Sale 1290 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 28-29 June, 2023
Category — 1922-29 and Later Issues (Scott 551 forward)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1511
-1/2c-$5.00 1922-25 Issue (551-573). Complete set, original gum, twelve Mint N.H. including 50c-$2.00, overall choice centering with a number Extremely Fine, 6c slightly oxidized, $5.00 with small thins, overall a fresh group, 18 certificates accompany, most of them graded and many between 85-90, see our website PDF for a complete scan
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E. 500-750
325
1512
$5.00 Carmine & Blue (573). Mint N.H. centerline block of four, well-centered, brilliant color, Very Fine and choice, with 1984 P.F. certificate
825
350
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$5.00 Carmine & Blue (573). Mint N.H. centerline block of four, brilliant colors, outstanding centering, Extremely Fine position block
825
450
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1c Green, Rotary Perf 11 (594). Deep rich color, light machine cancel, tiny perf hole tear at right and slightly blunted perfs at lower leftFINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1923 ONE-CENT ROTARY PERF 11 ISSUE.
Our census of Scott 594, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/594 , contains 100 used singles, 6 stamps in 3 used pairs, and 6 stamps on 5 covers (one with a pair) for a total of 112 used stamps. Another 19 unused stamps are recorded. Many have perforations cutting in on one or more sides, or have faults.
Census no. 594-CAN-100. With 2002 A.P.S. certificate
10,500
3,000
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2c Carmine, Rotary, Perf 11 (595). Mint N.H., bright shade, Very Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate
450
375
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2c Carmine, Joint Line Pair, Ty. I, II (599-599A). Mint N.H. joint line pair, right stamp Ty. II, brilliant color, Very Fine
1,350
650
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2c Carmine, Joint Line Pair, Ty. I, II (599-599A). Joint line pair, left stamp Ty. II, original gum with light pencil notation, brilliant color, Very Fine, with 2006 P.F. certificate
700
250
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2c Carmine Lake, Ty. I (599b). Mint N.H. joint line pair, rich color in this distinctive shade, right stamp light gum bend, Very Fine, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate
950
950
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2c Carmine Lake, Coil (606a). Mint N.H. pair, choice centering, Extremely Fine, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $375.00)
350
300
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2c Black, Harding, Imperforate (611). Five Mint N.H. multiples, including bottom plate block of six, bottom left corner margin block of four with siderographer's initials, centerline block of 16, top arrow block of four and pair with large portions of adjoining stamps, Extremely Fine Gems
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E. 200-300
275
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2c Carmine Rose, Huguenot-Walloon (615). Mint N.H., choice centering, brilliant color, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2008 .P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $400.00)
7
500
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2c Carmine Rose, White Plains Souvenir Sheet (630). Tied on cardboard piece by purple Oct. 18 1926 First Day Exhibition cancels, nicely centered, bright color, for strict accuracy we note a miniscule nick at the right edge of the bottom row, still Very Fine and in much nicer condition than used White Plains sheets are generally found
450
225
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2c Carmine, Ty. II (634A). Mint N.H., brilliant color, Very Fine, with 1985 P.F. certificate with right selvage (accompanies)
600
375
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2c Carmine, Ty. II (634A). Mint N.H., well-centered with bright color, Extremely Fine, with 2010 P.S.A.G. certificate (VF-XF 85)
600
475
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2c Carmine, Ty. II (634A). Mint N.H., with top selvage, rich color, Very Fine, with 2002 P.S.E. certificate for block of four
600
325
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2c Aeronautics, Plate Block Collection (649). The collector tried to get all positions from all recorded plate numbers (including both "F" and plain top positions), and was successful in obtaining 67 of the 70 different number/position combinations, many of the top positions have wide selvage, original gum, a spot check shows majority Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine, probably catalogues about $1,000.00
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E. 200-300
130
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1c-10c Kans., Nebr. Overprints (658-679). Mint N.H., bright colors, Fine-Very Fine set
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962
325
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8c Olive Green, Kans. Ovpt. (666). Mint N.H. top right plate no. 18191 block of four, nicely centered, fresh color, Very Fine
1,000
325
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8c Olive Green, Nebr. Ovpt. (677). Mint N.H. bottom left left plate no. 16181 block of four, rich color, Very Fine
550
200
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3c Win the War, Specialized Collection (905). Well over 300 plate blocks, collected in matched sets for all the different plate numbers (some duplication), 30 on different WWII patriotic covers, with better cachets including Fluegel and Anderson, and one signed by Admiral Kimmel, also a few first day covers, spot check of the plate blocks shows most Mint N.H., Fine-Very Fine
E. 300-400
160
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29c Alaska Highway, Black (engraved denomination) Omitted (2635a). Mint N.H., well-centered, Very Fine, a footnote in Scott Catalogue notes that almost half of the recorded examples are poorly centered (into the right perfs), this stamp is among the well-centered copies and is the first such example we have offered
575
180
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