Alfred H. Caspary Collection Prospectus

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

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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.

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11-'.l.'u . ca n .v 2 oldi unu sed strip or t hr ee. 12-Ca pe of Good Hop e " ' Voodb l ock" lp block o ( fo ur , J:l-Ca nada 12p minl , marginal co py , 14-S witz erl a nd C anlonal i ss u e of G en eva, so ~all ed "V a ud" 5c, b l ock s o f four a nd t hr ee on co v e r. 15-Saxony 3pf. co rn er blo ck of six in d ee p shad e. 16- Ha\\ ·a ii an I sla nd s '''.Vli s. i ona r y " i ss u e, th e rarP 2c u sed wi lh 5c on co v er .

17- Au s l ri a N c w spap r slam p (G'kr ) y ell ow, u se d blo c k of lw elv e. 1 - Arg e ntin e, B u eno s Ah' e8 l p , t e 1e -h eC'h e pai r . 19-Romania, M.o ld av ia 27pn, sup erb on cove r .

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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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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