COLLECTION
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1877-1955 (Ro ll
of
Di s tingui sh ed
Ph il at eli st s)
(Courtes y Georg e B. Sloan e)
FOREWORD by Lo ui se Boyd D ale (C h a irm an of t h e Phil ate li c F ou nclalio n)
With the pas sing of Mr . Alfred H. Caspary, Philately lost a devoted adherent, and with his death , an era in American Philatel y came to a close . Perhaps it is not an ex aggeration to say that Mr . Caspary was the last of the truly grea t collector s. In his lifetime he was able to acquire a fabulous collection of postage stamps. His knowledge , taste a nd discrimination for clas sic stamps of the world were unsurpassed. His advice a nd opinions were widely sought after. Mr. Caspar y was always happ y to give of his time , to help other philatelists so lve any difficult pro blems . Becaus e of his retiring nature , he di sliked publicit y his name be cam e almost a legend . He liked nothing better his stamps with a friend or two for hours at a time. minutes , for the material which was placed before the
of every kind, than to show Those hours viewer was so
a nd hence and discus s pass ed lik e marvelou s.
Mr. Caspary was not merely a collector, but a connoi sse ur , not only of stamp s, bur also of furniture and porcelains . His knowledge was astounding and his a ppreciation and love for something beautiful in perfect condition showed itself in the man y wonderful acquisitions which he made during his lif etime. He beli ev ed that hi s stamp collection should be made available to fellow philatelists so that they too might enjoy the possession of a philatelic gem . Louise
Boyd
Dale
TO BE OFFERED
FOR SALE BY AUCTION
on instructions received from th e Executo r of th e Estat e of th e late Alfred H. Caspary
Auction Calendar Sale One
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Tuesda y, November 15, 1955
UNIT ED ST A TES POSTMASTERS'
Sale Two
PROVISIONALS
Monday-Tuesda y-Wednesda y, January 16-17-18 , 1.956 UNITED
ST A TES GENERAL
Part One -
Sale Three -
ISSUES
1847 to 1857-61
Wednesday, March 7, 1956
CON FED ERA TE POSTMASTERS ' PROVISIONALS
Sale Four
Monday-Tuesda y-Wednesda y, April 23-24-25, 1956 GERMAN
ST A TES
Part One
Sale Five
Tuesday-Wednesday, October 9-10, 1956 BRITISH Part One -
Sale Six
COMMONWEAL TH British North America
Monda y-Tuesday-Wednesday , November 19-20-21 , 1956 UNITED
ST A TES GENERAL
Part Two -
ISSUES
1861 to 1888
Auction Calendar
IN
fco11 t i11u ed)
1957
Sale Seven
IT A LIAN ST A TES, PART ONE
Sale Eight
UNITED
Sale Nine
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH British West Indies
Sale Ten
HAW All AND CONFEDERATE GENERAL ISSUES
Sale Eleven
EUROPE , PART ONE Belgium , France , Romania , Switzerland , Scandinavia , etc.
ST A TES CARRIERS & LOCALS
IN
ST A TES ,
1958
BRITISH COMMONWEAL TH , PART "THREE British Europe , Africa , Asia
Sale Twelve Sale Thirteen
, PART TWO
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EUROPE , PART TWO Au stri a, Austrian Ital y, Spain and second portion s of German & Italian State s
Sale Fourteen
LATIN AMERICA
Sale Fifteen (in London)
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Ocean ia
Sale Sixteen
ASIA , larg ely JAPAN
, PART FOUR
V e/flits of e.rhi/.li/ion nf lvls in tlie Unitecl tat e.•, Canada or E mo pe icill be gi •r en in each catalogn c.
H. R. HARMER, Inc. Int erna tional Stamp
Au ctioneers
6 West 48th Street, New York 36, N. Y.
PLaza 7-4460 NEW
YORK
LONDON
SYDNEY
UNITED
STAT ES POSTMASTERS ' PROVISIONALS Tu esday, Nove mber 15, 1955
Uniqu e it em afte r uniqu e ite m! A tr uly fa bul ous r cpresc11tati o11 of th ese gre at fo r erun11er s o f th e U nit ed S ta t es Federa l iss ues . Alexand ri a is r epr ese nt ed by fo ur co pies, ty pe I 0 11 buff , ty pe II 011 bu ft (2) a nd type I o n blue. nn apo lis inclu des th e "5 Paid "' fra11k a nd thr ee impr ess io ns of th e ,ca l. · Th e Ba lti mor e " Bu ch,rnan s" a r e a w onderf ul g r oup in clu d ing six co ver s with th e Sc 0 11 \\"hite. one " ·it h ve rti ca l pa i1·, t wo cove r s with the !Oc 011 \Yhit e a nd th e u11ique 10c o n b luish , r epre se ntin g a ca t alog ue pri ce of $47,-tOO\\"ith o ne co ver u11p1·iced . Thi s group i fo llow ed by nin e exa mp les of t he Buchan a n e n ve lopcs, includ ing tw o !Oc. Th e Brattlebo r o i b earin g t\\"O co pies .
