Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

2002 Rarities of the World continued...

**Carriers' Stamps**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
2397		Bishop's City Post, Cleveland O., (1c) Blue (10LB1). Unused (no gum), ample margins to just touching at top, deep shade, corner crease at top left and sealed tear at top right VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE UNCANCELLED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE BISHOP'S BLUE CARRIER STAMP. Henry S. Bishop was appointed to operate the Cleveland carrier department on December 21, 1853. Research by Elliott Perry shows that Bishop became an employee of the post office on July 1, 1854, but the city post continued to function, with or without his direct participation. Bishop issued two stamps: the 10LB1 Blue with blank oval, presumably designed to accommodate more than one denomination, and the 10LB2 Black with 2c value. Both are very rare. Ex Middendorf (Image)	2,000.00	4,000.00
2398		Bishop's City Post, Cleveland O., 2c Black on Bluish Laid (10LB2). Full margins to clear along top, pencil "/" cancel, clear impression VERY FINE. THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF THIS CARRIER RARITY AMONG THE THREE SINGLES AND ONE PAIR KNOWN TO US. Our records of the Bishop's 2c Black, Scott 10LB2, contain the following examples: 1-2) horizontal pair with left sheet margin, pencil cancel, used on inbound cover with Ste. Marie Hotel corner card and 3c 1851, Siegel Sale 784, lot 2197, ex Worthington, Boker, 3) margins all around, pencil "/" cancel, the stamp offered here, ex Needham (on a cover to which it did not belong), Middendorf, 4) cut in at right and bottom, pencil "X" cancel, ex Caspary (on a cover to which it did not belong) and Skove, Siegel Sale 764, lot 1369, as off-cover stamp, and 5) cut in at bottom, uncancelled, ex Needham. It is significant that both the Golden and Hall collections did not have this stamp represented. (Image)	3,750.00	6,500.00
2399		Wharton's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Bluish Green (5LB1). Complete pane of 25, unused (no gum), large margins, Pos. 16 has small hole, some slight creasing in top row (caused when gum was applied, but it has been removed), otherwise Very Fine, extremely rare, ex Golden, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)	3,000.00	2,500.00
2400		Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2). Large margins, used with 3c Dull Red (26), both stamps tied by blue "Louisville Ky. Apr. 24, 1860" circular datestamp on small cover to Paducah Ky., backflap removed, negligible tiny tear at top (latter not noted on certificate) EXTREMELY FINE. A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THE BROWN & McGILL'S CARRIER STAMP TIED BY LOUISVILLE DATESTAMP. ONLY SIX OR SEVEN ARE KNOWN TIED ON COVER IN THIS MANNER, THIS BEING ONE OF THE TWO FINEST. The Middendorf sale catalogue reported five tied examples of the Brown & McGill carrier stamp. Our records contain seven genuine tied usages, one of which is a front only. Ex Ferrary, Hind, Brown and Hall. With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)	5,000.00	5,750.00
2401		U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black on Blue Glazed (7LB7). Huge top margin, large at left, trace of bottom frameline, light shade, some slight surface disturbance as usual, uncancelled, used on 1850 folded letter to Smithport Pa., blue "Philada. Pa. 5 cts. Jul. 1" integral-rate circular datestamp, Fine and very scarce (16 reported covers), ex Hessel and Golden, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500	1,300.00
2402		U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black (7LB13). Large margins except touched at bottom corner, tied by red star cancel struck twice on blue Aug. 9, 1852 folded letter to local street address VERY FINE. THE BLACK LITHOGRAPHED CARRIER STAMP IS THE RAREST OF THE 1850-52 ISSUE AND THIS TIED EXAMPLE IS EXTRAORDINARY. Ex Caspary and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	2,700.00
2403		U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis Mo., 2c Blue (8LB3). Huge top margin with dividing line and trace of adjoining stamp, large margin at right and clear at left, slightly in at bottom, cancelled by ms. "X", perfectly struck "Paid" straightline on 10-1/4 x 8-1/4 inch gilt-and-lace decorated Valentine cover to "Mrs. Scoot, Sixth Street above Morgan Street next door to No. 170, St. Louis, Moissori", with original Valentine enclosure, elaborately embellished with gilt and enamel decoration, sender's love poem to "Mrs. Scoott" dated "Feb 13/57", with the exception of a small missing piece of lace at the upper right of cover, both the cover and enclosure are in excellent condition EXTREMELY FINE. THE MOST SPECTACULAR OF THE FOUR RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE ST. LOUIS 2-CENT BLUE CARRIER (8LB2), OF WHICH ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN IN TOTAL. A REMARKABLE STAMP, ISSUED CIRCA 1857 AND MODELED UPON THE ONE-CENT 1851-57 FRANKLIN STAMP AND THE 1852 3-CENT SILVER COIN. Elliott Perry theorized that the design of this stamp was a cross between the 1851 1c stamp (ornamental border) and the 1852 3c silver coin known as a "fish-scale", which had the shield in six-point star design (see Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp. 263-264). The concept was "something between" 1c and 3c. Our records contain just five examples of 8LB2: 1) "1 ct" cancel, off cover, ex Golden, Siegel Sale 817, lot 425, 2) tied by "1 ct" in frame on cover to Edwin Harrison, ex Middendorf, 3) used on large Valentine cover to Mrs. Scoot, dated Feb. 13, 1857, ms. "X" cancel (not tied) and "Paid" straightline, ex Bulger, the cover offered here, 4) tied by "1 ct" in frame on cover to Miss St. Denis, the cover offered in lot 2404, and 5) cut to oval shape, tied by "Paid" in arc on large Valentine cover to Mrs. Scoot, Sloane photo. Ex Bulger. Scott Retail for off-cover 8LB3 is $22,500.00 (Image)	E. 30,000-40,000	32,500.00
2404		U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis Mo., 2c Blue (8LB3). Large to huge margins except touched at bottom left, tied by framed "1 ct" handstamp with second strike at left on cover to "Miss St. Denis, Corner Plum & 3rd (at Mr. L'Hussieur), St. Louis Mo.", small mend in backflap EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF FOUR COVERS KNOWN WITH THE RARE ST. LOUIS 2-CENT BLUE CARRIER STAMP. THIS COVER IS THE FINEST OF THE THREE TIED EXAMPLES. A REMARKABLE AND OUTSTANDING CARRIER USAGE. The description for lot 2403 contains a complete record of the 8LB3 examples known to us. Of the three tied usages, one has a stamp that is cut to the shape of the design (No. 5 on the list), and the other has a stamp with faults (No. 2). This small cover with a sound four-margin stamp is arguably the finest of all known examples. Ex C. Corwith Wagner (Image)	E. 30,000-40,000	52,500.00

