Sale 1367 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 9-11 December, 2025
Category — 3c1851-57 Plate Number, Imprint and Corner/Sheet Margins
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 51L5E, ample to large margins including part imprint left sheet margin, brilliant color, tied by blue "Woonsocket R.I. Dec. 31" (1851) circular datestamp on oatmeal cover to Slatersville R.I., docketed at left, Very Fine
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 50R5E with part imprint right sheet margin, tied by bold "New-York Sep. 25" circular datestamp on small cover to Newport R.I., some very minor light toning in margins of stamp and left side of cover, overall Very Fine, an attractive and scarce Orange Brown imprint single on cover, ex Wagshal
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 54L1i noted inside, part imprint left sheet margin, cancelled by red grid with matching "Geneseo N.Y. Aug. 19" (1851) circular datestamp on folded letter to Stanhope N.J., Very Fine and attractive
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 31L2E, large margins on three sides including part imprint left sheet margin, just in at bottom, tied by blue "Andover Mass. Jan. 7" circular datestamps on cover to Washington D.C., manuscript number notation to left of stamp of unknown meaning, fresh and Very Fine, ex Alexander
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 70R5E, full margins on three sides and part imprint right sheet margin, brilliant color, tied by bold blue "Philadelphia Pa. Aug. 7" (1851) circular datestamp on folded letter in German to Reading Pa., Extremely Fine, a beautiful part imprint 3c Orange Brown tied by a perfect blue circular datestamp
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Positions 41-42L5E, horizontal pair with part imprint left sheet margin, brilliant color, tied by "San Francisco Cal. 1 Apr." circular datestamp on buff cover to Middletown Conn., right stamp with tiny tear at top, still Very Fine and scarce use of an imprint pair on cover from California
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 91R1E, large margins including bottom left corner interpane margins with centerline, rich color and early impression, manuscript "#" cancel and tied by red grid cancels, matching "New London Conn. Jul. 14" (1851) circular datestamp on buff cover to Hadlyme Conn., printed two-line return address "From S. A. WEAVER & Co. New-London Ct. CIRCULAR" with stamp affixed over the word "Circular" since it was an ordinary first-class letter, small edge tears at bottom and some slight wear, still Very Fine, an early use of the 1851 Issue and very rare corner-margin 3c Orange Brown, the use of a return address envelope at this early date is also unusual, ex Sharrer
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 10L1E, full to huge margins including top right corner interpane margins with centerline, portion of adjoining stamp at left, tied by oily strike of red "St. Clairsville O. Oct. 19" circular datestamp on buff cover to Hendrysville O., cover with tiny sealed tear at top is immaterial, Extremely Fine, ex Newbury, Grunin and Haub ("Erivan")
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 10L0, full to huge margins including top right corner interpane margins with centerline, tied by extremely bold strike of blue "York Pa. Nov. 11" (1851) circular datestamp on folded letter to South Windham Conn., Extremely Fine
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Position 1R0, full to huge margins including top left corner interpane margins with centerline, portion of adjoining stamp at right, tied by bold strike of "New-York Sep. 27" (1851) circular datestamp on folded letter to Mystic River Conn., Extremely Fine
3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Full to huge margins including bottom right corner interpane margins, with trace of centerline at lower right, tied by bold strike of "STEAM 5" straightline handstamp on folded letter with small embossed three-masted ship inside, datelined at New Orleans on Dec. 9, 1851 and addressed to St. Louis Mo., "Irma" boat directive at top, stamp with faint diagonal crease, still Very Fine and beautiful
3c 1851 Issue, Sheet Margins from All Plates (10-11A). Two presentation pages with used stamps hinged onto the pages, first shows an example from all 13 plates that produced imperforate stamps, many of these with sheet margins, including all the Nos. 10-10A plates, second page repeats just the Nos. 11-11A plates with centerline examples, including a pair and two strips of three, the pair with huge corner margins, a couple small flaws may be found but overall Fine-Very Fine and beautiful appearance, a nice way to feature all the imperforate 3c plates
