Sale 73: The March Sale

Lot 3007    

United States Airmail Collection, mostly mint NH collection/accumulation of plates, blocks and various multiples in mounts on pages in a binder, including. plate blocks C10, C16 (x 2), C21 (x 2), C23-24, also C10a (x 2) and C18 VF block of four, plus four C18 New York FDC/flights, two with singles and one each with pair and strip of three, all with return address of famed BEP plate finisher/siderographer Clyde De Binder, owner's 2017 Scott approximately $4,700, worth inspection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $525

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Lot 3008 /o/   

Local and Carrier Reference Accumulation, hundreds on stockpages; mix of material including a genuine #6LB5 on cover as well other genuine semi-official carriers off cover */o, more common forgery material with scarcer items including WF & Co. Pony Express issues with genuine #143L1 & 143L7 used, host of forgery multiples along with genuine Hussey special delivery panes; worth a look.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Realized: $625

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Lot 3009 /o   

Official Issues Collection, 1873, well formed mostly mint collection approaching completion missing mostly the rare issues; Continental issues with Agriculture complete mint, Executive mint lacking only 6¢ (10¢ n.g.), Interior complete mint, Justice mint to 15¢ with 24¢ & 30¢ used, Navy complete mostly mint, Post Office complete mint, State with mint 1¢-6¢ & 10¢-$2 values ($2 o.g.), Treasury & War issues complete mint, American issues in similar fashion with complete Interior and War sets; condition varies with many nicely centered issues throughout, an excellent foundation for continuation.
Estimate    $3,000 - 4,000.

Realized: $3,500

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Lot 3010 o   

Revenue Group, small group including R41a strip of three, R48a pair, R49a pair, R59a pair, R75a unused pair, R77a strip of three and two singles cancelled together in row; small faults, F.-V.F.
Scott No. R41a//R77a    $1,650.

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Realized: $300

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Lot 3011 /o   

United States Revenue Collection, housed in Scott album; starting with a fair to good showing of 1861 issues, imperf issues with value up to $2, part perf with some premium handstamp cancels and perf'd issues with strong completion to $5, good 2nd & third issue mid-values, good showing of later documentaries with strong completion in later issues, useful proprietaries including patent medicine cancels on Battleship issues, a host of other issues including wines, Playing Cards with better including RF12c (cat $500), Narcotics, Consular and Customs, Match & Medicines, Trailer including used RVT2 with straight line "Grand Canyon" straight line cancel (cat $450), Distilled Spirits and Rectification issues, few CSA issues, etc.; owner's 2010 Scott cat $12,370+.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $3,250

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1916-41 Circular Die Stamped Envelopes - Marcus White's "1st One Seen" Collection, From the time the first Circular Die stamped envelopes were issued, the eminent U.S. postal stationery collector Marcus White kept the ones that arrived as incoming mail at his Norton Company business and other nearby firms. In penciled inscriptions he annotated each envelope that represented a previously unrecorded variety "1st one seen."; this collection includes the two earliest documented uses of any Circular Die envelopes: 2¢ on white paper (Scott U429) canceled February 17, 1916, at Johnson City, Tennessee, and 2¢ on amber paper (Scott U430) canceled February 18, 1916, also included is the earliest documented use of a 3¢ on amber paper (Scott U437a) canceled November 3, 1917, at Belvidere, Illinois, second day of the World War I war tax domestic letter rate, the particular variety (UPSS 2250-19) is scarce regardless of date - the complete collection consists of 108 entires: four 1½¢ (two with undated cancels; unfortunately not docketed on arrival by Marcus White), forty three 2¢, and sixty one 3¢ Circular Die stamped envelopes, of those, 88 are listed on the United Postal Stationery Society's website as having the earliest reported postmarks for their respective UPSS size, knife, and watermark varieties, these include, for example, the earliest documented use of a window envelope, 2¢ on white paper (UPSS 2250-19) canceled October 25, 1917, at Providence, Rhode Island, 11 additional earliest documented 2¢ window envelopes and 16 earliest documented 3¢ window envelopes, generally Very Fine, if Marcus White had not collected these stamped envelopes when they were originally in use, it would be impossible to assemble such a comprehensive collection today.
Estimate    $5,000 - 7,500.

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Lot 3013 /o   

Postal Stationery Collection, collection/accumulation housed in three large boxes; includes useful cut square collection, postal cards including early hoard, mint entires with early issues, Wells Fargo frank, etc., also a modern mint hoard filling one large box.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $400

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Lot 3014 /o   

Postal Stationery Group, of approximately 150 items mostly used in slips; majority being the 1853-55, 3¢ Nesbitt entires including several unused (one with address lines), used including early usages (one docketed 1853) including Nesbitt backflap seals, some scarce die types, useful later including double surcharge varieties.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 3015 /o   

Airmail Envelope Collection, 1920-60's, of over 300 entires mostly in slips; includes commercial legal size usages, FDC's, first flights, APO, Hawaii & Alaska usages, events, uprates, interrupted mail, etc.; worth a look.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $210

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