Sale 1133 — United States and Possessions
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 26-27 July, 2016
Category — Officials, Newspapers & Periodicals, Parcel Post
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
498°
1c Executive (O10). Light and unobtrusive cancel, beautiful rich color, extraordinarily wide margins, Extremely Fine Gem, Executive Dept. Official stamps in this outstanding used condition are rarely encountered, ex Collier and "Golden Oak", with 1995 PF certificate
475
2,300
499
$2.00 State (O68). Original gum, lightly hinged, radiant color, skillfully reperfed at top, Very Fine appearance, with 1981 P.F. (not noting reperf) and 2016 P.F. certificates
1,600
750
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$2.00 State (O68). Crisp impressions, bold strike of unusual segmented cork cancel, slightly shortish perfs at top left and bottom left, Fine appearance, this is an extremely difficult issue to obtain in basically sound condition, most were used on heavy parcels or overseas and were damaged
3,000
475
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6c Interior (O99). Block of 50 comprising the bottom half of the sheet, imprint and plate no. 56 at bottom and selvage at sides, original gum, approximately 40 Mint N.H., others lightly hinged, radiant color, few trivial natural gum bends, few perf separations, also with an additional imprint and plate no. block of twelve, Fine-Very Fine, Scott Retail as plate blocks and singles
870
225
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1c-30c War, Soft Paper (O114-O120). 23 items, including set of singles and blocks of four, imprint and plate no. strips of five, six or seven of 1c-10c, 3c top and bottom imprint and plate no. blocks of 20, last is an imprint and plate no. block of twelve of 1c, mostly original gum, few Mint N.H., few h.r., few small faults but overall fresh and Fine-Very Fine, Scott Retail as all hinged with no premium for the many better positions such as strips $3,700.00
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E. 750-1,000
800
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1c Executive, Specimen Overprint, Small "i" (O10Sb). Without gum as issued, bright color, Fine
500
0
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S
24c Interior, Specimen Ovpt. (O22S). Without gum as issued, radiant color, expertly reperfed at right, Very Fine appearance, only 77 sold, with 2016 P.F. certificate
2,500
900
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S
10c Navy, Specimen Ovpt. (O40S). Without gum as issued, bright color, outstanding centering, perfs scissors-separated at bottom but intact, minor small internal paper split, Extremely Fine appearance, only 112 sold, with 2016 P.F. certificate
1,400
600
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S
2c State, Specimen Ovpt. (O58S). Block of four, without gum as issued, well-centered with balanced margins, fresh color and paper, tiny perf tip crease at bottom right, still Very Fine and choice block, ex Golden
850
0
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S
15c Treasury, Specimen Ovpt. (O79S). Without gum as issued, deep rich color, reperfed at top and tiny thin spot, Very Fine appearance, scarce with only 75 sold, with 2016 P.F. certificate
1,600
600
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24c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR96). Original gum (crackly as usual on this), attractive pastel color, a Fine example of this scarce Newspaper stamp, with 1992 P.F. certificate
3,750
800
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60c Pink, 1894 Issue (PR98). Manuscript pen stroke cancel, chemically cleanedFINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 60-CENT 1894 UNWATERMARKED BUREAU NEWSPAPER ISSUE. ONLY FOUR ARE KNOWN IN USED CONDITION. A GREAT RARITY.
Our recently updated census of PR98 (available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/PR98/PR98.pdf ) contains sixteen unused and four used copies.
Census No. PR98-CAN-04. With 2016 P.F. certificate. A footnote in Scott Catalogue states that this is valued with Fine centering and small faults.
16,000
3,750
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Newspapers & Periodicals Balance. Over 30 mostly unused, two 25c from the First Issue, higher cataloging stamps from the 1875 Issue including $6.00 (regummed) and $36.00 (original gum, small repair), one Special Printing (No. PR33a, reperfed, P.F. certificate), 1885 Issue to 96c, No. PR91 (P.F. certificate) and more, also three certified used stamps (Nos.PR26, PR108 and PR112 - latter two with ms. cancels), mixed gum and condition, Fine-Very Fine, the total catalogue value is quite high
E. 2,000-3,000
2,000
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$1.00 Parcel Post (Q12). Precise centering, bright shade, detailed impression, Extremely Fine, with 2016 P.S.E. certificate
280
225
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