2013 CHICAGOPEX Stamp Show November 2013

Session I: Saturday, November 23, 2013 1704 Estimate Estimate 1707 1705 1708 1706 1709 1711 1710 Session I: Saturday, November 23, 2013 1698 Estimate (WX6a) 1910 RED CROSS, HORIZ PAIR IMPERF BETWEEN .................................................................. PH $500 Fresh, MINT never hinged, right margin horizontal pair, imperforate between. Fine. Listed but not valued in Scott. Estimate CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA 1704 – EPHEMERA – 1699 Dark blue shade on Patterson printing. Four large JUMBO margins, they don’t come any bigger! A Sept 30, 1862, Richmond, VA cds. Extremely fine, with some light toning. (2011 PF Cert #496950). Cat $300. POSTAGE STAMP ENVELOPE BY J. LEACH ......... PH $1500 Small envelope (70x34mm) sold by stationer J. Leach of 86 Nassau St., meant to hold 15 postage stamps. Red in color, no printing on back. Rarely seen, very fine. 1705 – EXPRESS CO. – 1700 (ADX-L63) 1900 COMPLETE UNEXPLODED BOOKLET OF ADAMS EXPRESS CO LABELS ...... PH $1000 Incredibly RARE (first and only one we’ve seen) UNEXPLODED booklet of 10 panes of Adams Express Co. labels. MINT never hinged. The typeset labels are orange on white paper (Mosher lists them as buff), perf 12, 31½x23mm design size. Adams Express Co. was formed by Alvin Adams, a produce merchant, in 1839 when he began carrying letters and mall packages back and forth between Boston and Worcester, Mass. The shipping aspects of the Company merged in 1917 with The Railway Express Agency, the government established monopoly. Booklet very fine and fresh, with some very minor soiling on back cover. / (LO2) 1851 EAGLE 1¢ BLUE, LARGE IMPRINT BLOCK ....................................................................... PH $1800 Large bottom margin block of 36. Full original gum, most stamps MINT never hinged. Catalogued as Toppan imprint block of 8, two vertical pairs, and six blocks of 4. Sound, very fine. Cat $2870 for hinged. 1706 (S1) 1954 MINUTEMAN 10¢ ROSE RED, BOOKLET .................................................................. PH 1703 (WS4) 1919 FRANKLIN $5 DEEP BLUE ................... PH $500 Fresh, rich color, MINT never hinged, fine to very fine. Cat $700. Chicagopex 2013 USA-SINGLES-10.pmd (6) 1862 DAVIS 5¢ LIGHT BLUE, SHEET ................. PH $1500 1707 ( ) (9) 1863 DAVIS ‘TEN CENTS’ BLUE ........................ PH USA POSSESSIONS – CANAL ZONE – 1708 (6) 1904 LINCOLN 5¢ BLUE ...................................... PH $115 Attractive used example, lightly canceled, fresh color and impression, extremely fine. Cat $65. 1709 (10b) 1904 MAP 2c ROSE, SIDEWAYS ‘L’ IN OVERPRINT ............................................................... PH $1900 A SCARCE error, sideways ‘L’ in overprint. Fresh and bright, original gum, lightly hinged. Tiny perf stain & thin, extremely fine appearance. (1969 PF Cert #30315). Cat $2500. 1710 (39g) 1912 CORDOBA 2c VERMILION & BLACK, BOOKLET PANE ....................................................... PH $300 Handmade pane of 6, perforated margins. Fresh and bright, original gum, lightly hinged, fine. Ex-Cook. (1991 PF Cert #249628). Cat $900. 1711 (53c) 1918 CORDOBA 2c VERMILION & BLACK, BOOKLET PANE ....................................................... PH $500 Complete of 6, large margins. Lightly oxidized, fine to very fine. Original gum, previously hinged. Ex-Cook. (2008 APS Cert #179577). Cat $1050. Stamps & Postal History 133 $900 Fresh color and impression, leans to milky blue (first printing) shade, unused, no gum, extremely fine. Scarce stamp, especially in such nice condition. (2013 PSAG Cert #0563569). Cat $575 for no gum. $650 Complete booklet, five panes with interleaving. Panes with electric eye marks at left. Fresh, MINT never hinged, covers very fine, small ‘568’ violet handstamp on front cover. Very fine and scarce. CV for panes only. Cat $825. $750 Complete sheet of 100, no imprint as issued. Fresh, MINT never hinged, extremely fine. Cat value for hinged singles. Cat $1600. – SAVINGS – 1702 (5) 1862 JEFFERSON 10¢ ROSE (JUMBO) ............. PH Exceptional stamp, big JUMBO copy, with fresh color. Light Richmond town cancel, extremely fine and attractive. (2012 PF Cert #504991 for cover from which it was taken). Cat $500. – LOCALS – 1701 (2b) 1861 JEFFERSON 10¢ DARK BLUE (JUMBO) .................................................................................... PH $1000 Page 133 10/2/2013, 7:30 PM

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