383rd Auction

1847, Washington 10 c. black, fresh colour, good to large margins all round, used with red grid cancel, very fine 

1851, 3 c. brownish carmine, Type II, clear to large margins with left sheet border, neatly tied by cds. "ROXBURY AUG 31 1857 Ms." to small embossed Lady´s envelope to Sunapee, New Hampshire, 3 c. with negligible tone spot at the margin´s upper left corner, mentioned for accuracy, a very fine and attractive cover

1857, Washington 3 c. dull red, Type III, tied by four-ring cancel with adjacent cds. "RANDOLPH 13 JUN NY" to patriotic envelope to the Broadway Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio, colourfull illustration with canon, flag and slogan "If any attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.", 3 c. a few pulled perfs, still a fine and appealing usage

3 c. ultramarine, tied to to fancy cover with print of a dove 'carrying' the address, from "POSTVILLE N.Y. DEC. 8", to West Clarksville. Very fine and most attractive.

1869, Pictorial 15 c. brown/blue, Type II, tied by mute bars circle to an envelope to France with red cds. "BOSTON 30 NOV PAID", "PD" and blue entry cds. "ET.-UNIS 13 DEC 69", one trivial toned perf., some small envelope faults due to the fragile pelure nature of the paper, still fine, sign. and certificate Bühler (1981)

1869, 90 c. carmine/black, used, fine

1870/71, 1 c. blue, tied by blue cork to postcard 1 c. brown, from "LOUISVILLE MAY 15"(1874) to Germany, early use

1861, Washington 3 c. rose and Jackson 2c. black, two singles each, on 1863 advertising cover from Philadelphia to Guatemala, dated 22 October 1863, tied by two strikes of the Philadelphia datestamp and two grid cancels in black, with part New York Packet mark dated 24 October in red, addressed to "Hon. E. O. Crosby", President Lincoln's Ambassador in Guatemala, the cover was taken on an American steamer at the letter rate of 10c per oz.; horizontal filing crease, horizontal filing crease not affecting stamps, some acid ink erosion and stained, rare cover, being the only known example franked with US 2c black Jacks to Guatemala.  
 
 

1861, Jefferson 5 c. buff, fresh colours, tied by circular grid "PAID" on folded entire to Calcutta, reverse departure and London transit cds., arrival boxed "CALCUTTA STEAMLETTER 1862 JUL 28", one short perf., still a fine, attractive and scarce franking from the Goddard correspondence 

1861, Jefferson 5 c. red brown, fresh colours, tied by large barred circle "PAID" to folded entire from the Goddard correspondence to Calcutta, India, reverse cds. "BOSTON JAN 21", transit and arrival cds. "CALCUTTA MA 3 1863", 5 c. one short perf at base, the fragile entire with some hinge reinforcement, otherwise a fine and very scarce single franking to India, certificate Philatelic Foundation (1973)

1893, Columbus 1 $. salmon, tied by oval cds. "NEW YORK R" on registered 5 c. postal stationery to Germany, departure, transit and arrival cds. "PYMONT 22.8.97" on reverse, fine

1893, 3 $. yellow green, used with oval cds. "NEW YORK REG", fine, signed Jakubek BPP

1926, White Plains 2 c. carmine rose, cpl. souvenir sheet tied by cds. "NEW YORK OCT 1926" to registered airmail cover to Los Angeles, reverse cds. "NEW YORK (Int"l Philatelic Exhibition Sta.) OCT 23 1926" and arrival, fine and scarce early usage during the first week of the exibition

1930, Graf Zeppelin 65c. -2,60$, tied by machine cancel to Zeppelincard resp. Zeppelincover to Wien resp. New York, some minor againg, otherwise fine

1930, Graf Zeppelin 1,30$, tied by machine cancel to Zeppelincover "Südamerikafahrt" to Lörrach, fine

1912, George Washington 2 c. and Benjamin Franklin 10 c. with oval cancellation "NEW YORK N.J." on registered cover "Ozean-Brief" with sender address cancel "Kaiser Wilhelm der Große" on reverse to San Francisco with arrival mark from 30-9.12. The envelope vertical foldet and file holes at left closed, otherwise fine

1925, Theodore Roosevelt 5 c. and Grover Cleveland 12 c. with mude cancel "NEW YORK C" on registered preprinted cover "OCEAN LETTER" of "Marconi International Marine Communication" with sender note "SS Majestic" and complete letter to Baltimore with arrival mark from 18.8.1925. The cover with a small opening defect at the top left, otherwise fine

1929, Woodrow Wilson 17 c. with oval mude mark "NEW YORK" on registered preprindet cover "RADIO BREV" with senders note "S/S Oscar II" to Broklyn with arrival mark from 26.6.1929. The cover with slight traces of transportation and slightly shortened on the left side, otherwise fine, till now only a few letters outside Denmark are known

1893, Columbian Exposition, 10 unused illustrated 1 c. postcards by Charles Goldsmith, series N°1 with designs one to ten, very fine

1851, Eagle 1 c. blue and Washington 3 c. dull red, the later cissor´s cut at bottom right and right frame touched, tied together by faint cds. "PHILADELPHIA DEC 28" to small envelope to Delafield, Winsconsin, 1 c. with typical red star cancel. A very fine and scarce usage

1939, Christmas Seal National Tuberculosos Association, complete imperforated sheet of 100 with the center 4 being special vignettes, signed by the artist "Rockwell Kent", reverse with numeral "51". One hundred imperforated sheet have been printed, two of which have been given to each state, with corresponding letter of confirmation from the Nation Tuberculosos Associates dated February 15, 1940

1857/94, small group of four unused/used stamps, better items Sc.-Nr. 261 Type I unused, Pictorial 15 c. corner repaired, mixed condition

1869/93 (ca.), interesting group of proofs with three 1869 issue 15 c. die proofs incl. two later re-issues in adopted colours, together with Columbus 15 c. two puncholed vignettes of the centre in unadopted design respectively in sepia and violet, one proof with insignificant trace of bend, mosty fine

1878/1990 extensive postal stationery collection, comprising two large folders with approx. 450 covers/cards, includes first flights, official mail, postage free mail with imprinted signature of George Bush and Lyndon B. Jonson, airmail, reply cards, President's/Senator covers, private and commercial overprints, noted rare Hungarian/USA Ocean Flight, also business reply, aerogramme, priority and express mail, a wide ranging assembly. 

CANADA and US: 1907/73, extensive and specialized, mostly unused and mint never hinged collection, written up with many types, imperforate, proofs, progressive printings, different perforations, tete-beche pairs, booklet panes etc., all written up in three binders

1907/90s(ca.), extensive collection with singles, booklet panes and hundreds of complete sheets, specialized with printer marks, all in three binders, fine