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Position 41L3, with left part imprint and plate "No. 3" sheet margin, large top and bottom margins, tied by "Fort Plain N.Y. Aug. 14" circular datestamp on small cover to New Athens O., Very Fine
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Position 50R3, with right part imprint and plate "(No.) 3" sheet margin, ample to clear margins other sides, cancelled by waffle grid with "Williamsville Ill. Jan. 17" (1856) circular datestamp on buff cover to Springfield Ill., with original letter enclosure, sealed backflap tears, Very Fine
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Position 60R3, with right part imprint and plate "No. 3" sheet margin, large to clear margins other sides, tied by blue "WAY" circular handstamp on blue July 30, 1855 datelined folded letter to Baltimore Md., Extremely Fine
3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11). Positions 41/51L4, vertical pair with left part imprint and plate "No. 4" sheet margin, mostly ample margins other sides, tied by blue "Grand Rapids Mich. Oct. 18" circular datestamp on piece, top stamp small corner crease, still Extremely Fine plate no. 4 pair, ex Caspary
3c Claret, Ty. I (11). Position 41L5L, with left part imprint and plate "No. (5)" sheet margin, large margins other sides including portion of adjoining stamp at right and framelines of adjoining stamps at top and bottom, tied by "Hudson N.Y." circular datestamp on buff cover to Kinderhook N.Y., Extremely Fine Gem stamp and a most attractive use
3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. I (11). Position 50R6 with right part imprint and plate "(N)o. 6" sheet margin, deep rich color, tied by "Adrian Mich. Jan. 26" circular datestamp on buff cover to Ann Arbor Mich., horizontal file fold at top barely affects stamp, backflap tears, Very Fine appearance, a very rare 3c 1851 showing Plate 6 on cover, ex Dr. Amonette and Alexander
3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11). Position 50R8, with right part imprint and plate "(No.) 8" sheet margin, mostly large margins other sides, tied by "Athens O. Oct. ?" circular datestamp on cover to Reeds Mills O., small cover tear at bottom and minor tape stain lower right, missing part of backflap, still Very Fine and rare 3c 1851 with Plate no. 8 on cover
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Position 51L2L, full to huge margins including part imprint left sheet margin, cancelled by grid and tied by "Lowell Mass. Mar. 23" circular datestamp on illustrated cover to Northampton Mass., 1853 docketing, Very Fine and beautiful cover, ex Alexander
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Positions 40/50R4, vertical pair with right part imprint sheet margin, small part of plate no. at bottom, large margins to clear at bottom, tied by "Leavenworth City K.T. May 22" circular datestamp on buff cover to Wilmington Del., minor corner wear, Very Fine and attractive, ex Gibson
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). With right part imprint sheet margin, tied by bold strike of "Detroit Mich. Sep. 14" circular datestamp on buff cover with Office of the Detroit Tribune corner card, addressed to Ogdensburg N.Y., Very Fine, a beautiful cover
3c 1851-57 Issue, Imprints (11-11A, 26). Balance of 11 covers with part imprint sheet margins, six imperforate and five perforated stamps, a few also have "No." but none with complete plate number, four of the perforated stamps have captured part imprints due to misperforating and one has part imprint in the selvage, a few small faults, overall Fine-Very Fine and desirable group, see our website PDF
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Position 91L3, massive bottom left corner sheet margins, pen cancelled and affixed to buff cover with manuscript "Frazier's Bottom Va. Feby. 6" postmark, to Winfield Va., Very Fine and exceptional, this is the greatest margin-to-stamp ratio we have encountered on a used 3c 1851 stamp
3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11). Block of four with huge top right corner sheet margins, original gum, some light creasing, still Extremely Fine, Scott value without regard to the sheet margins
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Two vertical pairs rejoined to make an original top left corner margin block of four, unused (no gum), huge margins with large portions of adjoining stamps and centerline at left, top right stamp small thin spot, some very slightly soiling, appears Extremely Fine
