Sale 17
The Autumn 2003 Sale
December 10-12, 2003






Table of Contents


   
Highlights of the Sale: 10 Select Items
Lots 501-509   U.S. Possessions: Canal Zone
Lots 510-516   U.S. Possessions: Cuba-Guam
Lots 517-531   U.S. Possessions: Hawaii Postal History
Lots 532-567   U.S. Possessions: Hawaii Postmarks
Lots 568-572   U.S. Possessions: Hawaii Wells Fargo
Lots 573-618   U.S. Possessions: Hawaii Regular Issues on Cover
Lots 619-666   U.S. Possessions: Hawaii Stamps
Lots 667-681   U.S. Possessions: Hawaii Postal Stationery
Lots 682-691   U.S. Possessions: Hawaii Revenues
Lots 692-692   U.S. Possessions: Hawaii Currency
Lots 693-715   U.S. Possessions: Philippines
Lots 716-720   U.S. Possessions: Puerto Rico-United Nations
Lots 721-741   U.S. Postal History: California Postal History
Lots 742-752   U.S. Postal History: Western Covers (Idaho)
Lots 753-755   U.S. Postal History: Western Covers (Montana)
Lots 756-805   U.S. Postal History: Western Covers (Nevada)
Lots 806-807   U.S. Postal History: Western Covers (Oregon-Texas)
Lots 808-814   U.S. Postal History: Western Covers (Washington-Wyoming)
Lots 815-860   U.S. Postal History: Western Express Covers
Lots 861-861   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (Eastern Express)
Lots 862-866   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (U.S. Express History)
Lots 867-877   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (Green Postmarks)
Lots 878-879   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (Ocean Mail)
Lots 880-880   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (U.S. Naval Lyceum)
Lots 881-906   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (Alabama-Illinois)
Lots 907-929   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (Maine-Missouri)
Lots 930-943   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (Nebraska-New Jersey)
Lots 944-971   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (New York)
Lots 972-997   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (North Carolina-Rhode Island)
Lots 998-1015   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (Vermont-Virginia)
Lots 1016-1016   U.S. Postal History: Stampless Covers (Balance Collection)
Lots 1017-1035   U.S. Postal History: Waterway Covers
Lots 1036-1040   U.S. Postal History: Railroad Covers
Lots 1041-1063   U.S. Postal History: Advertising/Illustrated Covers
Lots 1064-1118   U.S. Postal History: Civil War Patriotic Covers
Lots 1119-1123   U.S. Postal History: Campaign Covers
Lots 1124-1142   U.S. Postal History: Postmasters' Provisionals
Lots 1143-1161   U.S. Postal History: 1847 Issue (5¢ Denomination)
Lots 1162-1186   U.S. Postal History: 1847 Issue (10¢ Denomination)
Lots 1187-1217   U.S. Postal History: 1851 Issue
Lots 1218-1248   U.S. Postal History: 1857 Issue (1¢-5¢ Denominations)
Lots 1249-1274   U.S. Postal History: 1857 Issue (10¢-30¢ Denominations)
Lots 1275-1295   U.S. Postal History: 1861-67 Issues
Lots 1296-1306   U.S. Postal History: 1869 Issue
Lots 1307-1317   U.S. Postal History: 1870-88 Bank Note Issues
Lots 1318-1333   U.S. Postal History: 1890-98 Issues
Lots 1334-1364   U.S. Postal History: 20th Century Issues
Lots 1365-1378   U.S. Postal History: Airmail
Lots 1379-1418   U.S. Postal History: Carriers and Locals
Lots 1419-1419   U.S. Postal History: Revenues
Lots 1420-1453   United States: Postmasters' Provisionals
Lots 1454-1489   United States: 1847 Issue (5¢ Denomination)
Lots 1490-1501   United States: 1847 Issue (10¢ Denomination)
Lots 1502-1508   United States: 1875 Reproduction of the 1847 Issue
Lots 1509-1522   United States: 1851 Issue (1¢ Denomination)
Lots 1523-1563   United States: 1851 Issue (3¢ Denomination)
Lots 1564-1578   United States: 1851 Issue (5¢ Denomination)
Lots 1579-1615   United States: 1851 Issue (10¢ Denomination)
Lots 1616-1630   United States: 1851 Issue (12¢ Denomination)
Lots 1631-1681   United States: 1857 Issue
Lots 1682-1687   United States: 1875 Reprints of the 1857 Issue
Lots 1688-1722   United States: 1861-66 Issues
Lots 1723-1762   United States: 1867 Grilled Issues
Lots 1763-1767   United States: 1875 Re-issue of the 1861-1866 Issues
Lots 1768-1794   United States: 1869 Pictorial Issue
Lots 1795-1817   United States: 1875 Re-issue of the 1869 Pictorial Issue
Lots 1818-1839   United States: 1870-1871 National Bank Note Co. Issues
Lots 1840-1851   United States: 1873-1875 Continental Bank Note Co. Issue
Lots 1852-1873   United States: 1879-1888 American Bank Note Co. Issues
Lots 1874-1888   United States: 1890 Issue
Lots 1889-1944   United States: 1893 Columbian Issue
Lots 1945-1983   United States: 1894-1898 Regular Issues
Lots 1984-2001   United States: 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue
Lots 2002-2013   United States: 1901 Pan-American Issue
Lots 2014-2042   United States: 1902-1908 Regular Issues
Lots 2043-2048   United States: 1904-1907 Commemorative Issues
Lots 2049-2075   United States: 1908-1910 Washington-Franklin Issues
Lots 2076-2086   United States: 1909 Commemorative Issues
Lots 2087-2114   United States: 1910-1913 Washington-Franklin Issues
Lots 2115-2120   United States: 1913-1915 Panama-Pacific Issue
Lots 2121-2169   United States: 1912-1916 Washington-Franklin Issues
Lots 2170-2196   United States: 1914-1915 Washington-Franklin Issue, SL Watermark, Perf.10
