Sale 272

The Ron L. Scott Collection
of United States Stamps


U.S. Postmasters' Provisionals through 1847 Issue
 
 
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Lot 2002
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New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish (9X1), unused, large balanced margins, sharp impression small corner crease fresh and Very Fine appearance.
Scott $1,400

Expertization: 1991 P.F. Certificate (mistakenly noting o.g.).
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Lot 2003

New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish (9X1), vertical pair, position 13/18 with clear to large margins tied by red "New York/10cts." c.d.s. and by one of three strikes red "PAID" on folded letter to Platsburgh [sic], N.Y., file fold through top stamp, otherwise fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $2,100

Expertization: 1984 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2004
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St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 5¢ black on greenish (11X1), type II, position 3, large margins on three sides, close to barely touching at top, cancelled solely by red St. Louis c.d.s. two thin spots, one of which results in a tiny hole, neither mentioned in certificate fresh Fine appearance.
Scott $4,750

APPROXIMATELY 25 OF THE 150 OR SO SURVIVING EXAMPLES ARE CANCELLED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE TOWN C.D.S.

Expertization: clear 1958 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2005
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St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 10¢ black on greenish (11X2), type II, position 4, huge margins, single stroke cancel faint horizontal crease, small thin and tiny sealed tear at bottom fresh Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $4,250
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Lot 2006
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St. Louis, Mo., 1846, 5¢ black on gray lilac (11X4), type III, position 5, large margins, neat ms cancel small thin and tiny pinhole fresh Very Fine appearance.
Scott $5,750

ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE BEARS AND, IN FACT, THE ONLY ONE OF THE LISTED VARIETIES NOT REPRESENTED BY A SINGLE IN THE FAIMAN COLLECTION.

Expertization: 1990 P.F. Certificate.

From our research on the Faiman Collection, we estimate approximately 40 surviving examples, eight of which are on cover or in se-tenant multiples.

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Lot 2007
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St. Louis, Mo., 1846, 10¢ black on gray lilac (11X5), type I, position 2, large margins cancelled solely by a small part red St. Louis c.d.s. slight faults including small repaired nick in bottom margin fresh Very Fine appearance.
Scott $3,000

THE VAST MAJORITY (OVER 80%) HAVE PEN CANCELS.

Provenance: Faiman
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Lot 2008
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St. Louis, Mo., 1846, 20¢ black on gray lilac (11X6), type I, position 1, margins close or just touching on three sides, large at the right neat ms cancel natural pre-printing paper crease at upper left fresh and Fine.
Scott $25,000

Expertization: 1993 P.F. Certificate.

Item 11X6-I-6 in our census of 20¢ Bears (October 2003 auction catalogue)
There are only 22 surviving off cover used examples of the 20¢ on lilac, of which only 14 are sound. The example offered here is one of the five finest.

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Lot 2009
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St. Louis, Mo., 1846, 10¢ black on bluish (11X8), type III, position 6, lightened manuscript cancel, four small even margins Fine.
Scott $6,500

SOUND EXAMPLES OF THE FRAGILE PELURE PAPER VALUES ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND.

Expertization: 1993 P.F. Certificate.

According to our research, there are approximately 35-40 of the 10¢ on pelure paper and only a small fraction of these are sound.

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Lot 2010

1847, 5¢ red brown (1), nice margins on three sides, in at bottom, rich color o.g., hinge remnants vertical crease, a fresh looking example very scarce with original gum.
Scott $6,250

Expertization: photocopy of 1982 P.F. Certificate for pair.
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Lot 2011
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1847, 10¢ black (2), right sheet margin single, unused, four mostly large margins, irregularly cut at upper left, deep shade and strong impression small tear otherwise Fine and attractive.
Scott $12,500

WITH ITS EXCELLENT COLOR AND IMPRESSION, AND ITS WIDE SHEET MARGIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLES EXTANT OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE UNUSED STAMP.

Expertization: 1986 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 2012
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1847, 10¢ black (2), four mostly large margins, finely etched impression striking red grid cancels tiny scissors cut at lower left just clear of design fresh and nearly Very Fine with tremendous eye-appeal.
Scott $1,350
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Lot 2013

1847 (1875 Reproduction), 10¢ black (4), large margins and sharp prooflike impression without gum as issued Very Fine.
Scott $900
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