Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 82

The Fall Manuscript, Collectibles, Stamp and Space Memorabilia Auction

United States

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		United States, 1847, 5¢ red brown, high grade cert. Scott 1. Red grid cancel, four margins, extremely fine. 2007 Philatelic Foundation Cert, Graded XF 90. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 2		United States, 1847, 5¢ red brown. Scott 1. Two blue grid cancels, four margins, lovely shade, very fine to extremely fine. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 3		United States, 1847, 5¢ red brown (x2). Scott 1. Two examples, one four margins, other with full margins save in along bottom. Each is housed in 6.75"x4.5" Postal Commemorative Society folder. Stamps are likely to have minor faults and are figured as such. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $295
Lot 4		United States, 1847, 5¢ dark brown. Scott 1a. Rich color, blue Philadelphia town cancel, four ample to large margins. Very fine to extremely fine. 2007 PSE Cert. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $396
Lot 5		United States, 1847, 10¢ black. Scott 2. Light red grid cancel, four large margins, fresh color, very fine to extremely fine. 1980 Philatelic Foundation Cert. Estimated Value $650 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $660
Lot 6		United States, 1855, 10¢ green, type III. Scott 15. Four huge margins with parts of adjacent stamps on three sides. Light cancellation. Wonderful example. Extremely fine jumbo. 2009 Philatelic Foundation Cert. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 7		United States, 1870, 30¢ black. Scott 154. Deep color, disturbed original gum, short perf at bottom right not mentioned on Philatelic Foundation cert, scarce mint stamp, fine example. 1980 Philatelic Foundation & 2014 PSE Certs. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. Ex-Dr Jerry Buss Estate Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,200
Lot 8		United States, 1894, $1 black, type II. Scott 261A. Original gum, hinged,with remnant, fresh, fine to very fine. 1979 Philatelic Foundation Cert. Estimated Value $550 - 650. Ex-Dr Jerry Buss Estate Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $516
Lot 9		United States, 1908, 1¢ blue green coil, pair. Scott 318. Very scarce coil pair with rich color, original gum, hinged, with remnant (not mentioned on either cert), fine to very fine for this issue. 1975 Philatelic Foundation & 2014 PSE Certs. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. Ex-Dr Jerry Buss Estate Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,720
Lot 10		United States, 1910 2¢ carmine coil pair. Scott 388. 3mm spacing, original gum, hinged, some perf seps that are reinforced, fine to very fine. 1979 Philatelic Foundation Cert. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. Ex-Dr Jerry Buss Estate Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,920
Lot 11		United States, 1979, 15¢ John Paul Jones perfed proof, gutter pair. Scott 1789Pg. Vertical pair with gutter between, original gum, NEVER HINGED, very fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $156
Lot 12		United States, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete, single franked covers. Scott C13-C15. 65¢, $1.30 & $2.60 each tied to individual South American Zeppelin flights, 65¢ on card, others on covers. $1.30 cover with tear at left from opening. Three items in all. Fine to very fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 13		United States, 1933, 50¢ "Chicago" Zeppelin cover group. Scott C18. Five (5) covers, all single franked flights with various cachets and cancels. Includes Oct 23 (Miami cancel, x2), Oct 26 (Chicago cancel, x2) and Oct 28 (Akron cancel). One with perf toning. Fine to very fine. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 14		United States, 1933, 50¢ "Chicago" Zeppelin FDC, block franking. Scott C18. Block of 4 tied to flown FDC, Oct 2, 1933 NY cancel, green Fridrichshafen Zeppelin backstamp. Fine to very fine. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $156
Lot 15		United States, 1935, Fred J Noonan, Amelia Earhart's navigator, signed first flight cover. Trans-Pacific first flight cover, San Francisco to Guam leg of flight. Nov 27, 1935 Guam backstamp. Bold signatures of Captain Edwin C Musick (pilot), Captain R.O D Sullivan (co-pilot) and F.J. Noonan (navigator). Noonan was Amelia Earhart's navigator on famous ill-fated flight that disappeared, July 2, 1937. A must have signature for any Amelia Earhart or aviation collector. Faint trace of paperclip above return address at top left. Very fine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $332
Lot 16		United States, 1938, crew signed Howard Hughes Around-The-World record flight cover. Bold signatures of Howard Hughes and his crew of Thurlow, Lund, Stoddert & Connor on legal size July 10, 1938 New York World's Fair Around-The-World flight. Franking includes USA, France & Russia and bears all proper markings. Scarce and very fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,040
Lot 17		United States, Stock Transfer, 1952, $20 bright green. Scott RD372. Only 113 sold, original gum, light hinge, discoloration at the bottom left perf edges, very fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,160
Lot 18		1860s, "OUR FLAG" Southern Confederacy patriotic seal, sheet. Full sheet of 120 of these circular seals, Dietz ST-1, printed by Adapoemont in New Orleans, LA. Seal with seven star flag, SC in background and "OUR FLAG" at top. Believed to be the only intact sheet in existence. Covers exist that bear the seal, both franked and stampless, but these are very scarce. Without gum, creases, margin faults and aging to be expected. Folded horizontally in the middle. Historic multiple. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,260
Lot 19		Confederate States, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing, sheet of 100. Scott 6. Original gum, NEVER HINGED. Figured as singles without any never hinged premium. Selvage faults with top left stamp cut in, gum creases. Fine multiple. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $630
Lot 20		Confederate States, 1863, 10¢ blue, sheet of 100. Scott 11. Archer & Daly imprint and plate no 1 at bottom. Part of imprint ("r & Daly") did not print properly. Unused, no gum, some staining from original gum (probably why gum was removed) and some creasing primarily in selvage. Figured as no gum singles. Fine sheet. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $300
Lot 21		1860s, Confederate States, interesting cover group (x17). Seventeen various covers. Includes 5¢ olive green pair franking, 5¢ De La Rue pair franking (x2), 5¢ De La Rue single franking (Ex-Gibson), 5¢ blue soft porous paper single franking, two Old Point Comfort POW covers with one bearing small circular censor mark initialed by a Captain, some unused patriotic covers and others. Some mixed condition as usual. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600