (O79), lower left corner margin block of eight with full imprint, fresh and beautifully centered, original gum, never hinged, but very slightly disturbed, Fine to Extremely Fine with the bottom stamps being Jumbos.
Scott $2,800 as hinged blocks of 4
A CHOICE AND RARE MULTIPLE.
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Lot 1417 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 90¢ brown (O82), block of four, fresh and nearly perfectly centered with lightly hinged original gum, small blue stain upper right stamp, otherwise Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,750
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War Dept., 1873, 3¢ rose (O85), bottom margin block of 12 with imprint & plate no. 32, fresh and well centered, original gum, never hinged (two stamps with slight disturbance), couple nibbed perfs lower right stamp and perfs touch at left of left pair, but the rest are Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $5,730 as singles
A FRESH AND HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE PLATE BLOCK.
Expertization: 1953 PF Certificate.
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Lot 1419 |
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War Dept., 1873, 10¢ rose (O88), bottom margin strip of three with plate no. and part imprint, rich color, original gum, never hinged, post office fresh and F.-V.F., pretty.
Scott $900 as singles
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Lot 1420 |
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War Dept., 1873, 10¢ rose (O88), top margin imprint block of six, original gum, never hinged, insignificant light gum bends, exceptionally fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $1,800 as singles
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Lot 1421 |
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War Dept., 1873, 12¢ rose (O89), block of 16, bright and fresh, original gum, four hinge remnants, but 10 stamps are NH, couple light gum wrinkles, Fine- Average.
Scott $7,650 as singles
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Lot 1422 |
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War Dept., 1873, 15¢ rose (O90-O92), blocks of four, bright, fresh and very well centered, original gum, lightly hinged, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,325
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Lot 1423 |
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War Dept., 1873, 15¢ rose (O90), top margin plate no. block of 14 with part imprint and plate number, nicely centered, original gum, never hinged, minor selvage flaws, fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $2,660 as singles
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Lot 1424 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1879, 3¢ yellow (O95), block of four, nicely centered with vibrant color, original gum, small hinge remnant at top, F.-V.F.
Scott $2,750
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Interior Dept., 1879, 6¢ vermilion (O99), full plate no. 56 pane of 100, affixed to a white cardboard backing and signed "Harold L. Ickes, Sec'y of the Interior, April 29, 1935", bright and fresh, average centering, small flaws two stamps, couple small pieces of selvage missing; still an attractive and unique Interior Department collateral item, Fine to Extremely Fine (top plate block F-VF, bottom just Extremely Fine).
Scott $10,650 as singles & plate blocks Estimate $500 - 750
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Treasury Dept., 1879, 30¢ brown (O112), block of four, bright and fresh with full original gum, bottom stamps lightly hinged, hinge thin upper right stamp and just into margin of upper left, clipped perfs at lower left, otherwise Fine and exceedingly rare.
Scott $12,000
ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE OFFICIALS WITH ORIGINAL GUM.
Provenance: Lilly
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