Lot 1032 / Spectacular Mint Twentieth Century Collection, Comprehensive, nearly all NH collection, 1901-1938, on Scott National pages with spaces for all Scott- listed shades! Just about every stamp up to about $1,500 catalog value is here, most in more than one shade. Highlights include (NH unless noted,) complete Pan-Americans, 1901 Issue to 50¢ (+ $1 LH), 315 pair, 1908 1¢-15¢ so-called "China clay" papers complete, all with certificates (4¢ 6¢ & 8¢ LH); #341 PFC, 5¢ 6¢ & 15¢ bluish papers with PFCs (5¢ regummed, 6¢ & 15¢ LH), 375b (XLH, PFC), Panama-Pacifics complete plus 2¢ carmine lake 398b; 406c (LH, PFC), two sets of 414-421 plus 422 & 423 ($1 LH), two sets 424-439 (one 30¢ LH), 440, 449 (average, short-gummed, plus VF used), 460, 476A (straight edge, Fine, PFC), 477 (LH), 479, 480, 519 (PFC), 523 (two shades), 551-573 (2), 595 (2), 599b pair, 634A, 658-679, 703b plus Coil Line Pairs #351, 353 (LH), 385 (2), 386 (XLH), 394 (3 shades, all w/certificates), 395, 396 (2 w/PFCs), 446 (H), 447, 453, 454 (2), 456 (tiny thin speck), 459 (no crease), 599A, and much, much, MUCH more. A magnificent, nearly intact collection, and, except for a very few regums, everything is clean and F-VF to XF throughout with more than 160 certificates. Allow plenty of viewing time for this one. Estimate 40,000 - 50,000

Realized $83,375

Lot 614 1861, 90¢ blue (72), fresh and well-centered, tied by target cancel on 1866 printed business announcement to Shanghai, China, postmarked Baltimore Md. c.d.s. with manuscript "Via Marseilles", red London Paid transit c.d.s. (Aug 1) and red crayon "2" (double rate) and three different manuscript credits: "68" corrected to "48" and finally to "96", backstamped Shanghai (Sep 26); stamp with a couple slightly short perfs, still Very Fine. Estimate 40,000 - 50,000 A HANDSOME AND IMPORTANT USAGE, ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS COVERS FROM THE AUGUSTINE HEARD FIND. Expertization: 1983 PF Certificate. Provenance: Newbury, Baker Illustrated: Brookman, p. 238 (1947) The rate was 53¢ per half ounce (a total of $1.06) via Marseilles; the 16¢ deficiency would have been paid by the addressee. Had the cover been routed via Southampton, where the rate was 45¢ per half ounce, the 90¢ stamp would have satisfied full prepayment.

Realized $26,450

Lot 576 1851, 1¢ blue, types I & Ib (5-5A-5A), horizontal strip of three, positions 7-9R1E, large margins virtually all around with adjacent stamps visible at bottom, clearly displaying the key bottom ornaments; cut slightly in at upper left with position 8 having a light crease; a beautiful plate one early printing in a bright shade, tied by manuscript "X" cancellations on an 1851 cover postmarked manuscript "Buckeystown, Md. November 17th" to Johnsonville, Ohio, Very Fine. Scott $210,000 A RARE MULTIPLE CONTAINING THE MOST DESIRABLE POSITIONS ON PLATE ONE EARLY. Expertization: 2006 PF Certificate, signed Ashbrook with his notes on reverse. One of only six recorded covers with strips of three containing position 7R1E—the only true type I among the 1,000 positions on the five plates utilized for the production of the 1¢ imperforate.

Realized $40,250

Lot 665 1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), used with 3¢ green (136, 147) combination strip of three (only the middle stamp with grill), all tied by two-ring cancellations on cover addressed to "Sultan Abdalah, King of Johanah, Comorro Islands, Indian Ocean", matching "West Falmouth Mass Apr 24" c.d.s., red partial New York transit and red crayon "20" credit rating, red "London Paid 5 MY" transit and matching "1d" colonial credit handstamp; couple small cover edge faults, light cover toning affects few perfs on 3¢ strip, Fine. Estimate 25,000 - 30,000 AN EXTRAORDINARY AND RARE DESTINATION, NOT ONLY FOR THE 1869 PICTORIALS, BUT FOR ANY 19TH CENTURY U.S. STAMPS. Expertization: 2007 PF Certificate. The Comoro Islands was an important stop along early Islamic trade routes frequented by Persians and Arabs. Despite its distance from the coast, Comoros is situated in the middle of the major sea route between Kilwa and Mozambique, an outlet for Zimbabwean gold. France first established colonial rule in the Comoros in 1841. The first French colonists landed in Mayotte where Andrian Tsouli, the King of Mayotte, signed the Treaty of April 1841, which ceded the island to French authorities.

