Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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United States Stamps continued...

1902-1903 REGULAR ISSUES continued...

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

281

310

#310, 50c Orange, pristine mint example, featuring brilliant color and a strong impression on bright paper, well centered within large margins, "post office" fresh o.g., n.h., choice very fine; a very scarce and challenging stamp to find in premium never hinged condition; 1994 PF certificate. (Image)

$1,200.00

SOLD for $1,200.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

282

311

#311, $1.00 Black, crisp mint example, particularly intense black color, prooflike impression, attractive centering, o.g., l.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$750.00

SOLD for $550.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

283

312

#312, $2.00 Dark blue, unusually fresh mint single, deep rich color and crisp impression, well centered, o.g., n.h., choice very fine; actually a scarce value in premium never hinged quality; 1989 PF and PSE certificates. (Image)

$3,000.00

SOLD for $1,000.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

284

313

#313, $5.00 Dark green, an incredibly handsome and choice mint example of this scarce high value, boasting virtually perfect centering amid very large margins, plus it possesses a wonderful overall freshness, with rich luxuriant color, razor-sharp impression on crisp paper, fresh clean o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; a terribly challenging stamp to find in such outstanding condition; 1971 and 1995 PF certificates. (Image)

$2,900.00

SOLD for $3,000.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

285

314A

#314A, 4c Brown, imperforate, Schermack Ty. III perforations, fairly well centered within large margins that are well clear all around, with unusually full Schermack Ty. III perforations showing at right, and virtually complete portions showing at left, strong rich color and an excellent clarity of impression, neat usual wavy line machine cancel, small surface scrape at top left entirely in the margin and not affecting the design, otherwise very fine for this incredibly rare stamp.This stamp was issued in April of 1908 at the request of the Schermack Mailing Machine Company in Detroit. The Schermack Company, the largest and most well-known of the private vending and affixing companies, used large quantities of the one and two cent stamps of the period for their private vending and affixing machines. One of their customers, the Winfield Printing Company, placed an order with the Schermack Company to supply them with four cent stamps so that two of their clients, Hamilton Carhatt (a manufacturer of overalls and other men's clothing) and the Burroughs Adding Machine Company, could use the stamps to pay postage for sending their printed matter such as circulars or samples. The Post Office supplied a total of 10,000 of the requested four cent imperforate stamps to the Schermack Company so that the sheets could be cut into strips, pasted together to form coil rolls and then furnished with their well-known "perforations" for dispensing in their machines. No one in the philatelic world was aware of this special order, and had it not been for the fortuitous presence of a Detroit collector named Karl Koslowski, perhaps even fewer of these rare stamps would exist. It is believed that Mr. Koslowski, who learned of these new stamps through a friend at the Schermack Company, acquired 50 of these unusual stamps before departing on a trip to his Latvian homeland. There is some question whether he first saw the stamps in their imperforate form, or he may not have seen them until they had already been cut up and perforated. In effect, virtually the only known examples of this stamp are due to Mr. Koslowski, who retained approximately 20 unused examples and used the remainder on personal mail. There are just a few more known used examples which were taken off the commercial mailings of the Hamilton Carhatt and Burroughs companies, for an approximate total of 45 used examples.The copy offered here from the McCree collection is far better than most of the meager number available of this important rarity. In fact, only a very few of the existing population possess Schermack perforations on both sides of the stamp, as the Schermack affixing machine, when dispensing these stamps, often cut off the perforations on one side. This stamp boasts such perforations on both sides, in addition to possessing especially rich color and being lightly cancelled. Accompanied by 1951 (clear) and 1993 PF certificates. (Image)

$45,000.00

SOLD for $22,000.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

286

315

#315, 5c Blue imperforate, large margins all around, deep rich color, o.g., l.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$240.00

SOLD for $220.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

287

315

#315, 5c Blue imperforate, horizontal pair, large uniform margins all around, fresh with rich color and a detailed impression, clean o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; 1980 PF certificate. (Image)

