Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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SPECIALIZED PARCEL POSTS continued...

Parcel Post Postal History continued...

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

981

#Q8, 20c Parcel Post, tied to clean mailing tag, along with a single 2c Parcel Post (#Q2), by boxed "Chester, Conn." handstamp, neatly addressed to New Haven, Conn., with ms. notation "Perishable" in red, very fine; a rare value found legitimately used on a parcel tag. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

982

#Q9, 25c Parcel Post, natural s.e. at top, tied to cover to Bergen, Norway by "Hillsboro, N. Mex./Jul 19/1913" duplex cancel, Bergen bkst., cover with small edge tear at left, fine; a very scarce usage of this value; ex-Doolittle. (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

983

#Q9, 25c Parcel Post, bottom sheet-margin example tied to attractive registered blue linen-lined cover to Jersey City, N.J. by double oval "U.S. Postal Agency/REG./Shanghai, China." handstamp, violet boxed "Registered" handstamp on front and matching "Shanghai, China (U.S. Postal Agency)/Aug 31, 1916/Registered" c.d.s. on reverse, Chicago transit and Jersey City arrival c.d.s. also on reverse, manuscript "American Consulate General/Shanghai/China" on backflap, very fine; a very rare non-philatelic usage of the Twenty Five Cent Parcel Post from Shanghai. (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,200.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

984

Q10

#Q10, 50c Parcel Post, well centered and with deep luxuriant color, wonderfully tied to clean cover addressed to Percey Doane in New York City by excellent strike of "U.S. Postal Agency/Jun 2/Shanghai, China" 1916 duplex postmark, very fine and handsome; a remarkably rare and desirable usage of the Fifty Cent Parcel Post from Shanghai; ex-Doolittle where it realized an impressive $4,400.00 in the May 1989 sale conducted by Robert G. Kaufmann. (Image)

Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

985

Q11

#Q11, 75c Parcel Post, choice well centered single, tied to lovely 1916 special delivery cover to Jersey City, N.J. by excellent strike of rare "U.S. Postal Agency/Jun 2 (?)/Shanghai, China" duplex postmark, violet three-line "Special Delivery/Jul 1, 1916/No. 334" handstamp at left, Jersey City bkst., very fine; the finest of just a few known covers bearing a Seventy Five Cent Parcel Post used from Shangahi; ex-Doolittle where it realized $3,850.00 in the May 1989 sale conducted by Robert G. Kaufmann. (Image)

Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

986

Q12

#Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, nicely centered and with strong color, natural s.e. at left, tied to 1914 registered cover to Kopenhagen, Denmark by black rimless grid, plus it is further tied by bold boxed "Registered" handstamp in deep blue, blue "Falmouth, Mass./Jun 8/1914" c.d.s. on reverse, as well as New York transit and Kopenhagen bkst., cover bit reduced at both left and at bottom, nevertheless very fine and considered to be among the finest of the few known covers (non-tag usages) bearing the One Dollar Parcel Post; ex-Burrus. (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,800.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

987

Q12

#Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, well centered, rich color, tied to 2c stamped envelope to Lake Charles, La. by "Norwich, Ct./Jul 25 '14" machine cancel, very fine; an extremely rare usage of the One Dollar Parcel Post; this cover realized $1,760.00 in the May 1989 Robert G. Kaufmann sale of the Doolittle Parcel Post Postal History collection; ex-Doolittle. (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

988

Q12

#Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, quite well centered, deep luxuriant color, tied to reverse of parcel tag along with 10c Orange Panama-Pacific (#400A) by both New York registry double ovals in black and violet "New York, N.Y./8-2/1915" ovals, tag with "Importers' & Traders' National Bank, N.Y." imprint and addressed to Bethlehem, Pa., tag with central diagonal fold not affecting stamp, very fine; an exceedingly scarce use of the One Dollar Parcel Post paying the proper rate. (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

989

Q12

#Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, an enormously rare usage of a block of four and a single on the reverse of a mailing tag sent from the Assistant Treasurer in Cincinnati, Ohio to his counterpart in New Orleans, tag further franked with singles of 1c, 2c and 15c Washington-Franklin issues on front, stamps all tied by undated Cincinnati double ovals in black, violet "Cincinnati, Ohio/May 1/1917" double circle postmark on front of tag, couple of stamps with small usage flaws and it would appear that one stamp (another #Q12?) has been removed from the reverse of the tag at top left, still this is believed to be the largest One Dollar Parcel Post franking known on a mailing tag. (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

990

Q12

#Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, two vertical pairs and a single, tied to large part of a canvas cover front to Amsterdam, Holland by clear "New York/2-19/1915/Rec'd For'gn" double oval postmark, piece additionally franked with 4c and 30c Washington-Franklin issues, violet boxed "Registered" handstamp, sent from the American Bank Note Company and with ms. notation "S.S. New Amsterdam", piece folded a couple of times, with one $1.00 stamp being affected, fine; an impressive and rare usage. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $1,050.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

