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January 2023
Our January 2023 sales include the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History Part VIII, as well as a general sale of United States and worldwide stamps, covers, and collections.
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approximately 2,100 stamps primarily arranged by cancellation type, mostly ungrilled but a few grilled stamps interspersed, note multiplies including strips and blocks up to eight, pre-printing folds, double perforation varieties, colored cancellations (including green, orange, ultramarine, violet, etc), fancy cancellations such as anchors, stars, shields, and letters/numbers, "Paid" handstamps, and much more, the vast majority of cancellations fall into the target and grid families but a close inspection will undoubtedly find many Skinner-Eno listed designs, some mixed condition but most cancellations fine to very fine or better, simply an extraordinary collection which would take ages to duplicate, for the student of 1860s cancellations this lot is an ideal research project in the making, view scans to appreciate
approximately 94 covers, better items throughout including advertising for "Dodge, Stevenson & Co. Ohio Mower" and "A.F. Croskey Distiller of Alcohol, Pure Spirts & Whiskies", fancy cancels including Jersey Shore star in circle and New Bedford cogwheel, hotel cornercards including Astor House (New York), Delavan House (Albany), and Charleston Hotel, hand-illustrated horse-drawn coach, colored envelopes including magenta, cover front only with 1c and 24c stamps to Germany, mourning covers, Western Maryland Railroad cover, and much more, small faults to be expected but overall a wonderful group for further research or resale
used with circle of wedges cancel, well-centered with large margins, very fine sound example of this stamp, 2021 PSE certificate (Scott $625)
cork cancel, bright and fresh color, short perforation at right, very fine and attractive, 1981 Philatelic Foundation and 2017 PSE certificates (Scott $625)
black cross cancel and red postmark, bold color and impression, very fine and choice, 1999 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $170)
mint, fresh color, two small corner creases, about fine, copy of 2009 Philatelic Foundation certificate for pair with this being the right stamp (Scott $2,750)
includes 1c (17 including five red cancels and four blue cancels), 10c (4 including one red cancel), 24c (four including two red cancels and one blue cancel), and 30c (three including two red cancels), few additional stamps not counted, small faults but generally fine to very fine, an attractive group (Scott $3,255)
132 stamps selected for interesting or eye-catching cancels, note a number of leaves, stars, wedges, and grids, inanition to a large number of red and blue cancels (and even a few that appear to be magenta), some faults to be expected but mostly fine to very fine, with such a wide array of cancels this is a lot that needs to be viewed to be appreciated, very difficult to duplicate in such quantity
light cork cancel, well-defined grill, fine, 1977 SPA certificate (Scott $1,100)
single with attractive geometric cancel and blue crayon, fresh and fine, 1977 SPA certificate (Scott $1,200)
bold blue leaf cancel, fine and attractive, 2010 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $380)
used single, strong grill and bold color, 2000 Philatelic Foundation and 2017 PSE graded VF 80 certificates (SMQ $650)