sho \\"n 011 f i,·c co ver s and a p iece, one cover
Th e L ckp ort 5, on co ,·er being t he onl y kn o w n c py , ca ta log uin g ~G,000. a lso the fin es t ex is·ti11g Mil lbur y Sc cata log uin g th e sa m e. Tw 0 exa mpl e of th e N e\\" H av en Sc co vers fo lio,,,, a lso one copy cut squar e. Th e New Y ork 5c is a n ex lr ao rdin a 1·y g r oup, 19 sin g le , 11 pai r s off co vet·, JS sin g le s on cove r s (se ve1·a l used out side o f N ew Yo r k), 5 pairs on -+ co ver s (one from Bost on) , and a ·t ri p of thr ee on large piece from B os ton. Provid ence is a noth er exce llent sect ion, including se ver ed pai r o f Sc a nd e igh t singl es on cover s. The St . L oui B ea r s co m pri se 25 ite m s a nd a ,·eco nstru ct ed shee t of th e seco nd t ate on g r ay Ii:ac. Mu lti ple , ma rg ina l cop ies , cove r s all ar e inc lud ed. A g r ea t opening sa le o f a g r ea t co llec ti on.
UNITED
ST ATES
GENERAL ISSUES Part One 184 7 to 185 7-61
Monda y-Wednesda y Januar y 16, 17, 18, 1956
Only an a ucti on cata log ue can do ju stic e t o th e m ag nifi cence and cope o f thi s g r o up of th e Caspa r y Clas ics. Th e 1847 iss ue is pa rti culad y out sta ndin g. Of th e 5c unu sed th er e a r e eve n singles and se ver a l mu ltipl e . U eel in clud e o ff cove r 49 . ing les , 17 pa ir s and a block of fo ur; on cover 24 sing les, 11 doubl es 01· pa ir s. Of the 10c unu sed th ere a re eve n ing lcs and t hr ee pairs; u sed off cove r 13 sing les . 4 pair s a nd a ma rg ina l strip of five; on cove r 23 singl es , o ne doubl e. one quad rupl e an d a w onderful st rip of fo ur . ·M any it em s a re ma rgin al and a numb er of cove r s ori1sinat e from Canad a. Th e issue co nclud es w it h fo ur lOc bi sec t s on rove r s. The 1851-5 7 issue, so me 450 ite m s, truly sh ows Mr. Caspary's love o f fin e pieces. W ond erful mar g in al pieces , pair s, st1·ips, hlocks, cove r s. pos tm a rk s exi st in t)ro fnsion. Typi ca l of th e scope is the im pe r f. Sc which is repr ese n ted b y 5 unu sed singles and a pa ir. Off cove 1·. 16 u ser! in? le , thr ee pa ir and thr ee trip s of thr ee. Th e "on cove r" gro up contain s 8 sing les . one " ·ith 3c and ](\c, tlll'ee pa irs ( tw o ma rg inal), st ri p o f thr e . tw o pa ir s on o n e cov er , pa ir and tw o sing les on another. Th er e is a similar r a nge nf th e 10c anr l 12c, a nd o f th e 1857-6 1 iss ue . the lat ter includin g s uch it ems as bloc k s of 21 and 9 of th e 90c. Th e au cti on w ill conc lud e w it h two se t s of th e 1875 r eprint s of th e 1857-6 0 issue .
