Sale 1192 — United States Stamps including Confederate States and Hawaii
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 14-16 November, 2018
Category — 1908-10 Washington-Franklin Issues (Scott 331-356)
2c Carmine, Foreign Entry of 1c Design (332 var). Deep rich color, bold strike of duplex cancel, tiny corner perf crease at bottom left, Fine appearance, scarce, only one position -- the fourth position under the plate no. on the upper left pane of Plate 5299 -- yields this interesting variety, it is believed to have been created when a 1c transfer roll was erroneously used to enter this position on the 2c plate, when it was discovered prior to printing, the design was burnished away and corrected with a 2c entry, some elements of the 1c design remained and are identifiable, with 2011 P.F. certificate
15c Pale Ultramarine (340). Mint N.H., brilliant color, long and full perforations, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $375.00)
$1.00 Violet Brown (342). Bottom imprint and plate no. 4957 block of six, lightly hinged with bottom right stamp Mint N.H., rich color, beautifully centeredEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE AND VERY CHOICE PLATE BLOCK OF THE $1.00 WASHINGTON 1908 ISSUE.
Excluding the Bluish Paper Issue, this is one of the rarest of the Washington-Franklin plate blocks. Lewis Kaufman records only seven top and four bottom plate blocks. The Bureau experienced difficulty with paper shrinkage while printing the 1908 Issue, and the Bluish Paper experiment of 1909 was part of an effort to correct the problem. The 1908 high-denomination stamps are difficult to find well-centered, and plate blocks are extremely rare in higher grades. This is the best centered sound plate block of this issue we have offered since keeping computerized records more than 25 years ago.
With 2018 P.S.E. certificate. Pencil Scott No. notation in selvage
1c Green, Coil (348). Mint N.H. guide line pair, well-centered (particularly the bottom stamp), bright color, Very Fine-Extremely Fine, with 1981 and 2002 P.F. certificates
1c Green, Coil (348). Mint N.H. pair, bright color, choice centering, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1978 P.F. and 2016 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $650.00)
1c Green, Coil (348). Mint N.H. pair, deep rich color, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, with 2016 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $375.00)
2c Carmine, Coil (349). Mint N.H. guide line pair, brilliant color, wide margins, Very Fine and choice, with 2018 P.S.E. certificate
2c Carmine, Coil (349). Guide line pair, neat machine cancel, centered to right, Fine, a scarce used guide line pair, with 2015 P.S.E. certificate
4c Orange Brown, Coil (350). Mint N.H. guide line pair, rich color on bright paper, unusual printing flaw at top center of bottom stamp, Very Fine, with 1988 P.F. certificate
4c Orange Brown, Coil (350). Guide line pair, rich color on bright paper, Very Fine, with 2015 P.S.E. certificate
5c Blue, Coil (351). Mint N.H. guide line pair, deep rich color and proof-like impression, choice centering with wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 5-CENT VERTICAL COIL, SCOTT 351.
With 2015 and 2016 P.F. certificates (XF 90), the first as a strip of four
5c Blue, Coil (351). Guide line pair, bottom stamp Mint N.H., top stamp single hinge mark, intense shade and impression, Very Fine, with 1975 and 2015 P.F. certificates
1c Green, Coil (352). Guide line pair, rich color on bright paper, single light hinge mark, Very Fine, with 1990 P.F. and 2018 P.S.E. certificates
1c Green, Coil (352). Pair with 3mm spacing, rich color, neat East Akron machine cancel, Very Fine, scarce in used condition, with 2002 and 2014 P.F. certificates
2c Carmine, Coil (353). Guide line pair, small h.r., radiant color, wide margins, Very Fine and choice, a beautiful guide line pair, with 2016 P.S.E. certificate
2c Carmine, Coil (353). Guide line pair, lightly hinged, radiant color, fresh and Very Fine, with 1988, 2004 P.F. and 2018 P.S.E. certificates
4c Orange Brown, Coil (354). Guide line pair, lightly hinged, bright color, wide margins, Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate
4c Orange Brown, Coil (354). Guide line pair, lightly hinged, crisp impression, Extremely Fine, with 1998 P.F. and 2017 P.S.E. certificates, the former as a strip of four
4c Orange Brown, Coil (354). Guide line pair, single hinge mark, rich color, Very Fine, with 2015 P.F. certificate
5c Blue, Coil (355). Guide line pair, rich color, few sensibly rejoined perfs, top margin slightly trimmed, otherwise Very Fine, with 2016 P.F. certificate
10c Yellow, Coil (356). Pair, vibrant color, h.r., few trivial perf separations sensibly reinforcedFINE-VERY FINE PAIR OF THE 1909 10-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 356.
With 1964 and 1993 P.F. certificates not mentioning anything about the perfs
10c Yellow, Coil (356). Vibrant color, wide marginsVERY FINE. A PRETTY ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT PERF 12 HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 356.
With 2015 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, VF 80; SMQ $3,250.00)