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Lot 919 |
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 1¢ yellow, preprint paper fold (O1 var), large diagonal preprint paper fold, cork cancel. Fine. rare Agriculture production variety.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 920 |
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Executive Dept., 1873, 2¢ carmine, short transfer (O11 var), upper left corner exhibits slight short transfer, strong color, unused. Toned perf toned at top. Fine appearance.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 921 |
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Executive Dept., 1873, 3¢ violet rose, double transfer at top (O12a var), double transfer visible in "t" and "v" of "executive", violet rose shade, split cork cancellation. Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 922 |
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Executive Dept., 1873, 10¢ carmine, plate mark running through the "1" of "10" (O14 var), vivid color, unused. Reperfed. Otherwise F.-V.F. Unlisted plate variety on a rare stamp.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 923 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 15¢ vermilion, double transfer (O21), group of three 15¢ Interiors with different double transfer types comprising Ia (left side and star), Ib (left side and "c" of "cent"), and IIa (left side and "15"). Couple minor faults including trivial short perfs. Otherwise F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 924 |
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Interior Dept., 1873, 90¢ vermilion, double transfer (O24), major double transfer with large downward shift at bottom, accompanied by O24P4 plate proof of the same variety sharply showing the double transfer detail. Stamp faults. Fine appearance.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 925 |
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Interior Dept. plate and production varieties, group of 4 singles and a pair comprising mint (O15) with a vertical plate scratch thoughout the design that is readily visible in the "c" of "cent", used (O21) with a double transfer type Ia, mint (O98) pair (left stamp) and single showing a short transfer in the lower right, and used (O20) with jumbo margins lightly cancelled by manuscript. Tiny thin on 12¢. F.-V.F. group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 926 |
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Justice Dept., 1873, 3¢ purple, double transfer at left (O27 var), block of 4. Variety visible on bottom left stamp in multiple, position 27. O.g., h.r. colored black to match mount. Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 927 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 12¢ ultramarine, major double transfer of left frame (O41 var), position 51, variety clearly visible at left and in portions of the design, large margin at left accentuates the variety. O.g. F.-V.F.
Scott $350
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Lot 928 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 90¢ ultramarine, short transfer at upper left (O45 var), position 5, lightly cancelled by c.d.s. Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 929 |
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Navy Dept., 1873, 90¢ ultramarine (O45), lightly cancelled, position 6 with partial plate number 106 captured at top. Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 930 |
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Navy Dept. printing and plate varieties, group of four varieties comprising an unused O36 with double transfer of top frameline, left star, and rope, a used O37 with double kiss impression of entire design, an unused O38 with line through "N" of "Navy" and plate number 56 captured at top, position 6, and a used O38 with line through "N" of "Navy". Small faults including O36 with preprinting paper crease and O37 with large thin and portion of bottom missing. Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Post Office Dept., 1873, 3¢ black (O49), bottom right strip of three with plate number 30 and arrow at left, position 91 with plate scratch into design from the end of the arrow, o.g. Paper adherance. F.-V.F. rare piece identifying the position of the variety.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 932 |
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Post Office Dept. production varieties, group of six items comprising an unused O56 single with imprint selvedge perforated only halfway, a used O49 occluded plate variety, an unused O48 with heavy offset on reverse, a used O48 with jumbo margins, an unused O53 imperforate pair, and an unused O48 with double kiss impression. Some minor faults. F.-V.F., rare group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 933 |
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Post Office Dept. plate scratches, group of five items comprising four different plate scratches; O49 mint and used singles of plate #30 position 91R with a scratch in lower left, O49 used single with scratches below the vignette, O49 block of four with the upper right stamp having a large horizontal scratch across design, and O50 on a large cover with left selvedge having a plate scratch at lower right and two in the selvedge;. Some faults. Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 934 |
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State Dept., 1873, 6¢ bright green, straw paper (O60 var), two singles, each with small pieces of straw in the paper, both lightly cancelled. One with a small thin. Otherwise Fine. The rare straw paper variety is also found on the regular issue banknotes from the Continental Bank Note Co.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 935 |
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State Dept., 1873, 6¢ bright green, foreign entry of 6¢ Executive (O60), both positions containing the foreign entry; unused position 61 single with double transfer in upper left and foreign entry at the right edge, used position 41 with foreign transfer at right side and in the "6" and "i" of "six", cancelled by red cork. Both reperfed at left, unused example with additional small faults. F.-V.F. appearance.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 936 |
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State Dept., 1873, 10¢ dark green, short transfer upper right frame (O62 var), position 34, deep color with sharp impression shows the variety clearly. O.g., Very Fine.
