Sale 2997 June 4-5 2010 Live Auction

H.R. Harmer - Sale 2997 June 4-5 2010 Live Auction

Sale 2997 - June 4-5, 2010 Live Auction

Consignment Deadline

Friday, April 16, 2010

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Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa
June 1-5, 2010
3050 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Phone: (949) 748-4802

Live Auction Venue

Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa

3050 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Phone: 714-540-7000


Auction Sessions

Session #1 - June 4, 2010 Summer Sale
H. R. Harmer of Irvine, California is pleased to offer its most extensive section of US and US Possessions since its move to California. The Postal History section starts with a 1750 folded letter with a manuscript Boston postmark from a member of the Boston Tea Party, continues with an excellent group of Northwest Territory covers including the earliest use of a Chillicothe straight-line postmark, followed by Indiana, Westerns including two covers with Newspaper stamps, and a CSA "Through-the-Lines" cover from Richmond to Indianapolis with an Adams Express Co. label. There are over 900 lots of US singles, blocks and sheets including Fancy Cancels, a Very Fine never hinged 1861 10c Green (Scott 68), a block of 25 of the 3c grilled Banknote (Scott 136) which is one of the largest blocks still in existence, 12c soft paper Special Printing (Scott 198), sheets starting with Scott 264, centerline blocks of Scott 315 and 534B both with PF certificates, two Scott 834a (the rare $5 Red Brown shade) both with PF certificates, a nice section of errors including imperforates and color omitted stamps plus the Rare NY Stock Exchange Invert (Scott 2630c), two 24c Airmail Inverts (Scott C3a) positions 6 and 15 both with PF certificates, Newspaper stamps, Used $1 Pony Express stamp with “front hoof missing” (Scott 143L3 variety), excellent section of 1st Issue through 3rd Issue Revenues, Federal Duck Hunting Permit errors, State Duck stamps including Governor's Editions, gutter pairs, errors and essays, Canal Zone sheets including Scott 11, 13, 18 and 20 plus "SPECIMEN" overprints in multiples, finally and extensive Hawaiian section including sheets, Specimens, cancels, overprint varieties, revenue documents and 60 lots of postal history.
Lots in Session: 1001-2383 / 1383 lots
Pre-Bidding Ends: 6/4/2010 7:00:00 AM
Live Floor and Internet Bidding Begins: 6/4/2010 9:00:00 AM
*All dates and times are in PT
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Session #2 - June 5, 2010 Summer Sale
Session #2 has over 1,200 lots of British and Worldwide sets, singles and collections fill Saturday’s session. Assorted full mint sheets are scattered through the various sections, most notably Labuan and Germany, along with a wide selection of used Commonwealth including various “£” and other high values. Strong areas include Canada with specialized Large and Small Queens and two mint examples of the famed Seaway Invert. Australia and States, Falkland Islands, Ireland, New Guinea and St. Helena with numerous George V varieties round out Commonwealth highlights. The German area and specialized Mexico star in the general worldwide section. Over 500 lots of collections feature Canada, Hong Kong, Malaya and States, useful Postal History, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Switzerland along with regional and general collections and accumulations.
Lots in Session: 3001-4249 / 1249 lots
Pre-Bidding Ends: 6/5/2010 7:00:00 AM
Live Floor and Internet Bidding Begins: 6/5/2010 9:00:00 AM
*All dates and times are in PT
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