Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Lot Description

CV or Estimate

1181

2/13

#2/13, Small cover group of seven covers, including 10c Blue (#2) tied by nice Proctor's Creek, Va. c.d.s., interesting adversity cover with 10c Greenish blue (#11c) used from Tarboro, N.C. on New York shipping form printed by Nesbitt & Co., the printers of the first U.S. postal stationery, also a scarce 20c Green on cover to Jonesville Va., with stamp tied by Richmond, Va. c.d.s., condition a bit rough, as usual for these covers, with small faults to stamps and covers, but very interesting usages. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $600.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS (CANAL ZONE)

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1182

4-8

#4-8, 1c-10c 1904 Overprints cplt., an unusually attractive set tied to small cover to Panama City by "Canal Zone/Dec 8, 1904/La Boca" postmarks, Ancon transit and Panama backstamp, stamps are fresh with bright strong colors, fully perforated, which frequently is not the case, and with an especially well centered 10c key value, very fine and unusually choice cover; because the Taft Agreement had been announced in Panama City on December 5, private individuals and business firms proceeded to use up whatever stamps they had on hand pending the new issues to be released on the 12th. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1183

25a

#25a, 8c Purple and black, imperforate between and at left margin, horizontal pair, strong colors, o.g., lightly hinged, a couple faint toned specks on gum only, a fine example of this rare error, of which only 34 are believed to exist. (Image)

$2,000.00

SOLD for $350.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1184

67a

#67a, 1c Green, "Canal Zone" inverted reading down, rich color, usual centering for this error, fresh clean o.g., very lightly hinged, fine; only one sheet was printed with the inverted overprint. (Image)

$850.00

SOLD for $210.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1185

Canal Zone interesting collection balance of hundreds of mostly used items, most of the value is in the more specialized material, including multiples, varieties (both Scott listed and non-Scott listed), errors, with particular interest in the 1904-10 issues, but there are better items from all periods including back-of-the-book, also some precancels and perfins, typical mixed condition; a nice lot for the specialist.

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,900.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1186

Canal Zone cover selection of a few hundred covers, with early to modern, philatelic and commercial, some used postal stationery, a few inbound pieces, some better and interesting items to be found, mixed condition; worth examining.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,250.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS (DANISH WEST INDIES)

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1187

St. Thomas/Express/Office, large oval handstamp in blue green, a choice strike of this very scarce marking on the reverse of an 1866 folded letter addressed to Carupano (Venezuela), ms. "per Cognetta", very fine; this office was the successor to the Foreign Letter Office; 1993 PF certificate; ex-Plass. (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS (GUAM)

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1188

1,2,5

#1, 2, 5, 1c, 2c and 5c Overprints, tied by violet straightline "San Luis D'Apra, Guam/Dec 13 1899" postmarks and matching cork cancels on cover to Pennsylvania, Manila Military Station backstamp, very fine. (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1189

1,2,5

#1, 2, 5, 1c, 2c (pair) and 5c Overprints, tied by "Alana/Apr 17 1902/Island of Guam" circular handstamped cancels on registered cover to Cleveland, with blue straightline "Agana, Isle of Guam." alongside, San Francisco and Cleveland backstamps, clean and very fine. (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1190

#12, $1.00 Black, exceptionally fresh with intense black color and detailed impression, quite well centered, full o.g., very lightly hinged, very fine. (Image)

$350.00

SOLD for $240.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS (HAWAII)

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1191

#24, 2c Black on laid paper, Plate 7-A, Ty. I, position 1, spectacular mint single, with three enormous margin, full margin at bottom, wonderfully bright and fresh, full original gum (very scarce on any Numeral), mild h.r., extremely fine; 2004 HPS certificate. (Image)

for no gum $300.00

SOLD for $400.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1192

24b

#24b, 2c Black on laid paper, "S" of "POSTAGE" omitted, Plate 7-A, Ty. IX (Position 9), marvelous appearing unused example of this rare variety, with huge margins all around, uncharacteristically fresh, light creasing, extremely fine appearance; signed Calves. (Image)

$1,500.00

SOLD for $900.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1193

55 var.