3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Position 100L2L, huge margins including bottom right interpane margin and centerline, parts of adjoining stamps at top and left, light circular datestamp, Extremely Fine Gem
(Image Magnifier)3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11). Positions 99-100R6, horizontal pair with huge bottom right corner sheet margins, including 14mm at right, full margins other sides, neat circular datestamp cancel, light horizontal crease, Extremely Fine appearance and a massive corner margin pair
(Image Magnifier)3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Horizontal pair with bottom left corner sheet margins, full to ample margins other sides, tied to small piece by neat strike of "Whately Mas. Nov. 14" circular datestamp, Extremely Fine
(Image Magnifier)3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Strip of six with bottom left corner interpane margins and centerline, large top margin with parts of adjoining stamps, also large at right, three strikes of blue circular datestamp, few light creases including at bottom corners, Extremely Fine appearing position strip
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3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Positions 89-90/99-100R3, block of four with bottom right corner sheet margins, other sides full margins all around, four neat grid cancels and Great Britain datestamp in sheet margin, Extremely Fine Gem block, Scott value $1,000 without regard to the GB cancel
(Image Magnifier)3c Dull Red, Ty. I, II, Corner Margins (11-11A). Exceptional collection of 29 singles or pairs with corner sheet margins, including eleven with interpane margins and centerlines, the non-sheet margin sides generally range from touched to full, range of shades in the Dull Red family, all but one with neat handstamp cancels including a few in blue, a few small faults may be encountered but the condition is fresh — reflecting the eye of the Penguin, who loved corner sheet margin classic stamps
VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF 3-CENT 1851 ISSUE STAMPS WITH CORNER SHEET MARGINS.
Two P.F. certificates accompany.
(Image Magnifier)3c 1851-57 Issue, Corner Margins (11-11A, 26). Balance of 17 covers with corner sheet margins, 15 are imperforate stamps and two are perforated (with corner selvage), many also show guidelines, one cover bearing a pair, some faults to be encountered but overall an impressive and scarce group, see our website PDF
3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. II (11A). Huge margins all around including right interpane margin with centerline and large portion of adjoining stamp at left, deep rich color, light circular datestamp cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo)
(Image Magnifier)3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. I (11). Vertical pair, large to huge margins including part of adjoining stamp at top and interpane margin with full centerline at left, tied by neat "New Orleans La. Jan. 12" circular datestamp on large part of folded cover to Bordeaux, France, also tied by red "New York Br. Pkt. Jan. 27" transit, well-struck boxed Anglo-French accountancy marking, "8" decimes due handstamp, 1857 backstamps, one flap intact, light horizontal file fold well clear of stamps, Very Fine, ex Walske
3c Dull Red, Ty. I, II, Sheet Margins (11-11A). Collection of approximately 38 items, including singles, pairs and larger strips, all with sheet margins, including a number with corner sheet margins, a few interpane margins and centerlines, and seven with part imprint and/or plate number, range of shades in the Dull Red family and a few Orange Brown (10-10A) as well, one plate no. single is a perforated No. 26 with part imprint and "No. 28" plate number, most with neat handstamp cancels, a few of the imprint examples with pen cancels, some faults to be found in such a study but overall very attractive and Fine-Very Fine with some Extremely Fine, four certificates accompany including a 95J from P.S.A.G.
(Image Magnifier)3c Dull Red, Ty. I, II, Sheet Margins (11-11A). Balance of 9 covers with sheet margins, range of shades, few faults but several are choice, Fine-Very Fine see our website PDF
3c Rose, Ty. I (25). With left selvage showing interpane margin and centerline, bright color, tied by "Black Stone Mass. Apr. 26" circular datestamp on cover to South Londonderry Vt., Very Fine and unusual
3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Two covers bearing singles with selvage showing part imprint and part plate no., both show one digit of a two-digit plate number, Very Fine and attractive