Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011
Category — 1c-6c 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 112-115)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
483
1c Buff, 2c Brown (112-113). 1c centered to top, green circle of V's cancel, couple tiny edge thins, Fine appearance, 2c fresh color on bright white paper, ample to wide margins, light but clear strike of green radial cancel, tiny corner crease at bottom left, otherwise Very Fine, green cancels on attractive examples of any 1869 value other than the 3c are rare
1,555
0
484
2c Brown (113). Original gum, lightly hinged, attractively centered and lovely warm shade, Very Fine and choice, with 2004 P.F. certificate
650
425
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2c Brown (113). Large part original gum, fresh color on bright paper, choice centering, Extremely Fine, with 2011 P.S.E. certificate (POG XF 90; SMQ $1,400.00)
650
375
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2c Brown (113). Unused, traces of original gum, wildly misperfed causing a capture of "National Bank Not(e)" portion of imprint at bottom, the perfs nearly clear of the bottom frame of the imprint, the misperfing also caused a vertically split grill, which shows thru slightly at right, pulled perf at upper right, dramatic appearance
E. 400-500
325
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2c Brown (113). Horizontal strip of four, original gum, lightly hinged, rich color, fresh and Fine, Scott Retail as two pairs
2,800
375
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2c Brown (113). Mint N.H. block of four, typical darker bands of gum on top pair, rich color, Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail for hinged block
3,750
850
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2c Brown (113). Block of four, two stamps Mint N.H., others not hinged but tiny disturbance knocks them out of N.H. category, rich color, Fine, Scott Retail as hinged block
3,750
325
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2c Brown (113). Wide margins incl. straddle-pane margin and guide arrow at right, trace of stamp from right pane, bold strike of cork cancel, Extremely Fine, a huge and striking stamp, with 1995 P.F. certificate
95
140
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2c Brown, Colored Cancels (113). Seven stamps, three with blue targets, one with blue cancel and trace of red circular datestamp, one with red grid, one with double strike of red circular datestamp, last with large purple grid, few small flaws but chosen for their attractive appearance, Fine-Very Fine appearance, one with 2006 P.F. certificate
875
225
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3c Ultramarine (114). Unused (no gum), brilliant color, choice centering with wide balanced margins, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2003 P.F. certificate
90
300
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FC
3c Ultramarine (114). Cancelled by bold strike of Kittrell N.C. "Shoe Fly" fancy cancel depicting a shoe and a fly, Very Fine strike of this marvelous fancy cancel, the children's song of the same name was written by Thomas Brigham Bishop (who also wrote "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and other famous patriotic songs), the words were later changed to "I belong to somebody" from "I belong to Company G", a reference to a black detachment commanded by Bishop
E. 750-1,000
0
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3c Ultramarine (114). Two singles, first nicely centered, single short perf, bold green target cancel, Very Fine appearance, with 2006 P.F. certificate, second centered to top, bold green cork cancel, Fine
836
300
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3c Ultramarine, Better Cancels (114). Small study of better cancels, 21 stamps, variety of designs incl. leafs, stars, red seven point star, letter "M", railroad, "Paid", boxed Hamburg transit, red "4" in circle, shield, two which appear to be a pumpkin face and perhaps a beer mug (not the Suffield Ct. mug), strip of four with N.Y. registered handstamps, some flaws to be expected but overall a nice group of strikes, culled from a much larger 3c cancellation study
E. 500-750
650
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3c Ultramarine (114). Four singles, each wildly misperfed creating four distinct varieties, first with full "No. 10" at top, second with part imprint at top with perfs well clear of top of imprint frame, perforated thru "3" at bottom and s.e. capturing the rest of the design at bottom, third perforated far in on two sides creating a two-thirds stamp, last a "movie film" single with two-thirds of bottom part of design at top and one-third of top part of design at bottom, couple inconsequential flaws, a striking group which would be a nice addition to an exhibit, far more desirable than the typical "merely cut in" 3c misperfs
E. 300-400
190
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3c Ultramarine, Without Grill (114a). Original gum, rich color, natural gum bend and diagonal crease at top leftFINE APPEARING AND VERY RARE 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE VARIETY. A KEY ITEM FOR THE SPECIALIST COLLECTOR OF THIS POPULAR SERIES.
We have only offered fifteen other unused examples in our computerized records, which includes all of our Rarities sales plus 16 years of auctions.
With 1968 and 2009 P.F. certificates
10,000
1,400
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6c Ultramarine (115). Disturbed original gum, deep rich color and beautifully balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE 6-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITH ORIGINAL GUM.
With 2011 P.S.E. certificate (DOG XF 90; SMQ $6,500.00). Only four have graded higher to date and only three others shares this grade.
2,750
2,300
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6c Ultramarine (115). Huge margins, particularly wide at sides, fresh color, bold circle of wedges cancel, Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate
240
170
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6c Ultramarine (115). Well-centered, black Star and bit of red transit cancels, Very Fine, with 2006 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail with no premium for the cancels
240
150
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6c Ultramarine (115). Vivid color, perfs in at bottom, cancelled by perfect strike of blue Star fancy cancel, Very Fine strike and scarce on the 6c 1869 Issue, with 2011 P.S.E. certificate
265
325
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6c Ultramarine (115). Fine centering, unusually clear readable "HIOGO JAPAN" double-circle cancel, additional purple marking at right, single added perf at bottom and tiny perf tear, very scarce use, with 2007 P.F. certificate
1,740
325
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