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Lot 1362 |
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1923, 2¢ carmine, rotary (579), brilliant deep color, nicely centered for this, strong and intact perforations. Neat wavy line duplex cancel. F.-V.F., a rare coil waste multiple.
Scott $1,750
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1363 |
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1923, 1¢ green, rotary coil waste (594), centered a bit to right but actually better centered than many, rich color. Light wavy machine cancel. Nearly Very Fine for the issue.
Scott $6,750
A FRESH, ATTRACTIVE AND SOUND EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE COIL WASTE ISSUE.
Expertization: 1980 P.F. Certificate.
Scott notes that this stamp is valued "with perforations just touching frame line on one side".
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1923, 2¢ carmine, rotary coil waste (595), well centered within incredibly large margins. O.g., never hinged. A fresh and choice Very Fine jumbo.
Scott $500
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1923, 2¢ carmine, rotary coil waste (595), perfectly centered and lightly cancelled top sheet margin single. Fresh and truly Superb.
Scott $350
PRECISE CENTERING, LIGHT CANCEL AND OUTSTANDING FRESHNESS COMBINE HERE IN WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE FINEST USED EXAMPLE OF #595 IN EXISTENCE.
Expertization: 2003 P.F. Certificate.
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1929, 2¢ carmine coil, type II (599A), joint line pair. Virtually perfectly centered with deep color and sharp impression. O.g., never hinged. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,075
Expertization: 2003 PSE Certificate graded XF90.
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1929, 2¢ carmine coil, type II (599A, 599), se-tenant joint line pair. Near-perfect centering. O.g., lightly hinged. Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $775
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1923, 2¢ Harding, rotary, the rare perf 11 (613), much better than usual centering, fresh color. Very light machine cancel. Reperforated at bottom, small crease and thin, expert repair at bottom left corner adding a small portion of the margin. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $42,500
AN EXCEPTIONALLY ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THIS GREAT 20TH CENTURY RARITY.
Expertization: 1973 P.F. Certificate noting only the thin and 1997 P.F. Certificate.
Less than fifty examples of the Harding rotary press perforation 11 have been recorded. Although repaired and reperforated for aesthetic appeal, it is intriguing that this appears to have been the only straight-edge example in the Siegel census (Chicago Flight. Robert Zoellner sale catalogue, proof. 325) for a photograph of the stamp in its original unrestored state), while Gary Griffiths records only two straight-edge examples (United States Stamps 1922-26, proof. 191), supporting his theory that the sheets were cut into four panes before being perforated by the machines employed for the flat press.
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Lot 1369 |
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1¢ green booklet pane (804b) (804b), complete unexploded composite booklet of 16 panes, front cover type Ivb (BC4A) and back cover type Ivd, green on lavender, with partial plate #'s 22009 and 22010 UL and 3mm vertical gutter between stamps. Front cover with light creasing. Still Very Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
AN IMPORTANT AND NEARLY UNOBTAINABLE RARITY, OFFERED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
Expertization: 2002 P.F. Certificate.
In 1960, the March issue of The Bureau Specialist contained an intriguing description of a composite booklet which in its salient details appears to match the booklet offered here. The author, W.R. Kerns ("Booklets & Booklet Panes" column, p. 71), who preferred the term "booklet with composite covers", stressed its rarity and asked readers to report others. No reports were forthcoming. This was also the last time the booklet was described in print anywhere. Although we prefer not to speculate as to its whereabouts after all these years, we feel strongly that this booklet is the one described by Kerns; it resurfaced in a balance lot of U.S. booklet material in 2001. Featured in The United States Specialist, Apr. 2003, p. 163-66.
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1938, $5 Presidential, red brown & black shade (834a), beautifully centered and exceptionally fresh with unmistakable deep color. O.g., never hinged. Extremely Fine.
Scott $3,000
A MARVELOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE VARIETY.
Expertization: 1981 P.F. Certificate, signed "Geo B Sloane".
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1979, $1 Lamp, brown (candle flame) inverted (1610c), o.g., never hinged. Very Fine. Only 95 issued.
Scott $13,000
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