Carriers' Stamps

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

2397

Bishop's City Post, Cleveland O., (1c) Blue (10LB1). Unused (no gum), ample margins to just touching at top, deep shade, corner crease at top left and sealed tear at top right

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE UNCANCELLED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE BISHOP'S BLUE CARRIER STAMP.

Henry S. Bishop was appointed to operate the Cleveland carrier department on December 21, 1853. Research by Elliott Perry shows that Bishop became an employee of the post office on July 1, 1854, but the city post continued to function, with or without his direct participation. Bishop issued two stamps: the 10LB1 Blue with blank oval, presumably designed to accommodate more than one denomination, and the 10LB2 Black with 2c value. Both are very rare.

Ex Middendorf (Image)

2,000.00

4,000.00

2398

Bishop's City Post, Cleveland O., 2c Black on Bluish Laid (10LB2). Full margins to clear along top, pencil "/" cancel, clear impression

VERY FINE. THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF THIS CARRIER RARITY AMONG THE THREE SINGLES AND ONE PAIR KNOWN TO US.

Our records of the Bishop's 2c Black, Scott 10LB2, contain the following examples: 1-2) horizontal pair with left sheet margin, pencil cancel, used on inbound cover with Ste. Marie Hotel corner card and 3c 1851, Siegel Sale 784, lot 2197, ex Worthington, Boker, 3) margins all around, pencil "/" cancel, the stamp offered here, ex Needham (on a cover to which it did not belong), Middendorf, 4) cut in at right and bottom, pencil "X" cancel, ex Caspary (on a cover to which it did not belong) and Skove, Siegel Sale 764, lot 1369, as off-cover stamp, and 5) cut in at bottom, uncancelled, ex Needham. It is significant that both the Golden and Hall collections did not have this stamp represented. (Image)

3,750.00

6,500.00

2399

Wharton's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Bluish Green (5LB1). Complete pane of 25, unused (no gum), large margins, Pos. 16 has small hole, some slight creasing in top row (caused when gum was applied, but it has been removed), otherwise Very Fine, extremely rare, ex Golden, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

3,000.00

2,500.00

2400

Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2). Large margins, used with 3c Dull Red (26), both stamps tied by blue "Louisville Ky. Apr. 24, 1860" circular datestamp on small cover to Paducah Ky., backflap removed, negligible tiny tear at top (latter not noted on certificate)

EXTREMELY FINE. A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THE BROWN & McGILL'S CARRIER STAMP TIED BY LOUISVILLE DATESTAMP. ONLY SIX OR SEVEN ARE KNOWN TIED ON COVER IN THIS MANNER, THIS BEING ONE OF THE TWO FINEST.

