Sale 992 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 24-25 June, 2010
Category — Officials (O)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2625
2c Agriculture (O2). Original gum, Jumbo margins and nicely centered, Very Fine, with 2010 P.F. certificate
240
325
2626
6c Agriculture (O4). Original gum, lightly hinged, Jumbo margins, attractive golden yellow color, reperfed at top, Extremely Fine appearance, with 1984 and 2010 P.F. certificates, only the latter mentions the reperfing
260
190
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15c Agriculture (O7). Original gum, exceptionally well-centered, bright vivid color, Very Fine and choice, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85; SMQ $620.00)
425
550
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24c Agriculture (O8). Slightly disturbed original gum, almost perfectly centered, bright color, Very Fine and choice, with 2010 P.F. certificate
425
225
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6c Executive (O13). Original gum, bright color on crisp paper, Very Fine, difficult to find with intact original gum, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate
900
0
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2c Interior, 6c Post Office (O16, O50). Bottom imprint and plate no. 45 block of twelve of No. O16, original gum, h.r., vivid color, perf separations at bottom mostly in selvage sensibly reinforced, Fine, and blocks of 10 and six of No. O50 originally forming a block of 16, Mint N.H., about Fine
2,250
180
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12c Interior (O20). Jumbo margins and almost perfectly centered, rich color with light target cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, Jumbo examples of this size are rarely seen, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate for vertical pair
12
400
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1c Justice (O25). Original gum, almost perfectly centered, bright and fresh, Extremely Fine, a gorgeous stamp, with 2003 P.F. certificate
250
225
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6c Justice (O28). Original gum, radiant color, unusually wide margins, Very Fine and choice, with 1992 P.F. certificate
230
140
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10c Justice (O29). Original gum, wide side margins, bright color, Very Fine, with 2010 P.F. certificate
310
250
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15c Justice (O31). Original gum, exceptionally well-centered, lovely color and impression, light horizontal crease at bottom right, otherwise Very Fine, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate
475
250
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24c Justice (O32). Original gum, radiant color, fresh and Very Fine, with 1996 and 2010 P.F. certificates (VF 80)
1,250
1,000
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2c Navy (O36). Wide margins and with bottom left corner selvage with part of imprint, stamp Mint N.H., lightly hinged in selvage only, radiant color, Very Fine and choice, scarce with such wide margins and especially desirable with the corner selvage, with 2008 P.F. certificate
350
350
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6c Navy (O38). Original gum, spectacular Jumbo margins, bright shade, Extremely Fine Gem, a magnificent Jumbo-margined example of the 6c Navy, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90 Jumbo; SMQ $360.00 as 90), one other 90J and a 98 have been graded by P.S.E., a remarkable and telling statistic is that the next highest OG grade is 75, evidence that the 6c Navy is a very difficult issue
150
425
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90c State (O67). Original gum, choice centering, deep shade, Extremely Fine, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $1,500.00), only three graded 90 and none higher
1,050
1,100
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7c Treasury (O76). Original gum, lightly hinged, bright color, wide margins, Extremely Fine
150
130
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1c Agriculture, Soft Paper (O94). Without gum as issued, radiant color as fresh as the day it was printed, Fine, with 1980 and 2005 P.F. certificates
6,000
1,800
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10c Interior, Soft Paper (O100). Mint N.H., vivid color on post-office fresh paper, unusually wide and balanced margins, long and full perforations all around, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; unpriced as Mint N.H. in SMQ), this is the highest grade awarded to date and only two others share this grade
250
0
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