Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 86

The Manuscripts, Collectibles & Space Auction

Stamps

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1193		1897, Canada ½¢-$1 & $1 Specimen Jubilee issue. Scott 50-61, 61S. Group of 13 stamps, all with original gum. Never hinged include 1¢, 2¢ & 3¢. Hinged include ½¢, 5¢, 6¢, 8¢, 10¢ (large margins), 15¢, 20¢, 50¢ (corner gum crease), $1 (thin) and $1 Specimen overprint. 8¢, 10¢ and 15¢ with hinge remnants. Except as noted, fine to very fine. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 1194		Central Lithuania 1921 registered covers (x2). Two registered covers. First registered out of Wilno franked with two 10m Zeligowski (Scott #28) to Milwaukee WI and second registered out of Nowo-Swieciany franked on reverse by 10m Union & vertical pair of 20m Kosciuszko & Mickiewicz (#40 & 41, respectively). Latter cover creased away form stamps. Backstamps & transits and all stamps are tied. Fine and scarce duo. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $204
Lot 1195		Great Britain, 1841, 2d blue, "white lines". Scott 4. SG 14 £6,000 ($9,600). Deep rich color, margins all around save at right where in along top. Original gum, hinged, fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. Ex-Dr Jerry Buss Estate Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1196		Great Britain, 1864 1d rose red complete plate numbers. Scott 33. SG 43 £1,918 ($3,070). 151 different plate numbers mounted on old Stanley Gibbons pages for plating. Lacks #77 as always. All 151 numbers present per album pages. Some mixed condition as usual, plate 225 with rounded corner. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $252
Lot 1197		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1198		Saudi Arabia, 1961 Dammam Port Extension complete imperf sheets (5 sets). Scott 243-245. SG 446/448. Five sets of three imperf sheets of 4. Original gum, never hinged, very fine. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 1199		Saudi Arabia, 1979 silver anniversary of first commemorative 100h sheet (x14). Scott 778. Fourteen 100h souvenir sheets, original gum, never hinged, very fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $240
Lot 1200		Saudi Arabia, 1981 Kingdom silver anniversary 10r sheet (x9). Scott 833. Nine 10r souvenir sheets, original gum, never hinged, very fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 1201		Tonga, 1894 2½d on 1sh green block of 6. Scott 24. SG £390 ($620). Top margin block of 6 with target marking, original gum, hinged, with remnant in margin and gum skips. Cat value for singles. Fresh and fine multiple. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $84
Lot 1202		United Arab Emirates, June 1975 unissued long distance swimmng 10f-2d. Complete set of 3 of the unissued swimming championships. Scarce set. Original gum, never hinged, very fine. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $204
Lot 1203		1876-1913 USA Territorial cover & card group. Nice group of 50 covers and cards that include two Colorado, one Feb 17, 1876 Georgetown cover & other July 12 in 1870s franked with 3¢ Washington grill so is likely territorial out of Denver. Dakota Territory with 1879-1888 covers from Swan Lake, Cooperstown, Deadwood, Esmond (1¢ card), Fargo and Lisbon. Indian Territory with 1893-1907 covers & cards. Covers include Chaddick, Purcell, Tulsa, Sapulpa 9x3) and Muskogee while cards include South McAlester (x2) and Okeman. Kansas Territory Feb 24 (1850s) Leavenworth City franked with 1857 3¢ issue so is likely territorial. Montana Territory 1883-1884 with Helena cover and cards from Billings (x2), Bozeman and Mills City. Nevada Oct 3 (1860s) Virginia City cover likely a territorial. New Mexico Territory 1885-1906 covers from Las Vegas (x2) and card from Raton. Utah Territory 1876-1895 with covers or cards from Provo, Salt Lake City (x11), Ogden (x2), Weber, Cedar Valley, Hooper, Beaver, Kelton and Lehi. In addition there is 1891 Martinsdale MONT cover and 1913 New Mexico RPO card. Fine group overall. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1204		1925, 2¢ Lexington-Concord FDC with Jackson cachet (x5). Scott 618. Five FDcs with the first Jackson cachet, each with stamp tied by April 4, 1925 Lexington flag cancels. All smaller covers. Fine to very fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 1205		1928 2¢-5¢ Hawaii block of 4 cacheted FDcs. Scott 647-648. Two covers, each franked with 2¢ or 5¢ values in blocks of 4 with Gorham cachets and tied with Aug 13, 1926 Honolulu cancels. 5¢ with Aug 13 backstamps as it was sent registerd. Both covers flew "VIA FIRST FLIGHT AIRMAIL." Some soiling on 5¢ away from stamps and cancels. Fine pair. