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Lot 591 |
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1923, $2 deep blue (572), perfectly centered, brilliant color and paper, original gum, never hinged. A Superb gem. SMQ $2,200.
Scott $175
Expertization: 2007 P.S.E. Certificate graded Superb 98.
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Lot 592 |
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1929, 2¢ carmine coil, type II (599A), joint line pair, near perfectly centered, original gum, never hinged. Fresh and choice, Extremely Fine. SMQ $2,350.
Scott $1,300
Expertization: 2003 P.F. and 2004 P.S.E. Certificates latter graded XF 90.
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Lot 593 |
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1928, 2¢ carmine, type II (634A), vertical pair with full horizontal gutter, original gum, lightly hinged on top stamps and gutter bottom stamp is never hinged, F-VF.
Scott $850
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Lot 594 |
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1938, $2 Presidential, shifted vignette (833 var.), well centered with vignette to the lower right. Original gum. Very Fine. the "Harding leaving White House quickly" variety.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 595 |
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1938, $5 Presidential (834), partial pane of 60 including both sides and bottom arrow blocks and center line block, well centered throughout, original gum, never hinged, a few light tone spots on selvage, stamps are unaffected. Very Fine.
Scott $5,400 for singles
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Lot 596 |
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1956, $5 Hamilton (1053), complete bottom right pane of 100, well centered, original gum, never hinged, tiny plate block selvage crease. Otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $6,035
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Lot 597 |
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4¢ black, brown & yellow, yellow inverted (1203a), left margin vertical pair tied by two strikes of Brooklyn October 26, 1962 double-circle datestamp on piece, Very Fine.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
ONE OF ONLY A FEW EXAMPLES OF A COMMERCIALLY USED ORIGINAL HAMMARSKJOLD INVERT, THIS POSSIBLY BEING THE ONLY RECORDED PAIR.
Expertization: 2007 P.F. Certificate.
As stated in Scott, the 1203a original Hammarskjold invert can only be collected on a cover (or a piece) postmarked before November 16, 1962 (the date the #1204 Hammarskjold Special Printing was issued). The 1204 special printing was issued by the Post Office following the discovery of No. 1203 with the yellow background inverted. While a small quantity of the original exist on first day cover, commercially used examples are extremely rare.
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Lot 598 |
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1979, $1 Lamp, brown (candle flame) inverted (1610c), original gum, never hinged. Exceptionally well centered, post office fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $22,500
ONE OF THE BEST CENTERED EXAMPLES OF THIS POPULAR RARITY EXTANT.
Expertization: 2004 P.S.E. Certificate graded XF 90.
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Lot 599 |
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1979, $1 Lamp, brown (candle flame) inverted (1610c), well centered, original gum, never hinged, Very Fine, a choice example of the "C.I.A. Invert", only about 95 of which have been accounted for.
Scott $22,000
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Lot 600 |
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1979, $1 Lamp, brown (candle flame) inverted (1610c), a choice mint block of four, perfectly centered, original gum, never hinged, Extremely Fine.
Scott $90,000
Only a handful of blocks remain intact.
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Lot 601 |
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1981, 18¢ Flag & Lighthouse coil (1891), plate no. 6 strip of six, choice centering, original gum, never hinged. Extremely Fine, the rarest of the plate number coils.
Scott $3,750
Expertization: 2004 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 602 |
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1992, 29¢ N.Y. Stock Exchange, center inverted (2630c), left sheet margin horizontal pair, the right stamp with center inverted, the left stamp with center omitted (2630b), original gum, never hinged, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
Two panes of forty containing these two errors have been discovered. Between the two, there are a total of 56 stamps with inverted centers and 24 with centers omitted.
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Lot 603 |
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1992, 29¢ N.Y. Stock Exchange, center inverted (2630c), top right margin block of four, top stamps with centers inverted, bottom stamps with centers omitted (2630b), original gum, never hinged, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 40,000 - 50,000
A RARE POSITION PIECE.
There are 56 examples of this invert recorded, 28 in each of the two panes of 40, the other 24 stamps having their centers omitted.
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