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Robert Siegel Galleries: United States Postal History, including Civil War and Encased Postage

Auction Reports

Auction Name United States Postal History, including Civil War and Encased Postage Total Sales (USD) 1,600,156.70
Auction Date March 26, 2026 - March 26, 2026 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 809,100.00
Sale Number #1373 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,133,550.00
Total Lots 901
Sold Lots 853.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 848,300.00
% of Lots Sold 94.67% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,188,550.00
Unsold Lots 48 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 134.63%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3871

Massive Stampless Cover Balance of the "Penguin" Collection.

N/A USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 64,900.00
3333

New Orleans La., 5c Red (62X6).

N/A USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 38,350.00
3365

Uniontown, Alabama, 2c Dark Blue on White (86X2).

N/A USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 38,350.00
3347

Spartanburg S.C., 5c Black (78X1).

N/A USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 29,500.00
3354

Tellico Plains, Tennessee, 5c Red (81X1).

N/A USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 28,320.00
3036

1c Blue (63).

N/A USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 25,960.00
3702

Transoceanic Mails.

N/A USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 25,960.00
3234

Danville Va., 5c Red on Wove (21X1).

N/A USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 24,780.00
3055

3c Rose (65).

N/A USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 23,600.00
3601

Natchez Miss., Cover Collection, 1801-1860.

N/A USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 22,420.00
3187

Athens, Ga. 5c Red, Ty. II (5X2).

N/A USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,290.00
3008

U.S. Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) Collection.

N/A USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,700.00
3859

3c 1851-61 Issues with Unusual Cancels.

N/A USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 17,700.00
3587

Lord & Taylor, New York, 30c Orange (EP127).

N/A Not Available USD 16,520.00
3318

Nashville Tenn., 5c Violet Brown, Vertical Tete-Beche Pair (61X5a).

N/A USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,930.00
3310

Nashville Tenn., 5c Dark Carmine (61X2).

N/A USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,340.00
3150

10c Blue, Die B (12).

N/A USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 13,570.00
3249

Jonesboro Tenn., 5c Dark Blue entire (45XU2).

N/A USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,980.00
3860

3c 1851-57 Issues Paid and Numeral Cancels.

N/A USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 USD 12,980.00
3463

20c Green, Diagonal Half Used as 10c (13d).

N/A USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,390.00
3865

1861-68 Issues Cover Collection.

N/A USD 4,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,210.00
3119

Wells, Fargo & Co. Paid.

N/A USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,620.00
3200

Baton Rouge La., 5c Green & Carmine, Maltese Cross Border (11X2).

N/A USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,620.00
3269

Macon Ga., 5c Black on Light Blue Green Wove (53X1).

N/A USD 7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,620.00
3890

20th Century Covers, Massive Accumulation.

N/A USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,620.00
  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.