SPECIALIZED PARCEL POSTS continued...
Parcel Post Postal History continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 981 |
 |
Q8 |
 #Q8, 20c Parcel Post, tied to clean mailing tag,
along with a single 2c Parcel Post (#Q2), by boxed "Chester, Conn."
handstamp, neatly addressed to New Haven, Conn., with ms. notation
"Perishable" in red, very fine; a rare value found legitimately used on a
parcel tag. (Image) |
Est. 400-500
SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 982 |
|
Q9 |
 #Q9, 25c Parcel Post, natural s.e. at top, tied
to cover to Bergen, Norway by "Hillsboro, N. Mex./Jul 19/1913"
duplex cancel, Bergen bkst., cover with small edge tear at left, fine; a
very scarce usage of this value; ex-Doolittle.
(Image) |
Est. 200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 983 |
|
Q9 |
 #Q9, 25c Parcel Post, bottom sheet-margin example
tied to attractive registered blue linen-lined cover to Jersey City, N.J.
by double oval "U.S. Postal Agency/REG./Shanghai, China." handstamp, violet
boxed "Registered" handstamp on front and matching "Shanghai, China (U.S.
Postal Agency)/Aug 31, 1916/Registered" c.d.s. on reverse, Chicago transit
and Jersey City arrival c.d.s. also on reverse, manuscript "American
Consulate General/Shanghai/China" on backflap, very fine; a very rare
non-philatelic usage of the Twenty Five Cent Parcel Post from
Shanghai. (Image) |
Est. 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,200.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 984 |
|
Q10 |
 #Q10, 50c Parcel Post, well centered and with
deep luxuriant color, wonderfully tied to clean cover addressed to Percey
Doane in New York City by excellent strike of "U.S. Postal Agency/Jun
2/Shanghai, China" 1916 duplex postmark, very fine and handsome; a
remarkably rare and desirable usage of the Fifty Cent Parcel Post from
Shanghai; ex-Doolittle where it realized an impressive $4,400.00
in the May 1989 sale conducted by Robert G. Kaufmann.
(Image) |
Est. 2,000-3,000
SOLD for $3,500.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 985 |
|
Q11 |
 #Q11, 75c Parcel Post, choice well centered
single, tied to lovely 1916 special delivery cover to Jersey City, N.J. by
excellent strike of rare "U.S. Postal Agency/Jun 2 (?)/Shanghai, China"
duplex postmark, violet three-line "Special Delivery/Jul 1, 1916/No. 334"
handstamp at left, Jersey City bkst., very fine; the finest of just a
few known covers bearing a Seventy Five Cent Parcel Post used from
Shangahi; ex-Doolittle where it realized $3,850.00 in the May
1989 sale conducted by Robert G. Kaufmann.
(Image) |
Est. 2,000-3,000
SOLD for $3,250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 986 |
|
Q12 |
 #Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, nicely centered and with
strong color, natural s.e. at left, tied to 1914 registered cover to
Kopenhagen, Denmark by black rimless grid, plus it is further tied by
bold boxed "Registered" handstamp in deep blue, blue "Falmouth, Mass./Jun
8/1914" c.d.s. on reverse, as well as New York transit and Kopenhagen
bkst., cover bit reduced at both left and at bottom, nevertheless very fine
and considered to be among the finest of the few known covers (non-tag
usages) bearing the One Dollar Parcel Post; ex-Burrus. (Image) |
Est. 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,800.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 987 |
|
Q12 |
 #Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, well centered, rich
color, tied to 2c stamped envelope to Lake Charles, La. by "Norwich,
Ct./Jul 25 '14" machine cancel, very fine; an extremely rare usage of the
One Dollar Parcel Post; this cover realized $1,760.00 in the May 1989
Robert G. Kaufmann sale of the Doolittle Parcel Post Postal History
collection; ex-Doolittle. (Image) |
Est. 1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 988 |
|
Q12 |
 #Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, quite well centered,
deep luxuriant color, tied to reverse of parcel tag along with 10c Orange
Panama-Pacific (#400A) by both New York registry double ovals in black and
violet "New York, N.Y./8-2/1915" ovals, tag with "Importers' & Traders'
National Bank, N.Y." imprint and addressed to Bethlehem, Pa., tag with
central diagonal fold not affecting stamp, very fine; an exceedingly scarce
use of the One Dollar Parcel Post paying the proper rate. (Image) |
Est. 750-1,000
SOLD for $800.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 989 |
|
Q12 |
 #Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, an enormously rare usage
of a block of four and a single on the reverse of a mailing tag sent from
the Assistant Treasurer in Cincinnati, Ohio to his counterpart in New
Orleans, tag further franked with singles of 1c, 2c and 15c
Washington-Franklin issues on front, stamps all tied by undated Cincinnati
double ovals in black, violet "Cincinnati, Ohio/May 1/1917" double circle
postmark on front of tag, couple of stamps with small usage flaws and it
would appear that one stamp (another #Q12?) has been removed from the
reverse of the tag at top left, still this is believed to be the largest
One Dollar Parcel Post franking known on a mailing tag. (Image) |
Est. 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $625.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 990 |
O |
Q12 |
 #Q12, $1.00 Parcel Post, two vertical pairs and a
single, tied to large part of a canvas cover front to Amsterdam,
Holland by clear "New York/2-19/1915/Rec'd For'gn" double oval
postmark, piece additionally franked with 4c and 30c Washington-Franklin
issues, violet boxed "Registered" handstamp, sent from the American Bank
Note Company and with ms. notation "S.S. New Amsterdam", piece folded a
couple of times, with one $1.00 stamp being affected, fine; an impressive
and rare usage. (Image) |
Est. 400-500
SOLD for $1,050.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 991 |
|
JQ4 |
 #JQ4, 10c Parcel Post Postage Due, attractive
single tied to incoming unsealed cover to Boston, Mass. from Sweden,
choice strike of originating "Bankeberg/25 9/1913" segmented c.d.s. at top
right, stamp applied just to left of c.d.s. and tied by Boston, Mass.