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ST A TES
CONFEDERATE POSTMASTERS' PROVISIONALS Tuesday, March 6, 1956
It wo uld he fa r cas ie1· a nd i11finit e ly b r ie fer t o lis t th e it em s that Mr . Cas pa ry did not obt a in, th an t o de tail th ose he did! T he fac t th a t t hi s sec tion o f su m e 150 lot s is by fat · th e m ost va luab le g r oup o f th e en t ir e co llec ti o n and is exp ec t ed to real ize over a qu a rt er- o f- a-mi llion dolla r confirm the imp ortan ce of th e Confecl eralo! P o . !m as t er s' Pr o vi iona l Th e follow ing is a listin g o f it em s ca t a logued $2,000 or over: Baton Rouge 2c gr ee n, er ror on larg e par t cover ; 10c blu e, tw o copie s, one 0 11co ver; Beaumont 10c (s qu a re t ype) blac k on ye llo w, two on cov er : !Oc (r ec tan g ular t y pe) o n co ver ; Danville Sc cut q ua r e o n cov er: Goliad f ir st typ e Sc blac k on ro e on cover; 10c bla ck on r o e on Patri oti c co ver : seco nd t yp e Sc black on g ray, pa ir , le ft st a mp "GOILAD " ; lOc i>lac k on g ray , err or 0 11 co ver: Gonzales lOc go ld on ga rn et o n cov er, IOc go ld on blac k, two on co ver s; Greenville 10c t ype II on cover ; Grove Hill Sc, tw o , opies o n cove r s ; Helena Sc, lOc, tw o copie s o f each: Jetersville Sc pa ir , on cover; Knoxville l Oc on co ver ; Livingstone Sc. t wo on co ver s. o ne with fu ll corner mar g in s, a lso pair on cover; Macon Sc ( typ e 3) , t e t e- beche pair on co ver; 2c g ree n, tw o on cover s ; Marion IOc on co ver : Mt. Lebanon Sc on co ver; New Orleans Sc r eel; Sc r eel on blu e : New Sm yrna lOc on Sc o n cove r; Pleasant Shade .'i, un used bl oc k of six; t wo sing les an d a pair on cover s : Uniontown 2c dark blu e 0 11 g ray blue on co ver . Sc g r ee n on whit e, a pa ir on cover; 10c on cover: Unionville Sc, pair on cover . A wo nd erfu l g roup, very m any b ein g uniqu e a nd r e sponsible for th e ca t alog u e lis tin g .
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GERMAN ST ATES Part One
Monda y-Wednesda y April 23, 24, 25, 1956
The emi ss ion of th e vario u s States p ri or to Confede r ation and th e Ge rm a n Empir e iss ue h a ve al way s bee n cons ide r ed one of th e mos t int er est ing a nd al lurin g g roups . Th e a ttr ac tive ne o f th e iss ues proved it self to Mr. Caspa ry and he ga th er ed toge th r a w ond erful selec ti on of out standing ite ms. In fact, th e Caspa ry Germ a n Sta ·tes are so ex ten sive th a t it h a bee n de-cided to offe r th em in tw o sec ti ons . the lar ge r part on Ap ril 23, 24, 25, l 956 a nd a sma lle r, b ut equ ally inte r es tin g sec ti on in 1958. Each Stat e cont a in so mu ch t hat th e part ial Ii tin g that space pe rmit s mea m th a t ve ry ma ny it em s, out sta ndin g in a r!y •.Jrd inary au cti on. a re not eve n me nti on ed. Among the gem
th er e a r e :
Baden: 9kr er ro r of color on cove r . Ba varia: Nu mber l in strip s on and o ff cove r . Bremen: Imp erf . 7g r comp lete sh ee t of 35, R o ule tt ed 7gr block o f 9. P erf . 7g r on cove r. Brunswi ck: Number l Jsg r u nu sed pa ir. Hano ve r: A wo n derf ul gro up . Me cklenburg-Str elitz: 1864 ½sg, strip of thr ee on piece . Oldenbur g : 1859 ½g unu sed block of fo ur, many o th er bloc k s and r ar e it em ~. Saxon y : 1850 3pf, mi nt b locks of fo ur and six, a lso pa ir o n cover. Wurtt e mberg : 1873 70kr sh eet of 6 wi th m arg in s.
