Auction Detail
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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single used with 1857 10c Green, Type V (35), each tied by blue "Cincinnati O Oct 24" duplex cancel on cover to Oldenburg, Germany, red "N. York Brem Pkt. Paid 12 Oct 27" credit datestamp, very fine and attractive, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
vertical pair used with 1c Blue, Type V (24) on 1859 cover to Mons, Belgium, red "San Antonio Tex Paid Dec 10" datestamp, red "New York Paid 18 Dec 26" exchange datestamp, cover with horizontal crease at bottom through 1c stamp, very fine appearance, cover pays the 21c French mail rate, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Provenance: “Camina” Collection (R.A. Siegel Sale 757, 1994)
horizontal pair, each with blue 5-point hollow star, matching "Virginia City N.T. Dec 11 1861" double circle datestamp, on cover addressed to Manchester, Michigan, cover light edge wear, very fine and attractive, a wonderful combination of a scarce stamp, territorial use, and fancy cancellation, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
pair and single, used alongside two 1861 3c Rose (65) and 10c Green (68) on 1866 cover to Amoy, China, each stamp with neat cork cancel, endorsed "Via Marseilles", faint red "N. York Am. Pkt. Paid" datestamp, London transit and "2" British colonial credit, Hong Kong backstamp, two left 30c stamps with perforations cut off at left prior to use, a very fine and beautiful cover paying double the 53c rate via Marseilles, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
position 3R4 ("Curl in hair"), black datestamp, few nibbed perforations, very fine and attractive (Scott $1,350)
single with town cancel, particularly well-centered for this issue, bold impression and color, very fine (Scott $475)
three used singles, positions 6L1L (recut twice at bottom), 37R1L (recut once at top, once at bottom), and 70L1L (recut once at top, twice at bottom), fine to very fine and attractive (Scott $1,775)
horizontal strip of three, positions 65-67R8, early strong impression in rich shade showing "mottling" in Franklin's hair, black circular grids and "Philadelphia Pa Feb 8" datestamp on 1858 cover to Columbia, Pennsylvania, extremely fine and choice
vertical pair (positions 11/21L9) and horizontal strip of seven (positions 94-100L9), used on triple-rate cover from Washington, DC to Exeter, New Hampshire, stamps and cover small faults, still a fine and impressive use
wonderful collection mounted on homemade pages, begins with trial color proof in violet on wove (40TC5), continues with 37 used singles, a used pair and strip of three, and 14 covers, all plated and with illustrations or descriptions of notable features (many plated by Mark Friedman), we note many different recuts, double transfers, flaws, and other noteworthy varieties, better items including Type II with red cancel (scissor-cut perforations) and Type IV on cover, mostly fine to very fine, an exceptional collection which warrants a close look from the specialist in this issue
tied by black "Paid" in grid to illustrated advertising cover for "Holden, Cutter & Co., Importers of Fancy Goods and Toys...Extensive Dealers in Fire Works, of all descriptions" with a beautiful design of a Fourth of July fireworks celebration, red Boston datestamp, reverse with large illustration of ship offloading toys at a warehouse, very fine and choice, a rare early fireworks advertising cover
neatly mounted on homemade pages, includes approximately 85 used singles, a block of four, and 25 covers, very nearly all with plating information (many plated by Rob Lund), better items including two patriotic covers, Type I on cover, and Type II on cover (scissor-cut perforations), huge array of double transfers and other plate varieties noted, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful opportunity for the 3c specialist