Sale 1140 — Outstanding United States Stamps, featuring The Irwin Weinberg Inventory
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 9-11 November, 2016
Category — Newspapers and Periodicals
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1225
36c Pale Rose, 1875 Special Printing (PR42). Without gum as issued, radiant color, fresh and Fine, only 330 sold, with 1986 P.F. certificate
2,800
550
1226
96c Pale Rose, 1875 Special Printing (PR47). Without gum as issued, brilliant color, reperfed at bottom, Fine appearing example of this scarce issue, only 141 were sold, with 1974 P.F. certificate
8,500
1,500
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48c Red, 1879 Issue (PR66). Original gum, h.r., rich color, diagonal crease at bottom left, Very Fine appearance
1,000
150
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$1.92 Pale Brown, 1879 Issue (PR71). Original gum, single h.r., intense shade and impression, Very Fine and choice, with 2002 P.F. certificate
550
250
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$12.00 Yellow Green, 1879 Issue (PR75). Original gum, single h.r., deep rich color, attractive centering with well-proportioned margins, Very Fine and choice, with 2002 P.F. certificate
850
600
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$48.00 Yellow Brown, 1879 Issue (PR78). Original gum, single h.r., intense shade and impression, fresh and Very Fine, with 1994 P.S.E. and 1999 P.F. certificates
900
0
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$60.00 Purple, 1879 Issue (PR79). Original gum, h.r., rich color, wide and balanced margins, Very Fine and choice, with 2000 P.F. certificate
850
160
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1c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR90). Original gum, h.r., intense shade and impression, Jumbo margins, Extremely Fine, a huge stamp, ex Floyd, with 2001 P.F. certificate
425
275
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6c Intense Black, 1894 Unwatermarked Bureau Issue (PR93). Original gum, near perfect centering with well-proportioned margins, sharp proof-like impressionEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THE RARE 6-CENT 1894 UNWATERMARKED NEWSPAPER STAMP IN EXISTENCE. AN OUTSTANDING STAMP.
With 2014 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, XF 90; SMQ $9,000.00). This is the highest grade awarded and it is shared by no others
4,500
5,500
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10c Intense Black, 1894 Issue (PR94). Original gum, lightly hinged, detailed impression, well-proportioned margins, Very Fine and choice, with 2000 P.F. certificate
1,250
1,100
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1c Black, 1895 Issue (PR102). Mint N.H., deep shade and detailed impression, Very Fine and choice, with 2002 P.S.E. certificate
500
225
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50c Carmine, 1895 Issue (PR107). Slightly disturbed original gum from hinge removal, rich color, Fine, with 2011 P.F. certificate
2,750
650
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$2.00 Scarlet, 1895 Issue (PR108). Mint N.H., intense shade and impression on bright paperVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 1895 NEWSPAPER ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT ISSUES TO OBTAIN IN MINT NEVER-HINGED CONDITION.
A Power Search review found only one other in Mint N.H. condition. A review of the online records of The Philatelic Foundation failed to find any additional examples.
With 2006 P.F. certificate
3,250
3,500
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$5.00 Ultramarine, 1895 Issue (PR109). Beautiful color, almost perfect centering, neat target cancel, small thin spot at top right, Extremely Fine appearance, used examples of the $5.00 1895 unwatermarked Bureau Issue are very scarce, this is the best centered example located with Power Search, with 2016 P.F. certificate
1,750
850
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$20.00 Slate, 1895 Issue (PR111). Neat St. Louis oval cancels, deep color, certificate mentions a small internal paper rift which is quite insignificant, essentially Very Fine, a rare used stamp, with 2011 P.F. certificate
2,500
400
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$100.00 Purple, 1895 Issue (PR113). Light oval cancel, wide margins, rich color, mild vertical crease and reperforated at top, Very Fine appearance, with 2011 P.F. certificate, this and the following lot are the only the fourth and fifth used examples we have offered since keeping computerized records
7,000
1,100
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$100.00 Purple, 1895 Issue (PR113). Negative "B" cancel, bright color, certificate mentions a small crease and tiny perforation scuff, both of which are quite trivial, Very Fine appearance, with 2011 P.F. certificate, this and the previous lot are only the fourth and fifth used examples we have offered since keeping computerized records
7,000
700
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1c-$100.00 1895 Watermarked Issue (PR114-PR125). Imprint and plate no. strips of three, complete except for the $2.00 (present as a plate no. and part imprint pair), bright colors, generally with h.r., some expected perf separations, Fine-Very Fine, a nice set
2,415
500
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5c Black, 1895 Watermarked Issue (PR116). Almost mathematically perfect centering, wide margins, intense shade, neat oval cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, a superb stamp and rare in this perfect condition, with 2016 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; unpriced in SMQ in used condition), this is the only graded used PR116 in the P.S.E. Population Report
40
1,000
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1865-95 Newspapers & Periodicals Stock. Voluminous stock in a single Lindner book, good coverage from all issues with some duplication, each stamp identified by Scott No., mostly unused with some used, a number of blocks including some position pieces, missing the rarest stamps of course but many with Scott Retail value in the hundreds of dollars and a few in the thousands, some condition issues to be found but overall a Fine and valuable stock, Scott Retail approximately
70,000
11,000
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1865-85 Newspapers & Periodicals Balance. Mostly on 1970's era Siegel lot cards, multiple copies of the 1865 Issue, two each PR76-PR77, also a run of 20 stamps with slight duplication from PR71-PR89, some small flaws to be found but overall Fine group, Scott Retail more than $10,000.00
E. 1,500-2,000
1,800
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Newspapers & Periodicals Balance. Album pages of mostly unused stamps, including five of the large-format first issue, PR16 (1974 PFC), nice showing of the later issues, few from earlier issues present as are some proofs, some spurious items, mixed condition, some appear Fine-Very Fine
E. 500-750
8,000
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$2.00-$50.00 1895 Newspapers & Periodicals (PR108, PR109, PR111, PR112). Two each $20.00 and $50.00, unused except one $50.00 used, $2.00 with original gum, others no gum, $5.00 is a plate no. 137 single, each with 2011 P.F. certificate mentioning a small fault (one $20.00 reperforated), Fine-Very Fine appearance
6,750
950
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Newspapers & Periodicals Balance. 14 unused stamps, Nos. PR14 (no gum), PR58 and PR114-PR125, mostly h.r., rich colors, Very Fine group
694
0
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