Covers, so me alm ost unb elievabl e, abou nd thr oug hout this sec ti on,
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15 COLLECTION CASPARY THE FROM GEMS SPECTACULAR P r ov i .-i ona l inc on blui s h pape r . 2-Al exa nclria, Va. Po st . -~'l cl. PostmaRter 1-Ba llimor Loui s, Mo. Po st or phil ate ly. 3-Sl. maste r Prov i sio na l 5c on b lu e pap e r , t h e "B lu e Boy" Ala. Co nf ed er a t e ma s te r P r ov i s ion a l s. r ec onst ru cte d p late on g r ay lilA. c paper . 4- Livi ngston. e gre n. 6-F i nlu b r o rr e lor co r 9k n e 5-Bad . r cove on pair e uniqu 5c l a ion postmaste r P r ovi. lancl 2p sca rl et ve rmili on, st ri p on land 1~56 5k unu Recl 1.ete-heche bloc k of four . 7-Newfound 3 ; ir e unu Recl. 10-Be rmucl A. Postmaste r P r opa ir o( Trin a<'ri a. 9-TuRcany r. 8-Naples, co , ·1> r ot l p. YiRional
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BRITISH
COMMONWEAL TH Part One
BRITISH
NORTH
AMERICA
Tuesday-Wednesday October 9, 10, 1956
Briti sh North America i. a lwa_v1, pop ul a;· and the r e i litt le do ubt that th e ma ny w ond erful it em s fro m thi s po rti on of th e Cas par y la ss ie ar e go ing t o r ece ive ver y cons id er ab le a tt enti on fr om ph ila t elist s throu g hout th e Wor ld. Ca na da w ill co mpri e th e fir st sess ion o ffer ed on Tuesday, O ctob er 9th . fncluclecl in th e 240 lo t s is a wond erful r epre se nt a ti on of th e im pe rf. iss ues " ·ith many u nused singl es an d pa ir s a nd uch out standin git em s as an unu eel marginal 12p and t h1·ee use d copies, a u se d block o f six of the 3p, horizontal stri!) :..if thr ee of t h e lOp, et c. In the Cents iss ues th er e are thr ee co pi es of th e 1859 10c hlac k br ow n use d on a piece. olumbia . New B run sw ick . Th e seco nd sess ion compri es B riti sh Newfo undl and . Nova Scotia an<l Prin ce Edwa r d I sland . In Briti sh Co lumbi a th ere is a co rn er copy of th e im perf. Sc u sed a nd a n int er es t ing gro up of co ver s. New Brun sw ick includ es so m e eight "One Shill ings ". Newfo undl and "Pence" a r e ext e nsive an d in clud e 1 h scarlet ve rmil ic n unu se d a nd u se d, strip of thr ee 2p on co ver. num ero us bisec ts a nd co ve r s. In th e "Oran ge" pe nce i . sue th er e ar e mint co rn ei· cop ies of t he 4p a nd 6p ! ova co ti a al, o ha s a page o f "O ne Sh illi ngs' ' i11clu cling tw o unu se d co p ie . An auct io n th a t Briti sh N orth Am e ri ca n co llec to 1·s wi ll a,n it " ·it h keen antic ipatio n.
UNITED
ST ATES GENERAL ISSUES
Part Two -
1861 to 1888
Monda y-Wednesda y, November
Th e cov er a ge of th e Au g ust 1 61 "Fir t Des ig n s" r e flec t s th e ext e nt of a ll th e issu es fr om 1861 to 1888. Th er e is unu ed l e, 3c Sc, 10c (2 ing le a nd bloc k of fo ur ) , 12c, 2-k ( tw o sing les), 30c (pair ), 90c (tw o singl es and imp erf . p a ir ); u sed 10c, fo ur copies o ff co ver, s ing le a nd pair on cove r sto ta l ca talog ue over $12,500. Th e 1861 " S econd D e ign s", 1861--66 and 1867 grill s a r e an o th er exc epti onal g roup . vVoncleriul multipl es , unu eel a nd u sed, beautiful co ver with mix ed fr a nkin gs, corner ca rd s, et c. Then th e pop ular 1869's. In cludin g b eautiful multipl es uch a 15c typ e I block o f six, ty pe II block of four , ix and tw en ty, 30c with out grill, b loc k s of fo ur a nd six, 90c,
19, 20, 21, 1956
bloc k s o f four a nd ix. In additi on, inv ert ed cent e r s o f th e 15c, 24c a nd 30c and a g r oup o f pr e! ty (and r are ) co ver s. Th e iss ue conclud e w ith t wo se t s of th e r e-i s ue. Th e Bank N ot e i sues are equ a lly stron g aga in with mult iples , cover s a nd a compl e te se t o f th e 1875 spec ial printin g o f th e 1873 i,s ue and th e 1875 2c and Sc. Ther e is also a se t of th e 1880 spec ial pr intin g o f th e 1879 iss ue includin g the sca rce 2c scarl e t vermili o n a nd Sc deep blu e. Th e 1882 spec ia l printing o f th e Garfi eld Sc is r epresent ed by a bloc k of fou1¡. A sing le catal ogu es $1,250. Th e 1883 specia l printin g o f the 4c is al so in a blo ck of four . An out standing
auction .
