Sale 1175 — The George "Buddy" Byers Collection of United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday, 8 March, 2018
Category — 1918-20 Offset Printing Issues (Scott 525-536)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
729
2c Carmine, Ty. IV (526). Mint N.H. top plate no. 10826 block of six with extra wide selvage, brilliant color, Very Fine and choice, a premium quality top plate block, with 2012 P.S.E. certificate
450
275
730
2c Carmine, Ty. V (527). Top plate no. 11203 block of six with extra wide selvage showing a second plate no. 11203 at top, h.r. bottom center stamp and in selvage where perf separations are reinforced, Fine, an outstanding variety for the Washington-Franklin specialist, some of the offset issues, including Scott 527, were printed in sheets of 800 or 1,600 subjects, when the sheets were cut apart into panes of 100 a miscut could result in one pane robbing the plate no. from the adjacent pane, as occurred here, these miscuts were not frequent as this is a seldom seen variety
E. 500-750
250
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2c Carmine Rose, Ty. IV, Imperforate (532). Mint N.H. bottom plate no. 10918 block of six, large even margins other sides, fresh and bright, Extremely Fine Gem plate block
625
300
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2c Carmine, Ty. V, Imperforate (533). Mint N.H. left plate no. 11260 block of six, large even margins other sides including traces of four adjoining stamps, fresh color, light natural gum bend, Extremely Fine, with 1996 P.F. certificate
1,800
750
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2c Carmine, Ty. V, Imperforate (533). Bottom plate no. 11260 block of six, bottom stamps and top left Mint N.H., other two lightly hinged, huge margins including parts of eight adjoining stamps, Extremely Fine, ex Hall, this may yield at least one NH 100J single and possibly two, with copy of 1982 P.F. certificate
1,100
550
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2c Carmine, Ty. Va, Imperforate (534). Four plate no. 11433 blocks of six from each of the four collectible positions, three with just a single hinge mark, large to ample margins, Very Fine set
520
170
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2c Carmine, Ty. VI, Imperforate (534A). Top and bottom plate no. 11667 blocks of six, top with wide selvage, ample to large margins, natural gum bends, Very Fine
800
225
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1c Gray Green (536). Mint N.H. wide top plate no. 10052 block of six, pretty pastel color, natural gum bends, Fine-Very Fine
400
120
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