Sale 1251 — The John B. Field Collection of Superb United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 2-3 March, 2022
Category — Later Issues (Scott 803-1789B)
-1/2c-$5.00 Presidential (803-834, Planty #137). Complete set of Munprint cachets, Very Fine and an exceptional set of historical detail cachets, also a rarity for the Presidential Series, McCusker reported being aware of only two sets when we offered this set in the 2005 sale of the Dr. Alfred S. Martin collection
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$1.00 Presidential, 1938 Printing, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (832a). Mint N.H. with "TOP" selvage, light natural gum creases, Very Fine and desirable with the "TOP" marker, pencil position notations on back
$1.00 Presidential, 1938 Printing, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (832a). Mint N.H. block of four with selvage at left, Positions 21-22/31-32 in pencil on gum, choice centering and fresh colors, usual natural gum bendsEXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB AND RARE BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1938 PRESIDENTIAL SERIES $1.00 IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY ERROR. ONLY 50 PAIRS ARE KNOWN.
Signed Herman Herst. Unpriced as a block. Scott value as two Mint N.H. pairs
$1.00 Presidential, 1954 Dry Printing (832c). Mint N.H. with bottom plate no. 25026 selvage, mathematically perfect centering, Extremely Fine Gem, ex Henson, with 2016 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100; SMQ $1,750.00), the highest grade awarded and shared by only one other
$1.00 Bright Magenta & Black (832g). Mint N.H. top plate nos. 25025 and 25027 block of four, choice centering, Extremely Fine plate block of this scarcer shade variety, with 2018 P.F. certificate
$5.00 Red, Brown & Black (834a). Mint N.H., well-centered, deep rich colorsVERY FINE AND CHOICE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $5.00 PRESIDENTIAL IN THE RARE RED BROWN AND BLACK COLOR.
With 2003 P.F. certificate
1c-10c Famous Americans (859-893). Complete set of 35 Munprint cachets (Mellone #45) with matched typed addresses, each franked with a block of four, Very Fine and rare, this is the only set we have encountered, ex Dr. Martin
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1c-10c Famous Americans (859-893). Set of singles and set of blocks on cacheted First Day covers, for the singles about a dozen are unaddressed, blocks all with typed address to M. W. West in Maplewood N.J., also including set of National Parks and Army-Navy First Days on cacheted covers, few others, overall Very Fine and attractive group
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25c Magenta, Frederick Douglas (1290b). Mint N.H. pane of 100 with plate no. 37605 at top left and "Use Zip Codes" at bottom left, unusual color which is distinctly different than the normal shade, Very Fine, normal pane accompanied for comparison, Scott value as 96 singles and plate block
15c John Paul Jones, Perf 12 (1789B). Position 10 with top right corner selvage, Mint N.H., fresh colorsVERY FINE MINT NEVER-HINGED CORNER SELVAGE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE PERF 12 JOHN PAUL JONES ISSUE.
This issue was printed by the American Bank Note Company and perforated in three different formats: Perf 11 x 12 (Scott 1789), Perf 11 All Around (Scott 1789A) and Perf 12 All Around (Scott 1789B). It is believed that the USPS was unaware that there were different perforations. The Perf 12 All Around is by far the rarest.
With 2015 P.F. certificate for this single and referencing an older P.F. certificate for the pane of 50 (no. 205331)