FIVE IMPORTANT
SALE 7:
ITALIAN STATES.
AUCTIONS
First Portion
issues. One extraordinary
of a wonderful
piece follows
another
group
in a galaxy
SALE 8: UNITED STATES CARRIERS AND LOCALS. and a great
SALE 9:
opportunity
to obtain
of the classic of gems.
The finest
many excessively
of its kind
rare or unique
item s.
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH, PART TWO. British West Indies.
Re -
plete
this
with attractive
items
popular
group . Many
two-day
auction.
from
the
fi n e multiples
many and
Colonies covers
that
make
up
will be found
in this
SALE 10: HAWAII AND CONFEDERATE STATES, GENERAL ISSUES. Hawaii cover
is extensive illustrated
and contains
Confederate
quality
is predominant
States
and
thr ee items
Colonies, that
of thi s brochure . The
will gladden
every
General
"Colonel's"
Issues
heart . Her e
.
SALE 11: EUROPE, PART ONE. France
some top rarities , such as the wonderful
in the color-plate
of the
The
This
group
will include
Romania , Sw itzerland
will have
the
Continent
th e two mint sheets of the Belgium
and talking
principally
Scandinavia. are
1849-50 issue Medallion
without
Belgium , Of
these ,
a doubt
Fram ed Wmk.
I 0c and 20c and the block of 80 of the 40c! There rarity .
will be very many
other
items of extreme
interest
and
undoubted
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12:
BRITISH
(on front
Africa
Europe,
are some 250 lots of Great Br itain ,
of this auction
Highlights
Paid " earlie st impres sion 1p block of fou r
M a ur itiu s "Post
the famous
British
THREE.
PART
COMMONWEALTH,
and Asia.
AUCTIONS
IMPORTANT
FIVE
T r iangulars , and
Cape
, some excellent
of this brochure)
ex-
ten sive Ceylon .
SALE
13:
EUROPE,
tions of German
and Italian
Italy,
Austrian
Austria,
TWO.
PART
will represent
portion s of the German piece s will be found
exceptional
1000 lots. Many
States
Italy
and Austrian
clo se to 200 lot s, Sp a in 150 lots and the second a nd Italian
and inter est -
This will be an extensive
States.
ing auct ion o f som e 1300 lots. Austria
por-
Spa in and second
in
thi s auct ion.
SALE 14:
LATIN AMERICA. gua y represent groups
more
15:
(in London)
half
this auction
of some
BRITISH
of important
by rea son of its particular th e London
P e ru.
FOUR.
Oceania.
This
section ,
interest to British collectors , will be sold through
Hous e of the H . R. Harmer
Th e mo st extensive
and
item s is includ ed .
PART
COMMONWEALTH,
1200 lot s. Other
and States
of import anc e are Brazil , Chile , Colombia
Th e u sual proportion
SALE
The group s of Argent ine , Buenos Aires and Uru than
but
is Victoria
the gr eate st intere st is New South
O rg ani zation , H. R. Harmer , Ltd. th e one
Wales
that
is certain
to creat e
with close to 150 lot s of th e
pop ular " Sydn ey Vi ews" .
SALE 16:
ASIA. Principaly
an important
and highly
speciali zed collection
thi s auction is sure to create great intere st to the philatelists
of Jap a n ,
collecting
As ia.
Auction Accurately for each
Catalogues de scribe d , profusely
auction . Illustrations
illustrated
auction
catalogues
wi ll be interspersed
in the
will be produced tex t , and
the
whole
will be on full art paper with special cover .
There
will be a charge of $ 1.00 (7 / 6d) for the catalogue
( ÂŁ 5.10) for the ser ies of 16 auctions . This the Caspary
charge
of ea ch auction
is refunded
or $ 15.0 0
to purcha se rs in
auctions.
Lists of Prices Publi shed about
Realized
IO days
after
each auction . Charge
75c
( 6/- ) each
or
$ 10.00
( ÂŁ 3 .15) the se ries of 16 auctions.
Bound
Volumes
Arrangements
will be made
index , etc . Full details
Exhibition In addition parts
binding
will be announced
the
Ca spary
towards
catalogues , complete
the conclusion
with
of the auctions .
of Lots
to exhibition
of the
for
United
will be included
at our Galleries , the auctions
State s, Canada
in the respective
and
overseas
will be exhibi ted in various as appropriate
catalogues , and advertised
. Information
in the philatelic
press .
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