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#496, 5c Blue coil, perf 10 vert., a superb
quality mint single, outstanding centering amid large margins, bright fresh
color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2006 PSE certificate (Superb 98; SMQ
$160.00): the highest grade the PSE has given to any #496..
#496, 5c Blue coil, perf 10 vert., gem mint pair,
perfectly centered within large margins, fresh color, o.g., n.h., extremely
fine; 2005 PSE certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $320.00); the highest grade
given to any #496.
#497, 10c Orange yellow coil, perf. 10 vert.,
mint pair in a quality that would please even the most fastidious
collector, perfectly centered within extraordinarily large margins,
gorgeous intense color and impression on immaculate paper, pristine o.g.,
n.h., extremely fine; a superb line pair in every regard (Superb 98 Jumbo;
SMQ $520.00 as a 98); the only pair receiving this 98 Jumbo status with
only one other grading higher.
#497, 10c Orange yellow coil, perf. 10 vert., an
especially desirable mint pair, flawlessly centered within unusually large
margins, intense radiant color and impression, o.g., n.h., extremely fine
gem; 2006 PSE certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $520.00); only one pair grades
higher (100).
#497, 10c Orange yellow coil, perf. 10 vert.,
joint line pair, exceedingly well centered, uncommonly deep intense color
and impression, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 1997 PF certificate.
#498f, 1c Green A.E.F. booklet pane single,
easily distinguished as being from an A.E.F. booklet pane by the wide
imperforate margin at top, tied to French picture post card of the
Americans arriving in France on July 4, 1917, this card posted on August
8, 1917, the earliest documented usage with the stamp tied by clear
"U.S. Army Postal Service/Aug 8 1917/No. 2" four-bar cancel of APO 2 in
Paris, France, violet U.S. censor handstamp at left, trivial corner crease,
totally irrelevant to this transatlantic wartime posting, extremely
fine.A great bonus to this card is that the sender is a war hero and his
service record is well known. John Newport Greene went to France with the
American Red Cross in January of 1917. He served six months with the
Norton-Harjes Field Ambulance Service. He wrote and mailed this card just
after his enlistment in the U.S. Army. He was commissioned a second
Lieutenant in the field artillery. He was quickly promoted to first
lieutenant and later became the first recipient of the U.S. Military Cross
and the first American to receive the French Croix de Guerre for valor in
battle.The A.E.F booklets were long thought to have first reached
France in September of 1917 through the firsthand account of Dr. Warren
Babcock of Detroit, who arrived with that shipment. However, subsequent
research has established that an earlier shipment was ordered around the
middle of June just as the preparations were being made for the deployment
of troops in France and the United States Mail Agency in France was being
established. This earlier shipment probably reached France around the end
of July or first of August. The card offered here is the earliest 1c
usage of only two known post cards with the 1c A.E.F. Booklet Pane stamp
that have been recorded in August and can be identified to be from the
first shipment. This certainly is a great exhibition piece for the
variety of collections that could feature this earliest documented usage,
A.E.F or Washington-Franklin rarity. Accompanied by a 1998 APS
certificate; ex-"Alpha".
#499f, 2c Rose, Ty. I, A.E.F. booklet pane,
unusually well centered top margin single, tied by U.S. Postal Service
four-bar postmark of Army Post Office No. 2 with clear August 7, 1917
date, the earliest documented usage of this very rare issue, purple
U.S. Army censor handstamp at left, includes multicolor French post card
with message as an enclosure, datelined "Hdqts. Amer. Exp. Forces,
France/Aug. 3/17 confirming this very early posting, originally sent to
Springfield, Mass., then forwarded to Worthington, Mass. with Springfield
duplex of August 24th on the front, stamp with insignificant corner crease,
a very fine and handsome cover.Upon the entrance of the United States
into the Great War, known as World War I, in mid-1917 preparations were
made for the U.S. Post Service in France to serve the military as well as
civilian support personnel. One interesting philatelic feature was the
unique 1c and 2c booklets that were prepared for this service with each
consisting of ten panes of thirty for each value's booklet. Dr. Warren
Babcock, a Detroit physician with the forces in France and a philatelist,
wrote a firsthand account of a September shipment that accompanied his
passage to France arriving in September. It was long thought that this was
the only shipment. However philatelic researcher, Ken Lawrence, in an
article in the November 1997 "American Philatelist" established beyond
doubt that there was an earlier smaller shipment of both denominations of
these special A.E.F Booklets that reached France in late July or early
August of 1917.Covers posted with the stamps from the A.E.F. booklets
are not common with the 1c post card usages being scarcer overall than the
2c letter postings. Many were not saved as being common frankings and the
supply was small, not being replenished because the military was granted
free franking privileges, as well as the rate for a letter being increased
to 3c in November 1917. But of much greater rarity are usages from August
1917 that can be established as being from the first sending as is this
cover. It is believed that there are only two 2c covers posted in
August as well as two 1c post card usages. The cover offered here is
not only the earliest documented usage of the two known 2c covers but it is
also the earliest documented usage of any A.E.F. booklet pane stamp.
