Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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1861-1881 Issues continued...

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

201

S.G. #12

S.G. #12, 1873 6p Orange vermilion, intermediate perf. 15, wmk. large star, attractive horizontal pair with bright color, tied to 1874 folded cover to London by quite clear "C/Jan. 26/1871" c.d.s. of Sauteurs with additional strike at left, small Grenada c.d.s. transit and red London Paid receiving c.d.s., both on the front, this cover required an additional 1p franking for inland postage since it is from an outlying post office, which is missing, otherwise a very fine and scarce cover (Scott #7). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

202

S.G. #12, 14

S.G. #12, 14, 1873-75 6p Orange vermilion, intermediate perf. 15 and 1p Green, perf. 14, both wmk. large star, strip of four of the 1p with usual about fine centering for the Somerset House perforations, and single of the 6p, tied to 1877 folded letter to New York by indistinct "A15" in bars oval cancels, strip is also tied by "New York/Due 10 cts./Mar 29" cds, on the reverse is "Grenada/FE 27 77" small c.d.s. with index letter "A", plus St. Thomas transit, very fine and scarce posting to a non-British country: this letter represents a double rate letter to the United States which had shipping paper enclosures not now present, the 10p postage paid two times the 1p Grenada internal postage and two times the 4p sea postage to St. Thomas, the amount collected in New York was for passage from St. Thomas and delivery in New York; ex-Messenger and Hackmey (Scott #7, 7A). (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

203

1875 Die essay for engine turning, stock die of Perkins Bacon, being the design that was used for the background of the undenominated Chalon Head design that was used for both postage and revenue designs, in black on soft card measuring 137x35mm, very fine. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $180.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

204

1875 Die essay for the engine turning in the undenominated Chalon Head design, in black on thick piece of wave paper, measuring 115x70mm, the die sunk portion being 51x42mm, frame lines have been ruled in for the stamp design, marginal pencil notes and patches of discoloration from archival storage, also small break in paper at left edge of the die sinkage not affecting the design, fine and the only known example of this working proof; ex-Hackmey. (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $900.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

205

1875 Undenominated Chalon Head black die proof, used for both postage and revenue stamps, first state of the die lacking some detail in the Queen's head, on thin card measuring 58x55mm, very minor toning and soiling, fine and very rare; possibly unique in this state; ex-Hackmey and Towers. (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,000.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

206

1875 Undenominated Chalon Head black die proof, second state of the die with detail in the Queen's head completed, on thin card measuring 34x37mm, fresh and very fine and a rare proof; this undenominated design was used by Perkins Bacon to produce stamps in a more economical and thus competitive way; this design is commonly referred to as a revenue design because many revenues were issued using it, but it was also used as a postage design as evidenced by S.G. #13; ex-Hackmey and Towers. (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,900.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

207

1875 Undenominated Chalon Head plate proof, in black, block of four, the tiny guide line between stamps at top indicates that these are positions 5-6, 15-16, on ungummed wove paper, well clear to large margins all around, small natural inclusion in top right stamp, fresh and very fine. (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

208

S.G. #13

S.G. #13, 1875 "One Shilling surcharge on Deep mauve, fresh mint single, with bright intense color (difficult to find), well centered within full even perforations, o.g., very fine; ex-Dale-Lichtenstein (Scott #11; $625.00). (Image)

£650

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

209

S.G. #13

S.G. #13, 1875 "One Shilling surcharge on Deep mauve, attractive single with fresh deep color color, o.g., centered a bit to left but still very fine for this (Scott #11; $625.00). (Image)

£650

SOLD for $375.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

210

S.G. #13as

S.G. #13as, 1875 "One Shlling" surcharge error on Deep Mauve, overprinted large"Spec(imen)", designed to print one impression of the "Specimen" overprint on each horizontal pair, o.g. with adherence, very fine; only two sheets of 120 stamps were overprinted with this "Specimen" overprint, this error is extremely rare with only two examples issued as the error exists only once per sheet (Scott #11aS). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $2,300.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

211

S.G. #13

S.G. #13, 1875 "One Shilling" surcharge on Deep mauve, fresh single, very neatly tied to lovely 1876 cover to London by "A15" in bars oval cancel, small "Grenada/MY 27 76" c.d.s. with index letter "A" on the reverse, and similarly small London Paid receiving c.d.s. on the front, fresh and very fine cover; this envelope is official government stationery with red "Government of/Grenada" and Coat of Arms embossed seal on the backflap, believed to be the only known example (Scott #11). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,250.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

212

S.G. #13

S.G. #13, 1875 "One Shilling" surcharge on Deep mauve, single on 1877 cover to General William James Durban in England and then forwarded to his wife, stamp is tied by a distinctly brown "A15" in bars oval cancel, with matching brown small "Grenada/MY 27 77" c.d.s. with index letter "A" on the reverse, also numerous transits on the reverse, finally backstamped Exmouth, very fine example of the 1/- packet rate to Britain (Scott #11). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

213

S.G. #13

S.G. #13, 1875 "One Shilling" surcharge on Deep mauve, single with bright color, centered to the left, tied to cover to London by "A15" in bars oval cancel, nice strike of "Grenada/MR 10 76" small c.d.s. with index letter "A" on reverse, along with two different red London backstamps, unusual "40" handstamp at bottom left (rate marking?), trivial corner crease to cover at left and minor soiling, an attractive and very fine cover (Scott #11). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $375.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