$500.00

SOLD for $500.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

1908 EXPERIMENTAL COILS

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

288

317

#317, 5c Blue coil, perf. 12 horiz., an incredibly fresh mint pair of this experimental coil rarity of which fewer than ninety pairs are recorded, in a much more brilliant state of preservation than the vast majority, with strikingly intense color and a crisp detailed impression on considerably brighter paper than usual, quite well centered within unusually large margins, full clean o.g., top stamp with minor h.r., bottom stamp lightly hinged, very fine; light MeKeel guarantee handstamps on reverse and accompanied by a 1987 PF certificate. (Image)

$15,000.00

SOLD for $7,500.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

289

318

#318, 1c Blue green coil, perf. 12 vert., an exceptional quality mint pair of this coil rarity, possessing outstanding centering which is seldom encountered on this typically poorly centered coil, rich color characteristic only to genuine examples of this, crisp impression on clean fresh paper, even its perforations between the stamps are unusually strong and intact, full clean o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; certainly among the finest of the less than 100 pairs thought to still exist; each stamp with light "SS&CCO" (Scott Stamp & Coin Co.) handstamps and accompanied by 1986 and 1995 PF certificates. (Image)

$14,000.00

SOLD for $8,500.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

290

322

#322, 2c Carmine coil, perf. 12 vert., a brilliantly fresh mint pair of this rarity, with paste-up at right showing guide line, being one of only three such paste-up pairs recorded, gloriously rich and intense color, outstanding centering which is almost never encountered, o.g., small minor h.r. which reinforces a couple of separated perforations, right stamp with light guarantee handstamp slightly bleeding through to the face, the left stamp is an extremely fine gem; a highly desirable and very rare variety of this important 1908 coil; light guarantee handstamp on reverse of each stamp and accompanied by a 1994 PF certificate. (Image)

$12,000.00

SOLD for $6,500.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

LOUISIANA PURCHASE AND JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

291

326

#326, 5c Louisiana Purchase, exceptionally well centered, deep luxuriant color and a crisp impression, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$210.00

SOLD for $325.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

292

327

#327, 10c Louisiana Purchase, premium mint single, precisely centered within large margins, intensely rich color and impression, immaculate o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a particularly choice stamp. (Image)

$375.00

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

293

329

#329, 2c Jamestown, gem mint example of this always difficult stamp, outstanding centering within uncharacteristically large margins, bright rich color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$75.00

SOLD for $425.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

294

330

#330, 5c Jamestown, wonderfully bright and fresh, deep luxuriant color, well centered, o.g., n.h., choice very fine. (Image)

$325.00

SOLD for $450.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

1908-1909 WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ISSUES

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

295

334

#334, 4c Orange brown, wonderfully well centered amid extravagantly large margins, sumptuously rich color, prooflike impression, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a large-margined gem; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)

$90.00

SOLD for $290.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

296

336

#336, 6c Red orange, brilliantly fresh, bright color, exceptionally well centered within unusually wide margins for this value, unblemished o.g., n.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$140.00

SOLD for $300.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

297

338

#338, 10c Yellow, striking mint single, featuring incredibly intense and vivid color, extraordinarily well centered amid large margins, o.g., n.h., extremely fine gem; 1987 PF certificate. (Image)

$150.00

SOLD for $535.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

298

340

#340, 15c Pale ultramarine, a pristine mint example, boasting much stronger color than typically encountered on immaculate paper, extraordinarily well centered within large margins, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; not often countered this choice. (Image)

$150.00

SOLD for $210.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

299

341

#341, 50c Violet, outstanding centering within large and wonderfully well balanced margins, rich color and a strong impression on bright paper, o.g., very lightly hinged only once, extremely fine; a particularly handsome stamp; 1988 PF certificate. (Image)

$350.00

SOLD for $900.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM

300

342

#342, $1.00 Violet brown, especially well centered, prooflike color and impression, o.g., l.h., extremely fine; 1979 and 1988 PF certificates. (Image)

$525.00

SOLD for $200.00
Closing..Dec-10, 03:00 PM