Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — 1912-14 Washington-Franklin Issues (Scott 405-423)
7c Black (407). Mint N.H. top plate no. 6916 block of six, intense shade and impression, light natural gum bend, Fine
7c Black (407). Mint N.H. bottom plate no. 6919 block of six with narrow selvage, detailed impression, bottom right stamp natural gum skip, Fine and scarce Mint N.H. plate block
1c Green, Coil (412). Mint N.H. guide line pair, beautifully centered, Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate
1c Green, Coil (412). Guide line pair, detailed impression, Panama-Pacific Exposition machine cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1990 P.F. certificate for strip of four
2c Carmine, Coil (413). Mint N.H. guide line pair, brilliant color on bright white paper, perfect centering with wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 1912 2-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 413, GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E.
With 2019 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $5,000.00). Only one Mint N.H. line pair grades higher (at 100, offered in our 2019 sale of the Depew collection) and only one other shares this grade
2c Carmine, Coil (413). Guide line pair, intense shade and impression, bold 1914 St. Louis duplex cancels, Very Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate
30c Orange Red (420). Right plate no. 6899 block of six, two lightly hinged, others Mint N.H., marvelous rich color, Fine-Very Fine, ex Byers
50c Violet (421). Lightly hinged, rich color on bright paper, Very Fine and choice, with 2000 P.F. certificate
$1.00 Violet Brown (423). Block of four, top stamps h.r., rich color, natural gum bends, Fine-Very Fine
1c Green, Perf 12 x 10 (423A). Single hinge mark at top, deep rich color, centered to top as are nearly all the unused examples recordedFRESH AND VERY GOOD. ONE OF ONLY 21 RECORDED UNUSED EXAMPLES OF THIS PERF 12 x 10 RARITY.
Our census of Scott 423A, available at https://siegelauctions.com/census/us/scott/423A , contains nine unused singles, two vertical pairs and two unused blocks of four, for a total of 21 unused copies.
Census no. 423A-OG-06. With 1980 P.F. certificate as the old Scott No. 424a. The Scott Catalogue states in a footnote to this issue, "Value for unused is for a sound stamp with perfs touching or just cutting the design." (all but two in our census show the perfs touching)