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Lot 1489 |
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1917, 1¢ green, double impression (498d), outstanding centering, with strong color and impression showing the overall doubling well, cancel breaks the paper slightly, slight scrape. Otherwise Extremely Fine and attractive example of this scarce variety which is missing from most Washington-Franklin collections.
Scott $4,000
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Lot 1490 |
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BK
1¢ green, booklet pane of 30 (498f), choice centering, original gum lightly disturbed. Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,150
Expertization: clear 1979 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1491 |
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BK
1917, 1¢ green (498f), well centered, crisp perforations, original gum, h.r. on four. Tiny margin crease at lower right. Otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $1,150
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Lot 1492 |
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BK
1¢ green, booklet pane of 30 (498f, BK64), ten panes in $3 black on green booklet with intact panes and interleaving, all panes with sideorographers initials, position W11, original gum never hinged, Very Good-Fine, booklet front cover has been broken off. Otherwise Fine and rare.
Scott $25,000
To the best of our knowledge, this is one of only three complete booklets of the 1¢ A.E.F. pane the other two have the covers still attached.
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Lot 1493 |
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BK
1¢ A.E.F. booklet (498f), intact booklet less the panes, with interleaving and partial tabs from the removed panes, some light creasing and small break at bottom right staple. Otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1494 |
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BK
2¢ A.E.F. booklet pane (499), bright color, crisp and fully intact perforations, original gum, lightly hinged on two stamps only, trifling tiny ink mark on reverse. Fine. An exceptionally fresh and pleasing example of the rarest of the booklet panes.
Scott $28,000
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Lot 1495 |
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BK
2¢ A.E.F. booklet (499f), intact booklet less the panes, covers with interleaving and partial tabs from the removed panes, some chipping and light creasing but relatively fresh and quite rare.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 1496 |
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2¢ rose type I and 2¢ deep rose type Ia (499, 500), bottom left plate No. 10208 block of 20. Plate block of six containing two combination pairs of type I and Ia, the type I's being the plate No. single and the stamp to the right, the other 18 stamps are type Ia, rich color and crisp impressions, original gum, never hinged. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $26,900
A GREAT 20TH CENTURY RARITY AND A KEY ITEM FOR THE WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN SPECIALIST.
There are probably fewer than ten of these combination plate blocks of six known, the above example may well be the only plate block of 20 available and the largest known multiple.
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Lot 1497 |
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1917, 5¢ rose error (505), error in strip of three, perfectly centered within large margins, bright color, fresh never hinged original gum. Extremely Fine.
Scott $700
Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1498 |
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1917, 7¢ black (507), flawlessly centered with very wide margins, original gum, never hinged. Post office fresh and choice, an Extremely Fine gem. SMQ $640.
Scott $65
Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate graded XF-Sup 95.
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Lot 1499 |
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1917, 11¢ light green, perf 10 at bottom (511a), full top plate No. 13467 block of six. The bottom row the perf 10 the right stamp is transitional guaging partly perf 10 and partly perf 11, slight separation in lower left pair, original gum, lightly hinged on selvage, top middle stamp and bottom left stamp, the right pair of 511a is never hinged. Couple faintly toned perf tips, pulled perf at bottom left. Otherwise F.-V.F.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND MOST LIKELY UNIQUE FORMAT CONTAINING A STRIP OF THREE PERF 10 ERRORS.
Expertization: 1969 Friedl Certificate signed by Bloch and 1974 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Grunin
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Lot 1500 |
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1917, 50¢ red violet (517), virtually perfect centering within large and beautifully balanced margins, especially intense color, original gum, never hinged. An Extremely Fine gem. SMQ $1,150.
Scott $150
Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate graded XF-Sup 95.
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