Sale 106: The Stanley Piller Inventory of United States

Lot 795 ()   

Carrier, 1851 (1¢) Franklin, three large margins, clear to just in at left, uncancelled and affixed to cover addressed to "A. B. Durand, President of the Academy, New York N.Y."; stamp with a vertical crease on right side of Franklin's head, no gum, Fine appearance, a rare unused example of the Franklin Carrier stamp; with 1977 and 2013 P.F. certificates stating the stamp is genuine but declining opinion as to whether it passed through the mails.
Scott No. LO1    $8,000.

Letter is address to the famous engraver Asher B. Durand when he was president of the National Academy of Design from 1846 to 1861 and resided at 91 Amity St.

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Lot 796 o   

Carrier, 1851 (1¢) Franklin, unusually fresh with ample to oversize margins and a neat face-free red town cancel, small faults, Extremely Fine appearance. A gorgeous example of this rare Franklin Carrier.; with 2007 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. LO1    $8,000.

Realized: $2,600

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Lot 797 o   

Carrier, 1851 (1¢) Franklin, canceled by a partial red dateless New York circle, two large margins, just touching at upper left and barely in at lower left, few tiny thin spots, fresh, Fine appearance; with 1991 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. LO1    $8,000.

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Lot 798 o   

Carrier, 1851 (1¢) Franklin, neat manuscript cancel, two large margins, just touching at left and bottom, two small tin spots, Fine appearance; with 2003 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. LO1    $8,000.

Realized: $650

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Lot 799    

Carrier, 1851, 1¢ Eagle, complete pane of 50 including bottom imprint block of eight, o.g., never hinged, strong color, creases and right edge tear and creasing, nick out of left selvage and upper right corner split, small tear affects imprint selvage, F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott No. LO2    $7,650+.

Realized: $3,750

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Lot 800    

Carrier, 1875, 1¢ Eagle, Special Printing, brown o.g., single short perf at top, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. LO6    $175+.

From an article on the 1875 reprints written my "C.H.C." and published in the May 1875 issue of the American Journal of Philately, comes the following, "On the 1861-9 issues of the reprints (as also on the Eagle) simple gum arabic seems to have been used…the 1847, 1857 and 1870 issues of the reprints are not gummed at all.

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Lot 801 ()   

Baltimore, Md., 1850-55, 1¢ red, no gum, bright color and nice margins, small, light vertical crease ending in a small tear, Very Fine appearance. A most attractive example of this very rare Baltimore Carrier, ex-Wall; with 2004 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1LB5    $2,250.

Realized: $850

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Lot 802 /o   

Baltimore, Md., 1856, 1¢ red, complete plating of 10, mostly used with manuscript or cds cancels, pos. 2 with large corner sheet margins, few faults, F.-V.F. and scarce plating.
Scott No. 1LB7    $900.

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Lot 803    

Baltimore, Md., 1857, 1¢ black, pane of 10, position 7 with "SENT" for "CENT", o.g., wide side margins, barely shaved at bottom and just in at upper left, light horizontal crease through positions 7-8 ending in a small sealed tear at left, small tone spot position 6, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Moody & Hall.
Scott No. 1LB8    $1,000.

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Lot 804 o   

Charleston, S.C., Honour's City Express, 1851-58, 2¢ black on bluish, "Ccnts" for "Cents", manuscript cancel, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 4LB8 var.    $175+.

Realized: $110

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