Realized $31,050

Lot 592 New York, N.Y., U.S. City Despatch Post, 1842, 3¢ black on grayish (6LB1), four margins, canceled by boxed "US" handstamp on 1842 folded cover, carried privately from Boston, entering the mails in New York City for delivery to a local street address, matching red "City Despatch Post, U.S., Aug 16" rimmed c.d.s., docketed in blue manuscript "Charles Jackson Jr., Boston, Ans. Aug 17. 1842"; slight edge splitting and light soiling, stamp faulty, but absolutely unnoticable, a Very Fine usage. Scott $100,000 THE ONLY RECORDED FIRST DAY COVER OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ADHESIVE. Expertization: 1991 P.F. and 2000 A.P.S. Certificates, signed by F.W. Hunter on inside of lettersheet beneath the stamp. Provenance: Hunter, Brooks, Wilson, Kapiloff, "Aristocrat" The United States Postmaster General established a carrier service in New York City by purchasing Greig's City Desptach Post on August 1, 1842. Service as a government carrier service commenced on August 16, 1842 as the United State City Despatch Post and utilized the same stamps previously circulated by Greig. The postmark device used was altered to include "U.S." at foot and the stamps were canceled with boxed "US" handstamp. These were the first adhesive postage stamps authorized to be used by the post office and the cover above was posted on the first day of service. Accompanied by copy of a February 20, 1922 letter from F. W. Geissenhainer to Vahan Mozian, "In reply to your favor of the 18th inst., would say that the City Dispatch envelope, together with a number of others, was found by me about six years ago among a lot of old papers and letters belonging to my grandfather, the Reverand F. W. Geissenhainer." Also includes a photocopy of the cover referred to by the grandson to the Reverend mailed October 15, 1842 with 1976 P.F. Certificate (52,323). Note on reverse from prior sale, "Nassau Stamp Co., Oct 1926, $447.00". No. 1 in the Larry Lyons Census, The Penny Post, Vol. 12 No. 4, Oct. 2004, p. 29. Subject of article by Richard Schwartz, "The Long, Long Road to Acceptance: A First Day Cover of the U.S. City Despatch", Opinions VI, Philatelic Foundation, 1992, pp. 1-6.

Realized $48,875

Lot 810 1909, 8¢ olive green, bluish paper (363), nicely centered and remarkably fresh with choice color and full original gum, F.-V.F. Scott $30,000 AN EXCEPTIONALLY FRESH AND HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THIS TWENTIETH CENTURY RARITY. Expertization: 1976 PF Certificate.

Realized $12,650

Lot 1042 / Postage Dues, 1879-1985, A superb, nearly intact collection of about 190 different including lots of Scott-listed shades; highlights include (NH unless noted) J4 ('01 PFC), J8 ('04 PFC), J19 (2), J20 (2), J22-27 (2 or 3 of each), J27 ('97 PFC), J33, J34 (LH), J36b ('94 PFC), J43 (LH), J57, J60 ('96 PFC), J61-67 (at least 3 of each), J95a, and loads of $100-$500 stamps. In addition, 23 stamps have certificates and virtually everything is F-VF or better, A fabulous lot. Estimate 10,000 - 15,000

Realized $18,400

Lot 969 Confederacy, U.S. 5¢ red brown type I, 10¢ green type II and 30¢ orange (28, 32, 38), tied on 1861 folded letter to France by "New Orleans, La. 27 Feb" c.d.s., red "New Paid York/3" exchange office c.d.s., the "3" annulled with a red grid and replaced by a "New Paid York/ 6" c.d.s., blue sender's handstamp, French boxed "P.D." and Mar 22 entry c.d.s., backstamped Paris-Bordeaux railway and Bordeaux c.d.s., fresh and Very Fine. Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 AN EXTRAORDINARY THREE-COLOR CONFEDERATE USAGE OF U.S. STAMPS ON OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENCE. Expertization: 1993 PF Certificate (mistakenly noting the month of the New Orleans cancel as March). Louisiana was admitted to the Confederacy on February 4.

Realized $18,400

Lot 596 () Kellogg's Penny Post & City Despatch, 1853 (1¢) vermilion (92L1), the sole adhesive on a folded letter front (with small portion of back) to Sherborne, England; stamp with four margins and small light crease, tied by handstamped "24"in circle, postmarked clear "Cleveland O., Jul 11" c.d.s. with additional handstamped "5" in circle and "1/-", backstamped green "America/ Liverpool" entry c.d.s. (Jul 24, 1853); exceptional, Very Fine appearance. Estimate 10,000 - 15,000 AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE LOCAL ON COVER—ONE OF ONLY SIX RECORDED AND THE ONLY ONE TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION. This cover has not been on the market since it was last sold at the Harmer Rooke auction of July 7-8, 1960.

Realized $6,900

Lot 561 Baltimore, Md., 1845, 5¢ black on white (3X1), choice single with 3½ framelines tied by manuscript cancel on a December 1846 folded letter to New York, blue Baltimore c.d.s. with matching "PAID" and "5" in oval handstamps; Fine-Very Fine. Scott $13,500 A FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE BALTIMORE PROVISIONAL ON COVER. This cover is #21 in the Hayes census.

Realized $8,050

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