Sale 1118 — The Don David Price Iconic Collection of U.S. Bicolored Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 March, 2016
Category — 15c Type I1869 Pictorial Issue Grill Varieties (Scott 118)
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Cat./Est. Value
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15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I, Double Grill (118 var). Original gum, bright colors, showing clear second grill which slightly overlaps the firstVERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT TYPE I 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITH DOUBLE GRILL. OUR COMPUTERIZED RECORDS CONTAIN ONLY ONE OTHER EXAMPLE OFFERED IN ONE OF OUR AUCTIONS.
Power Search contains only two original-gum examples of the double grill variety. One was offered in our 1983 Rarities sale (the stamp offered here), the other in our 2008 and 2010 Rarities sales.
With 1979 and 2000 P.F. certificates.
17,500
6,000
68
15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I, Double Grill (118 var). Wide margins, two distinct grills slightly overlap, bright and fresh, bold cork cancel, Extremely Fine, one of the finest examples of this scarce grill variety extant, ex Dr. Morris, with 1993 and 1996 P.F. certificates
1,350
700
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15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I, Double Grill (118 var). Clear second grill partly overlapping first, bright colors, cork cancel and part of red transit, tiny corner perf crease at top left, light diagonal crease at bottom right, still Very Fine example of this scarce variety, ex "Lake Shore", with 1986 and 2010 P.F. certificates
1,485
275
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15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I, Double Grill (118 var). Bright colors, clear second grill partly overlapping, neat cork cancel, fresh and Fine example of this scarce variety, with 1996 P.F. certificate
1,350
500
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15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I, Without Grill (118a). Original gum, deep rich colors and proof-like impressionsVERY FINE. A FRESH ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITHOUT GRILL.
Our survey of the Philatelic Foundation records shows approximately 25 examples have been certified as genuine, of which about half have faults.
With 1987 and 1998 P.F. certificates.
13,000
6,250
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