Sale 1148 — The Barry K. Schwartz Collection of The U.S. 1909 Bluish Paper Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday, 28 February, 2017
Category — Six-Cent Red Orange (Scott 362)
6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Mint N.H. with top plate no. 4937 selvage, vibrant color, centered a bit lowFINE. A RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED 6-CENT 1909 BLUISH PAPER ISSUE WITH PLATE NUMBER SELVAGE.
With 2011 P.F. certificate
6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Block of four, lightly hinged, brilliant color on nicely blued paper, well-proportioned margins throughoutVERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1909 6-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER, WITH UNUSUALLY CHOICE CENTERING.
Ex Hall. With 1983, 1988 and 2015 P.F. certificates
6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Block of four, small hinge marks, bright color on nicely blued paper, nicely centered, traces of oxidationVERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 1909 6-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
With 1980 P.F. certificate
6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Top imprint and plate no. 4938 block of six with wide selvage, position 4 Mint N.H., the others stamps h.r., gorgeous color on blued paperFINE-VERY FINE. A RARE AND DESIRABLE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 6-CENT 1909 BLUISH PAPER ISSUE -- APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN ARE KNOWN. ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE FROM THE TOP PLATE POSITION.
Lewis Kaufman records 14 6c Bluish Paper plate blocks, including five top, eight left and one right position. In addition to the plate blocks, one pane of 100 is also known with plate blocks at left and bottom, and a second pane (4936 UR) was reported by Boggs to be in the Post Office Department files
Ex Todd. With 2017 P.F. certificate
6c Red Orange, Bluish (362). Brilliant color on deeply blued paper, full to wide margins and choice centering, bold strike of oval grid from duplex datestamp and cancel, partly reperforated at rightVERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1909 6-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
Our census of used 6c Bluish Paper stamps, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/362/362.pdf , records ten examples, including eight singles and one pair. A few of the stamps have cancellations of questionable status, leaving perhaps four with indisputably genuine cancels, including this example with a duplex oval grid.
Census No. 362-CAN-05. With 2011 P.F. certificate