Sale 106: The Stanley Piller Inventory of United States

Lot 192

Withdrawn.

email this lot to a friend

Lot 193    

1857, 3¢ rose, type II, horizontal pair, position 28-29R5L, tied by "Portland Me., Paid, 6 Jan" cds on yellow cover to Washington D.C.; bit of flap missing, right stamp small tear and perfs trimmed at top, fresh and Very Fine; with 2009 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 25A    $2,000 as used pair.

Realized: $400

email this lot to a friend

Lot 194    

1857, 3¢ dull red, type III, double transfer and line through "Postage" and "Three Cents", position 87R15, strong impression clearly showing variety, tied by large "Paid" grid and red "Boston Ms., Mar 14, 1859" cds on folded letter to Greenfield Mass., oval corner card handstamp, Very Fine and rare, the key plate variety of the 1857 issue.
Scott No. 26 var.    $2,500 as used off-cover.

Realized: $725

email this lot to a friend

Lot 195    

1857, 3¢ dull red, type III, double transfer and line through "Postage" and "Three Cents", position 87R15, rich color, tied by Lansingburgh, N.Y. cds on fresh cover to Windsor, Vt.; cover tear at top, otherwise Very Fine, a very rare on cover usage of this elusive double transfer variety.
Scott No. 26 var.    $2,500 off cover.

Realized: $525

email this lot to a friend

Lot 196    

1857, 3¢ dull red, type III, tied by "New-York, May 12, 1859" cds on transatlantic cover from France to Brooklyn N.Y., blue "Lansing Baldwin & Co., Paris" oval with matching "Paid" oval handstamp, carried privately transatlantic and entered mails in New York, Very Fine and unusual transatlantic use.
Scott No. 26    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $300

email this lot to a friend

Lot 197    

1857, 3¢ dull red, type III, tied by partial "Palmer Ma., Aug 15, 1861" cds on yellow cover with Dr. Higgins's Great Antalgica, Palmer, Mass. illustrated corner card with spread Eagle on wreath, to Vernon, Vermont, original letter concerning order "Your order for Med. of date of Apr 11th came to hand, today we send your box to Vermont by express…"; partial flap, Very Fine.
Scott No. 26    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $110

email this lot to a friend

Lot 198    

1857, 3¢ dull red, type III, imperf vertically, wide margins showing adjacent stamp framelines at both sides, left irregular, canceled by manuscript squiggle, matching "La Grange Ark, Oct 25th" postmark on small lady's cover to Newark, Ohio, a Very Fine use; with 2006 P.F. certificate genuine, declined if originally part of an error multiple.
Scott No. 26b    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 3¢ IMPERFORATE VERTICALLY VARIETY USED ON COVER.

Realized: $650

email this lot to a friend

Lot 199    

1857, 3¢ dull red, type IV, double transfer, line through rosettes, position 61R10L, wide straddle line margin at left, tied by pen cancel, blue "Barton Vt. Aug 1" cds on "Stand by Union" Waving Flag patriotic cover to West Randolph Vt., Very Fine use of this rare variety; with 2000 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 26A var.    $925 as off-cover.

Realized: $425

email this lot to a friend