Sale 1156 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday, 11 May, 2017
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue (Scott 112-122)
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1869 Pictorial Issue, Small Numeral Plate Essays on Stamp Paper (112-Ed/117-E2e). Choice group of blocks of four of the 1c-12c small numeral plate essays, hinged onto album pages, incl. 1c one block imperforate and four perforated (one without grill), 2c eight perforated blocks in full range of colors, 3c 12 blocks incl. four imperforate, range of colors, 5c four imperforate blocks, 10c Lincoln three imperforate blocks, 12c five perforated blocks (these don't come imperforate), range of centering but many are quite well-centeredVERY FINE. A SCARCE OLD-TIME HOLDING OF 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE SMALL NUMERAL PLATE ESSAYS IN BLOCKS OF FOUR.
Scott Retail approximately
14,350
0
3368
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1c-90c 1869 Pictorial Issue, Plate Proofs on Card (112P4-117P4, 120P4-122P4, 129P4). Complete set of ten values, 15c Ty. III, large to full margins, bright colors, Very Fine set
1,015
425
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2c Brown (113). Four singles, first rich color on bright white paper, wide margins and wonderfully well-centered, neat quartered cork cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2009 P.F. certificate, other three each with a neat target cancel, two in blue and one in black, one socked-on-the nose (with light diagonal crease), first Extremely Fine, the other two Very Fine or Very Fine appearance, one with P.F. certificate
335
0
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3c Small Numeral, Plate Essay on Stamp Paper, Perforated 12, Grilled (114-E6d). Three blocks of four, in Deep Orange, Violet and Rose Red, also block of four of No. 114P3, typical India paper translucencies on the latter, Fine-Very Fine group, Scott Retail as singles
1,150
225
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3c Ultramarine, Without Grill (114a). Original gum, h.r., with black pen defacement cancelsFINE AND RARE. ONLY TWO USED EXAMPLES OF THE 3-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL WITHOUT GRILL ARE RECORDED ON ORDINARY PAPER. A GREAT RARITY OF THE ISSUE.
A footnote in Scott Catalogue states that two ungrilled examples are recorded on normal paper: the example offered here and one on cover which was lifted to confirm identity. Two items on gray paper without grill are also known: a strip of three on piece (ex Coulter and Natalee Grace) and a single on an advertising cover, lifted to confirm identity and hinged in place.
Ex Bakwin. With 1994 and 2017 P.F. certificates. Scott Retail $18,000.00
E. 3,000-4,000
3,000
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24c Green & Violet (120). Wide margins with excellent centering, intense color and impression, cork cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate
650
140
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Choice centering with wide margins, bold radial cork cancel, part of red transit at bottom left and also trace of blue cancel at left, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with 2005 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $1,300.00), we believe this could easily have been graded 95, Scott Retail with premium for red cancel
675
0
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Exceptionally well-centered with wide margins, light strike of Japanese "X" cancel, Extremely Fine, a scarce cancel on the 30c 1869 Issue, with 1992 P.F. certificate
1,225
500
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Fresh colors, beautifully centered with wide margins, square cork cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1988 and 1999 P.F. certificates
425
190
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Bright colors, light circle of wedges cancel, fresh and Very Fine, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (VF 80; SMQ $500.00)
425
250
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30c Ultramarine & Carmine (121). Jumbo margins and well-centered, bright colors, bold quartered cork cancels, Very Fine and choice, a huge stamp, with 2008 P.F. certificate
425
200
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90c Carmine & Black (122). Unused (no gum), deep rich colors and detailed impressions, three unusually wide marginsVERY FINE AND CHOICE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.
With 1986 P.F. certificate
4,000
1,700
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90c Carmine & Black (122). Rich Carmine color, three balanced margins, largely face-free cork cancel, Fine, with 1981 P.F. certificate
1,800
400
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