In fact, one can speculate that this cover and enclosure gives us a hint to
the arrival date of the first shipment of booklets. The message written on
Friday August 3rd was not posted until Tuesday August 7th. There are
certainly other explanations for this delay, but it may well be that the
stamps only arrived on Tuesday making this a first day cover of the
earliest possible date. Accompanied by a 2000 APS and 2006 PF
certificates; ex-"Alpha".
#499, 2c Rose, Ty. I, a superb mint example of
this common stamp, in anything but common quality, flawlessly centered
within large balanced margins, lovely color that is exceptionally bright
and fresh, pristine o.g., n.h., an extremely fine gem in every regard; 2006
PSE certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $260.00); this is the only mint #499 to
achieve Superb 98 status, the highest grade awarded to this stamp.
#500, 2c Deep rose, Ty. Ia, deep radiant color
and an intense impression, well centered within large margins, o.g., l.h.,
very fine; 1990 PF certificate.
#500, 2c Deep rose, Ty. Ia, used, exceptionally
well centered within especially wide margins which are quite uncommon on
this stamp, radiant rich color and a strong detailed impression, light
face-free c.d.s. cancel, extremely fine; one of the nicest used examples we
have seen; 2003 PF certificate.
#503, 4c Brown, a superb mint example, being
impeccably well centered within exceptionally large margins, gorgeous rich
color and a highly detailed impression on bright white paper, flawless
o.g., n.h., extremely fine gem; 2007 PSE certificate (Superb 98; SMQ
$700.00).
#503, 4c Brown, a remarkably choice mint example
that is precisely centered within large margins, strong rich color and a
well defined impression, o.g., n.h., superb; 2006 PSE certificate (Superb
98; SMQ $700.00).
#504, 5c Blue, impressive mint single, featuring
lavishly large margins all around and being extraordinarily well centered
within them, deep prooflike color and impression on crisp paper, o.g.,
n.h., extremely fine; a large-margined gem; 2007 PSE certificate (XF-Superb
95 Jumbo; SMQ $240.00 for 95 and $650.00 for 98).
#505, 5c Rose error, double error in a block of
twelve, nicely centered (especially the top error stamp), strong color,
o.g., error stamps both never hinged, bottom 2c stamps lightly hinged, a
few perf. separations between 2c stamps at bottom, very fine; clear 2002
PSE certificate as wholly never hinged.
#505, 5c Rose error, single error in a block of
nine, bright fresh color, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine.
#505, 5c Rose error, single used error in a
horizontal strip of three, light neat strikes of a contemporaneous "New
York/D" oval pmk., strong color, very fine; legitimately used examples of
the Five Cent Error are rare, especially in this desirable se-tenant
format; catalog value is irrelevant for such an impressive used strip; 1999
PF certificate for the block of six from which this came.
#505, 5c Rose error, in se-tenant pair with 2c
Rose (#499), beautifully fresh with lovely pastel rose color, the 5c being
especially well centered, tied to legal-size cover with Virginia Hot
Springs Co. corner card, Hot Springs, Va. flag machine cancel perfectly
placed across the pair, March 27, 1917 earliest documented usage for
both the 2c Rose and the 5c Rose error of color, mild edge wear to
cover and a corner fault to the 2c value (inconsequential on this
historically important cover), overall very fine and attractive.The
legendary Five Cent Rose Error of Color came about because of a transfer
error placing three 5c designs in a 2c plate. Plate no. 7942 containing
these errors was used for the printings of both perforation 10 and 11, and
even for a few imperforates (#485). The perforated mint examples are a
favorite with collectors and are readily available. However, covers are of
considerable rarity. Various censuses have been conducted and it is
believed that the total number of the 5c errors of all types on cover is
less than 60. The population narrows considerably for the error used in a
se-tenant multiple with the 2c stamps with only five or six covers
known.Certainly the earliest documented usage of this famous error is
important, but what makes this cover spectacular and unique is that this
is the earliest documented usage of both the ordinary 2c Rose as well as
the 5c Error. This renown cover had resided in the famous Louis Grunin
Gold Medal Collection before it was even recognized as the earliest
documented usage. It was then owned by Thurston Twigg-Smith and more
recently was in the collection of John R. Boker, who purchased it in the
2001 Robert Siegel Auction of the Thurston Twigg-Smith collection for
$26,000.00 plus the 10% buyer's premium. A remarkable cover for the
earliest documented usage or Washington-Franklin collector;
ex-"Alpha.
#506, 6c Red orange, lovely mint single that is
marvelously well centered within large margins, exceptionally bright and
fresh radiant color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2004 PSE certificate
(XF-Superb 95; SMQ $315.00).
#507, 7c Black, an outstanding mint single, being
incredibly well centered within lavishly large margins, strikingly intense
"jet" black color and a deeply incised impression, o.g., n.h., extremely
fine gem; 2001 and 2005 PSE certificates (latter graded XF-Superb 95; SMQ
$640.00).
#507, 7c Black, handsome right margin plate no.
8490 single, wonderfully well centered and margined, strong fresh color and
a crisp impression, o.g., n.h., extremely fine and choice; 2007 PSE
certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $640.00).StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork® are
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