Show Your US 1851-57 Imperforate Stamps

mootermutt987

It is my second certified pinkish - and I think is is amazing!!

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Thank you for the permission, I will add attributions to your images before using them at the bottom of the images.
Don

Thanks Don.

Are there images that you are actively seeking?
I have many such things to share.

Stan

Here are today's new arrivals:

31L1E - Chase Plated w/ Amonette notes "#10 VF Chase plated 31L1E with margins all around close and clear at left frame line. Fresh medium orange brown color with a magenta BOSTON GRID cancel"

Some defining characteristics of this position are the open upper left corner of the outer frame lines as well as the top of the upper right outer frame line bending right to meet the end of the top frame line.

Actually, this is the small Boston PAID in Magenta. Blake & Davis, in Boston Postmarks to 1890, on pages 132-133, show tracings 616 (light) & 617 (heavy) the Small (17.5mm) Boston PAID grid being used as follows:

Red EKU 7/7/51 LKU 7/28/52
Magenta EKU 7/12/51 LKU not listed
Black EKU 7/12/51 LKU 1/15/52

The various large Boston PAID cancels with grid lines are also listed on these pages as Tracings 620-626 Earliest Known Use - 1/16/52 Last Known Use 11/18/62 (EKU & LKU are listed separately for the 8 various styles)

Simpson lists the red & magenta cancels together with a rarity factor of 5 (Pages 112-113)



5R2E - Ex Amonette (no notes accompanying) nice example of a single line recut in the lower right corner. UR guide dot barely visible on this example. C-relief, but the gash is very small and can only be seen if looking for it just at the top of the button.

Double Transfer is barely visible at the Lower Right rosette center is doubled at 5:00 about .25-.3 mm. It is also visible in the top of the U as well as slightly in the other letters of the upper text block, Like the middle of the S. Some of the characteristics are blocked by the cancel.

The doubling at the bottom of the left frame line (as well as showing at the bottom left of position 6R2E) is not a characteristic of this stamp. It was a printing issue.

Simpson, on pages 62/63 show the New York 4 bar experimental cancel as a rarity 3 - not nearly as rare as most sellers make it out to be.




10L1L with large selvage to the right, including centerline and guide dot from the upper left of position 1R1L. Clear but close on other 3 sides. With black, small Boston PAID. As described above, the small Boston Paid in black was last known used 1/15/1852.

This position is a B relief, double transfer with no guide dots. This example is, in my opinion, way better than Chase's or Lund's images for this position. The double transfer is seen in the hollow oval, under the bust. It can also be seen in the muddling of the lower text block and diamonds. Chase refers to this as a "shifter transfer" and it is not a carry over from Plate 1i.

The centerline is 2.5mm from the right frame line of this stamp.

Chase says on page 90 (of Plate 1 Late), "The colors found on stamps from this plate range from the late 1851 orange-brown shades, through all of those used in the years 1852, 1853, 1854, and the early part of 1855."

Chase says on page 95 (of Plate 2 Late), "The alterations which led to the second state of this plate were probably made about the first of January, 1852. The earliest use of a copy from this plate (late state) of which I have a record is January 14, 1852, and I doubt if one will be found much earlier."

It would be possible to find a Plate 2 Late (EKU 1/14/52) with a small Boston Paid (LKU 1/15/52) but highly unlikely.

Most likely, any 3c stamp with a small Boston PAID would be in some Orange Brown color, most likely a #10/A, but if a #11/A, it is from plate 1 Late and most likely in an experimental Orange Brown shade from late 1851.

The example here was described and sold as Experimental Orange Brown.

I have some extreme color variations that have been certified as Experimental Orange Brown, but this matches very closely to the EOB that I have from Litle's color charts created by Bill Amonette.

It also closely matches the 1852 Brownish Carmine examples. So there's that. If I could determine an earliest known use of the Brownish Carmine shade, I could maybe narrow it down by dates.

Thomas Alexander notes in an exhibit that I own, as a description on two covers dates Dec 25, 1851 and Dec 11, 1851 - "By mid-December 1851 the stamps printed from plate 1 Late could no longer be called orange brown. A definite claret tone had been introduced into the ink."