double oval, dual "Hudson Terminal Station, N.Y./Oct. 5 - Due 10 cents"
handstamp at bottom, very fine; covers bearing the Ten Cent Parcel Post
Postage Due are very scarce and few exist this attractive. (Image) |
Est. 400-500
SOLD for $675.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 992 |
|
Q1/12 |
#Q1/12, The magnificent Parcel Post postal history
collection/accumulation formed by Merrill Bothamley, a remarkable array
of over 1,400 covers (and a few tags) all franked with Parcel Post stamps,
accumulated over literally a lifetime and each was selected by Mr.
Bothamely for its unusual usage, eye-appeal, rarity or simply because it
fit into his incredible attempt at completing a calendar of every possible
usage date for a Parcel Post stamp, while the great majority of covers bear
1c or 2c values (approximately 1,100 covers), there are hundreds of others
franked with 3c to $1.00 values, for example there are 89 3c covers, 37 4c
covers (which catalog $65.00 each), 68 5c covers (catalog $42.50 each), 72
10c covers (catalog $55.00 each), 12 15c covers (catalog $350.00 each),
three 20c covers (catalog $750.00 each), 13 25c covers (catalog $300.00
each) and one large part of a cover front franked with a $1.00 value
(catalogs $1,100.00 as a full cover); this accumulation is a gold mine of
rare foreign usages to such far-flung countries as Australia, British
Honduras, China, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Liberia,
Russia, Serbia (just to name a few), plus there are unusual cancels, mixed
frankings, on board ship cancellations, fabulous advertising corner card
covers, bisect usages, precancels, usages from Guam, Hawaii, Mexico, Puerto
Rico and Shanghai, etc,; a large number of the covers found in this lot
were acquired individually at retail and at auction, often in the $25.00 to
$250.00 (or more) range and today would be impossible to duplicate, even if
one were to spend another lifetime seeking out similar covers; condition,
of course, varies but the great majority are fine-very fine; never before
has a collection of this magnitude ever been offered at auction,
representing literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Parcel Post
specialist or for the collector seeking out a fascinating new area to study
or exhibit. |
Est. 10,000-15,000
SOLD for $14,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 993 |
|
JQ1-2, 5 |
 #JQ1-2, 5, Parcel Post Postage Due postal history
accumulation of seventeen covers, each franked with one or more Parcel
Post Postage Due issues, includes ten covers with 1c value (five covers
with stamps used as regular postage, five used as postage dues), four
covers franked with 2c values (two used as regular postage, two use as
postage dues, one in combination with a 2c Parcel Post, another with a pair
on incoming mail franked with Mexican postage), and three legal sized
commercial covers with precancelled 25c values (one a pair) used as postage
dues, the latter trio being especially scarce, one larger size cover quite
faulty, rest fine-very fine; quantities of Parcel Post Postage Due covers
are almost unheard of today. (Image) |
Est. 750-1,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
Carriers and Locals
| Lot |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 994 |
 |
40L1 |
 #40L1, City Despatch Post 3c Black on grayish,
huge even margins all around including portions of three adjoining dividing
lines, strong color and impression, o.g., h.r., extremely fine. (Image) |
375.00
SOLD for $200.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 995 |
 |
40L1 |
 #40L1, City Despatch Post 3c Black on grayish, a
showpiece top right corner sheet-margin horizontal pair of this classic
stamp, boasting enormous margins, including huge sheet margins, as well as
lavish margins elsewhere allowing complete dividing lines to show on all
four sides, brilliantly fresh and crisp, prooflike color and impression,
full o.g., stamps never hinged (hinged only in very top of sheet
margin), a superb mint pair of the first adhesive stamp ever used in the
United States; 2002 PF certificate. (Image) |
for hinged 850.00
SOLD for $900.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 996 |
|
107L3 |
 #107L3, Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co.,
10c Orange red, full margins all around, deep color, full o.g., very
fine. (Image) |
250.00
SOLD for $250.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 997 |
 |
143L6 |
 #143L6, Wells, Fargo & Co., $1.00 Blue, large
margins all around, small part o.g., minor corner crease, otherwise a very
fine example of this scarce local. (Image) |
750.00
SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
Hunting Permit Stamps
| Lot |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 998 |
|
RW1 |
 #RW1, 1934 $1.00 Blue, well centered within
especially large margins, rich luxuriant color, o.g., n.h., without the
usual gum skips or bends, very fine; 2000 PF certificate for a block of
four, this being the bottom left stamp.
(Image) |
750.00
SOLD for $675.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 999 |
X |
RW1 |
 #RW1, 1934 $1.00 Blue, bottom right corner margin
plate no. 129199 block of six, strong color, o.g., n.h., tiny spot on the
bottom middle stamp, fine; a presentable example of this very scarce plate
block. (Image) |
12,500.00
SOLD for $4,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
| 1000 |
X |
RW2 |
 #RW2, 1935 $1.00 Rose lake, top left corner
margin plate no. 131982 block of six, very well centered, rich color, o.g.,
the two left vertical rows of perforations have been rejoined, tiny thin in
the top margin from the rejoining, very fine appearance; an affordable
example of this seldom offered plate block.
(Image) |
10,000.00
SOLD for $2,700.00
Closing..Oct-18, 05:30 PM |
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