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 1206		1929 2¢ Nebr. cacheted FDC, Fremont cancel. Scott 671. Unlistd FDC with unlisted cacheted, stamp tied with April 24, 1929 Fremont Nebr cancel. Some soiling at top & left cover edge that does not affect cachet. Rare. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1207		1939 3¢ Printing Tercentenary, 1938 rejected design. Scott 857. Photo essay style design on 3½"x5" glossy card that was rejected. In blue ink below design is handwritten "Design for Printing Stamp, suggested to the Department but rejected. Drawing by…." Below is designer's signature. Very fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1208		1943 Overrun Countries FDC with Staehle cachet. Scott 909-20. Dec 7, 1943 Overrun Countries 5¢ issue (12 stamps, complete less 1944 Korea issue) tied to cover with Staehle cachet. Bit of toning at bottom. Scarce. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1209		1945 Franklin D Roosevelt 4th Inaugural cover with Staehle cachet. January 20, 1945 cancel, probably the rarest of all Staehle cachets. Very fine. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1210		1970s Watergate Scandal Autograph Collection with Fdcs. Close to 40 autographs from people connected directly or tangentially to the Watergate scandal with 33 different. They sign on FDcs, handwritten notes or photos smaller than 8"x10'. Signatures include Byrd, Clifford, Colby, Colson, Connolly, Dash, Dean, Ellsburg, Ehlichmann, Ervin, Gray, Haig, Haldeman, Hunt, Jackson, Kalmbach, Kleindienst, Laird, Liddy, MacGregor, Magruder, Rolando Martinez (he trashed Ellsburg's office), McCloskey, McCord, Mitchell, Odle, Percy, Parkinson, Rebozo, Richardson, Segretti (handwritten letter), Stans, Woods, Woodward and Wright. All bold signatures of villains and heros of this scandal. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 1211		Hungary, 1871-1991 valuable collection. Housed in three Scott Specialty albums that begin with Scott #3. Next is 1874-1899 Crown of St Stephen issue with 33 stamps to 3fo with a couple of varieties. The 1900-1914 definitives to 5k with 59 stamps including varieties. From 1916 Harvesting Wheat to 1956 issue the collection is strong lacking only #578-96, 945-58, 973, 982-3, 996 and 1168-70 but does include #841 imperf, 841a, many imperfs such as 851-55, 864-66 complete sheets of 9, 896-900, 901-05, 906-10 and also has two 1956 Glider booklets (one with staple aging). The 1957-1991 period features 1190 stamps with 1181a imperf, 1202a, 1202a imperf and many other imperfs where in some cases only the imperfs are present and not the perfs. The semi-postals are complete from 1913 to 1949 plus later issues and include B144-47 sheetlets of 10, B148-50 sheets of 4, B203-04 sheets of 4, B206 imperf and many other imperfs. Semis total 90 items in all. The airpost and air semi-postals with more than 250 items including C67 sheet of 4, 1949 & 1950 UPU imperfs. CB15-16 imperf, CB198A-198D sheet of 4 and more. Collection concludes with Back of the Book & Occupation issues with 600 stamps. Virtually all original gum with much never hinged, fine to very fine. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1212		Liberia, 1893-1987 Collection. More than 1300 stamps housed in two Minkus albums with many sets, souvenir sheets, imperf sets, proofs and so on with strength in modern issues. Some early material without gum, rest original gum with many never hinged stamps, or used, mostly fine to very fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $154
Lot 1213		Saudi Arabia, 1916-70s, interesting consignment balance. Few hundred stamp that include early issues with proofs, booklet, various used, few souvenir sheets and other material. Mostly fine to very fine. Worth examining. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $384
Lot 1214		Scandinavia, 1851-1950 old tyme collection. Close to 1600 stamps housed in old "Colombia" quardrille album. Includes Denmark with four margin Scott #2 with numeral cancel 123 (Meldorf) and 33 Christmas seals from 1905 to 1945 period. Finland with early issues and #69 used. Iceland with many better used stamps including complete sets. Norway with four margin #1 with sharp #112 target cancel. Close to 400 issues of Sweden concludes the collection. Some mixed condition with mint hinged sprinkled throughout. Has shades, perfs and cancel interest primarily in the earlier issues. Cat value is in $15,000 range. Generally fine condition. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,800. View details	Realized $798
Lot 1215		1936-1980 Surinam collection. More than 725 stamps and souvenir sheets housed on Minkus pages in a a binder. Better stamps include 1945 definitive set (Scott #184-97) never hinged, 243-52 never hinged, 263a hinged, B49-52 never hinged, few booklets and more. Original gum with substantial amount of never hinged with many complete sets. Fine to very fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $168
