Sale 285

The Peter DuPuy Collection
of the U.S. 30 Cent Orange and 90 Cent Blue of 1861


30¢ Issued Stamps
 
 
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Lot 73
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), unused, beautifully centered with particularly intense color. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $800

Expertization: 1995 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 74

1861, 30¢ orange (71), along with 5¢ brown and 10¢ dark green (76, 68a), overlapped and tied together on piece by large Boston PAID grids. Very Fine and most attractive.
Scott $377+

Provenance: Dale-Lichtenstein
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Lot 75
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), light strike anchor in lozenge of dots French packet boat cancel. Fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 76
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), blue Wells, Fargo & Co. double circle datestamp. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $525
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Lot 77
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), complete strike of fancy "devil" cancel (S-E PH-F42). Stamp with repaired corner. Fresh, Fine appearance, exceedingly rare on a high value.
Estimate 300 - 400

Expertization: 1986 & 1998 P.F.Certificates.
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Lot 78
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), bold red star in circle cancel (S-E ST-S22), beautifully centered. Couple nibbed perfs. Otherwise Extremely Fine with great eye-appeal.
Scott $200+
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Lot 79
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), cancelled clear "LMc" on a well centered stamp. Fresh and F.-V.F., unlisted Skinner-Eno.
Scott $175+
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Lot 80
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), selection of eight different N.Y.F.M. cancels, nice strikes, stamps with minor faults. Generally Fine.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 81
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), selection of ten different colored cancels, includes red Supplementary Mail type A, magenta grid, magenta manuscript "Paid 30¢", blue REGISTERED straight line, blue outline star in circle, etc., nice strikes, stamps with minor faults. Generally Fine.
Scott $1,750 ++
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Lot 82
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), selection of ten different better cancels, includes Quincy, Mass. Masonic, Rahway, N.J. shield, Woonsocket, R.I. "NIX", "Paid 1" and "Paid 30", etc., nice strikes, stamps with minor faults. Generally Fine.
Scott $1,750+
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Lot 83
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), selection of ten different unusual geometric cancels, nice strikes, some stamps with minor faults. Generally Fine.
Scott $1,750+
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Lot 84
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), balance of the 30¢ cancellation collection, comprises 37 stamps including a pair and an L-shaped block of four, mainly geometrics but also a few town cancels, a couple "Paid"s, a straight line "Registered", a 30¢ on piece with a 12¢ and a pair of 24¢ condition is mixed but is generally Fine, strikes are mostly Very Fine. A nice lot.
Scott $6,475+
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Lot 85

1861, 30¢ orange (71), block of four. Exceptionally well centered with luminous color and full original gum. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $12,500

A CHOICE BLOCK — CERTAINLY AMONG THE FINER MINT BLOCKS EXTANT.

Expertization: 1970 P.F. Certificate.

Provenance: Hetherington
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Lot 86
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), block of four. Each stamp with a neat circle-of-wedges cancel. Bottom right stamp with small corner crease. Fresh and about Fine.
Scott $2,400

ATTRACTIVE AND SCARCE USED BLOCK.

Provenance: Ishikawa
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Lot 87
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), block of four. Fresh color and neat black grid cancels. Clipped at bottom, pinhole in each of bottom stamps. Otherwise about Fine.
Scott $2,400
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