Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Postal Stationery continued...

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

441

H&G #2

H&G #2, 1881 1 1/2p Brown on buff postal card, exceptionally rare used card to Trinidad with light blue "Grenada/OC 31 83" c.d.s. with index letter "A", small Trinidad receiving c.d.s. on the front, overall toning typical of these cards and creasing at top causing some breaks, very fine appearance; a legitimate use with non-philatelic message on reverse despite the fact that the rate to Trinidad was only 1p (perhaps 1p card not available or confused about what was required), the collector believes only two used examples are known and we have seen no others. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

442

H&G #2

H&G #2, 1881 1 1/2p Brown on buff postal card, rare used card to England being the proper rate within correct period of usage, with blue "Grenada/SP 07 82" c.d.s. with index letter "A", legitimate usage with commercial message ordering black tea, creasing to card and defective at left from being affixed in a book, with missing piece at bottom left, still exceptionally rare and the only example used paying the proper rate for which it was intended that we are aware of. (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $100.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

443

1929 3p Dark blue registered envelope essay, this being from the De La Rue archives consisting of a regularly issued 3p George V registered envelope of Trinidad and Tobago (H&G #C4a; 152x96mm), with the stamp imprint crossed out and written "as in Grenada/Envelope", "Fee Paid" at lower left also crossed out and marked "omit", plus a white typed label with new text for the reverse affixed over old text, in red manuscript on front "G/Grenada 2534" archival note, slight soiling otherwise very fine; an interesting working essay of the printer. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $200.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

444

H&G #E2

H&G #E2, 1886 1p Newspaper wrapper artist's essay, gummed and die-cut wrapper with printed five-line instruction paragraph common to British wrappers of this period, but without the stamp imprint and instead an artist's pencil drawing for the 1p Victoria for Grenada as issued, handstamped "29 Dec 85" date of the De La Rue archives, minor thinning along left edge where undoubtedly affixed to archival sheet, otherwise very fine; a wonderful unique essay of this early postal stationery issue; ex-Towers. (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $325.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

445

H&G #E4

H&G #E4, 1886 2p Dark blue newspaper wrapper, the scarcest value of this first issue wrapper series, used to pay the registry fee with 1887 1p Carmine tied by "Grenada/MR 05/87" c.d.s., with the instructions "Registered p Bookpost", red London registry oval, very fine; an unusual usage and rare. (Image)

Est. 150-200

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

Official Mail

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

446

1891 OHMS official cover with clear strike of "Grenada/22 OC 91/Official Paid" c.d,s,, endorsed "Bot(anical) Gardens/Grenada", the government agency using the free franking and signed C.H. Collymore, all required for proper official use, sent to the Royal Gardens in Kew, England with postal backstamp of that town and attractive double circle dated cachet of the Royal Gardens on the front, slight edge wrinkles, otherwise very fine; this is the earliest known usage of the "Official Paid" c.d.s. (Image)

Est. 200-300

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

Specialized Collection Balances

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

447

S.G. #1-19

S.G. #1-19, 1861-81 Chalon Head exhibition collection balance, consisting of 150 mint and used in singles and multiples, mounted on exhibition pages, this consists of just the 1p Green and 6p Rose to vermilion values printed by Perkins, Bacon and Co. over a twenty year period, largely used in the earlier issues including a horizontal pair of the 1p Bluish green first issue used on Carriacou with very scarce "F" cancel, better parish cancels are found throughout, many used multiples are also present with numerous pairs of both values, three used strips of four and a strip of five of the 1p value and two used strips of four of the 6p, mint and unused examples are mostly confined to singles but the 1p has several mint pairs and blocks of four, plus a well centered block of nine of S.G. #2, finally there are four small pieces with diagonally bisected 1p Green values, three in pairs with singles or pairs of the un-bisected stamp, this was authorized because some rates, including newspaper rates, required a 1/2p value, 1/2p values were not issued for Grenada until April of 1881, overall condition is quite nice for these, centering is variable because of the extremely close spacing in the plates and the rather crude perforating machines being used, o.g. is usually present on multiples and some singles, an attractive and fine-very fine collection of these elusive and often hard to identify stamps (Scott #1-7).

