Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

United States Rarities continued...

**1851-56 Issue**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
22	P	1c Blue, Ty. I, Large Die Proof on India (5P1). On 32 x 40mm card, bright color, showing clear layout lines from the die ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED LARGE DIE PROOFS FOR THIS ISSUE. A GREAT RARITY. In the Neinken book (p. 19), he theorizes that this die proof was made sometime after the 1857 contract was extended, and possibly was from a die made especially for the 1875 Reprint. Ex Finkelburg. (Image)	5,000.00
23		1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Original gum, barest trace of hinging (almost appears Mint N.H.), large margins all around, deep rich color and choice proof-like impression EXTREMELY FINE. A GORGEOUS LIGHTLY-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE II ISSUE. SCARCE IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION. With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (Image)	1,200.00
24		1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Block of four, unused (no gum), clear to huge margins including left sheet margin, bright color VERY FINE UNUSED BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE II ISSUE. With 1992 and 2005 P.F. certificates. Scott Retail as block of four with original gum (Image)	5,500.00
25		1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Large margins incl. sheet margin at top and part of adjoining stamp at bottom, original gum, deep rich color EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM SHEET MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE IV ISSUE. With 1988 P.F. certificate (Image)	850.00
26		3c Yellowish Rose Red (11 var). Large to huge margins all around, radiant color nicely complemented by green circular datestamp, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with 1999 P.F. and 2006 P.S.E. certificate, the latter describing this as the Brownish Carmine shade (XF 90 Jumbo, SMQ $580.00 as 90, $990.00 as 95) (Image)	187.00
27		3c Dull Red (11). Rich color, two large margins, others slightly in, used as forwarding postage on 3c Red Nesbitt entire originating with "White Sulphur Ky. May 15" ms. pmk., addressed to Warsaw Ky. and forwarded to North Middleton Ky., 3c stamp tied by bold blue "Cincinnati & Louisville Mail Route 20 May" route agent's circular datestamp, carried by contract steamboat, Very Fine, a remarkable usage of this scarce route agent's marking, ex Atkins (Image)	E. 500-750
28		3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to just touched, bright color, tied by "Saint Louis Mo. Feb. 19" circular datestamp on bronze North Missouri Railroad Company illustrated corner card cover to Columbia Mo., Very Fine, a pretty cover (Image)	E. 750-1,000
29		3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to just in, deep rich color, tied by blue grid and also by matching "Baltimore Md. Jul. 2" circular datestamp on cover with Elder & Webb Produce Merchants and Forwarding Agents illustrated blue cameo corner card cover to Frederick Md., Calvert & McClane imprint, 1853 docketing at right, Very Fine (Image)	E. 750-1,000
30		5c Red Brown (12). Large to huge margins showing traces of two adjoining stamps, used with 10c Green, Ty. II (14) and 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), 5c small repaired nick in left margin, 10c small repaired nick in bottom margin, tied by "Mineral Point Wis. Sep. 4" circular datestamp on legal-size cover to Philadelphia, sender's notation "3 Deeds", backflaps reattached VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE COMBINATION TO PAY THE SIX-TIMES DOMESTIC RATE. Domestic usage of the 5c 1856 is uncommon, and only a few covers are known with multiple-stamp combinations such as this. Ex Caspary and Mayer (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000
31		5c Red Brown (12). Rich color, top right corner cut off and repaired, tied by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express San Francisco" oval handstamp, struck four additional times on legal-size buff cover with Wells, Fargo & Co. black printed frank, used as a paste-up and docketed "Recd Properly Sealed June 8 1857 Wm. Smith DepClk", corners clipped and restored ONE OF TWO RECORDED WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY EXPRESS COVERS WITH THE 5-CENT 1856 ISSUE. Ex Mayer (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000
32		5c Red Brown (12). Horizontal pair, large margins to just in at top right, tied by bold "Palatine Ill. Sep. 10" circular datestamp on orange cover to Forestville, Canada, light strikes of red "U. States" in arc and "Paid 10" handstamps, receiving backstamps, stamps barely affected from placement at edge of cover FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE. ONE OF ONLY FIVE PAIRS USED ON COVER TO CANADA, OF WHICH A TOTAL OF SEVEN COVERS ARE RECORDED. Two of the seven usages are paid by two singles. Of the 24 pairs on cover recorded in our census, this is the only known used from Illinois. Ex Mayer. Unpublished Census No. 12-COV-350. (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000

1851-56 Issue

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

1c Blue, Ty. I, Large Die Proof on India (5P1). On 32 x 40mm card, bright color, showing clear layout lines from the die

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED LARGE DIE PROOFS FOR THIS ISSUE. A GREAT RARITY.