The Middendorf sale catalogue reported five tied examples of the Brown & McGill carrier stamp. Our records contain seven genuine tied usages, one of which is a front only.

Ex Ferrary, Hind, Brown and Hall. With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

5,000.00

5,750.00

2401

U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black on Blue Glazed (7LB7). Huge top margin, large at left, trace of bottom frameline, light shade, some slight surface disturbance as usual, uncancelled, used on 1850 folded letter to Smithport Pa., blue "Philada. Pa. 5 cts. Jul. 1" integral-rate circular datestamp, Fine and very scarce (16 reported covers), ex Hessel and Golden, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

1,300.00

2402

U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black (7LB13). Large margins except touched at bottom corner, tied by red star cancel struck twice on blue Aug. 9, 1852 folded letter to local street address

VERY FINE. THE BLACK LITHOGRAPHED CARRIER STAMP IS THE RAREST OF THE 1850-52 ISSUE AND THIS TIED EXAMPLE IS EXTRAORDINARY.

Ex Caspary and Golden. With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

2,700.00

2403

U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis Mo., 2c Blue (8LB3). Huge top margin with dividing line and trace of adjoining stamp, large margin at right and clear at left, slightly in at bottom, cancelled by ms. "X", perfectly struck "Paid" straightline on 10-1/4 x 8-1/4 inch gilt-and-lace decorated Valentine cover to "Mrs. Scoot, Sixth Street above Morgan Street next door to No. 170, St. Louis, Moissori", with original Valentine enclosure, elaborately embellished with gilt and enamel decoration, sender's love poem to "Mrs. Scoott" dated "Feb 13/57", with the exception of a small missing piece of lace at the upper right of cover, both the cover and enclosure are in excellent condition

EXTREMELY FINE. THE MOST SPECTACULAR OF THE FOUR RECORDED COVERS BEARING THE ST. LOUIS 2-CENT BLUE CARRIER (8LB2), OF WHICH ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN IN TOTAL. A REMARKABLE STAMP, ISSUED CIRCA 1857 AND MODELED UPON THE ONE-CENT 1851-57 FRANKLIN STAMP AND THE 1852 3-CENT SILVER COIN.

Elliott Perry theorized that the design of this stamp was a cross between the 1851 1c stamp (ornamental border) and the 1852 3c silver coin known as a "fish-scale", which had the shield in six-point star design (see Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp. 263-264). The concept was "something between" 1c and 3c. Our records contain just five examples of 8LB2: 1) "1 ct" cancel, off cover, ex Golden, Siegel Sale 817, lot 425, 2) tied by "1 ct" in frame on cover to Edwin Harrison, ex Middendorf, 3) used on large Valentine cover to Mrs. Scoot, dated Feb. 13, 1857, ms. "X" cancel (not tied) and "Paid" straightline, ex Bulger, the cover offered here, 4) tied by "1 ct" in frame on cover to Miss St. Denis, the cover offered in lot 2404, and 5) cut to oval shape, tied by "Paid" in arc on large Valentine cover to Mrs. Scoot, Sloane photo.

Ex Bulger. Scott Retail for off-cover 8LB3 is $22,500.00 (Image)

E. 30,000-40,000

32,500.00

2404

U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis Mo., 2c Blue (8LB3). Large to huge margins except touched at bottom left, tied by framed "1 ct" handstamp with second strike at left on cover to "Miss St. Denis, Corner Plum & 3rd (at Mr. L'Hussieur), St. Louis Mo.", small mend in backflap

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF FOUR COVERS KNOWN WITH THE RARE ST. LOUIS 2-CENT BLUE CARRIER STAMP. THIS COVER IS THE FINEST OF THE THREE TIED EXAMPLES. A REMARKABLE AND OUTSTANDING CARRIER USAGE.

The description for lot 2403 contains a complete record of the 8LB3 examples known to us. Of the three tied usages, one has a stamp that is cut to the shape of the design (No. 5 on the list), and the other has a stamp with faults (No. 2). This small cover with a sound four-margin stamp is arguably the finest of all known examples.

Ex C. Corwith Wagner (Image)

E. 30,000-40,000

52,500.00