Sale 997 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 26-29 October, 2010
Category — 1867-68 Grilled Issue (F Grill - Scott 92-101)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5394
1c Blue, F. Grill (92). Beautifully centered, bright color, blue circle of wedges cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1988 P.F. certificate
595
850
5395
2c Black, F. Grill (93). Original gum, lightly hinged, clearly-defined grill, choice centering with wide margins, marvelous dark shade and detailed impressionEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 2-CENT F GRILL. SCARCE IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION.
Ex Hoffman. With 1990 and 2005 P.F. certificates
500
1,200
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2c Black, F. Grill (93). Original gum, lightly hinged, wide and balanced margins, Extremely Fine, the 2c Black Jack Grilled Issue is difficult to locate with full original gum and choice centering
500
650
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5c Brown, F. Grill (95). Gorgeous centering, rich color and barely cancelled, light pressed vertical crease at right edge, otherwise Extremely Fine
1,000
275
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5c Brown, F. Grill (95). Rich color, exceptionally well-centered, cork cancel and part of red boxed foreign transit, Very Fine and choice, with 1990 P.F. certificate
1,000
0
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10c Yellow Green, F. Grill, Thin Paper (96 var). Uncharacteristically wide margins and nicely centered, rich color, red cork cancel and bit of red transit, Very Fine, with 2007 P.F. certificate
360
450
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12c Black, F. Grill (97). Unused (no gum), extra wide margins all around, characteristic burnishing marks at sides which is always the case with this stamp, diagonal crease at bottom, Extremely Fine Gem appearance, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate
1,200
450
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12c Black, F. Grill (97). Unusually choice centering with wide margins, crisp impression, long and full perforations, unobtrusive cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $2,450.00), only four have graded higher to date
325
1,000
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12c Black, F. Grill (97). Wide margins and wonderfully centered, neat large circle of wedges cancel, clear impression, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $2,450.00), only four have graded higher to date
300
0
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12c Black, F. Grill (97). Unusually choice centering with wide and balanced margins, intense shade and proof-like impression, neat strike of circle of wedges cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1993 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $2,450.00), only four have graded higher to date
325
0
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15c Black, F. Grill (98). Unused (no gum), uncharacteristically well-centered, strong shade and impression, Extremely Fine, with 1998 P.F. certificate
1,700
1,000
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15c Black, F. Grill (98). Choice centering with well-proportioned margins, bright shade beautifully complemented by red cork cancel, Extremely Fine, a spectacular 15c Lincoln F Grill cancelled in red, with 2003 and 2009 P.F. certificates
525
800
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15c Black, F. Grill (98). Unusually well-centered, red cork and light matching circular datestamp cancels, Extremely Fine, scarce and quite attractively cancelled in red, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate
550
750
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24c Gray Lilac, F. Grill (99). Selvage at top, original gum, lightly hinged, clearly-defined grill, sharp proof-like impression, tiny tear at top of selvage not mentioned on accompanying certificate (easily trimmed)FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 24-CENT F GRILL.
Ex Hansen. With 1988 and 2004 P.F. certificates.
9,000
1,600
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30c Orange, F. Grill (100). Huge straddle-pane margin at right, bright color and circle of wedges cancel, Very Fine, this stamp is notorious for small margins, especially at the sides as per note in Scott Catalogue, one of the widest-margined examples we have encountered, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate
1,000
450
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30c Orange, F. Grill (100). Remarkably well-centered for this tight-margined issue, bright color, large purple diagonal bars cancel of Philadelphia Foreign Mail office, single perf added top left and light vertical pre-print paper fold at right, otherwise Very Fine and choice, Scott Retail as normal used with no premium added for the very scarce unlisted purple cancel
1,000
250
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90c Blue, F. Grill (101). Perfectly centered with wide margins, beautiful shade and impression, red cork cancel, much better formed perfs than typically encounteredEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SPECTACULAR USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 90-CENT F GRILL, COMBINING FLAWLESS CENTERING, PERFORATIONS, COLOR AND A PREMIUM CANCEL.
The 90c stamps used to make grilled issues were printed on a thick stock of paper. It is likely that sheets remaining from the pre-grill period were used and that the thinner paper introduced in 1868 had not been used for the 90c value. Two characteristics of 90c F Grill stamps are poorly punched perforations and generally bad centering. This stamp is a remarkable exception. The perfs are much better formed than usual (although they show the genuine characteristics) and the centering is precise. In this stamp there is also the added feature of a striking red cancel.
With 1969 P.F. certificate
2,650
13,500
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90c Blue, F. Grill (101). Outstanding margins and centering with the typical rough cut perfs as normally seen, rich color, bold circle of wedges cancel, trivial top right corner perf crease, otherwise Extremely Fine
2,400
550
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