Est. 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $8,500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

448

S.G. #13/26

S.G. #13/26 1875-81 Surcharged undenominated small Chalon Head collection, balance of the exhibition collection with over 140 mint and used stamps in singles and multiples, these are often referred to as surcharged revenue stamps because so many revenues were made with this design, but actually this is an example of the frugality of the Grenada officials, who found it much more economical to use one design in various colors overprinted for postage or revenue as the need arose, because of the typeset overprint there are numerous varieties and errors which are well represented in this collection including missing "P" in Postage, inverted "S" in various words, and varying punctuation mark anomalies, some values well represented with mint including blocks as large as blocks of 30, some values with imperforates in pairs or blocks of four, two different watermarks are found for some issues and a shade study of the 2 1/2p Rose lake to claret shades is present, largely o.g. or used, fine-very fine (Scott #8-13).

Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $7,000.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

449

S.G. #27/47

S.G. #27/47, 1883-91 Fabulous Provisional Surcharge collection exhibition balance of over 350 mint and used stamps in singles and multiples, these issues are some of the most interesting and challenging of the stamps of Grenada, Mr. Walker considered these of the greatest importance in documenting the stamps of this country and his collection strongly shows this belief, Grenada frequently experienced shortages of certain values, particularly the 1/2p and 1p, to fill the void they surcharged orange small "Chalon Head" revenues with surcharges indicating there new denomination and designating them for postage, not counting the extremely rare manuscript issues, a total of three different 1/2p (two intended for bisecting), six different 1p (one on 8p Tete-beche issue), two different 4p and a 2 1/2p surcharge (also on the 8p) were issued in the period of about eight or nine years, the Walker collection documented each of these issues, present in this balance are a large number of used singles and multiples up to a block of fifteen, mint examples are not as comprehensive but many are shown in multiples to as large as a block of 30 of S.G. #38, throughout are numerous overprint errors and varieties, including inverted and double overprints, in addition, the basic revenue stamps had an original overprint for revenue service, which also exhibits varieties and errors, finally there are numerous cancels, some of which are the scarce parish letter cancels including rare examples of "E" (St. David's Parish), "F" (Carriacou) and "G" (also St. David's Parish at this period), all collected extensively for each issue to show that the shortage was not just at the General Post Office in St. George's, but in the outlying post offices as well, there is far too much to detail every desirable item here, but this is a fascinating study in attractive and nice condition for the way these stamps are normally found and examination is a must to really appreciate the scope of this collection, total Stanley Gibbons value is £20,000 (Scott #14/38).

Est. 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $9,000.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

450

S.G. #30/78

S.G. #30/78, 1883-1911 Specialized exhibition collection balance of the De La Rue surface printed issues on exhibition pages, over 500 stamps in singles and multiples, starting with the 1883 Tete-beche issue that allowed De La Rue to wrest the stamp contract from Perkins, Bacon & Co., by their nature many multiples are found in these including full mint sheets of 60 of the 1/2p Dull green, 4p Greyish slate and later 1p Carmine (S.G. #40), also a complete set of used tete-beche pairs or blocks of four, other issues include sets mint and used complete for the period plus selected mint multiples from blocks of four up to blocks of 30, also includes some "Specimen" overprints with 1902 Edward VII and 1906-11 Badge of the Colony issues complete, mint with o.g. and fresh, some n.h., used are lightly and attractively cancelled, fine-very fine or better (Scott #20/78).

Est. 1,500-2,000

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

451

S.G. #1/88

S.G. #1/88 1858-1911 Substantial balance accumulation of over 600 mint and used including multiples, housed on stock pages and a few album pages, includes many of the early issues starting with three 1p Rose red pairs of Great Britain with "A15" cancels (S.G. "Z1) and goes to the 1906-11 Badge of the Colony issue, significant catalog value is found in the early engraved 1p and 6p issues of Perkins, Bacon and Co. with a nice range of the different printings starting with the unwatermarked first issue, multiples include several used strips of five of the 1p Green values, we also note better provisional surcharged issues including unsevered pairs of the "Postage" overprinted stamps intended to be bisected for 1/2p values (two S.G. #28a and four #29a), plus later provisional surcharges including a used block of eight of S.G. #43, later issues are represented by various mint and used with better high values, multiples are present up to full sheets of 60 including a sheet of the 6p Badge of the Colony, there are a few scattered "Specimen" overprints, varieties are found throughout, and numerous cancels with some quite scarce markings are present, often not reflected in the catalog value, we note three album pages with the letter cancellations of the parish district post offices, including one page devoted to the 1861 period with first issue stamps and six different letters (lacking only "G"), the next page has these same cancels when the inland post was re-opened in 1872 with all seven letters including the rare "G" cancel, all are very clear cancels which are not normal for these; this is an accumulation that a specialist in this country would accumulate in over 30 years of collecting, interesting items are found throughout, later mint can be expected to have o.g., some n.h., and even some of the early issues have o.g. as well, condition varies as would be expected, but a large portion are fine-very fine for the period and the issues; careful examination will prove worthwhile; total catalog value is over £27,000.00 (Scott #1/78).

Est. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 01:00 PM

Canada Pence Issues

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

452

#1, 1851 3p Red, select used example, featuring uniformly large margins all around, strong rich color and a crisp impression, light target cancellation, extremely fine and choice (Unitrade C$1,600.00). (Image)

800.00

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

453

#1, 1851 1p Red, used, four very large and even margins, attractive color, tiny corner crease in top right margin (which could be easily trimmed away), otherwise extremely fine (Unitrade C$1,600.00). (Image)

800.00

SOLD for $210.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

454

#1, 1851 3p Red, very scarce used vertical pair, full to very large margins all around including portions of the adjoining frame lines at right, sumptuously rich color and a strong impression, light target cancels, tiny insignificant crease in bottom stamp, still very fine and attractive (Unitrade C$3,200.00+). (Image)

1,600.00+

SOLD for $525.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

455

#2, 1851 6p Grayish Purple on laid paper, very scarce used horizontal pair, ample to huge margins all around, rich color, central target cancels, very fine; pairs of this stamp are very seldom encountered, especially in this premium condition; 1960 PF certificate; ex-Jarrett (Unitrade C$5,000.00+). (Image)

2,700.00+

SOLD for $1,050.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

456

#2, 1851 6p Grayish Purple on laid paper, horizontal strip of three, large to huge margins all around except cut just a little close at bottom left, lovely rich color, choice very fine; any multiple of this stamp is very scarce, and to combine that with the impressive quality of this strip makes it extremely rare; 1972 RPS and 1977 PF certificates; ex-Hilmer (Unitrade C$7,500.00+). (Image)

4,050.00+

SOLD for $4,250.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

457

#2b, 1851 6p Brown purple, a fabulous appearing example of this scarce first printing, with huge margins all around, fresh color and a clean impression, target cancel, light horizontal crease at bottom, otherwise extremely fine; clear 1985 Green Foundation certificate; ex-Gaston (Unitrade C$2,500.00). (Image)

1,400.00

SOLD for $800.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

458

3Pi

Unitrade #3Pi, 1851 12p Black, plate proof on India, with carmine "SPECIMEN" overprint reading vertically, large even margins all around, a fresh and extremely fine example of this very scarce proof. (Image)

Unitrade C$1,750.00

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

459

3Pi

Unitrade #3Pi, 1851 12p Black, plate proof on India, with carmine "SPECIMEN" overprint reading vertically, bottom right corner margin block of four (positions 89-90/99-100), mounted on card, mostly large margins all around, quite fresh, an extremely fine and very rare showpiece. (Image)

Unitrade C$7,000.00+

SOLD for $2,500.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

460

#3, 1851 12c Black, a magnificent used example of this great classic rarity, being in a condition that only a tiny number of the known examples can boast, featuring four large margins including a portion of the adjoining stamp at top, strong color and a crisp detailed impression, light target cancel, extremely fine; one of the finest used examples in existence; 1999 PF certificate; ex-Caspary (Unitrade C$100,000.00). (Image)

50,000.00

SOLD for $47,000.00
Closing..Jun-27, 05:00 PM

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