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The Frelinghuysen Collection, Part One: United States Postmasters' Provisionals continued...

New York, New York - Complete Plate Reconstructions
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
37 ng ImageNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Complete Unused Plate Reconstruction (9X1, 9X1a, 9X1e). Complete reconstruction of all 40 positions with unused stamps (no gum), mounted on an album page annotated in the hand of A. Nicholas Reggio, philatelic secretary to Henry G. Lapham, including 29 No. 9X1 (one pair with an extra single below), 10 No. 9X1a (one pair) and two No. 9X1e, most with full to large margins with just a few touching or barely in, we cannot eliminate the possibility of a cleaned cancel or two, and one we believe is cleaned of its signature (counted as 9X1), but all stamps were clearly chosen for choice appearance

ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN NEW YORK PROVISIONAL PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS COMPRISING ALL UNUSED STAMPS.

All of the issued New York provisional stamps come from the single engraved plate of 40, made up of eight horizontal rows of five. Over the two-year period that the stamps were valid, 143,600 were delivered, including the stamps on Blue and Gray papers from the last printing in 1847. Complete reconstructions of the plate with used stamps are rare, but forming one exclusively with unused stamps is exponentially more difficult. We are aware of only one other, which was in the John R. Boker Jr. collection and described by him as unique, as he was unaware of this reconstruction. Outside of this sale, we have offered only one other complete used reconstruction since 1989.

This reconstruction was specifically noted in the 1936 TIPEX exhibition catalogue entry for the Raymond W. Lapham collection of Postmaster's Provisionals, which won the Grand Award, the first international grand award ever earned by a United States collection. After Henry G. Lapham's death in 1939, Frelinghuysen acquired many New Yorks and other provisional rarities from the Lapham collection through Warren H. Colson.

Ex Lapham. Scott Retail with no premium for the double transfers. (Image)

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 73,500.00

SOLD for $15,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
38   ImageNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Complete Plate Reconstruction in Horizontal Pairs (9X1, 9X1a, 9X1b, 9X1e). 32 horizontal pairs, arranged side by side in a "Plate of 64" format, fully reconstructing the 40 positions on the plate and duplicating each of the non side-margin positions (for example the first row shows Positions 1-2, 2-3, 3-4 and 4-5), mounted on an album page annotated in the hand of A. Nicholas Reggio, philatelic secretary to Henry G. Lapham, including 18 used pairs of No. 9X1, 9 used and one unused pairs of No. 9X1a, one used pair of No. 9X1b and three used pairs of No. 9X1e, the vast majority with full to large margins, perhaps five or so with a side just in, largely blue pen cancels but also red grid and "Paid", some flaws to be found but all stamps were obviously chosen for choice appearance

THIS IS THE UNIQUE LAPHAM RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL PLATE OF 40, COMPRISING OVERLAPPING HORIZONTAL PAIRS. A SPECTACULAR ACHIEVEMENT IN CLASSIC UNITED STATES PHILATELY AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FRELINGHUYSEN POSTMASTERS' PROVISIONALS COLLECTION.

All of the issued New York provisional stamps come from the single engraved plate of 40, made up of eight horizontal rows of five. Over the two-year period that the stamps were valid, 143,600 were delivered, including the stamps on Blue and Gray papers from the last printing in 1847. Complete reconstructions of the plate with used stamps are rare, but forming one exclusively with overlapping pairs is exponentially more difficult. To offer a sense of the difficulty of this task if were it to be attempted again, we refer to Philip T. Wall's comments in his serialized Chronicle study of the New York Postmaster's Provisional stamps. He estimated that a total of only 175 pairs, both horizontal and vertical exist today (he was of course unaware of the Frelinghuysen collection). This and the following lot each contain 30 or more pairs. One would have to acquire nearly all of the available pairs in the entire marketplace, in order to find 30 that perfectly fit the positions on the plate -- not to mention locating 30 that exactly overlap horizontally as they do in this reconstruction. We have a record of a complete reconstruction in horizontal pairs in the famous Henry C. Gibson collection of Postmasters' Provisionals prior to its dispersal in February 1922, but we do not believe that reconstruction survives today. This reconstruction was specifically noted in the 1936 TIPEX exhibition catalogue entry for the Raymond W. Lapham collection of Postmaster's Provisionals, which won the Grand Award, the first international grand award ever earned by a United States collection. After Henry G. Lapham's death in 1939, Frelinghuysen acquired many New Yorks and other provisional rarities from the Lapham collection through Warren H. Colson.

Ex Lapham. Scott Retail without premium for better cancels or double transfers (Image)

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 58,700.00

SOLD for $15,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
39   ImageNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Complete Plate Reconstruction in Overlapping Pairs (9X1, 9X1a). 30 horizontal and vertical pairs, overlapping to reconstruct all 40 positions, mounted on an album page annotated in the hand of A. Nicholas Reggio, philatelic secretary to Henry G. Lapham, including 17 used pairs of No. 9X1 and 13 used pairs of No. 9X1a, assembled in such a way that each position is represented by either one, two, or three stamps, mostly full to large margins with some touching or just in, largely blue pen cancels but also red grid, "Paid" and one pair with a non-New York red circular datestamp, some flaws to be found but most are sound

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN INCREDIBLY RARE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL RECONSTRUCTION FORMED FROM OVERLAPPING PAIRS.

