Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World

1847 5c orange brown, vivid color, blue grid cancels, margins all around, thin, fine appearance,
Cat. Val. $675
Estimate: $220

1847 5c red brown, top sheet margin single, margins just touching at lower left, tied by blue grid cancel on small mourning cover from Philadelphia to Culpeper County, VA, cover creased and stamp with some marginal flaws, otherwise a fine positional piece
Estimate: $300

1847 5c orange brown, full margins all around including sheet margin at right and a faint portion of adjoining stamp at bottom, canceled by blue grid on FL to Potosi, Wisconsin, with matching "Mineral Point Wis. T. Aug. 1" cds, stamp with a horizontal crease and expanded pre-print paper fold, otherwise v.f. usage during the Statehood Period, with clear 1996 PFC (stating it is in the red brown shade) and 2021 PFC
Estimate: $300

1847 10c black, large to just touching margins, pen cancel, used on FL to Washington DC, with red "Boston & Maine RR" postmark, stamp with a small tear at top, otherwise fine and scarce Railroad usage, ex-Craveri, with 1999 PFC
Estimate: $700

1847 10c black, full margins all around, tied by two strikes of red "St. Louis Mo. 10.Jul.10" cds, with matching cds alongside, on FL to Philadelphia, v.f., with 2021 PFC,
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $500

1847 10c black, full to clear margins all around, tied by blue "Milwaukee, Wis. Jan.15" (1848) cds, with matching strike alongside, used on FL to New York, two filing folds, one through the stamp, otherwise fine and rare usage from the Territorial Time Period (Wisconsin became a State on May 29, 1848), ex-Mirsky, with 1997 PFC
Estimate: $500

1875 10c black, unused without gum as issued, full margins all around, with 2022 PSE certificate graded "VF-XF 85" (SMQ $1,400)
Estimate: $750

1851 1c blue, type II, margins all around, canceled by fancy Solid Heart pmk on Valentine cover addressed to Plymouth Hollow, faint toning, fine cover, with 2011 Weiss certificate
Estimate: $150

1851 10c green, type I, bottom sheet margin single, manuscript cancel, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., with 2021 PFC
Estimate: $750

1857 1c blue (2), 10c green and 12c black (single and pair), small faults, used on cover from Nashville to London, red "6" and June 27, 60 arrival pmk, fine appearance
Estimate: $250

1857 5c brown, type II, town pmk, well centered and balanced margins, natural straight edge at left, fine stamp,
Cat. Val. $300
Estimate: $150

1875 1c-90c, complete set of plate proofs on card, also Franklin and Eagle Carrier Stamps, fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $485
Estimate: $250