The example at hand does not match the Brown Claret shades that he exhibited with this comment. See less

From Mark Schwartz's exhibit on Boston PAIDs -




The Magenta last known use is 8/1/51, which Mark has in his exhibit.

A link to the exhibit:
https://www.rfrajola.com/PDR2020/MS2/MS2.htm

The updated latest known use of the black small Boston PAID is Jan 23, 1852.

Thanks for the info. I have made penciled adjustments to my copy of Blake's book.

Now, I believe that I have another copy around here somewhere that should also be changed....

Stan

Hi Stan,
good to see you here too! nice eye candy again
jasper

I don't specifically collect Boston, but I have the following BOSTON, 3c Washington covers:

(2) July 15th - Red CDS and Magenta PAID,
July 19th - Red CDS and Magenta PAID,
July 21st - Red CDS and Magenta PAID,
July 21st - Red CDS, small black PAID,
July 23rd - Red CDS, probably red PAID,
July 25th - Red CDS, probably red PAID,
Aug 13th - Red CDS, small black PAID,
Aug 26th - Red CDS, small black PAID,
Aug 28th - Red CDS, small black PAID,
SEP 3rd - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Sep 5th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Sep 6th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Sep 16th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Sep 17th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Sep 21st - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Oct 1st - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
(2) Oct 4th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Oct 6th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Oct 7th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Oct 9th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Oct 11th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Oct 17th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Oct 25th - Red CDS w/ "BOSTON, Mass.", small black PAID,
(Similar to #216 on p. 137 of Blake's book)
Oct 30th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
(2) Nov 1st - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Nov 5th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Nov 5th - Red CDS w/ "BOSTON, Mas.", small black PAID,
(Similar to #600 on p. 131 of Blake's book - but without the PAID)
Nov 6th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Nov 10th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Nov 11th - Red CDS day over month, small black PAID,
Nov 13th - Red CDS w/ "BOSTON, Mass.", small black PAID,
(Similar to #216 on p. 137 of Blake's book)
Nov 15th - Red CDS w/ integral 6Cts, small black PAID,
(2 stamps, not a pair, each with small black PAID)
Nov 20th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
(3) Nov 21th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Nov 24th - Red CDS w/ "BOSTON, Mas.", small black PAID,
(Similar to #600 on p. 131 of Blake's book - but without the PAID)
Dec 2nd - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Dec 4th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Dec 5th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Dec 6th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Dec 9th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Dec 11th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Dec 15th - Red CDS w/ "BOSTON, Mas.", small black PAID,
(Similar to #600 on p. 131 of Blake's book - but without the PAID)
Dec 20th - Black CDS, small black PAID,
Dec 20st - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Dec 27th - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,
Dec 31st - Red CDS w/ integral 3Cts, small black PAID,

I don't think that these usages change anything. Everything seem to fall within the parameters already given. There are a few odd balls, and I will try to post Dec 19th later this afternoon.

The CDS's with "Mas." appear slightly smaller than all the rest.

If there are any others that you want to see, let me know.

Unfortunately, I placed a new printer/scanner right in front of my collection and cannot open the door to get to Jan or Feb - or any of 1852. :(

Stan

Hey Jasper - Good to see you here!

Just so you don't think I am a one trick pony (I am barely doing tricks over here) I wanted to share some 1c Plate 1 Early stamps. I have a nice pair of 7-8A, positions 89-99R1E, but this afternoon, at the post office, this one arrived - 7-7-8A, 79-89-99R1E, Strip of 3! As well, 2 other nice position pieces.

I don't mind duplicates.


Here is the pair 7-8A, 89-99R1E


Here is the strip of 3 - 7-7-8A, 79-89-99R1E


Here is a nice 10R1E - notice how the top ornaments are complete!


One of few positions that gets its own Scott number and listing. Scott's #(8) - Position 99R2.

7R1E as a Scott #5 is the other single position.
Are there any others?

Stan

The nice thing about both of your 99R1Es is that they show the bottom margin well enough so that the 11th row effect is visible.

That is the small top of the B relief below the misplaced A relief rocked into 99R1E. It is most visible on 97R1E, but 99R also shows it, and I believe, 98R.

