United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers continued...

**Steven R. Belasco's History of Stamp Collectors and Dealers continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2650		1c Ultramarine (156). Two, different shades, used with 3c Green (158) and tied by New York Foreign Mail Geometric (Weiss GE-EP3) and red "New York Feb. 9" circular datestamp on William H. Phair, Dealer in Foreign Postage Stamps corner card cover to Amsterdam, Holland, receiving backstamp, Very Fine and attractive cover (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
2651		1c Ultramarine (156). Wide margins, tied by indistinct Boston circular datestamp and red "Boston PD All Br. Transit Jul. 8 (1876)" exchange datestamp on up-rated 1c Postal Card (UX5) to famed stamp dealer J. B. Moens in Brussels, Belgium, Brussels receiving backstamp, written side states "I do not want any more engravings of Russian Locals. I only want the Government Official issues.", Very Fine, Moens is regarded as the first stamp dealer and is also famous as an early philatelic journalist, he was the key figure in detailing the early history of the Post Office Mauritius stamps and was deeply involved with the stamps discovered by Madame Borchard in the late 1860s (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
2652		1c Ultramarine, 3c Green (156, 158). Bright color, tied by cork cancels on 10c Brown entire (U91) to Germany, 1c also tied by red "New York Registered Jan. 16" double-circle datestamp, with N. F. Seebeck, Importer of Foreign Postage Stamps handstamp at left, appropriate transits, 1c few toned perfs, some cover soiling, still Very Fine and unusual franking for the registered rate to Germany, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
2653		2c Vermilion (178). Rich color, used on oversize 3c entire with Seebeck stamp dealer's advertising collar, cancelled and tied by "New-York Aug. 4" duplexes to Montevideo, Uruguay, small tears at top, stamp with some soiling, still Very Fine and unusual use (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
2654		N. F. Seebeck Advertising Collars. Group of five 1c entires and one 3c entire with N. F. Seebeck advertising collars, incl. both Ty. 1 (Vessey Street) and Ty. 2 (Wall Street), four used and two unused, also "N. F. Seebeck Importer of & Dealer in Foreign Postage & Revenue Stamps" corner card cover franked with 2c Vermilion Bank Note, minor cover flaws on all the used entires, one with a tear which slightly affects the collar, Very Fine appearing group of these advertising collars, UPSS value for these ranges from $300-350 each (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
2655		5c Yellow Brown (205). Cancelled by cork, "Lawrence Kans. Aug. 15, 1887" circular datestamp on Geo. L. Beam, Stamp Dealer's corner card cover to the U.S. Consul in Reykjavik, Iceland, postage deficiency handstamp, five backstamps incl. New York, Copenhagen, Reykjavik, triangular "Dead Letter Office Jun. 22, 1888" marking, purple "Return to Writer" pointing hand handstamp, light soiling and some edgewear, still Very Fine, a very unusual use from a stamp dealer in Kansas to the U.S. Consul which ended up in the Dead Letter Office and was eventually returned to sender, ex Gallagher, with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $950.00 Will close during Public Auction
2656		5c Blue, 5c Yellow Brown (185, 205). Pair and single of the latter, all tied by oval Boston cancels on 1883 registered Mulready facsimile E. A. Holton, Foreign Postage Stamp Dealer's illustrated cover to Modena Italy, receiving backstamp, Fine double rate-registered cover, ex Rohloff (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $700.00 Will close during Public Auction
2657		1c Gray Blue (206). Fifteen stamps in blocks of eight and seven, tied by "New York B" registry ovals on legal-size A. Wuesthoff, Dealer in Foreign Stamps illustrated cover depicting the facade of a stamp store to Vienna, Austria, blue "Registered Oct. 25, 1882 Branch B New York P.O." boxed datestamp, receiving backstamp, some wrinkling, stamps with some toning and faults, still Very Fine, a very impressive franking to make up the 15c registered rate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
2658		4c Blue Green (211). Five singles, slightly overlapping and tied by "New York Reg." registry ovals on Burger & Co. stamp dealer's corner card cover to Modena, Italy, oval "New York N.Y. Reg'y Div. 2-7 1889" datestamp, also with registry label, receiving backstamp, missing part of top flap, few toned perfs, still Very Fine and unusual franking from this prominent early Nassau Street stamp dealer (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $190.00 Will close during Public Auction
2659		5c Indigo, 10c Brown (216, 209). Cork cancels, 5c tied on Henry A. Reuss Stamp Dealer's advertising cover showing Hawaiian stamp in dark blue, to Leipzig, Germany, Paris Tex. Aug. 9, 1888 three-line datestamp partly covered by New York registry label, Leipzig receiving mark on face, Very Fine, rare and handsome cover (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction

Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork are
Copyright © 1994-2022 Droege Computing Services, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Mailing Address: 20 West Colony Place
Suite 120, Durham NC 27705 Back to Top of Page