2019-11-14 Thu

Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions will offer United States and worldwide stamps and postal history at its Dec. 3-5 Flagship sale in Danbury, Conn.

This three-day auction will present 10 named collections featuring a diverse array of subjects, including worldwide airmail etiquettes (labels), Canada and provinces, Spain, worldwide never-hinged stamps, and postal history of the U.S. 1938 Presidential definitive (regular-issue) series.

Stamps spanning the globe are the focus of the first day of the sale, with more than 500 lots of British Commonwealth; Europe and colonies; Asia, Africa and the Middle East; and Latin America.

United States, Confederate States and U.S. possessions take center stage on the second and third days of the auction. All major 19th-century and early 20th-century stamp series are well represented, as are back-of-the-book and revenue issues.

Collectors seeking elusive U.S. definitive issues will have a chance to bid on an 1880 special printing of the 15¢ orange Daniel Webster stamp (Scott 199). Specifically, the stamp is a special printing of the 1879 issue produced by the American Banknote Co. Kelleher states that 37 examples of the 1880 15¢ special printing are known to exist. The example up for bids is accompanied by 1999 and 2008 certificates from the Philatelic Foundation.

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