#756-765 1935 National Parks, Vertical Pairs, Complete Set, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged
A beautiful complete set.
The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 - Day 2
By: Americana Stamps
Americana Stamps The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 - Day 2
We are honored to present The Philatelic Icons Sale, the largest and most significant auction Americana Stamps has ever offered.
America's history lives in the letters that crossed goldfields and battle lines, in express covers that linked frontier towns to the outside world, and in the stamps that mark how a young country built its postal system from scratch. This sale brings together more than 1,500 lots that trace that story, including philatelic icons seldom offered to the public.
This auction is a natural fit for 2026, the 250th year of the United States, and for the Boston 2026 World Expo (May 23 to 30, Booth 141), the once-per-decade international exhibition where we are proud to open the sale. More than 750 lots are accompanied by Philatelic Foundation certifications, the largest concentration of certified material we have ever offered in a single sale.
As always, the sale is designed to serve both the collector and the researcher. Whenever available, you can expect:
✔ High-resolution imagery of all aspects of the item
✔ Links to reference articles and supporting research
✔ Links to philatelic certifications
✔ Census data and population insights
✔ Provenance details to trace notable histories
Whether you are pursuing a long-sought rarity or simply enjoy the chance to study material of this caliber, we invite you to explore the Philatelic Icons Sale and join us in Boston for our largest in-person preview to date.
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Lot #5099 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
Lot #5100 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#756-765 1935 National Parks, Horizontal Pairs, Complete Set, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged
A beautiful complete set.
Lot #5101 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#832 $1 Presidential, Plate Number Block of Four, Unused, Original Gum
Plate numbers 24494-24478.
Disturbed gum.
Lot #5102 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#832 $1 Presidential, Plate Number Block of Four, Unused
Plate numbers 24494-24499.
Disturbed gum.
Lot #5103 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#832 $1 Presidential, Plate Number Block of Four, Unused, Never Hinged
Plate numbers 24496-24478
Lot #5104 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#833 $2 Presidential, Plate Block of Four, Unused
Numbers 23480 and 23477.
Disturbed gum.
Lot #5105 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#834 1938 $5 Carmine and Black, Coolidge Presidential Prexie, Centerline Block of 4, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged
Lot #5106 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#834 1938 $5 Carmine and Black, Coolidge Presidential Prexie, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged PSE Graded Superb 98
Post office fresh with vivid color. A Superb, a top-line Prexie, only eleven stamps grade higher in PSE's Population Report.
Lot #5107 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#933 1946 5c Bright Blue, Roosevelt And The Four Freedoms, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged PF Graded Superb Gem 100
SMQ $185
Lot #5108 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#1010, 3c Bright Blue, Lafayette, Unused, Never Hinged, Original Gum PF Graded Superb Gem 100 - The Highest Grade Awarded
An Extremely Fine Gem with mathematically perfect centering.
Lot #5109 - u.s. stamps U.S. 20th Century
#1053 1956 $5 Hamilton, Liberty Issue, Plate Block of Four, Never Hinged
Plate Number 25367
Lot #5110 - u.s. stamps Errors, Freaks, and Oddities
#703b 2c Yorktown, Dark Lake & Black Color, Full Pane of 50 with Plate Numbers, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged Scarce as a Full Pane
Plate numbers (F) 20666-20648. Positions 21-30 are hinged, the remaining positions not hinged. Top left corner with some perforation separations. Thins.
Lot #5111 - u.s. stamps Errors, Freaks, and Oddities
#1610c 1979 $1 Lamp, Engraved Brown Inverted, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged PF Graded Very Fine - Extremely Fine 85, A Beautiful Example of the Popular "C.I.A" Invert
A Very Fine to Extremely Fine example of the popular "C.I.A" Invert. There are only 10 examples in the PSE Population Report of a grade 85 or higher. The lot includes the regular #1610 issue for reference.The CIA Invert was discovered in November 1986 when a CIA...
Lot #5112 - u.s. stamps Errors, Freaks, and Oddities
#1789B 1979 15c Multicolor, John Paul Jones, Perforation 12, Top Left Plate Number Block of 10, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged Exceptionally Well-Centered with Bright Colors
This is truly a Philatelic Icon. It is believed that there are probably fewer than 8 plate blocks in existence.
Top left plate block of 10 (plate numbers A0001–A0005), original gum, never hinged. Exceptionally well centered with bright, fresh colors....
Lot #5113 - u.s. stamps Sanity Fair
Sanitary Fair, Bazaar Post Office, Albany, New York, WV1, 10c Rose, Unused, No Gum
Lot #5114 - u.s. stamps Sanity Fair
Sanitary Fair, Bazaar Post Office, Albany, New York, WV2, 10c Black, Unused, No Gum
Thins with some soiling. Otherwise, a very attractive example.
Lot #5115 - u.s. stamps Sanity Fair
Sanitary Fair, National Sailor's Fair, Boston, Massachusetts, WV3, 10c Green, Unused, No Gum
Wonderfully fresh and choice example of this scarce Boston sanitary fair stamp, with small thinning at bottom. This was the first ever die cut issue ever produced. There are only approximately 50 examples of this stamp in existence.
Lot #5116 - u.s. stamps Sanity Fair
Sanitary Fair, Brooklyn, New York, WV4, 1864 15c Green, Used with Manuscript "X"
Lot #5117 - u.s. stamps Sanity Fair
Sanitary Fair, Bazaar Post Office, New York, New York, WV8, 10c Blue, Unused
Crisp and bright color.
Lot #5118 - u.s. stamps Sanity Fair
Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10c to 30c Complete Set, WV11-13
Three Sanitary Fair stamps: WV11, WV12, and WV13.
Lot #5119 - u.s. stamps Sanity Fair
Sanitary Fair, Soldier's Fair, Springfield, Massachusetts., WV14, 10c Lilac, Unused, No Gum
A Fine to Very Fine example of this scarce Sanity Fair.
Lot #5120 - u.s. stamps POSTAGE CURRENCY
Postage Currency, #PC5 1862 5c Brown, and #PC7 1862 25c, Imperforated Edges, Group of 2
25-cent and 50-cent fractional postage currency notes.
PC5 SCV $95
PC7 SCV $165
Lot #5121 - u.s. stamps POSTAGE CURRENCY
Postage Currency, #PC8 1862 50c Washington and #PC10 10c Washington
Two 50-cent fractional postage currency notes.
PC8 SCV $190
PC10 SCV $300
Lot #5122 - u.s. stamps airmail
#C1 1918 6c Orange, Airmail, Unused, Original Gum, Never Hinged PSE Graded XF-Sup 95
Crisp appearance with precise margin balance. Extremely Fine to Superb.
SMQ XF-SUP 95; $360.
Lot #5123 - u.s. stamps airmail
#C3 1918 24c Curtiss Jenny, Carmine Rose & Blue Airmail, Unused Block of Four, Original Gum
Original gum, previously hinged with toning.


