Robert Siegel Galleries: The Ambassador J. William Middendorf II Collection of Carriers and Locals, 1361, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 01, 2025 - October 01, 2025

Page Size: 79 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Book Title	Estimate	Actual Price
555	U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Light Blue Unsurfaced (6LB3).	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 531.00
557	U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Green Glazed (6LB5).	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,062.00
558	U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Blue Green Glazed (6LB5).	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,298.00
564	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed, "CC" at Sides, "Big Pupil" variety (40L4 var).	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,003.00
565	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green Glazed, Hand-Etched Sideways "C" at Left (40L4b).	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 383.50
569	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, "CC" at Sides (40L5).	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 3,835.00
570	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, "CC" at Sides (40L5).	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 767.00
571	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, Hand-Etched Sideways "C" at Left (40L5b).	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,006.00
573	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, "CC" at Sides, Manuscript "C" Control Mark (40L5c).	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,003.00
574	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Grayish, "CC" at Sides, Manuscript "C" Control Mark (40L5c).	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,298.00
579	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Vermilion Glazed, "CC" at Sides (40L6).	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 708.00
580	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Vermilion Glazed, "CC" at Sides (40L6).	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 708.00
582	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Vermilion Glazed, Hand-Etched Sideways "C" at Left (40L6b).	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,124.00
584	(Cole's) Post Office City Despatch, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Yellowish Buff Glazed (40L8).	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,062.00
585	U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black on Rose, "S" (7LB2).	USD 750.00 - 1,000.00	USD 708.00
586	U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black on Yellow Glazed (7LB9).	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 590.00
588	U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black (7LB13).	USD 400.00 - 500.00	USD 1,770.00
591	U.S.P.O., Philadelphia Pa., 1c Black (7LB18).	USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	USD 8,850.00
598	Adams' City Express Post, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Gray (2L4).	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 6,490.00
600	Baker's City Express Post, Cincinnati O., 2c Black on Pink (6L1).	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 3,540.00
603	Barr's Penny Dispatch, Lancaster Pa., (unstated value) Black on Green (8L2).	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 1,062.00
604	Barr's Penny Dispatch, Lancaster Pa., (unstated value) Black on Green (8L2).	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 324.50
605	Berford & Co.'s Express, New York N.Y., 6c Green (11L2).	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 7,670.00
608	Philadelphia Despatch Post, Philadelphia Pa., (3c) Black on Grayish, "R & Co." Initials (15L3).	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 708.00
609	Philadelphia Despatch Post, Philadelphia Pa., (3c) Black on Grayish, "R & Co." Initials (15L3).	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,003.00

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

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Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.