Sale 271

The Jim Kotanchik Collecion
of Newspaper and Periodical Stamps


U.S. Newspaper Stamps - 1894 Bureau Issue
 
 
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Lot 1148

Newspaper, 1894, 1¢ intense black (PR90), wonderful stamp with rich color and jumbo margins o.g., never hinged Superb outstanding beautiful single.
Scott $275 as hinged
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Lot 1149

Newspaper, 1894, 1¢ intense black (PR90), sharp impression o.g., never hinged Very Fine.
Scott $275 as hinged
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Lot 1150

Newspaper, 1894, 1¢ intense black (PR90), block of four o.g., three stamps never hinged F.-V.F.
Scott $1,200 as hinged
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Lot 1151

Newspaper, 1894, 1¢ intense black (PR90), block of 4 nicely centered o.g., small hinge remnant Very Fine.
Scott $1,200
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Lot 1152

Newspaper, 1894, 1¢ intense black (PR90), block of ten intense color, unusually white paper, scarce multiple showing the early production problems of the 1894 first Bureau issue including blind perfs and o.g., hinge remnants natural gum creases Fine.
Scott $2,950 as blocks and singles
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Lot 1153

Newspaper, 1894, 1¢ intense black (PR90), complete pane of 50 an unusually fresh multiple with excellent impression, natural straightedge at bottom o.g., 35 stamps are never hinged tiny selvage faults at both left and right edges, not affecting any stamps, nearly separated between top two rows F.-V.F.
Scott $14,750 as blocks and singles

Expertization: 2003 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 1154

Newspaper, 1894, 2¢ intense black (PR91), beautifully centered o.g., tiny hinge remnant Extremely Fine.
Scott $300
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Lot 1155

Newspaper, 1894, 2¢ intense black (PR91), crisp and well centered, distinctive first bureau perforations and gum pristine o.g. that is never hinged Very Fine.
Scott $300 for hinged
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Lot 1156

Newspaper, 1894, 4¢ intense black (PR92), bright color, distinct blotchy first Bureau gum and typical partially unpunched perforations of the earliest printings using the Continental Bank Note Co. plates o.g. barely hinged Very Fine.
Scott $350

The earliest 1894 first Bureau low value Newspaper stamps have the same perforation structure of the previous American Bank Note Co. issue, but they are distinguished by their color, paper and blotchy gum.

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Lot 1157

Newspaper, 1894, 4¢ intense black (PR92), well centered o.g., never hinged Very Fine.
Scott $350 as hinged
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Lot 1158

Newspaper, 1894, 4¢ intense black (PR92), block of four o.g., never hinged F.-V.F.
Scott $1,600 as hinged
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Lot 1159

Newspaper, 1894, 4¢ intense black (PR92), block of four o.g., never hinged post office F.-V.F. with the top stamps being Very Fine.
Scott $1,600 as hinged
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Lot 1160

Newspaper, 1894, 10¢ intense black (PR94), large margins all around, dark shade and strong impression o.g., never hinged natural gum wrinkle at lower left Extremely Fine.
Scott $800 as hinged
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Lot 1161

Newspaper, 1894, 10¢ intense black (PR94), unusually well centered with deep color and wide margins o.g., never hinged natural paper wrinkles Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $800
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Lot 1162

Newspaper, 1894, 10¢ intense black (PR94), block of four bold impression o.g., never hinged natural paper wrinkles in lower left stamp F.-V.F.
Scott $3,750 as hinged
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Lot 1163

Newspaper, 1894, 10¢ intense black (PR94), block of four intense color and bright paper o.g., never hinged F.-V.F.
Scott $3,750 as hinged

A VERY RARE MULTIPLE AND ESPECIALLY SO IN NEVER HINGED CONDITION.
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Lot 1164

Newspaper, 1894, 12¢ pink (PR95), bright pastel color, distinctive first Bureau perforations and gum o.g., very lightly hinged nearly Very Fine.
Scott $2,000

MOST STAMPS OF THIS ISSUE COME WITH PRODUCTION FAULTS, ESPECIALLY GUM AND PAPER CREASES; THIS STAMP IS ABSOLUTELY SOUND IN ALL RESPECTS.
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Lot 1165

Newspaper, 1894, 24¢ pink (PR96), attractive fresh color, proper first Bureau gum and perfs o.g. with small h.r. faint crease at very top otherwise Fine.
Scott $2,500
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Lot 1166

Newspaper, 1894, 24¢ pink (PR96), rejoined block of 8 (from two blocks of four) fresh o.g. vertical crease left pair, lower right pair natural paper wrinkle about Fine.
Scott $22,000 as two blocks
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Lot 1167

Newspaper, 1894, $3 scarlet (PR100), distinctive shade with First Bureau gum, perforations and an unusually clean impression full o.g. small thin spot at top right F.-V.F., Scott prices the issue in this grade only.
Scott $60,000

THE SMALL FAULT NOTWITHSTANDING, THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES EXTANT.

Expertization: 1973, 2003 P.F. Certificates.

There are fewer than ten singles certified by the Philatelic Foundation.

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