Sale 992 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 24-25 June, 2010
Category — 1861-66 Issue (Scott 56-72)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2112
3c Deep Pink, First Design (56). Original gum, vivid color and nicely centered, fresh and Very Fine
475
150
2113
10c Dark Green, First Design (62B). Intense "August" color, neat target cancel, reperfed at bottom, Fine appearance, with 2010 P.F. certificate
1,600
325
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3c Pigeon Blood Pink (64a). Beautiful rich color with strong bluish cast, which is characteristic of the true Pigeon Blood Pink, almost perfect centering with wide and well-proportioned margins all around, crisp impression, well-struck New York town datestamp, single shorter perf at top right mentioned only on most recent certificateEXTREMELY FINE. A GORGEOUS EXAMPLE OF THE PIGEON BLOOD PINK STAMP IN ALL ASPECTS OF CENTERING, COLOR, IMPRESSION AND CANCELLATION.
With 2001 P.F. and 2009 P.S.E. certificates (VF-XF-85; SMQ $5,500.00)
4,000
3,250
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3c Rose (65). Extra wide and perfectly balanced margins create a "picture frame" around the design, lovely color and impression, topped off with a struck-on-the-nose blue target cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, although 3c 1861's are dirt common, one would have to sift thru thousands to find the peer of this 100-point Gem, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100; unpriced in SMQ in this grade)
4
3,750
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3c Lake (66). Slightly disturbed original gum, wide natural s.e. at right, rich color, Fine, one of the last straight-edge copies extant
2,000
425
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5c Brown Yellow (67a). Choice centering with well-balanced margins, rich color, blue Baltimore circular datestamp, single nibbed perf at bottom not mentioned on accompanying certificates, tiny perf nick at top right mentioned on only the most recent certificate, Extremely Fine appearance, with 1977 and 2009 P.F. certificates
1,320
475
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5c Brown Yellow (67a). Bright color with attractive blue "Cincinnati O Nov. 19" double-circle datestamp, Fine, with 2007 P.F. certificate
1,300
425
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10c Deep Blue Green (68). Disturbed original gum, Jumbo margins and essentially perfectly centered, strong color, Extremely Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate
1,200
800
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10c Yellow Green (68, 96). Five with Japanese "X" chop cancels, four No. 68's with tall and narrow "X", No. 96 with broken "X", minor faults, great strikes, very scarce
1,540
0
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10c 1861-70 Issues (68, 96, 150). One of each stamp, first with Japanese "X" Chop, second "Hiogo Japan" double-circle datestamp, last Shanghai segmented cork, first two with small faults, Very Good-Fine appearance, a scarce group of these popular cancels
E. 300-400
0
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24c Brown Lilac (70a). Pretty shade on post-office fresh paper, bold strike of grid cancel, well-proportioned margins, fresh and Extremely Fine, ex Sheriff, with 2009 P.F. certificate
300
225
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24c Violet, Thin Paper (70c). Remarkably well-centered, light red cancel and ms. pen strokes, a bit of toning removed from top left corner, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail as handstamp cancel without the pen cancel
2,200
700
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30c Orange (71). Five singles, scarce cancels, incl. red New York Paid 12, three different Shields and patent "scarifier", generally Fine, the Shield cancels are particularly scarce on this 1861-66 Issue value
E. 300-400
275
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