Scott $200
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Lot 937 |
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State Dept., 1873, 12¢ dark green (O63 var), unused single, position 91 with large plate scratch starting in left margin and continuing down through the lower left corner of the design to the bottom margin. Tiny thin speck. Fine, large margin at left accentuates the variety.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 938 |
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State Dept., 1873, 12¢ dark green (O63 var), two unused singles, positions 95 and 96 sharing a plate scratch between vignettes, deep color. Position 95 has a surface scrape at lower left. Otherwise F.-V.F.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 939 |
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State Dept., 1873, 24¢ dark green, short transfer lower left (O65 var), position 10, cancelled away from variety by "Washington, D.C." third class oval. F.-V.F. Rare variety.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 940 |
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State Dept. printing varieties, group of four unused stamps comprising O57 in a dark green-black shade, O58 with extra ink and smearing at lower right, O61 with a large ink spot on the head of Stanton, and O64 with ink mark in upper margin. Couple faults. Fine appearance.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 941 |
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State Dept. plate varieties, group of five stamps comprising an unused O59 with slight short transfer in the upper left, two used examples of O60 with three plate scratches in the upper right margin, used O60 with all-over double transfer, and used O61 with doubling of the lower left frame. Some small faults. F.-V.F. Rare group of varieties.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 942 |
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Treasury Dept., 1873, 2¢ brown, large plate scratch (O73 var), variety at top margin, New York "P.O." ellipse cancellation. Centered to left. Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 943 |
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Treasury Dept. production varieties, group of five stamps comprising a used O74 with jumbo margins, used O73 and O75 with stitch watermarks, a used O110 with blurry print from oil on the plate, and O82 with pre-printing paper fold; O74 faulty. F.-V.F. group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 944 |
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Treasury Dept. plate varieties, group of 12 stamps and covers comprising four plate scratches: unused O74 with two scratches in right margin, unused O74 with line through position dot, used O74 with scratch in the "3", and used O81 with a layout line through the "Y" in "Treasury"; four double transfers: two O72 covers with the double transfer at top, a used O78 with double transfer at top, and a used O80 with double transfer in "EAS" of "Treasury", position 16; and four short transfers: O74 on cover with short transfer at lower left, O81 unused and used copies of the position 41 short transfer of the entire top, and an used O81 position 45 short transfer of top right only;. Some small stamp and cover faults. F.-V.F. Rare group of varieties.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 945 |
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War Dept., 1873, 15¢ rose, short transfer upper right (O90 var), position 74, deep color clearly shows the variety, Cleveland Ohio cancellation away from the variety. F.-V.F.
Estimate 100 - 150
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Lot 946 |
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War Dept. varieties, group of four stamps comprising a mint O85 with scratch in lower portion of vignette and three marks in lower right margin, mint O90 lower right corner margin copy with ink smears, mint and used plate capture copies of O91 containing plate mark in the "D" of "Dept." Faults. Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 947 |
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Officials with marginal captures, group of fifty-seven mint and used stamps having captured portions of plate markings or selvedge with marginal markings, departments include Agriculture, Interior, Navy, Treasury, and War, better items include a 90¢ Interior with capture of imprint at bottom and 24¢ Navy with plate number 107 captured at top. Minor faults. Generally F.-V.F. Rare group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 948 |
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The Lockyear Official plate and production varieties, collection of 65 stamps with varieties plus 17 with plate or imprint captures, better include 12¢ Navy with double transfer of left side, mint and two used, 30¢ Navy with doubling in "3" of "30", 24¢ Post Office with scratch at left, 3¢ Justice with double transfer in "3", 90¢ Interior with major double transfer of bottom, mint and used 10¢ Navy with scratch through head, numerous 6¢ Navy with line through "N", 15¢ Interior double transfers, 24¢ State short transfer at lower left, etc., some faults. F.-V.F. group.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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