All of the issued New York provisional stamps come from the single engraved plate of 40, made up of eight horizontal rows of five. Over the two-year period that the stamps were valid, 143,600 were delivered, including the stamps on Blue and Gray papers from the last printing in 1847. Complete reconstructions of the plate with used stamps are rare, but forming one exclusively with overlapping pairs is exponentially more difficult. To offer a sense of the difficulty of this task were it to be attempted today, we refer to Philip T. Wall's comments in his serialized Chronicle study of the New York Postmaster's Provisional stamps. He estimated that a total of only 175 pairs, including only 25 vertical pairs, exist today (he was of course unaware of the Frelinghuysen collection). This and the previous lot each contain 30 or more pairs. One would have to acquire nearly all the available pairs in the entire marketplace in order to find 30 that perfectly fit the positions on the plate.

We have a record of a complete reconstruction in horizontal pairs in the famous Henry C. Gibson collection of Postmasters' Provisionals prior to its dispersal in February 1922, but we do not believe that reconstruction survives today. This reconstruction was specifically noted in the 1936 TIPEX exhibition catalogue entry for the Raymond W. Lapham collection of Postmaster's Provisionals, which won the Grand Award, the first international grand award ever earned by a United States collection. After Henry G. Lapham's death in 1939, Frelinghuysen acquired many New Yorks and other provisional rarities from the Lapham collection through Warren H. Colson.

Ex Lapham. Scott Retail without premium for better cancels or double transfers. (Image)

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 48,250.00

SOLD for $10,000.00
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40   ImageNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Complete Plate Reconstruction, Handstamp Cancels (9X1, 9X1a, 9X1b, 9X1e). All 40 positions mounted on an album page, notations in the hand of A. Nicholas Reggio, philatelic secretary to Henry G. Lapham, all stamps with New York red handstamped "Paid" arc or grid cancels, including 25 No. 9X1 (one pair), seven No. 9X1a, four No. 9X1b and two No. 9X1e, most with full to large margins, a small number touching on one side, a few flaws may be found but all stamps were selected for choice appearance

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PLATE OF 40 OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL WITH HANDSTAMPED CANCELS. ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN.

All of the issued New York provisional stamps come from the single engraved plate of 40, made up of eight horizontal rows of five. Over the two-year period that the stamps were valid, 143,600 were delivered, including the stamps on Blue and Gray papers from the last printing in 1847. Complete reconstructions of the plate with used stamps are rare, but forming one exclusively with handstamped cancels is exponentially more difficult. We are aware of only one other reconstruction with all handstamp cancels (ex Boker, Wall and Farrington). Outside of this sale, we have offered only one other complete reconstruction since 1989. This reconstruction might be the one owned by Henry C. Gibson. It was specifically noted in the 1936 TIPEX exhibition catalogue entry for the Raymond W. Lapham collection of Postmaster's Provisionals, which won the Grand Award, the first international grand award ever earned by a United States collection. After Henry G. Lapham's death in 1939, Frelinghuysen acquired many New Yorks and other provisional rarities from the Lapham collection through Warren H. Colson.

Ex Lapham. Scott Retail with premiums for the cancels but no premiums for the double transfers. (Image)

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 24,725.00

SOLD for $12,000.00
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41   ImageNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Complete Plate Reconstruction (9X1, 9X1a, 9X1e). All 40 positions beautifully mounted on two album pages, each in its own framed box with detailed descriptions and arrows for each position in the hand of A. Nicholas Reggio, philatelic secretary to Henry G. Lapham, including 26 used No. 9X1, one unused No. 9X1, 11 used No. 9X1a, one unused No. 9X1a and one used No. 9X1e, every stamp with at least clear margins and many with choice large margins including a couple with sheet margins, mostly blue pen cancels but also red "Paid" arc handstamp and magenta pen, some flaws to be expected in such a reconstruction but all stamps were obviously chosen for choice appearance

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE HIGH-QUALITY RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL PLATE WITH LARGE-MARGINED STAMPS THROUGHOUT.

All of the issued New York provisional stamps come from the single engraved plate of 40, made up of eight horizontal rows of five. Over the two-year period that the stamps were valid, 143,600 were delivered, including the stamps on Blue and Gray papers from the last printing in 1847. Complete plate reconstructions are rare, and many positions in a typical reconstruction will be filled with stamps which are cut in or very faulty. Outside of this sale, we have offered only one other complete reconstruction since 1989.

Ex Lapham. Scott Retail with no premium for the better cancels or double transfers. (Image)

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 23,525.00

SOLD for $47,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
42 c ImageNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Complete Plate Reconstruction on Covers (9X1, 9X1a, 9X1b, 9X1e). All 40 positions on covers, mostly folded letters mounted two to an album page with notations in the hand of A. Nicholas Reggio, philatelic secretary to Henry G. Lapham, including 22 covers with No. 9X1, six with No. 9X1a including one with two stamps (one the "Big Shift" Position 2 double transfer) used to pay the over-300 miles rate to Jackson, Tennessee, eight with No. 9X1b including two with "A C M" initials separated but without periods, four with No. 9X1e, mostly full to large margins with some touched on a side, all used from New York and with the range of red handstamps seen during the 1845-47 period, most with blue pen cancels, a few stamp or cover flaws to be found but overall fresh, if this were not a reconstruction most of these would be individual lots

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ON 40 SEPARATE COVERS.

All of the issued New York provisional stamps come from the single engraved plate of 40, made up of eight horizontal rows of five. Over the two-year period that the stamps were valid, 143,600 were delivered, including the stamps on Blue and Gray papers from the last printing in 1847. Complete reconstructions of the plate with used stamps are rare, but forming one made up of on-cover stamps is unimaginably difficult. The amount of material available to Reggio and Lapham to create all the plate reconstructions that went into the Frelinghuysen collection must have been enormous.

Ex Lapham. Scott Retail with no premium for the double transfers. (Image)

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 31,575.00

SOLD for $12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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