Sale 1133 — United States and Possessions
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 26-27 July, 2016
Category — Modern Errors
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
461
4c Water Conservation, Brown Orange Missing (1150a). Horizontal strip of three, right stamp the error leaving the left two-thirds of the stamp with color omitted, caused by a small piece of paper having been on top of the sheet during printing and still attached and folded back for display, score line where piece of paper ended and small natural gum skipVERY FINE. ONE OF THE RAREST COLOR-OMITTED ERRORS WITH ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES KNOWN TO EXIST FROM ONE SHEET.
A visually striking error.
3,000
2,200
462
$1.00 Dull Purple, Coil, Imperforate (1305Cd). Mint N.H. pair, fresh and Very Fine, Datz reports only 50 pairs recorded
1,500
900
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8c Apollo 8, Imperforate (1371 var). Mint N.H. horizontal pair, left stamp with slight horizontal crease, Very Fine appearance, only 50 pairs exist and is currently classified as "printer's waste"
E. 500-750
325
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6c Baseball, Black Omitted (1381a). Mint N.H. wtih selvage at bottom, well-centered, fresh colors, Extremely Fine, a choice example of this popular stamp, photocopy of 1976 P.F. (as a block of four) and 2002 P.F. certificates
600
325
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6c Dark Blue Gray, Imperforate Pair (1401b). Mint N.H. with full original gum which is often not the case with this error, margins large to full, fresh color, tiny natural gum skip at top, Very Fine, a rare error, ex Liberman, Datz states 20-30 pairs reported with some affected by gum loss and/or faults
2,500
2,400
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6c Christmas, Precanceled, Blue Omitted (1414c). Mint N.H., fresh and Very Fine, a scarce error, Datz reports only 15 examples recorded, with 1997 A.P.S. certificate
1,250
550
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6c Christmas, Black Omitted (1415b-1418d). Mint N.H., Doll Carriage with selvage at bottomVERY FINE. A RARE SET OF THE 6-CENT CHRISTMAS WITH BLACK OMITTED. DATZ REPORTS ONLY 5-6 OF EACH SINGLE RECORDED.
Each with 2016 P.F. certificate
9,000
2,600
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10c Pioneer Jupiter, Imperforate (1556 var). Mint N.H. vertical pair with sheet margin at bottom, fresh colors, Extremely Fine, a scarce error of which only 50 pairs exist, currently classified as "printer's waste"
E. 750-1,000
0
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20c Flag Over Supreme Court, Dark Blue Omitted (1895g). Mint N.H. pair, bold colors, Extremely Fine, a rare error which is often missing from even the most advanced collections, Datz states "very rare", with 1993 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail as singles
2,400
550
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1c Omnibus, Coil, Imperforate (2225c). Mint N.H. pair, bright color, Very Fine and rare, Datz reports only 22-24 pairs recorded
1,750
1,000
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29c World War II Souvenir Sheet, Black Omitted (2559k). Mint N.H. block of ten from the bottom part of the pane, pos. 1 with diagonal crease, pane folded vertically along perfs between pos. 2 and 3, 7 and 8VERY FINE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 29-CENT WORLD WAR II SOUVENIR SHEET WITH BLACK OMITTED. ONE OF ONLY TWO EXAMPLES RECORDED BY DATZ.
With 2016 P.F. certificate
12,500
0
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29c Wonders of the Sea, Imperforate (2866b). Mint N.H. bottom left corner margin se-tenant block of four with plate nos., brilliant colors, Very Fine, Datz reports about 60 blocks recorded
575
225
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(32c) Love, Booklet Pane of 20 Plus Label, Engraved Red "LOVE" Omitted (2949c). Fresh and Extremely Fine, a rare booklet pane, Datz states 40-60 stamps are reported in total, with 1995 P.F. certificate
4,000
2,400
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32c 1996 Summer Olympics, Se-Tenant Pane of 20, Imperforate and Part-Perforated (3068w). Mint N.H., perforations slightly shifted, position 5 completely imperforate, positions 4 and 9-10 partially imperforate, Very Fine, very few panes are known, with 2009 A.P.S. certificate
E. 750-1,000
400
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"H" Postcard Rate, Unissued Yellow "Hat" (3260 var). Mint N.H., fresh and Very Fine, scarce as approximately 100 unused examples are known, this is the first we have offered at auction, footnoted and pictured in Scott without a catalog number
3,000
1,300
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37c Flag, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Between (3632A var). Mint N.H., fresh and Very Fine, unlisted in Scott and Datz, we were unable to find another example offered at auction and doubt that very many exist
E. 750-1,000
600
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(41c) First-Class Flag, Coil, Imperforate (4133a). Mint N.H. pair, fresh and Very Fine
1,250
700
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U.S. Error Balance. 31 items, many are die-cut omitted pairs plus a few color omitted examples to the 39c denomination, some better items noticed including Nos. 2466a, 2911a strip of three, 3031 with low ink variety, 3265b pair, 3622a, 3982a among much more, mostly Very Fine, catalogue value exceeds $4,000.00
E. 1,500-2,000
1,200
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