#55 var., 1c Green Provisional Govt. overprint, comma between "r" and "o" of "Provisional", rich color, o.g., h.r., very fine; the finer of the two recorded examples of this variety. (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1194

55d

#55d, 1c Green Provisional Govt. overprint, double overprint, well centered, deep rich color, disturbed o.g., a very fine example of this scarce error. (Image)

$625.00

SOLD for $700.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS (PHILIPPINES)

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1195

226/40

#226/40, 1903-04 "Philippines" overprints cplt. to the 50c, plus the scarce $5.00 and the later 2c Shield, bright fresh colors, o.g., few h.r., $5.00 has small perf. flaws including perf. tip gum toning, otherwise fine-very fine; only 746 of the $5.00 value were printed. (Image)

$1,544.00

SOLD for $400.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1196

227/36

#227/36, 2c-50c 1903-04 "Philippines" overprints, nine different mint blocks of four includiing both shades of the 4c and 8c-50c cplt., attractive rich colors, overall quite well centered with the 13c, 15c and 50c being particularly well centered, o.g. except for the 50c block, few h.r., very fine-extremely fine. (Image)

$1,442.50

SOLD for $800.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1197

234

#234, 13c Brown violet, scarce full left margin imprint and plate no. 1475 block of six, fresh with intense deep color and a detailed impression, rather well centered for this difficult issue, o.g., trace of disturbance from interleaving, very fine for this. (Image)

$1,350.00

SOLD for $725.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1198

319

Unoverprinted United States 2c Carmine, Ty. I (#319g), horizontal pair from the bottom of a booklet pane, franking a most unusual cover sent from the battleship U.S.S. Ohio at anchor in Cavite Bay and addressed to Des Moines, Iowa, pair (which had faults) is tied by largely readable "Manila, P.I./May 9 (1905)" duplex cancel, sent via mail paquebot and delivered to Manila, P.O. as indicated by a curious and rare bold negative "S" handstamp, being one of only five covers known with this marking, sender's endorsement on reverse "U.S.S. Ohio/Cavite, P.I.", as well as Des Moines bkst., some slight aging to cover in addition to normal usage wear, cover opened out for display, fine; a marvelous piece of Philippines postal history; ex-Brody. (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $110.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

1199

O41

#O41, 10c Rose carmine official, with "Victory" handstamped in violet, mint single, bright color, typical dull o.g. from interleaving, fine and scarce with only 665 issued; photocopy of a 1977 Friedl certificate for a block of ten from which this was taken. (Image)

$500.00

SOLD for $300.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM

UNITED STATES LARGE LOTS AND COLLECTIONS

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1200

1/751, C1/QE4

#1/751, C1/QE4, Substantial mint and used collection in two Scott hingeless albums plus a few still on dealer's sales pages, includes a fair representation of used 19th century through the Bank Notes with a smattering of unused and mint mixed in, includes some better items as an attractive #67 with 1861 California c.d.s., plus a nice group of grills, starting with the 1881 Bank Notes the collection is largely mint including Small Bank Notes cplt., Columbians complete to the 50c, a selection of Bureau issues and Trans-Mississippis complete to the 50c plus a used $1.00 value, 20th century commemoratives are quite comprehensive to 1934 with a nice White Plains souvenir sheet, strength is found in Washington-Franklin issues with coil singles plus pairs or line pairs, a few of dubious nature not counted, also includes nice 1922-34 regular issues, most n.h. including the $5.00 Liberty, airposts lack the 1930 Zeppelins but are substantially complete for the period to 1934, as are the special deliveries, plus full mint sets of parcel posts and Offices in China, condition varies with faults to be found in the 19th century, but nice collectable stamps are found there as well, mint generally has o.g., especially in the 20th century where items are often found never hinged, 20th century is largely fine-very fine; a valuable collection with high catalog value and certainly worthy of examination; seven PF certificates accompany.

Est. 15,000-20,000

SOLD for $15,000.00
Closing..Apr-08, 05:00 PM