214

S.G. #13, 14

S.G. #13, 14, 1875 "One Shilling" surcharge on Deep mauve, along with 1875 1p Green, perf. 14, wmk. large star, both tied by indistinct strikes of "D/Jan. 27/1879" parish post office of Grenville, with additional strike at right, small Grenada transit of St. George's on the reverse and London Paid receiving c.d.s. on the front, stamps with usual just fine centering, cover with a couple tiny spots of discoloration and minor wrinkles associated with file fold, still an attractive and very fine usage from a smaller rural post office; from the Duncan correspondence; the additional 1p franking was required for passage from Grenville to St. George's (Scott #7A, 11). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,050.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

215

S.G. #14

S.G. #14, 1875 1p Yellow green, perf. 14, wmk. large star, bottom right corner-margin block of 42 (6x7), fresh mint block with full original gum, 28 stamps are never hinged, centered into the design at top so the top "Grenada" label appears at bottom of the stamp above, "Grenada" in the bottom row is virtually missing; 60 sheets of the 1,020 sheets printed were so poor that they were supposedly destroyed, however Mr. Walker's study convinces him that at least some of them somehow got into the philatelic market, however this is what the catalog values apply to as in over 30 years all the unused examples he has seen of this issue come from these misperforated sheets (Scott #7a; $2,310.00+). (Image)

£2,940+

SOLD for $750.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

216

S.G. #14

S.G. #14, 1875 1p Green, perf. 14, wmk. large star, attractive horizontal strip of five, variable centering but actually quite good for the Somerset House perforations, tied to neat cover to the United States by indistinct "A15" in bars oval cancels, "Grenada/MR 02 77" c.d.s. with index letter "A" on the reverse, a nice single rate cover with 1p for Grenada postage and 4p for British sea post to St. Thomas, that city's transit on the reverse, on reaching New York "New York/Due 5 cts./Mar 29" c.d.s. for the amount to collect, backstamped Cincinnati, a lovely very fine cover to the United States (Scott #7A). (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

217

S.G. #14

S.G. #14, 1875 1p Green, perf. 14, wmk. large star, horizontal strip of five with normal varied centering endemic to this particular issue, tied by indistinct "A15" in bars oval cancels to folded cover to New York, small "Grenada/AP 08 77" c.d.s. with index letter "A" on the reverse, endorsed "Via Bermuda" but with St. Thomas transits on the reverse, red manuscript "4" rate for the sea mail to St. Thomas and a nice strike of "New-York/Due 5 cts./May 2" c.d.s. for the postage to be collected for a single rate incoming ship letter, minor opening tears and stains to the backflap only, otherwise very fine attractive cover (Scott #7). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,700.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

218

S.G. #14, 14a

S.G. #14, 14a, 1875 1p Green, perf. 14, wmk. large star, single and diagonal bisect, tied to significant piece of St. George's Chronicle and Grenada Gazette, well tied across the bisect by two strikes of "D/May 9/1877" c.d.s. of Grenville with additional strike below, portion of address shows at right and is undoubtedly to a location in the British Isles as this is precisely the rate for newspapers sent from outlying parish post offices to Great Britain and resulted in the authorized bisecting of the 1p values, very fine and scarce; Stanley Gibbons for this bisect on cover is £6,500, this "cover" designation is a bit misleading because normal legitimate usage of bisects was for newspapers and normally only a piece is used to show this usage, which this price should be applied to; ex-Dale-Lichtenstein (Scott #7A, 7Aa; $7,500.00 on cover). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,150.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

219

S.G. #14, 14a

S.G. #14, 14a, 1875 1p Green, perf. 14, wmk. large star, diagonal bisect, plus strip of three and single, stamps centered into the design at top and bisect with clipped corner at bottom, all tied to piece by five strikes of "A/Dec. 27/78" c.d.s. of Gouyave, clearly a legitimate bisect usage but not the typical newspaper use, fine and very scarce; Stanley Gibbons on cover £6,500; 1977 RPS certificate (Scott #7A, 7Aa; $7,500.00 on cover). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $475.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

220

S.G. #12, 14, 14a

S.G. #14, 14a, 1875 1p Green, perf. 14, wmk.large star, diagonal bisect, along with two singles of the 1p and an 1873 6p Orange vermilion (S.G. #12), on wonderfully attractive 1877 cover to France (cover professionally and amazingly well restored), this cover originated at the parish post office of Sauteurs with the 6p and two 1p singles tied by "C/Oct 27/77" c.d.s. with additional strike on reverse, small Grenada c.d.s. of the General Post Office at St. George's of the same date on the reverse, apparently held in St. George's for over a week when another strike of November 6th was applied and the 1p bisect was added and clearly tied by "A15" in bars oval cancel in the same ink as the November c.d.s. (slightly browner than the first strike), treated as a fully paid cover with red crayon "1/0 1/2" rate due to England, red London Paid and French maritime c.d.s. on the front, backstamped, extremely fine appearance and an exceedingly rare bisect cover. This cover illustrates the great confusion by the various Grenadine post office officials concerning the proper rate to France. This is one of three bisect covers from an outlying parish post office to France. One is franked as this and the other has 8p postage including two diagonal bisects. There are also three covers with bisects to France from the General Post Office at St. George's. But these are all apparently more correctly franked 1/1 1/2. All six covers credit Great Britain 1/01/2 regardless of whether there was enough postage to cover that amount. From our research this cover was first offered and its story told in an April 25th, 1963 auction of Grenada for an unnamed collector by Harmer Rooke and Co. of London where it was described as "A very valuable and probably unique cover." (Scott #7, 7A, 7Aa). (Image)

Est. 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $14,000.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM