Sale 1354 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 28-29 May, 2025
Category — Newspapers and Periodicals, Parfcel Post, Local Posts, Postal Stationery
10c Blue Green, Colored Border, 1865 Issue (PR2). Light but clear cancel, faults including repaired tears which are not obvious on an album page, Fine appearing and rare used example — essentially all are faulty to some degree, ex Collier, with 2005 P.F. certificate
$36.00 Brown Rose, 1875 Issue (PR30). Original gum, paper h.r., bright shade, reperfed at left, thinned at center, Very Fine appearance, this scarce Newspaper issue is rarely found in sound and centered condition, ex Hoffman, with 1997 P.S.E. certificate, Scott value $5,500
3c Gray Black, 1875 Special Printing, Horizontally Ribbed Paper (PR34a). Right selvage block of four, without gum as issued, natural straight edge at top with part arrow, crisp impression, top left stamp small corner crease at top left, Fine appearance, only the 2c, 3c and 4c are known on this paper, ex Schwenk, with 2008 P.F. certificate, Scott value as singles
60c Pale Rose, 1875 Special Printing (PR44). Without gum as issued, natural straight edge at top with part arrow, natural pre-printing paper fold, few short perfs, Fine appearance and scarce, only 222 sold, with 1995 P.S.E. and 2006 P.F. certificates
$24.00 Dark Violet, 1879 Issue (PR76). Original gum, lightly hinged, dark color, Very Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate
$24.00 Dark Violet, 1879 Issue (PR76). Original gum, lightly hinged, fresh, intense color, nearly Very Fine, with 1986 and 2007 P.F. certificates
96c Carmine, 1885 Issue (PR89). Original gum, deep shade, Very Fine, with 1997 P.F. certificate
1c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR90). Two horizontal pairs which originally formed a block of four, three are Mint N.H. and one hinged (formerly the top left stamp in the block), Fine, with 2004 P.F. certificate for the block, Scott value as singles
4c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR92). Mint N.H., couple unpunched perfs at lower left not mentioned on certificate, Very Fine, with 1998 P.F. certificate
6c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR93). Original gum, small h.r., crisp impression, light vertical crease at center, faint corner crease at top left, Fine appearance, signed Bartels, with clear 1949 P.F. certificate
12c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR95). Original gum, h.r., radiant color, Fine, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate
24c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR96). Original gum, h.r., vibrant color, small faults, otherwise Fine, a scarce stamp, with 2006 P.F. certificate, Scott value $3,750
2c Black, 1895 Unwatermarked Issue (PR103). Mint N.H., intense shade, Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate
1c-$100.00 1895 Watermarked Issue (PR114-PR125). Complete set of plate no. blocks of six, eight are top position and four are bottom position, original gum, more than half are Mint N.H., 1c, 50c, $5.00 and $20.00 hinged or h.r., 25c and $50.00 hinged or h.r. in ungummed selvage, including reinforcing some perf separations in selvage ($50.00 h.r. in selvage barely touches the gum and could probably be turned into a fully Mint N.H. plate block), Fine-Very Fine set of plate blocks and desirable with the majority of the values Mint N.H., Scott value as all hinged plate blocks $7,250 (only the $50.00 is priced Mint N.H. but we are using the hinged value here)
3c Carmine Rose, Parcel Post (Q3). Mint N.H., near perfect centering with brilliant color on bright paper, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2019 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98), only ten grade higher
4c, 10c Carmine Rose, Parcel Post (Q4, Q6). Two plate blocks, 4c top plate no. 6170 block of six, original gum, two tiny hinge remnants, vibrant color, Fine, 10c Mint N.H. right plate no. 6162 block of six, bright color, Fine
50c Carmine Rose, Parcel Post (Q10). Mint N.H., brilliant color, well-balanced margins, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2024 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90)
50c Carmine Rose, Parcel Post (Q10). Top plate no. 6427 and "FIFTY" block of four, original gum, hinged and with large natural gum skip top right stamp, bright color, Very Fine plate block
1c-25c Dark Green, Parcel Post Postage Due (JQ1-JQ5). Bottom plate no. blocks of six, original gum, lightly hinged or with small h.r., all but the 1c with reinforcements of separated perfs in the bottom selvage
FINE-VERY FINE SET OF PLATE BLOCKS OF THE PARCEL POST POSTAGE DUE.
Rarely offered as a set, especially in matched positions. Scott value $14,900.
1c Dark Green, Parcel Post Postage Due (JQ1). Top plate no. 6226 block of six, all stamps Mint N.H., hinged only in selvage which barely touches the gum in selvage, natural gum bend thru right block, Very Fine
2c Dark Green, Parcel Post Postage Due (JQ2). Top plate no. 6241 block of six, original gum, top middle and top left stamps Mint N.H., top right stamp perhaps barest trace of hinging, h.r. in selvage reinforcing some perf separations, bottom right stamp tiny crease at bottom, still Very Fine top plate block
10c Dark Green, Parcel Post Postage Due (JQ4). Mint N.H., outstanding centering and rich color, Extremely Fine Gem, a superb stamp, P.S.E. encapsulated (XF-Superb 95), only one Mint N.H. stamp grades higher (at 95J)
10c Dark Green, Parcel Post Postage Due (JQ4). Right plate no. 6251 block of six, original gum, appears Mint N.H. but we detect some expert strengthening between perfs, knocking it out of the N.H. category, Fine-Very Fine, an attractive plate block of the rarest Parcel Post Postage Due issue
(Greig's) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (40L1). Part original gum, large and even margins all around, small natural inclusion speck, Extremely Fine Gem, the first stamp issued in the Western Hemisphere, ex Sheriff and Mirsky, with 1984 P.F. certificate
Mercantile Library Association, New York N.Y., 5c Black, 10c Black (105L1-105L3, 105L6). No. 105L1 original gum, ample margins to just touched, 105L2 with large margins to touched, small scuff at upper left, had been affixed to 2c Black Jack Wrapper but cut out (wrapper does not accompany), 105L3 bright color and clear margins, 105L6 with tight but clear margins, handstamp cancel, overall Fine-Very Fine group
Pomeroy's Letter Express, (5c) Black on Yellow, Value Incomplete (117L2). Ample to large margins, cancelled by faint red "Cd" handstamp, diagonal crease and slight thin, Very Fine appearance
Pomeroy's Letter Express, 5c Deep Milky Blue on Pelure Paper (117L7). Margins to in at top left corner and bottom, beautiful rich color in the distinctive Deep Milky Blue shade, slight wrinkling, Fine appearance, the recently discovered full sheet of the Deep Milky Blue on Pelure was permanently lost in a foreign customs debacle, making this stamp much scarcer than it was in 2013
6c Red on Buff Star Die entire, Die 10 (U31; UPSS 63). Size 21, knife 94, watermark 1, unused, creases and narrow envelope thin at middle, the area around the indicia is fresh and unblemished and could yield a sound full corner, otherwise Very Fine example of this postal stationery rarity, the UPSS Catalog records fewer than five mint examples of No. 63, which is the only number under the Scott U31 umbrella