Sale 975 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 23-25 June, 2009
Category — 1870-71 National Bank Note Co. Grilled Issue (Scott 134-144)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1386
1c Ultramarine, Grill (134). H. Grill, bright color, clear grill points, circle of V's cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.F. certificate
200
400
1387
2c Red Brown, Grill (135). I. Grill, original gum, clearly-defined grill, nicely centered with fresh color, Very Fine and scarce example of this desirable grill, this and the next lot are only the third and fourth unused examples of the 2c with an I Grill that we have offered since we started keeping track of the different National grill types approximately six years ago, with 1992 P.F. certificate
1,250
600
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2c Red Brown, Grill (135). I. Grill, original gum, attractively centered with lovely pastel color, Very Fine, this and the previous lot are only the third and fourth unused examples of the 2c with an I Grill that we have offered since we started keeping track of the different National grill types approximately six years ago, with 2009 P.F. certificate
1,250
800
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2c Red Brown, Grill (135). H. Grill, wide margins, almost perfect centering, quartered cork cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1989 and 2001 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $470.00)
80
325
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2c Red Brown, Grill (135). H. Grill, radiant color, bold strike of Hollow Star fancy cancel, Very Fine and choice
80
100
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6c Carmine, Grill (137). H. Grill, clear grill points, bright color and almost perfect centering, target cancel and double-circle datestamps, Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $1,100.00)
525
650
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7c Vermilion, Grill (138). H. Grill, original gum, clearly-defined grill, brilliant color, wide margins, fresh and Fine, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate (OGh, Fine 70; SMQ $2,000.00)
5,000
1,500
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7c Vermilion, Grill (138). H. Grill, strong grill points, rich color, choice margins and centering, neat strike of New York Foreign Mail cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $960.00), certificates do not specify the type of grill
525
750
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15c Orange, Grill (141). H. Grill, attractively centered, cancel removed (color bit washed out), reperfed at top and minor facial adherences, otherwise Very Fine, with 2001 P.S.E. certificate
1,400
325
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90c Carmine, Grill (144). H. Grill, intense color and impression, bold cancel, reperfed at bottom, Very Fine appearance, with clean 1985 and 1999 P.F. certificates and 2008 P.S.E. certificate mentioning the reperfing
2,500
600
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