2013 CHICAGOPEX Stamp Show November 2013

Session I: Saturday, November 23, 2013 Estimate Estimate Stamps & Postal History 19 20 28 29 21 24 30 31 Session I: Saturday, November 23, 2013 32 EP (EP16) 1862 ENCASED POSTAGE 5¢ AYER’S SARSAPARILLA ........................................................ PH $1500 EP (EP100) 1862 ENCASED POSTAGE 30¢ J. GAULT ................................................................... PH $2500 21 EP (EP140a) 1862 NORTH AMERICA LIFE 1¢ FRANKLIN ................................................................. PH 26 ( ) (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ BROWN ............................... PH $1200 Large margins all around, unused, no gum. Faint horizontal crease visible in fluid only, extremely fine appearance. Signed Holcombe. Cat $2400 for no gum. 27 Scarce encased postage item, very fine. Cat $2750. 22 EP (EP177) 1862 ENCASED POSTAGE 10¢ WEIR & LANCASTER, MONTREAL ........................................ PH $3750 Scarce item, very fine. As usual, mica with slight surface scratching. Attractive. Kagin’s Value $4,500. Cat $3000. 28 29 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN, RARE EASTHAMPTON MASS DIAMOND CANCEL .......... PH $500 Fresh color, margins in and tiny tear at right, complete strike of RARE Easthampton, MA, diamond of dots cancel. 30 31 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN (PSE GRADED 85) .................................................... PH $450 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN, MAYSVILLE KY BLUE GRID CANCEL .................... PH $400 Scarce Maysville, KY, blue unframed grid cancel. Rich color, margins large, showing part of adjacent stamp below, to just in top left, faint corner crease lower right, fine appearance. 32 USA PROVISIONALS (9X1) 1846 NEW YORK 5¢ BLACK .......................... PH (9X1e) 1846 NEW YORK 5¢ BLACK, WITHOUT SIGNATURE ............................................................... PH $200 Blue pen cancel, margins large to in at bottom, small tear at right, just fine. Cat $950. (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN, BLUE TOWN CANCEL ......................................................... PH $350 Beautiful USED example with 4 balanced margins and 2 partial strikes of Philadelphia ‘5 cts’ blue cds. Attractively hinged on 1"x2" display card with description & reduced image of entire cancel. Very fine. Cat $575. $150 Used example with ACM connected and black pen cancel (small premium in Scott). Upper right corner tip added, just fine. Cat $525. 33 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN ...................... PH $300 Pretty 4-margin example with nearly socked-on-the-nose red grid cancel. Very fine. Cat $500. 34 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN, DOUBLE TRANSFER ................................................................ PH $300 Position 90R1, double transfer in top and bottom frame lines. Rich color and impression, large margins including sheet margin at right, bold red grid cancel, tiny margin tears at top, otherwise very fine. Scarce and attractive. Cat $600. Stamps & Postal History 11 $750 Genuine used with red grid cancel. Very fine to extremely fine. (2013 PSE Graded Cert #01268388, VF-XF 85, Used). (SMQ $575) Attractive encapsulated postage. As usual, mica with some slight surface scratching. Very fine and scarce item. Cat $3750. USA-SINGLES-01.pmd (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN, RARE ‘40’ TRANSCONTINENTAL RATE ................................... PH Complete strike of ‘40’ in circle, transcontinental rate to California, margins clear to in, otherwise fine. Seldom offered. EP (EP178) 1862 ENCASED POSTAGE 1¢ WHITE, THE HATTER, NEW YORK ........................ PH $3500 Chicagopex 2013 (1) 1847 FRANKLIN 5¢ RED BROWN, HUDSON RIVER MAIL GRID CANCEL ................................................. PH $750 Attractive example, largely complete strike of the Hudson River Mail route agent’s 17-bar grid cancel, margins huge to barely in upper right, slightly oxidized, tiny corner crease bottom left well clear of design, fine to very fine. (2011 PF Cert #495235). $500 Straight ‘INSURANCE’ on case, mica with small crack, light soiling, fine. Cat $525. 25 34 USA 1847-56 IMPERFORATE ISSUES 20 24 33 27 Estimate Scarce piece, with medium ‘Ayer’s.’ Very fine. (1978 APS Cert #31921). Cat $2000. 23 26 Estimate USA ENCASED POSTAGE 19 25 Page 11 10/2/2013, 7:12 PM

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