Sale 319

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PLATED TEN-CENT 1847s FROM THE "TEXAS GENTLEMAN"
 
 
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Lot 1030
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 16L, full to large margins. Light blue cancel. Faint crease. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $1,450
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Lot 1031
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 41L, four margins. Red cancel and lightened manuscript. F.-V.F.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1032
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 42L, clear to large margins, with particularly deep color and a light red grid cancel. F.-V.F.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1033
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 63L, full to large margins, with a crisp impression and a light red cancel, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1034
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 68L, four margins. Light red grid cancel. Tiny corner crease, small thin spot. F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1035

1847, 10¢ black (2), position 71L, three large margins, just into frameline at top, tied by red square grid cancellation on 1849 folded cover to Salsbury N.C., matching "New-York Sep 19" c.d.s.; light toning, side flaps mostly removed, Fine.
Scott $1,700
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Lot 1036

1847, 10¢ black (2), position 83L, full to large margins except just touching upper left frameline, tied by red grid cancellation on 1851 folded letter to Vernon Knox & Co. in Ohio, matching "New-York Feb 20" c.d.s.; 10¢ with minor bend, Fine.
Scott $1,700
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Lot 1037
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 86L, clear to large margins, crisp impression. Bright red grid cancel. Thin speck and tiny corner crease. F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1038

1847, 10¢ black (2), position 90L, large margins except ample at bottom right, tied by tone spot and black circled grid on folded cover to Philadelphia Pa., red "Boston '10cts' 22 Mar" integral c.d.s., Fine.
Scott $1,700
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Lot 1039
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 92L, four margins, with intense color. Light red cancel. Small faults. F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1040
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 15R, full to large margins. Straight line "paid" cancel. Small thin spots. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $1,500
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Lot 1041
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 16R, rich color. Light red grid cancel. Faint pressed crease. F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1042
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 21R, with four large margins including sheet margin at left, deep color, with a blue town cancel. Small tear in bottom margin clear of frameline, filled thinning. Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $1,450
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Lot 1043
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 27R, clear to large margins, rich color, small inclusion. Light blue grid cancel. F.-V.F.
Scott $1,450
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Lot 1044

1847, 10¢ black (2), position 28R, margins at sides to just in at bottom left, tied by neat red grid cancellation on 1849 folded letter to Montreal, Canada, matching New York Nov 28" c.d.s., manuscript "Pay to line, 4½" postal endorsement and red "Montreal NO30 1849" backstamp; 10¢ with corner crease, a Fine usage.
Scott $2,100
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Lot 1045
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 43R, four margins. Red grid cancel. Pressed vertical crease, tiny scissor cut in left margin clear of frameline. Fine.
Scott $1,400

Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1046
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 44R, full to large margins. Red grid cancel. Small thins. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1047
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 50R, with a stitch watermark, especially intense color on bright paper with a light red grid cancel. Vertical crease. Otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1048
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 54R, large margins. Scarcer black cancel. Light corner creases and thin. Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $1,750
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Lot 1049
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 67R, four margins, intense color. Light red cancel. Small thins and light crease. Fine appearance.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1050
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 91R, full to large margins, rich color. Light red grid cancel. F.-V.F.
Scott $1,400
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Lot 1051
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Balance lot of 10¢ 1847 collection, comprising 25 singles all from different positions plated by the owner, mostly red cancels but including 3 blue and one black, generally three margins with the fourth touching the frame line or in a bit, some small faults not affecting appearance.
Scott $35,500
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