I've got a pretty rare one to share today. One of the rarest of local stamps - sharing a cover with a 3c Washington. Described by Siegel Auction Galleries as:

"City Letter Express Mail, Newark N.J., 1c Red (45L1). Cut to heart shape, uncancelled, affixed on back and used with 3c Dull Red (11), large margins to slightly in at top, tied by "Newark N.J. Feb. 26, 1857" circular date stamp on small cover to Binghamton N.Y.
VERY FINE. ONLY SEVEN EXAMPLES OF THE NEWARK CITY LETTER EXPRESS ONE-CENT STAMP ARE KNOWN ON COVERS. ONE OF THE RAREST LOCALS. THREE TIED BY CANCELS, FOUR UNCANCELLED.

The Newark Daily Advertiser carried daily advertisements for Peck & Company's City Letter Express from June 12 through September 29, 1856. Augustus L. Peck's partner in the City News Office was R. Jaques, and their office was located at 324 Broad Street. The City Letter Express provided letter delivery to the mails (1c) and within the city (2c). Their competitor, Rogers' Penny Post, only carried letters to the post office. Peck's advertisements also solicited package-express business, which may have been on behalf of the New Jersey Express Company, which had its business in Newark during the same period (reference: Elliott Perry, Pat Paragraphs, reprint, pp. 405-408).

Our records contain just seven examples of the 45L1 stamp on cover, including six dated in late 1856 or this February 1857 cover. The City Letter Express stamps were usually left uncancelled, but three covers have Newark date stamps tying the local. One of the tied examples realized $15,500 hammer in our November 1999 Golden sale." ($15,500 +20% = $18,600)

As you can guess, I am delighted to add this cover to my collection. I try to focus on July 1, 1851 to December 31, 1851 - but I also collect all 3c 1851-1857 examples -especially with interesting usages. This one is interesting.


Front of the cover. It is a very small, ladies cover. About 6x10 Centimeters. (2.5" x 6")


Reverse of the cover with 45L1 Newark, NJ cut to shape, local stamp.


Here is the closeup of the cut to (heart) shape 45L1 local stamp.


Here is the unplated #11 in a pretty Claret shade.



Here is the "Certificate of Authenticity" from the Philatelic Foundation

It was submitted by Larry Lyons - and I would guess that Larry Lyons submitting a local stamp would belike Carroll Chase submitting a #10 for plating - or Bill Amonette submitting a #11 for color identification.

Here is his profile from the Philatelic Foundation's web site:

Larry Lyons
Larry has been Executive Director of the Philatelic Foundation since June 2010. He has served on the Board of Directors for eleven years having had roles as Treasurer and Secretary.

Having been a member of the philatelic community for decades, Larry's involvement in organized philately has been widespread. He is widely known for his extensive and award winning collections of Carrier and Local stamps, including forgeries, and Western Express covers. Moreover, he has been a leading researcher in his fields of study, having been a recipient of numerous accolades including the U.S. Philatelic Classics Society Carroll Chase Cup (1998) and the Diane D. Boehret Award twice (2009, 2011) for Excellence in Philatelic Literature. He has published works including "The Identifier for Carriers, Locals, Fakes, Forgeries and Bogus Posts of The United States" and "The 2007 Pricing Guide for Unlisted Carriers, Locals, Fakes, Forgeries and Bogus Posts of the United States" along with over 140 original research articles in various journals and publications.

Larry is a member of numerous organizations including the Carriers and Locals Society (Editor-in-chief from 2000-present), the Collectors Club of New York, U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, American Revenue Association and the Western Cover Society.

Stan

That is a nice item.

I found -

2 at Siegel Auctions, including yours,
1 at Rumsey Auctions
0 at Bennett Auctions
1 - lot 525 Frajola Middendorf sale here:
https://www.rfrajola.com/catalogs/rcfnp4.pdf

I will say, that after looking at the other 45L1 covers, one seemingly plausible explanation for why the stamp was placed on the reverse of the cover, could be that there just wasn't enough space left on the front.

This observation assumes that the docketing "From Mrs Helen..." was applied by the sender and not the recipient. If it was applied by the recipient, as docketing often is, then my argument probably falls apart.