January 23, 2007

REGENCY-SUPERIOR HOLDS STAMPS PUBLIC AUCTION
AT THE ST LOUIS STAMP EXPO

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI – Regency-Superior will conduct a three-day Public Auction at the St. Louis Stamp Expo 2007, February 23-25. Over 3,200 lots will be offered including USA, British & Worldwide singles, covers and country collections.

Session I begins on Friday, February 23rd at 6pm (CT) with USA Singles & Sets featuring many early Classics, plus nearly 80 U.S. Graded stamps. There are over 1,000 lots of 19th and 20th century U.S. singles, including Provisionals, seven Scott #2s, 1¢ blues, Re-issues, Columbians, and more.

One of the highlights of the USA session is a 1908 1¢ blue green, Franklin horizontal coil pair (Scott #318). This stamp has a 2006 PF Cert, and is very fine for this notoriously off-centered issue. This rare issue is missing from even the most advanced collections, and estimates for $20,000. Another highlight is a red 1915 Washington 2¢ coil line pair, Type I (Scott #449). This well-centered example is in mint, never hinged condition, and also estimates for $20,000. It is accompanied with two PF Certs, and catalogs for $32,500.

Lot 633: Scott #318 1908 Franklin Coil 1¢ Blue Green, Pair

Session II begins at 11am (CT) on Saturday, February 24th, and continues with the balance of USA items including hundreds of EFOs, plate blocks, booklets, essays, specimens, and Possessions. Regency-Superior is offering a section of deep back-of-book items including several lots of encased postage, Kingman’s City Post stamps on bluish paper, telegraph and test stamps.

Lot 1742: Great Britain #91a 
1883 Victoria 10sh Slate, White Paper

British singles immediately follow on Saturday with some nice items from Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, including some gems from Canada and Hong Kong. One of the highlights is a Great Britain 1883 Victoria 10sh slate (Scott #91a) on white paper, and is perfectly centered and fault-free. It is socked-on-the-nose 9/20/83 York St/Manchester cds, and is Anchor watermarked. This extremely fine copy of this scarce high value catalogs for $3,500. 

Over 350 foreign singles round out Session II. Loads of items from Germany and Areas are offered, including a 1920 Marienwerder red experimental overprint on 1m carmine rose (Scott #31E). This item is fault-free, and has a scarce red serifed overprint, and includes a 2006 BPP Cert. This stamp estimates at $2,000. 

Session III begins on Sunday, February 25th at 11am (CT), and features covers and collections from the USA, Australia & States, Austria, France, Switzerland, plus many worldwide accumulations.

Lot 2440: Hawaii (#39,41) 1891 Registered Hollister Drug Co. Cover to France

There is an incredible selection of over 90 Hawaii cards and covers from 19th century. This grouping includes many advertising covers, double reply cards, entires, and registered mail from Hawaii. Many are multi-franked, and feature provisional overprints, as well as unique postal markings and cancellations.

Lot 3086 1918 Latvia holding of Map Stamps, Sheets

A truly unique collection offered in Session III is a holding of 290 complete 1918 Latvian Map stamp sheets (222 imperforate, and 68 perforated). This lot includes a copy of Barefoot’s pamphlet ‘Latvia Map Stamps’ (1983), and estimates at $7,000-$10,000.

The auction will be held in the Orly Room at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel – the show hotel for the St. Louis Stamp Expo. Viewing for the auction is available at Regency’s St. Louis gallery through February 20th, and then at the Renaissance Hotel during show hours. 

The entire auction is available online for viewing and bidding at www.RegencySuperior.com, and includes full lot descriptions, estimates, color photographs and opening bids. To receive a printed auction catalog, please click here. Or, you may call Regency-Superior at (800) 782-0066; Fax (314) 361-5677; or write to Regency-Superior, 229 N. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108.

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