In the Neinken book (p. 19), he theorizes that this die proof was made sometime after the 1857 contract was extended, and possibly was from a die made especially for the 1875 Reprint.

Ex Finkelburg. (Image)

5,000.00

1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Original gum, barest trace of hinging (almost appears Mint N.H.), large margins all around, deep rich color and choice proof-like impression

EXTREMELY FINE. A GORGEOUS LIGHTLY-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE II ISSUE. SCARCE IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION.

With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

1,200.00

1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Block of four, unused (no gum), clear to huge margins including left sheet margin, bright color

VERY FINE UNUSED BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE II ISSUE.

With 1992 and 2005 P.F. certificates. Scott Retail as block of four with original gum (Image)

5,500.00

1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Large margins incl. sheet margin at top and part of adjoining stamp at bottom, original gum, deep rich color

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM SHEET MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 ONE-CENT TYPE IV ISSUE.

With 1988 P.F. certificate (Image)

850.00

3c Yellowish Rose Red (11 var). Large to huge margins all around, radiant color nicely complemented by green circular datestamp, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with 1999 P.F. and 2006 P.S.E. certificate, the latter describing this as the Brownish Carmine shade (XF 90 Jumbo, SMQ $580.00 as 90, $990.00 as 95) (Image)

187.00

3c Dull Red (11). Rich color, two large margins, others slightly in, used as forwarding postage on 3c Red Nesbitt entire originating with "White Sulphur Ky. May 15" ms. pmk., addressed to Warsaw Ky. and forwarded to North Middleton Ky., 3c stamp tied by bold blue "Cincinnati & Louisville Mail Route 20 May" route agent's circular datestamp, carried by contract steamboat, Very Fine, a remarkable usage of this scarce route agent's marking, ex Atkins (Image)

E. 500-750

3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to just touched, bright color, tied by "Saint Louis Mo. Feb. 19" circular datestamp on bronze North Missouri Railroad Company illustrated corner card cover to Columbia Mo., Very Fine, a pretty cover (Image)

E. 750-1,000

3c Dull Red (11). Large margins to just in, deep rich color, tied by blue grid and also by matching "Baltimore Md. Jul. 2" circular datestamp on cover with Elder & Webb Produce Merchants and Forwarding Agents illustrated blue cameo corner card cover to Frederick Md., Calvert & McClane imprint, 1853 docketing at right, Very Fine (Image)

E. 750-1,000

5c Red Brown (12). Large to huge margins showing traces of two adjoining stamps, used with 10c Green, Ty. II (14) and 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), 5c small repaired nick in left margin, 10c small repaired nick in bottom margin, tied by "Mineral Point Wis. Sep. 4" circular datestamp on legal-size cover to Philadelphia, sender's notation "3 Deeds", backflaps reattached

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE COMBINATION TO PAY THE SIX-TIMES DOMESTIC RATE.

Domestic usage of the 5c 1856 is uncommon, and only a few covers are known with multiple-stamp combinations such as this.

Ex Caspary and Mayer (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

5c Red Brown (12). Rich color, top right corner cut off and repaired, tied by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express San Francisco" oval handstamp, struck four additional times on legal-size buff cover with Wells, Fargo & Co. black printed frank, used as a paste-up and docketed "Recd Properly Sealed June 8 1857 Wm. Smith DepClk", corners clipped and restored

ONE OF TWO RECORDED WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY EXPRESS COVERS WITH THE 5-CENT 1856 ISSUE.

Ex Mayer (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

5c Red Brown (12). Horizontal pair, large margins to just in at top right, tied by bold "Palatine Ill. Sep. 10" circular datestamp on orange cover to Forestville, Canada, light strikes of red "U. States" in arc and "Paid 10" handstamps, receiving backstamps, stamps barely affected from placement at edge of cover

FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE. ONE OF ONLY FIVE PAIRS USED ON COVER TO CANADA, OF WHICH A TOTAL OF SEVEN COVERS ARE RECORDED.

Two of the seven usages are paid by two singles. Of the 24 pairs on cover recorded in our census, this is the only known used from Illinois.

Ex Mayer. Unpublished Census No. 12-COV-350. (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000