Lot
1518 
1901, 2¢ Pan-American. Tied by "Buffalo N.Y. May 1 1901" First Day machine cancel on Engraver's corner card cover to Boston Mass., back of cover with five different Exposition labels, receiving backstamp, some edge tears, stamp with minor defects, otherwise Very Fine, attractive and scarce First Day cover. Scott No. 295 $2,750.
Realized: $850
Lot
1519
1903, 5¢ blue. Tied by "Cincinnati, O., Nov 23, 1909" machine postmark on holiday corner card cover to Cairo, Egypt and forwarded twice to Calcutta, India and finally to Kandy, Ceylon, with all appropriate transit backstamps, Very Fine, a most exotic forwarding and destination. Scott No. 304 Estimate $200 - 250.
Realized: $325
Lot
1520
1903, 2¢ lake, type I. Tied by "Uniontown, Pa., Dec 29, 1908" machine postmark on cover to Scottsdale, F.-V.F., a scarce usage of this elusive shade, listed but unpriced in Scott; with 1980 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 319a Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $50
Lot
1521
1904, 1¢-5¢ Louisiana Purchase. Canceled by grid duplex on 1904 registered 1¢ entire to Sutton, New Brunswick, purple "Sac City, Iowa, Registered, Jul 23, 1904" cds, transit and receiving backstamps; 2¢ with tiny margin tear, Very Fine. Scott No. 323-326+U380 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $110
Lot
1522
1904, 10¢ Louisiana Purchase. Rich color, tied by "Foxboro, Mass., Oct 20, 1904" duplex postmark on registered cover to Pawtucket, R.I., receiving backstamp, Very Fine. Scott No. 327 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $100
Lot
1523
1908, 1¢ green coil, vertical pair. Tied by "Iowa City, Iowa, Jan 23, 1911" duplex postmark on small locally addressed cover; stamps lifted for type verification and hinged back, Very Fine, quite scarce on cover; with 1991 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 348 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $230
Lot
1524
1911, 3¢ deep violet, the "Orangeburg" coil. Centered to right and with full guideline at left, deep rich color, tied by "Orangeburg N.Y. May 4 5PM 1911" wavy-line machine cancel on light gray clasped envelope with "Bell & Company Incorporated Manufacturing Chemists" corner card to New York City, two minor cover edge tears as is usual for the Bell & Co. coversVERY FINE AND CHOICE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE RARE 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL ON COVER. ONLY TWELVE ORANGEBURG COIL COVERS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.
This May 4, 1911 date is early for the Orangeburg coil. The presence of the guideline is a rare and desirable feature, as no guideline pairs are known.
Signed by Bartels and Sloane. Ex Agris. With 1988 P.F. and 2003 certificates.
Scott No. 389 $27,500.
Realized: $17,000
Lot
1525
1915, 2¢ red, type I, rotary coil. About fine for the issue; tied by "Detroit, Mich., Dec 30, 1915" machine cancel on Detroit Creamery corner card cover, Fine, a very rare and early on cover usage of the 1915 2¢ type I rotary coil; with 1983 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 449 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $625
Lot
1526
1917, 2¢ deep rose, type Ia. Rich color, beautifully centered, tied by neat "Washington D.C. Jan. 22, 1920" machine cancel on cover to Buffalo N.Y., Extremely Fine stamp & cover. Scott No. 500 $650.
Realized: $190
Lot
1527
1923, 1¢ green, rotary coil waste. two horizontal pairs, perfs in, right pair partly separated and top right corner torn off, tied by "San Francisco Mar. 18, 1924" machine cancel on legal-size cover to Commissioner of Patents in Washington D.C., patent attorney's corner card, minor edge wrinkles, with 2005 P.F. certificate which mentions 2nd stamp with depression in paper from the cancel (which is normal when a cancellation is applied), 3rd stamp with tiny scrape at bottom right (which is infinitesimal)A REMARKABLE FRANKING WITH TWO PAIRS OF THE RARE ONE-CENT ROTARY PERF 11 ISSUE, SCOTT 544. VERY FEW COVERS OR CARDS ARE KNOWN, AND THIS IS THE LARGEST MULTIPLE USAGE.
Scott No. 544; $15,000 for off cover singles Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
Realized: $5,500