Sale 1242 — The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 October, 2021
Category — Ten-Cent: Type III, Off-Cover (Scott 15)
10c Green, Type III (15). Position 2L1, Misplaced B Relief, unused (no gum), ample to large margins, magnificent color and clear impression, fresh and Very Fine, this comes from one of two misplaced relief entries in the top row, which produced Type III designs instead of Type II, ex Diamond, with 2014 P.F. certificate
10c Green, Type III (15). Position 41L1, full to huge margins including left sheet margin with "nter, Casilear & Co. BANK NOTE" portion of imprint, cancelled by New York Ocean Mail datestamp, thinned at upper right, Extremely Fine appearing and rare part imprint example of the 1855 10c Type III
10c Green, Type III (15). Enormous margins all around including right interpane margin with centerline, pretty shade, bold strike of Sacramento City Cal. circular datestamp, Extremely Fine Gem, a magnificent centerline-margin example
10c Green, Type III (15). Large margins to full at top, deep rich color, socked-on-the-nose strike of Pinwheel fancy cancel (Skinner-Eno GE-P17), light corner crease at top right, Extremely Fine strike, ex Newbury, with 2015 P.F. certificate
10c Green, Type III (15). Large margins all around, deep rich color, perfect strike of "paint red" "Mobile Ala. Aug. 8" circular datestamp, tiny tear at bottom is barely noticeable, Extremely Fine appearance, a stamp with wonderful visual appeal, ex Saadi, with 1992 P.F. certificate
10c Green, Type III (15). Horizontal strip of three, margins which beautifully frame the design, large at top and bottom, full at sides, rich color, "New Orleans La. Aug. 23, 1857" circular datestamp cancelsFRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE. A PREMIUM QUALITY STRIP OF THREE OF THE 10-CENT 1855 TYPE III.
Ex Koppersmith. With 1988 P.F. certificate
10c Green, Type III (15). Positions 83-90R1, horizontal strip of eight, large margins to ample essentially all around, neat grid cancels, strip is affixed to paper trimmed to edges (probably from cover on which it originated), some non-obvious faults including some thin spots and light creasesVERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED STRIP OF THE 10-CENT 1855 TYPE III. AN IMPRESSSIVE MULTIPLE.
Due to the way the 10c Plate 1 was laid out--with mostly alternating rows of reliefs and types--the only way to obtain large multiples of Type III is in a horizontal strip. The Type III comes from the B Relief, which was used to enter the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th rows, plus the two misplaced relief positions in the top row (Positions 1-2L1). The iconic block of 21 offered in lot 346 illustrates this nicely. It contains a total of eleven Type III stamps, but not more than three are contiguous at any point. A Type III multiple must come from a horizontal strip. This strip of eight is therefore the largest recorded multiple containing only Type III stamps.