Sale 976 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 29 September-2 October, 2009
Category — Postage Due (J)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2273
5c Brown (J4). Original gum, wide margins, bright color on white paper, Very Fine, quite attractive, with 2000 P.S.E. certificate
825
425
2274
30c Brown (J6). Original gum, crisp impression, Very Fine and choice, a pretty stamp, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85; SMQ $370.00)
400
275
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2c Deep Brown, Special Printing (J9). Unused (no gum), s.e. at right, pretty shade, rounded corner at bottom left, minor hinge translucency at topFINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT POSTAGE DUE SPECIAL PRINTING.
The reported sale figures for the 1c, 2c and 3c Postage Due Special Printings probably include orders filled with regular stamps. The 2c is one of the rarest of the set.
With 1971 P.F. certificate
20,000
2,200
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50c Deep Brown, Special Printing (J14). Unused (no gum), classic dark Special Printing colorVERY FINE. UNUSUALLY ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT POSTAGE DUE SPECIAL PRINTING.
With 1957, 1992 and 2009 P.F. certificates
9,000
3,000
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50c Deep Brown, Special Printing (J14). Disturbed original gum, h.r., s.e. at left, light corner crease at top left, defective corner at top right, otherwise Fine, scarce, with 1950 P.F. certificate
9,000
850
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50c Red Brown (J21). Original gum, lightly hinged, radiant color, unpunched perf at top left, Fine
1,900
350
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1c Bright Claret (J22). Mint N.H., warm shade on crisp paper, beautiful centering with wide and balanced margins, Extremely Fine, with 2003 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $390.00)
95
0
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30c Bright Claret (J27). Original gum, lightly hinged, gorgeous margins and centering, lovely bright color, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,400.00), there are only four examples in this grade (one NH), none higher either hinged or NH
650
950
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50c Bright Claret (J28). Attractive margins and centering, light cancel. Extremely Fine, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; not priced used in SMQ)
210
425
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1c Vermilion (J29). Original gum, lightly hinged, minor corner creases, otherwise Fine
2,750
425
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1c Vermilion (J29). Original gum, pretty pastel color, just in at right, scarce postage due stamp, with 1998 P.F. certificate
2,750
275
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2c Vermilion (J30). Original gum, wonderfully fresh and bright, well-centered and nice margins for this typically narrow-margined Postage Due, Extremely Fine, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $1,150.00), in our opinion a 95 grade, this is unquestionably on the plus side of 90
850
750
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3c Deep Claret, Postage Due (J40). Pane of 100 with plate no. 70 and imprints at top and bottom, full selvage with arrow at right, natural s.e. at left, deep dark color, 45 stamps incl. top plate no. block Mint N.H., bottom three rows slightly disturbed original gum and nineteen other stamps h.r., Pos. 6-10 with light crease, some perf separations, overall Fine-Very Fine
14,015
1,800
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10c Deep Claret (J49). Mint N.H., wonderfully well-centered with gorgeous color, Extremely Fine, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $470.00)
360
375
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10c Deep Claret (J49). Mint N.H. with right plate no. 5540 selvage, strong color and clear impression, Very Fine, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate for plate block
360
250
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10c Deep Claret (J49). Mint N.H., deep rich color, Very Fine, with photocopy of 2009 P.S.E. certificate for plate block
360
0
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50c Deep Claret (J50). Original gum, rich color, tiny perf tear at bottom, appears Very Fine
1,150
180
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3c Carmine Lake (J54). H.r., intense color on bright paper, fresh and Fine, bottom plate no. selvage accompanies
1,150
275
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30c Carmine Lake (J57). Mint N.H. with part imprint at bottom, deep rich color on bright paper, almost perfectly centered with unusually wide marginsEXTREMELY FINE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT POSTAGE DUE ISSUE, SCOTT J57.
With 2006 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90 Jumbo--in our opinion, this is at least XF-Superb 95 or Superb 98, but the P.S.E. assigned "Jumbo" to a lower grade category); SMQ $920.00 as 90, $1,400.00 as 95)
525
850
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30c Carmine Lake (J57). Mint N.H., fresh and rich color, Very Fine and choice, an exceptionally attractive stamp, with 2005 P.F. certificate
600
350
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50c Carmine Lake (J58). Redistributed original gum described on accompanying certificate as "part original gum", radiant color, centered to topVERY GOOD. A PRESENTABLE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1914 50-CENT POSTAGE DUE ISSUE.
With 1979 P.F. certificate
17,500
1,900
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50c Carmine Lake (J58). Used, with Chicago precancel as often seen, rich color, Fine
1,500
375
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1c Rose (J59). Radiant color, choice centering, few light creases, Very Fine appearance
4,500
700
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5c Claret Brown (J63b). Two Mint N.H. blocks of four, natural offset, fresh and crisp, Very Fine-Extremely Fine
300
120
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50c Carmine Rose (J67). Mint N.H. block of four, lovely color, Fine-Very Fine, Scott Retail as Mint N.H. singles
1,480
475
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1c Carmine (J70). Mint N.H. wide top plate no. 20164 block of six, wide margins, Very Fine and choice, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate
100
400
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1c Carmine Rose, Denomination Omitted (J89a). Vertical strip of four with selvage at bottom, top two completely missing denomination, third partly missing and bottom stamp complete, center stamps Mint N.H., Very Fine and choice, accompanied by photo of the sheet showing progression of the error, very few are possible showing both omitted and normal, Scott Retail as two omitted
450
150
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3c Carmine Rose, One Without "3 Cents" (J91a). Mint N.H. vertical strip of three with selvage at right, top stamp completely missing value, center stamp partly missing, light pencil notation on gum of position and also signature, Very Fine, Scott Retail as pair with one missing, Datz states between 40-60 are known
675
275
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