Sale 1014 — Outstanding United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 12-14 October, 2011
Category — 24c-90c 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 120-122)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1309
24c Green & Violet (120). Unused (no gum), deep rich colors and detailed impressionsVERY FINE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.
With 2006 P.S.E. certificate
3,500
1,500
1310
24c Green & Violet (120). Part original gum, deep rich colors, few insignificantly toned perf tips of little consequence, Very Good, with 1999 P.S.E. certificate
9,000
650
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24c Green & Violet (120). Rich colors, wide margins, neat strike of quartered cork cancel, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2011 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85 Jumbo; SMQ $1,000.00 as 85, $1,500.00 as 90)
700
1,300
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Unused (no gum), pretty colors, well-balanced margins, a few soiled perf tips not mentioned on certificateVERY FINE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.
With 1990 P.F. certificate
2,500
1,300
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Unused (regummed), attractive margins, some perf holes manipulated to disguise stiffening of perfs from regumming, Fine
2,500
475
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Beautiful deep rich colors and proof-like impression on bright white paper, well-centered with extraordinary wide margins, bold rosette cancel, tiny natural fiber inclusion in margin, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1995 P.F. certificate
525
650
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Brilliant colors on bright paper, bold strike of U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai, China segmented cork cancel, unusually wide margins, Extremely Fine Gem, a superb stamp in every respect, with 2004 P.F. certificate
525
650
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90c Carmine & Black (122). Unused (regummed), Fine and attractive, a difficult issue to find in sound unused condition
4,750
1,600
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90c Carmine & Black (122). Wide margins and nicely centered, bright frame color, light segmented cork cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 1982 P.F. certificate
2,250
2,100
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90c Carmine & Black (122). Rich colors, neat strike of black town circular datestamp, Fine, scarce with a black town cancel (Scott Catalogue assigns a $1,500.00 premium), signed in pencil "SA" (Spencer Anderson)
3,750
3,250
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90c Carmine & Black (122). Balanced margins and perfect centering, somewhat zealously-applied cork cancel and minor internal crease, otherwise Extremely Fine
2,250
475
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90c Carmine & Black (122). Bright colors, cork cancel, also with ms. cancel at center, accompanying certificate notes whitened (probably to lighten the pen cancel), reperfed at left, Very Fine appearance, with 1988 A.P.S. certificate
2,250
500
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90c Carmine & Black (122). Extraordinary downward vignette shift leaving the background lines of frame showing inside oval, the vignette actually extends beyond the bottom part of the frame, neat strike of cork cancel, small filled thin, Fine appearance, considering the method of bi-colored printing, it is surprising that misaligned colors on the 1869 high values are so scarce
2,250
0
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