Name Collections & Auctions

The following is a short list of important 1869 collections that have been sold over the last 60 years. In some cases, the auction catalogue or holding will include other issues as well.

• Congressman Ernest R. Ackerman Collection, Harmer, Rooke and Company, May 28, 1950; May 3, 1951.
• J. David Baker Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, April 1978.
• Stephen Brown Collection, Harmer, Rooke and Company, October 30-November 4, 1939.
• David Carnahan Collection, Richard Frajola Auction Galleries, Danbury, Connecticut, March 31, 1984.
• Alfred Caspary Collection, H. R. Harmer, Inc., New York, New York, November 19-21, 1956.
• William H. Crocker, Harmer, Rooke and Company, May 3-5, 1923, and November 23-25, 1938; J. C. Morgenthau and Company, New York, New York, May 15-17, 1923; Kelton and Sloan, June 22-23, 1923.
• The Port Chester Find of Davis Covers, Harmer, Rooke and Company, New York, New York, May 9-12, 1961; March 14-16, 1962; April 28-30, 1965.
• John DuPont Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, September 6-7, 1984.
• Amos Eno Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, July 1979.
• Falk Finkelburg Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, September 29, 1999.
• Jeffrey Forster Collection, Richard Wolffers, Inc., San Francisco, CA, April 24, 1991.
• Henry C. Gibson Collection, Philip H. Ward, Jr., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 14-15, 1944.
• Louis Grunin Collection of Off Cover 1869’s, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale No. 469, New York, New York.
• Louis Grunin Collection of 1869’s On Cover, Sotheby Parke Bernet, October 1979.
• Marc Haas Collection of 1869’s Off Cover, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, October 10-11, 1972.
• Marc Haas Collection of 1869’s On Cover, Stanley Gibbons, London, Great Britain, May 1980; Stanley Gibbons, New York, April 15, 1981; Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, April 22, 1981 and March 15, 1983.
• Patrick Henry Collection, Robert Kaufmann, Washington, D.C., December 1989.
• Sidney Hessel collection, H. R. Harmer, Inc., New York, New York, October 21-23, 1975; June 8-10, 1976; November 3-5, 1976; October 21, 1977.
• Arthur Hind Collection, Charles J. Phillips and William C. Kennett, New York, New York, November 20-24, 1933.
• Henry Houser Collection, Christie’s, New York, New York, December 13, 1990.
• Cy Horowitz Collection, Richard Wolffers, Inc., San Francisco, CA, December 1975.
• Walter Hubbard Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, November 30, 1981.
• Ryohei Ishikawa Collection, Christie’s, New York, New York, September 28-29, 1993.
• Ryohei Ishikawa Collection of Offices in Japan, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, New York, July 7, 1981.
• Morton Dean Joyce/Clarence Brazer Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, June 27-29, 1990.
• John Juhring Collection, Sotheby Parke Bernet Stamp Auction Company, Inc., New York, New York, June 14, 1978; October 16, 1978; October 24-25, 1978; Stanley Gibbons Merkur Auction Galleries, Frankfurt, Germany, June 1978-October 1978.
• Walter C. Klein Collection, Christie’s, New York, New York, Part 2, September 27, 1988.
• Edward Knapp Collection, Sotheby Parke Bermet Stamp Auction Company, Inc., Volumes I-III, 1940-1945.
• Emerson Krug Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, May 21 and 22, 1958.
• Edward Kuphal Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, December 1999.
• Lafayette Collection, Matthew Bennett Auction Galleries, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, May 2, 2003.
• Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, February 1967-September 1968.
• Fred W. Lopez Collection, Parts 1 & 2, Jacques Schiff, Jr., Inc., New York City, New York, December 1, 1989 & December 8, 1990.
• The Manila Find, H. R. Harmer, Inc., New York, New York, March 9, 1994.
• Katherine Mathies Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, January 11, 1977 and May 20-21, 1969
• William Moody III Collection, H. R. Harmer, Inc., New York, New York, November 6-8, 1950.
• Saul Newbury Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, 1961-1963.
• F. W. Picard Collection of 1869 Lincoln 904, Eugene Klein, Buffalo, New York, August 14, 1940.
• Jonathan Rose Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, September 1997.
• Fred Schmid Collection, Roger Koerber Auction Galleries, Southfield, Michigan, September 13-14, 1974.
• Melvin W. Schuh Collection, Jacques Schiff, Jr., Inc., Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, December 5-6, 1965.
• Ferrars H. Tows Collection, Carl Pelander, New York, Parts 1-6, 1948-1950.
• Rudolph Wunderlich Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, April 4-6, 1972.
• Margaret Wunsch Collection, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, New York, New York, May 12, 1978.