United States Postage Issues - Stamp Auctions
Lot 1001 - United States Postage Issues United States Coins and Currency - H. R. Harmer Inc Sale 3013: United States, British Commonwealth, and Foreign Stamps, Covers, and CollectionsUS COMMEMORATIVE COIN COLLECTION. Postal Commemorative Society folders with US commemorative coins, including 1925 California half, 1893 Columbian half, 1924 Huguenot Walloon half, 1925 Lexington half, 1918 Lincoln half, 1926 Oregon half, 1920 Pilgrim half, and 1926 Sesquicentennial half (and a few others), plus some modern commemorative items and a collection of pennies, most coins appear to be AU if not better, an attractive group of items H. R. Harmer Inc Sale 3013: United States, British Commonwealth, and Foreign Stamps, Covers, and CollectionsUnited States Postage Issues United States Coins and Currency |
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 Lot 75 - United States Postage Issues Carriers' Stamps - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & Confederate1LB3a, 1850 1c Blue Baltimore Md. carrier stamp, cross gutter tete-beche block of fourteen, positions 5/7/9-10 and 1-10, position 9 of tete-beche with paper-maker's embossed seal; slightly toned o.g., top right vertical pair with a crease, three stamps with punch holes and position 8 with small surface scrapes; the largest recorded block and thought to be unique, one of the most important and spectacular multiples of all carrier stamps and one of the very few tete-beche items known in classic US philately; ex-Frank A. Hollowbush (1966), David Golden (1999), Philip T. Wall (2007), illustrated and described in Denwood Kelly's 1973-74 series articles about Baltimore Carriers and Locals published by the NY Collectors Club; 2000 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $4,000, but in the last 17 years this item has never sold for less than $5,000 and has sold for an average of $5,600 without the buyer's premium) H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues Carriers' Stamps |
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 Lot 70 - United States Postage Issues postmasters' provisionals - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & Confederate11X5, 1846 10¢ Black on gray lilac St. Louis Mo. Postmaster's Provisional, Type I from position 2 of the first alteration of the plate (Scott Catalogue plate 2), large margins all around, tied by red straightline "PAID" on Jul 31 folded letter addressed to Williams Town Massachusetts, matching town marking at right; Extremely Fine and choice usage; scarce with stamp tied by the PAID cancel only and without a manuscript cancellation; 2006 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $13,500) H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues postmasters' provisionals |
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 Lot 76 - United States Postage Issues Carriers' Stamps - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & Confederate4LB1, 1849 2c Brown on brown rose Charleston SC carrier stamp, uncancelled on fragment of brown cover, stamp with oval frame touched on three sides and in at top, small part of red Charleston SC town marking at right, mans. "Aug 6th, 1849" docketing at top center of fragment; stamp and fragment with small pinhole, Extremely Rare, only five examples thought to exist; ex-George Worthington (1918), Alfred H. Caspary (H. R. Harmer, Inc. 1957), John R. Boker, Jr, David Golden (1999) and Edgar Kuphal (2006); 2012 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $10,000 unused and $4,000 unused or used if cut to shape) H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues Carriers' Stamps |
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 Lot 71 - United States Postage Issues 1869 Pictorial Issue (112-122) - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & Confederate119b, 1869 15c Brown and blue, Type II, Center inverted, particularly fresh colors, inverted vignette clearly visible through semi-transparent cork cancel, tiny sealed tear at upper right, centered to lower right but with perfs clear of design, a Fine example of this classic error of which there are, according to current census, 97 used examples, most of which have faults; Siegel Census 119b-CAN-81; 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate; ex-West (Scott $22,500) H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues 1869 Pictorial Issue (112-122) |
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 Lot 77 - United States Postage Issues local stamps - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateBaltimore – Two historical covers of 1847. Letter no. 1: complete folded lettersheet with a remarkable sticker depicting a «5» on a checkered background on pinkish-gray paper, printed in black color. The content of the letter is from the Bank of Baltimore dated November 15, 1847. The date stamp on the cover is November 16, 1847. Letter no. 2: complete folded lettersheet with a remarkable square sticker (15 by 15 millimeter) depicting a «10» on a checkered background on pinkish-gray paper, printed in black color. The letter is dated November 10, 1847 to the cashier of the Bank Lathrop Esq. in Oswego, New York. H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues local stamps |
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 Lot 72 - United States Postage Issues 1893 Columbian Exposition Issue (230-245) - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & Confederate233a, 1893 4c Columbian, Error of color, a lovely deep color, showing a crisp detailed impression and overall fresh appearance, o.g., lightly hinged, nearly Very Fine; resulting from a wrong batch of ink (similar to the 1c value) it is believed several sheets were printed and at least two full panes reached collectors with a handful of used examples originating from other sheets and most of the balance lost; 1974 Brettl and 1979 PF certificates (Scott $17,500) H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues 1893 Columbian Exposition Issue (230-245) |
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 Lot 73 - United States Postage Issues 1901 Pan-American Exposition Issue (294-299) - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & Confederate296a-S, 4c Chocolate and black, Center Inverted, Type E "Specimen" overprint, fresh colors, centered to bottom with large balanced margins the other sides, o.g., hinge remnant, tiny thin just below the hinge, a Fine example; approximately 203 examples of this error were released, of which an unknown quantity received the "Specimen" overprint, in any event an extremely scarce stamp, 2016 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $11,500) H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues 1901 Pan-American Exposition Issue (294-299) |
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 Lot 68 - United States Postage Issues postmasters' provisionals - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & Confederate10X1, 1846 5c Gray black Providence R.I. Postmaster's Provisional, from position 5, large margins all around, tied by mans. check mark cancel on 1847 folded letter addressed to NYC; red Providence RI town marking at center, matching numeral "5" rate marking at right, cover with minor toned spot to right of "5"; 2007 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $21,000 on cover tied by postmark and $6,500 if pen cancelled, not tied) H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues postmasters' provisionals |
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 Lot 74 - United States Postage Issues 1938 to Date - H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateThe Donald Price Exhibit Collection of the 1979 $1 Rush Lamp and Candleholder Issue Featuring 4 "CIA" Inverts, complete 16-page exhibit (includes four double pages) chronicling the production and use of the $1 Americana series issue, starts with color variations in the background and design elements plus tagging including a tagging omitted plate block and intaglio offsets on the gum, the center section deals with the different errors and includes four "CIA Inverts" - the discovery "damaged" copy presented as a gift to dealer Jacques Schiff by the CIA employees, two inverts (pos 10 and 20) with the "white band at right" variety (occurred in only 10 positions on the sheet) and a "normal" invert, also two singles and block of four of the missing offset colors (Scott 1610b), two singles of the intaglio colors omitted (Scott 1610a) plus a block of ten showing progressive loss of the intaglio color - the right stamps with the engraved color completely omitted, several pages of color shifts and misperfs, precancels, eight pieces of postal history including covers (including solo use), parcel tag and Post Office "Postage Due Bill" featuring the $1 stamp, a Very Fine and attractive award-winning exhibit H. R. Harmer Inc Rarities Auction & Erivan U.S. & ConfederateUnited States Postage Issues 1938 to Date |
