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24c War (O91). Bottom left corner imprint and plate no. 86 block of twelve, original gum, few h.r., bright color, attractive centering, Very Fine, ex Wampler, Scott Retail for a plate block and two singles Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2015, Sale 1100, Lot 106 |
US$475.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Top margin imprint and plate no. 86 block of ten, slightly disturbed original gum, warm pastel color, Fine Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Jun 2015, Sale 1100, Lot 105 |
US$250.00 |
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24c War, Specimen Ovpt. (Scott O91S). Without gum as issued, radiant color, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, a beautiful and rare stamp, only 106 sold, small blue backstamp Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Mar 2015, Sale 1095, Lot 653 |
US$2,300.00 |
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24c War (O91). Bottom left corner imprint and plate no. 86 block of twelve, original gum, few h.r., bright color, attractive centering, Very Fine, ex Wampler, Scott Retail for a plate block and two singles Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1085, Lot 4169 |
US$600.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Mint N.H., handsomely centered with lovely bright color, Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (VF 80; unpriced in SMQ in Mint N.H. condition, SMQ price $90.00 as hinged), only two stamps grade higher Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1085, Lot 4167 |
US$130.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Top margin imprint and plate no. 86 block of ten, slightly disturbed original gum, warm pastel color, Fine Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1085, Lot 4168 |
US$170.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Block of four, beautiful strong color, bold circle of wedges cancels, Fine and handsome, this is the only recorded used block of this denomination, with 1993 P.F. certificate, ex Mainberger Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Nov 2014, Sale 1085, Lot 4170 |
US$1,700.00 |
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24c War (O91). Block of 47 from the top half of the sheet, selvage at sides and imprint and plate no. 86 selvage at top, approximately 40 stamps Mint N.H., bright color, light creases in top selvage, otherwise Fine and scarce multiple, Scott Retail approximately Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2011, Sale 1014, Lot 2368 |
US$1,600.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Horizontal pair, tied by bold strikes of quartered cork cancels, “Washington D.C. May 9” (1876) circular datestamp on large-size “Office of the Chief Signal Officer. Official Business.” imprint cover addressed to “Prof. Benj. Smith Lyman, Chief Geologist and Mining Engineer, Joumin, Daimon, Shiba, Yedo, Japan”, red crayon “4” for quadruple 12c treaty rate, red “Yokohama Paid All” Jun. 29″ double-circle datestamp, Japanese datestamp and writing on back, pencil 1876 receipt docketing at upper left, opened for display, some slight wear and faults, small piece out at upper left, right 24c stamp small perf flaws FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED FULL COVER BEARING THE 24-CENT WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUE (THE OTHER TWO USES ARE PACKAGE LABELS). THIS SPECTACULAR COVER, ADDRESSED TO BENJAMIN SMITH LYMAN IN JAPAN, IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL OFFICIAL COVERS. This cover was prepaid for the quadruple 12c treaty rate and carried to Yokohama by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. and then to Tokyo. A Japanese official translated the address into Japanese on back for the benefit of the local postman and then applied his seal. The census by Alan C. Campbell (“High Value Official Stamps on Cover”, Chronicle No. 188, Nov. 2000, pp. 287-299) lists three 24c War Dept. covers, including two used with the 90c on package labels and this full cover to Japan. Mr. Campbell refers to the pair of War Department covers to Japan offered in this sale as “rivals” to the Commodore Caldwell 24c and 30c Navy Department covers that were sold by our firm in the Starnes auction ($26,000 and $37,500 hammer, respectively). The article contains a description of the covers from the late Dr. Lobdell, which we quote below: “Both covers were sent by the War Department’s Chief Signal Officer to ‘Benjamin Smith Lyman, Chief Geologist and Mining Engineer to the Kaitakushi.’ Lyman was a Harvard graduate who later studied at the Ecole de Mines in Paris and set himself up as a consulting geologist. Between 1873 and 1879 he was chief geologist to the Japanese government, principally working for the Kaitakushi, which was an agency with the responsibility for the colonization and development of the natural resources of the northern island of Hokkaido. (Hokkaido was Japan’s version of our frontier in ’70s, so that while we were sending homesteaders into our West and killing off the Indians, they were populating Hokkaido with ethnic Japanese and doing a number on the native hairy Ainu.) The pair of 24c War stamps pays four times the treaty rate of 12c per half ounce for mail from the United States to Japan. (Although the General Postal Union rate of 5c per half ounce for international mail was already in force for many countries, Japan did not sign the GPU until the following year.) The letter was mailed in Washington, D.C. on May 9 and reached Yokohama on June 29, 1876, where a red ‘Yokohama Paid All’ was applied by the US postal station there. It then took nine more days to travel less than twenty-five miles to Mr. Lyman at his lodgings in Yedo (the old name for Tokyo). How did it get from the US to Japan? There were two possible routes: (I) via New York to London, where it would have been put on a British ship round.the Cape of Good Hope to the Orient, or (2) via the recently-completed transcontinental railroad to San Francisco, where it would have been put on an American ship to Yokohama. Since the envelope lacks New York and London transit markings, I favor the Trans-Pacific route. Both covers were at one time in the collection of Congressman Ackerman, the leading collector of United States official covers in the early part of this century.” Ex Ackerman, Hughes and Duckworth (acquired by Dr. Lobdell in the 1963 sale of the Duckworth collection) Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1003, Lot 5523 |
US$17,000.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Used block of four, beautiful strong color, bold circle of wedges cancels, Fine and handsome, this is the only recorded used block of this denomination, with 1993 P.F. certificate, ex Mainberger Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1003, Lot 5478 |
US$1,800.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Complete sheet of 100 with top and bottom imprint and plate no. 86 blocks of ten, unused (no gum), fresh color, considerable hinge reinforcement, perfs touch to slightly in on some, most are Fine-Very Fine, rare sheet Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1003, Lot 5456 |
US$1,050.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Horizontal block of ten with captured plate no. 86 at top, original gum, fresh and Fine-Very Fine Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1003, Lot 5475 |
US$170.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Bottom left corner imprint and plate no. 86 block of twelve, original gum, few h.r., bright color, attractive centering, Very Fine, ex Wampler Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1003, Lot 5474 |
US$700.00 |
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24c War, “Sepcimen” Error (Scott O91Sa). Without gum as issued, rich color, clear margins, slightly pulled perf at left and couple small tears at lower left and bottom FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUE WITH THE “SEPCIMEN” OVERPRINT ERROR. A GREAT HIGH VALUE OFFICIAL RARITY. From the “Framingham Find”. With 2010 P.F. certificate mentioning the small tears but not the pulled perf Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1003, Lot 5554 |
US$23,000.00 |
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24c War (Scott O91). Top imprint and plate no. 86 strip of five, hinged in selvage, stamps Mint N.H., all are striking “tall” stamps, Fine-Very Fine, fresh and handsome multiple Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Dec 2010, Sale 1003, Lot 5476 |
US$275.00 |