Ended on Tuesday, 25 June 2019 at 02:30.

Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika: 10c 1885 Special Delivery (Scott No. E1), an incredibly rare Never H

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Start of the sale:
Tuesday, 28 May 2019 at 07:03
Item n°775548254
Sale ends:
Tuesday, 25 June 2019 at 02:30
Lot:
#12933
Catalogue:
44. Christoph Gärtner Auktion - 25. June 2019 - Philatelic Single lots: Asia, Thematics, Overseas, Airmail, British Africa, Europe

10c 1885 Special Delivery (Scott No. E1), an incredibly rare Never Hinged full top right corner plate no. 495, imprint and part arrow block of ten, enormous top and wide right selvage, gorgeous color from being in a stockbook probably from the day it was sold at the post office in 1885, bottom left stamp small corner fault, perf separations at left extend into the left pair of the plate block and end with a small tear in the bottom stamp, Fine, plate blocks of the first American Special Delivery stamp are extremely rare with current estimates are that five to seven exist today. Auktionhaus Gaertner research found that American auctioneers sold a lightly hinged full top right corner block of ten ($17,000 hammer) and a bottom right corner block of eight with the stamps Never Hinged (ex Todd, Wampler, Curtis; $22,000 hammer), plus the Philatelic Foundation certified a lightly hinged bottom (left) block of eight, this is the fourth documented plate block for this issue and is being offered to the market for the first time in its 134 year existance, Scott catalog as two Never Hinged singles and one hinged plate block of eight because Never Hinged plate blocks are unpriced. Scott value 27.500 USD. [ex collection J.V. Painter]
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium.

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Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG

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Christoph Gärtner made his hobby into his profession. He started in 1984 and within two decades the Gärtner GmbH developed into a world leading mail order house for postal stationery and became a specialist for thematics and postal history.
In april 2005 the idea to build a place where collectors, customers and investors from all over the world could meet, was realized.
Since that time both, the Mail Order House and Auction House Gärtner, have been united on 2.700 m2 in the easy accessible building owned by Christoph Gärtner.
Generous viewing and storage rooms, a private auction hall, enough parking space and an underground car park are available.

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Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika: 10c 1885 Special Delivery (Scott No. E1), an incredibly rare Never H

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