991

JQ4

#JQ4, 10c Parcel Post Postage Due, attractive single tied to incoming unsealed cover to Boston, Mass. from Sweden, choice strike of originating "Bankeberg/25 9/1913" segmented c.d.s. at top right, stamp applied just to left of c.d.s. and tied by Boston, Mass. double oval, dual "Hudson Terminal Station, N.Y./Oct. 5 - Due 10 cents" handstamp at bottom, very fine; covers bearing the Ten Cent Parcel Post Postage Due are very scarce and few exist this attractive. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $675.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

992

Q1/12

#Q1/12, The magnificent Parcel Post postal history collection/accumulation formed by Merrill Bothamley, a remarkable array of over 1,400 covers (and a few tags) all franked with Parcel Post stamps, accumulated over literally a lifetime and each was selected by Mr. Bothamely for its unusual usage, eye-appeal, rarity or simply because it fit into his incredible attempt at completing a calendar of every possible usage date for a Parcel Post stamp, while the great majority of covers bear 1c or 2c values (approximately 1,100 covers), there are hundreds of others franked with 3c to $1.00 values, for example there are 89 3c covers, 37 4c covers (which catalog $65.00 each), 68 5c covers (catalog $42.50 each), 72 10c covers (catalog $55.00 each), 12 15c covers (catalog $350.00 each), three 20c covers (catalog $750.00 each), 13 25c covers (catalog $300.00 each) and one large part of a cover front franked with a $1.00 value (catalogs $1,100.00 as a full cover); this accumulation is a gold mine of rare foreign usages to such far-flung countries as Australia, British Honduras, China, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Liberia, Russia, Serbia (just to name a few), plus there are unusual cancels, mixed frankings, on board ship cancellations, fabulous advertising corner card covers, bisect usages, precancels, usages from Guam, Hawaii, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Shanghai, etc,; a large number of the covers found in this lot were acquired individually at retail and at auction, often in the $25.00 to $250.00 (or more) range and today would be impossible to duplicate, even if one were to spend another lifetime seeking out similar covers; condition, of course, varies but the great majority are fine-very fine; never before has a collection of this magnitude ever been offered at auction, representing literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Parcel Post specialist or for the collector seeking out a fascinating new area to study or exhibit.

Est. 10,000-15,000

SOLD for $14,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

993

JQ1-2, 5

#JQ1-2, 5, Parcel Post Postage Due postal history accumulation of seventeen covers, each franked with one or more Parcel Post Postage Due issues, includes ten covers with 1c value (five covers with stamps used as regular postage, five used as postage dues), four covers franked with 2c values (two used as regular postage, two use as postage dues, one in combination with a 2c Parcel Post, another with a pair on incoming mail franked with Mexican postage), and three legal sized commercial covers with precancelled 25c values (one a pair) used as postage dues, the latter trio being especially scarce, one larger size cover quite faulty, rest fine-very fine; quantities of Parcel Post Postage Due covers are almost unheard of today. (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

Carriers and Locals

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

994

40L1

#40L1, City Despatch Post 3c Black on grayish, huge even margins all around including portions of three adjoining dividing lines, strong color and impression, o.g., h.r., extremely fine. (Image)

375.00

SOLD for $200.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

995

40L1

#40L1, City Despatch Post 3c Black on grayish, a showpiece top right corner sheet-margin horizontal pair of this classic stamp, boasting enormous margins, including huge sheet margins, as well as lavish margins elsewhere allowing complete dividing lines to show on all four sides, brilliantly fresh and crisp, prooflike color and impression, full o.g., stamps never hinged (hinged only in very top of sheet margin), a superb mint pair of the first adhesive stamp ever used in the United States; 2002 PF certificate. (Image)

for hinged 850.00

SOLD for $900.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

996

107L3

#107L3, Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co., 10c Orange red, full margins all around, deep color, full o.g., very fine. (Image)

250.00

SOLD for $250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

997

143L6

#143L6, Wells, Fargo & Co., $1.00 Blue, large margins all around, small part o.g., minor corner crease, otherwise a very fine example of this scarce local. (Image)

750.00

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

Hunting Permit Stamps

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

998

RW1

#RW1, 1934 $1.00 Blue, well centered within especially large margins, rich luxuriant color, o.g., n.h., without the usual gum skips or bends, very fine; 2000 PF certificate for a block of four, this being the bottom left stamp. (Image)

750.00

SOLD for $675.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

999

RW1

#RW1, 1934 $1.00 Blue, bottom right corner margin plate no. 129199 block of six, strong color, o.g., n.h., tiny spot on the bottom middle stamp, fine; a presentable example of this very scarce plate block. (Image)

12,500.00

SOLD for $4,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM

1000

RW2

#RW2, 1935 $1.00 Rose lake, top left corner margin plate no. 131982 block of six, very well centered, rich color, o.g., the two left vertical rows of perforations have been rejoined, tiny thin in the top margin from the rejoining, very fine appearance; an affordable example of this seldom offered plate block. (Image)

10,000.00

SOLD for $2,700.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM