Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1921

MR7a

#MR7a, 1918 1 Carmine rose with "War Tax" overprint, watermarked sideways, right gutter-margin mint single, extraordinarily well centered, bright sumptuous color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; a far scarcer variety than its modest catalog value implies (S.G. #97a; £350). (Image)

600.00

SOLD for $240.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

Barbados

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1922

1769 Large "Barbados" straight line handstamp, on reverse of folded cover to Reverend Doctor Daniel Burton, secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Westminster, England, endorsed "p Capt. Lee/Q.D.C." (Whom God preserve), small Bishop mark slightly overstrikes the "Barbadoes" marking and two line "Dover/Ship Lre" on the front, all strikes are quite clear with only a few faint letters in "Barbadoes", very fine for this, as this is a very difficult large handstamp to acquire complete and well struck. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $450.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1923

"Barbadoes" straight line handstamp, on front of entire folded letter datelined "Antigua Monday November 10th 1805", to Wells England and forwarded to London, with straight line Wells mileage marking, rated "1/10" and then re-rated "2/7", interestingly this was a rush letter to get on a ship that was just sailing, reporting a death on the island, but it is not backstamped in London until July 5, 1806, almost eight months later, markings are fairly well struck and cover is clean and neat, very fine. (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $150.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1924

#A1

#A1, "Paid at Barbadoes" Crowned Circle handstamp, on the front of very neat 1853 cover to the United States, black "Steamship/10" on arrival, on the reverse "Barbadoes/JU 11 1853" double-arc c.d.s. and similar St. Thomas transit, an unusually well struck example of this paid frank, very fine (S.G. #CC1; £450). (Image)

500.00

SOLD for $450.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1925

#1a, 1852 (1/2p) Yellow green on blued paper, imperforate, used single of this scarce first issue with clear to full margins all around, paper is well blued, neat numeral "1" in bars cancel, nearly very fine; 1984 APS certificate (S.G. #1; £650). (Image)

700.00

SOLD for $300.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1926

#3a, 1852 (2p) Grayish slate on blued paper, imperforate, fresh mint horizontal pair, with full large even margins all around, full o.g., h.r., extremely fine; 1990 RPS certificate (S.G. #4a; £400). (Image)

400.00

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1927

#3a, 1852 (2p) Grayish slate, unusually fresh mint horizontal pair, well clear to large margins all around, intense deep color of this printing, o.g., lightly hinged, very fine (S.G. #4a; £400). (Image)

400.00

SOLD for $85.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1928

3a var.

#3a, 1852 (2p) Grayish slate on blued paper, imperforate, used single with four clear large margins, variety showing small portion of the double-line papermaker's watermark, central numeral "1" in bars cancel, RPS certificate states "rather soiled", which we believe to be a bit harsh being more a function of the appearance of the blued paper, otherwise very fine and a scarce used stamp; 1950 RPS certificate (S.G. #4a; £1,100+). (Image)

1,100.00+

SOLD for $850.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1929

#3b, 1854 (2p) Grayish slate on blued paper, vertical bisect used as 1p, on large piece of mourning cover including portion of backflap, neatly tied by numeral "10" of St. Peter parish post office, this bisect was only authorized between August 4th and September 21st, 1854, "AU 23/1854" c.d.s. on the backflap, light soiling and minor edge flaws to the piece, stamp and markings are very fine; Scott for bisect on full cover $6,750.00; 1952 RPS certificate being a duplicate of the original 1939 certificate; ex-Hurlock (S.G. #4b; £6,000 on cover). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1930

#3b, 1854 (2p) Grayish slate on blued paper, vertical bisect used as 1p, a most unusual example of two vertical bisects on the same piece, both tied by a single strike of numeral "1" in bars cancel, the two pieces are from different stamps and the postmaster may have pre-cut bisects for 1p stamps, then just used two for this cover, portion of backflap shows light "Dominica/AU 12/1854" double-arc c.d.s. as a backstamp, apparently where this cover was posted to and within the one and a half month period for these bisects, left bisect just into the design at right, otherwise full margins and very fine; the only known example of two bisects used on the same item; Scott $6,750.00 for single bisect on full cover; 1932 RPS certificate; ex-Hurlock (S.G. #4b; £6,000 for single bisect on cover). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $525.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1931

#6, 1855 (1p) Blue, imperforate, two singles neatly tied to 1858 double rate folded cover to Trinidad (inside side flaps missing) by well struck numeral "1" in bars cancel, stamps each have three large to extra-large margins, fourth side close or touching, vertical file fold just catches right side of the right stamp, very attractive and scarce early cover (S.G. #10). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1932

#8, 1859 6p Rose red imperforate, unused horizontal pair with fairly strong color, colors on this issue range from pale to deep, well clear even margins all around, faint tone spot in top margin, otherwise nearly very fine; 1982 APS certificate (S.G. #11; £1,400). (Image)

1,250.00

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1933

#10, 1859 (1/2p) Pale yellow green, pin-perforated 14, well margined used single with numeral "1" in bars cancel, scissors separated as always, clipping a few perfs. in the large top margin, a choice and very fine example of this scarcer value; clear 1996 RPS certificate (S.G. #13; £400). (Image)

350.00

SOLD for $375.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1934

#11, 1859 1p Blue, pin-perf. 14, tied to folded cover of prices current by centrally struck numeral "1" in bars cancel, to St. Lucia, portion of "Barbadoes/SP 16, 1861" double-arc c.d.s. on the reverse with similar St. Lucia backstamp, ms. rate "4", small portion of backflap missing with mended tear carrying to the front at bottom, scissors separated as always but stamp has clear large margins all around, with virtually full perforations showing on three sides, very fine and cover has very fine appearance; a scarce stamp on cover (S.G. #14). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $180.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1935

#12, 1859 (1/2p) Pale yellow green, pin-perforated 12 1/2, used single with bold numeral "1" in bars cancel, bright color, clear to large margins all around, scissors separated slightly clipping or blunting some perfs. as usual on this scarcer perforation, otherwise very fine; clear 1994 RPS certificate (S.G. #16; £600). (Image)

550.00

SOLD for $210.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1936

#12, 1859 (1/2p) Pale yellow green, pin-perforated 12 1/2, used single with very light numeral "1" cancel plus a central nearly full strike of less commonly seen "Barbadoes/AP 19/1862" double-arc c.d.s., stamp is very well centered with virtually full perforations all around, quite uncommon on this scarcer perf. 12 1/2, extremely fine for this; 2002 RPS certificate (S.G. #16; £600). (Image)

550.00

SOLD for $280.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1937

14a

#14a, 1861 (1p) Blue, clean-cut perf. 14 to 16, an especially attractive mint single, being unusually fresh and possessing excellent centering, o.g., h.r., turned bottom left corner perf., otherwise extremely fine; clear 2003 RPS certificate (S.G. #19; £700). (Image)

650.00

SOLD for $1,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1938

14b

#14b, 1861 (1p) Pale blue, clean-cut perf. 14 to 16, diagonal bisect used as 1/2p, clearly tied by numeral "1" cancel in bars to piece of newspaper with address label of Rev. Frederick at St. George, the 1/2p newspaper rate was the typical use of these bisects and are usually collected on piece, typical foxing, wrinkles and edge tears to piece of newspaper but does not appear to have materially affected the stamp, which is well centered and attractive, Scott $3,150.00 for bisect on cover; 1956 RPS certificate (S.G. #19a; £3,000 for bisect on cover). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $550.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1939

S.G. #22a

S.G. #22a, 1861 (1/2p) Grass green, imperforate horizontal pair, bright fresh color of the scarcer shade of the imperforates that apparently came from a sheet out of the Perkins, Bacon & Co. archives, clear to large margins all around, o.g., h.r., very fine; 1959 RPS certificate (Scott #15b var.). (Image)

S.G. £600

SOLD for $525.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM

1940

16a

#16a, 1861 (1p) Blue, rough perf. 14 to 16, diagonal bisect used as 1/2p, pair of a single and bisect tied to piece of newspaper by numeral "1" "bootheel" cancel, this would be the proper 1 1/2p rate for newspapers to foreign countries and considerably scarcer than 1/2p local rate bisect for newspapers, very fine for this; Scott $1,750.00 for bisect on cover; 1951 BPA certificate (S.G. 24; £1,900 for bisect on cover). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $475.00
Closing..Oct-18, 01:00 PM