Lot 1216		Viet Nam (North), 1953-76 Collection. About 400 items housed on black stock pages with all complete sets, imperfs and souvenir sheets including postage dues and officials. Clean, never hinged and very fine. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details	Realized $204
Lot 1217		Worldwide, 1890s-2013 Michael Orenstein collection balance. Hundreds of philatelic items including stamps, covers, supplies & literature. Stamps are small in number but include late 19th to early 20th century with Japan used issues, two Judith Cook essays on envelope, set of 6 Japanese woodblock prints in special album issued to honor Japan commemorative issues from 1949 to 1962. Covers include 250 Sweden FDcs from 1990s through 2013, cute 1938 Mickey Mouse cover and others. Stamp suuplies are interesting. They include early hinge boxes such as Bertam Poole Peerless & "Pik" hinges with some of these full of original hinges, US Specialist perf gauge, Inter-Science Macroscope 25 8x30 monocular, fancy magnifier designed in the style of Fabrege, many types of perf gauges and more. Literature includes the 1962 Minoru Sera Ryukyu Handbook with the errata card, Honolulu Advertiser Hawaii Collection auction catalogs complete (softbound), 1946 FDR Collection Part I & II auction catalogs both with bid sheets plus 15 other auction catalogs and references. Michael Orenstein used these materials during his philatelic career. Also includes philatelic t-shirts and ties from Michael's earlier days. Interesting lot. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. Ex Michael Orenstein collection. View details	Realized $480
Lot 1218		Worldwide, 1850s-1993, three country collections. Consists of 4 Lighthouse Hingeless albums with slip cases housing more than 1500 stamps and souvenir sheets. Features France from 1961-71, original gum, NEVER HINGED; Great Britain with nineteenth century mint plus later issues mint or used and lastly 2 volume Australia collection, 1948-93, almost all mint, original gum with much NEVER HINGED. Mostly fine to very fine. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. Ex-Dr Jerry Buss Estate collection. View details	Realized $480
Lot 1219		Worldwide, 1890s-1950s interesting stamp & cover group. Stamps include by Scott number Ryukyu #1-7 mint blocks of 4, USA #479 mint, RS264d (faulty as usual), Germany-Berlin 9N68 used (x3), Italy #518 & 539 used and Japan 212-13 coil pairs mint. All mint are hinged. Covers include 1942 French Sudan military cover with French dues as mixed franking, 1931 French cover to Yokohama forwarded to Saigon, 1890 USA & Germany mixed franking on forwarded cover to South Australia (transits & backstamps), two 1911 India Pioneer Fight covers, additional covers from a vairietyof countries including Japan & China and more. 26 covers & cards altogether. Interesting lot with some mixed condition in covers. Estimated Value $700 - 900. Ex Michael Orenstein collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $660
Lot 1220		Worldwide, 1860s-1970s consignment balance. Hundreds of stamps and souvenir sheets with strength in USA, USA Possessions and Middle East. Other countries here too including FSAT Scott #28 (hinged) along with unlisted material. Interesting and useful balance. Original gum, number of never hinged items, or used. Mostly fine to very fine with some duplication. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $240
Lot 1221		Worldwide, 1930s-40s, the Joseph Oppenheimer correspondence. Interesting archive with 60 covers, forms and documents principally addressed to Mr. Oppenheimer or his wife in France, mostly documenting his avoidance of transport to "final destination" during the Holocaust. Includes 19 cards from a friend who was a prisoner at the SOSNOWITZ camp (in occupied Poland). Historic offering. Condition varies as expected. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Rosedale collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $154
Lot 1222		Worldwide, 1960s-2000s Topical stamps & covers. Group of collections in several binders, includes World Refugee Year mint collection hinged on Minkus pages; Statue of Liberty Tribute FDcs in a special album; The World of Children FDC album; Flora and Fauna of the World FDcs in three binders; and Argentina modern FDcs in one album. Quite clean, fine to very fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details	Unsold
Lot 1223		Worldwide, 1977-85 Europa first day cover collection. Attractive group in seven (7) binders, includes 1977 and 1980 through 1985, appararently complete for each year, all clean and unaddressed, fine to very fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Unsold