Lots 2197-2222   United States: 1917-1919 Washington-Franklin Issue, Perf. 11
Lots 2223-2241   United States: 1918-1923 Issues
Lots 2242-2298   United States: 1922-2002 Issues
Lots 2299-2313   United States: Airmail
Lots 2314-2331   United States: Special Delivery
Lots 2332-2362   United States: Postage Dues
Lots 2363-2367   United States: Offices in China
Lots 2368-2401   United States: Officials
Lots 2402-2411   United States: Official Seals
Lots 2412-2467   United States: Newspaper Stamps
Lots 2468-2475   United States: Parcel Post, Parcel Post Postage Due and Special Handling
Lots 2476-2479   United States: Booklets
Lots 2480-2493   United States: Carriers and Locals
Lots 2494-2499   United States: Postal Stationery
Lots 2500-2535   United States: Revenues, War Savings
Lots 2536-2539   Confederate States: U.S. Used in the Confederacy
Lots 2540-2547   Confederate States: Stampless Covers
Lots 2548-2570   Confederate States: Postmasters' Provisionals
Lots 2571-2617   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #1-1c)
Lots 2618-2644   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #2-2e)
Lots 2645-2660   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #3-4)
Lots 2661-2675   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #5-5a)
Lots 2676-2698   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #6)
Lots 2699-2714   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #7-7b)
Lots 2715-2724   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #8-8a)
Lots 2725-2731   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #9-9b)
Lots 2732-2740   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #10)
Lots 2741-2775   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #11-12)
Lots 2776-2782   Confederate States: Regular Issues (Scott #13-13d)
Lots 2783-2797   Confederate States: Adversity Covers
Lots 2798-2808   Confederate States: Advertising Covers
Lots 2809-2818   Confederate States: Patriotic Covers
Lots 2819-2822   Confederate States: Official Covers
Lots 2823-2841   Confederate States: Semi-Official Covers
Lots 2842-2844   Confederate States: Misc. Civil War Postal History
Lots 2845-2858   Confederate States: Prisoner of War Covers
Lots 2859-2863   Confederate States: Flag of Truce and Blockade Covers
Lots 2864-2878   Great Britain
Lots 2879-2904   British Commonwealth: Australia-British Post Offices Abroad
Lots 2905-2931   British Commonwealth: Canadian Provinces
Lots 2932-2981   British Commonwealth: Canada
Lots 2982-3038   British Commonwealth: Cape of Good Hope - Zambia
Lots 3039-3075   General Foreign: Afghanistan-Czechoslovakia
Lots 3076-3090   General Foreign: Denmark-Finland
Lots 3091-3124   General Foreign: France & Colonies
Lots 3125-3127   General Foreign: German States
Lots 3128-3167   General Foreign: German Empire
Lots 3168-3172   General Foreign: German Offices in China
Lots 3173-3182   General Foreign: German Offices in Morocco
Lots 3183-3196   General Foreign: German Offices in the Turkish Empire (Forerunners)
Lots 3197-3223   General Foreign: German Offices in the Turkish Empire (Issued Stamps)
Lots 3224-3249   General Foreign: German Colonies (Cameroun)
Lots 3250-3258   General Foreign: German Colonies (Caroline Islands)
Lots 3259-3267   General Foreign: German Colonies (German East Africa)
Lots 3268-3274   General Foreign: German Colonies (German New Guinea)
Lots 3275-3319   General Foreign: German Colonies (German South West Africa)
Lots 3320-3325   General Foreign: German Colonies (Mariana Islands)
Lots 3326-3371   General Foreign: German Colonies (Marshall Islands, Forerunners)
Lots 3372-3392   General Foreign: German Colonies (Marshall Islands, Issued Stamps)
Lots 3393-3404   General Foreign: German Colonies (Samoa)
Lots 3405-3414   General Foreign: German Colonies (Togo)
Lots 3415-3418   General Foreign: Germany 1920-1945
Lots 3419-3428   General Foreign: Germany - Berlin
Lots 3429-3431   General Foreign: Germany - Federal Republic
Lots 3432-3455   General Foreign: Greece - Israel
Lots 3456-3475   General Foreign: Italian Area - Korea
Lots 3476-3515   General Foreign: Liberia - Panama
Lots 3516-3543   General Foreign: Portugal & Colonies
Lots 3544-3594   General Foreign: Russia - Vatican
Lots 3595-3643   United States Collections: Covers
Lots 3644-3729   United States Collections: Stamps
Lots 3730-3766   United States Collections: Airmails & Back of the Book
Lots 3767-3767   U.S. Possessions Collections: Canal Zone
Lots 3768-3787   U.S. Possessions Collections: Hawaii
Lots 3788-3796   U.S. Possessions Collections: Philippines - General Poss. Collections
Lots 3797-3896   Foreign Country Collections: Afghanistan - Ethiopia
Lots 3897-3952   Foreign Country Collections: Europe - French Colonies
Lots 3953-4034   Foreign Country Collections: German Area
Lots 4035-4090   Foreign Country Collections: Gibraltar - Jamaica
Lots 4091-4229   Foreign Country Collections: Japan - Yugoslavia
Lots 4230-4237   Worldwide Collections: Covers
Lots 4238-4246   Worldwide Collections: Topicals
Lots 4247-4325   Worldwide Collections: Stamps
Lots 4326-4407   Philatelic Literature: Individual Titles
Lots 4408-4437   Philatelic Literature: Auction Sale Catalogs
Lots 4438-4458   Philatelic Literature: Literature Groups and Collections
Lots 4438-4458   Philatelic Literature: