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Lot 1391 |
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1851, 1¢ blue, type III (8), large balanced margins except just touching scroll at top left, rich color with a strong impression, cancelled by light and unobtrusive town datestamp, Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $3,500
A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1¢ TYPE III 1851 ISSUE.
Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1392 |
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1851, 1¢ blue, type III (8), large margins showing nice breaks at top and bottom to just nipping the design at right, rich plate 4 color, light c.d.s. cancel, minute thin spot, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $3,250
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Lot 1393 |
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1851, 1¢ blue, type IIIa (8A), mostly large margins, with a wide break at the top, vibrant color and a strong impression on fresh paper, grid cancel, Very Fine.
Scott $1,100
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Lot 1394 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 28L1L, huge margins all around with portions of adjacent stamps showing on four sides, gorgeous deep color of bright paper, lightly cancelled, Extremely Fine.
Scott $130
A GEM USED EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE IV IMPERFORATE.
Expertization: 2004 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1395 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), horizontal pair, recut once at top and once at bottom, full to large margins, rich color, lightly cancelled, Very Fine.
Scott $275
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Lot 1396 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 9-10L, horizontal pair with top sheet margin, minor creases at upper right, otherwise fresh and Extremely Fine with the left stamp being a gem.
Scott $275
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Lot 1397 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 17-18L, horizontal pair, each cancelled with large red numeral "5", exceptionally deep color, F-VF and quite striking.
Scott $335
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Lot 1398 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 21-22L, horizontal pair, full margins, Very Fine.
Scott $275
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Lot 1399 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 22-23/32-33L, block of four, large margins on three sides, just in at top, horizontal crease across top stamps, scissors cut into position 32, otherwise F-VF with position 33 being Extremely Fine.
Scott $2,000
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Lot 1400 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 29L, clear to enormous margins, red "Paid, U.S. Mail, City Delivery, 2, May 11" New York carrier c.d.s., Extremely Fine.
Scott $145
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Lot 1401 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 40/50L, vertical pair with right sheet margin showing the "big crack" on position 40 extending into 50, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $360
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Lot 1402 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 42-43L, horizontal pair, full to large margins, Very Fine.
Scott $275
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Lot 1403 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 51-60L, horizontal strip of ten, pen cancelled, top and bottom margins mostly full, in at both ends, slight faults positions 51, 54 and 57, a rare large multiple.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: clear 1970 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1404 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 57-58/67L, 67/ 76-77L, two "blocks" of three, slight faults affecting positions 57, 67 and 77 (recut once at bottom, twice at top), otherwise F-VF.
Scott $900
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Lot 1405 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 60/80L, vertical strip of three with full inter-pane margin and center line at right, large margins top and bottom, barely touching at left, faint pressed crease bottom stamp, otherwise Very Fine and most attractive.
Scott $450
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Lot 1406 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 78-80L, horizontal strip of three, 79 being one of only two positions on the plate recut twice at both top and bottom, full inter-pane margin and center line at right, small thin spot left stamp, corner creases in sheet margin, F-VF.
Scott $450+
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Lot 1407 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 89-90L, horizontal pair with full inter-pane margin and center line at right, huge margins to barely touching at bottom, negligible pressed crease position 89, Very Fine and quite striking.
Scott $275
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Lot 1408 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 94-96L, horizontal strip of three with margins virtually all around, manuscript and faint blue c.d.s. cancels, small scissors cut at upper left, Very Fine.
Scott $450
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Lot 1409 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 3-10R, horizontal strip of eight including position 4R, the only type II on the plate, sheet margin at right and large margins nearly everywhere else, pen-cancelled on large piece of a manila wrapper to Enfield, Conn., cosmetically refolded into an envelope format and partially repaired, Very Fine appearance, a rare and choice large multiple paying the 8¢ printed matter rate for 9-10 oz.
Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
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Lot 1410 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 3/53R, vertical strip of six with sheet margin at top, faint c.d.s. at top and lightened manuscript cancels, strengthened non-contemporaneously, otherwise Fine and rare.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1411 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 12-20R, horizontal strip of nine, large margins to cut in, on buff envelope that carried court documents to Corsicana, Tex., "Boxboro, N.C." and "Xs" manuscript cancels, reduced a bit at both ends with small edge repairs, still an attractive and very rare large multiple paying three times the 3¢ letter rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1412 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 21R with full sheet margin at left, dark blue grid cancel, fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $135
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Lot 1413 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 37-39R, horizontal strip of three, full to oversize margins, light town cancels, small thin position 39, fresh and otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $450
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Lot 1414 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 40-70R, vertical pair and two singles showing the full right sheet margin imprint, small sealed tears position 70, otherwise F-VF, an attractive and very desirable reconstruction.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1415 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 51-55R, horizontal strip of five, clear to mostly large margins, light circle of wedges cancels, small tear at bottom position 53, small corner crease 55, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1416 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 51/71R, vertical strip of three with sheet margin at left, neat pen cancels, small corner crease position 51, light crease 61, fresh and otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $450
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Lot 1417 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 59-60R, horizontal pair with full right sheet margin and part imprint, light St. Louis town cancel, faint vertical crease position 60, fresh F-VF appearance.
Scott $250 ++
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Lot 1418 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 69-70/89-90R, block of six with position 89 being sub-type "IVa" with the outer line broken at the bottom (see page 129 in Neinken), lightly cancelled with mostly full margins, thin spots bottom and upper right stamps, small corner crease position 89, somewhat toned paper, still a rare positional piece containing this interesting sub-type.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1419 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 70/80R, vertical pair with full right sheet margin and partial imprint on position 70, fresh and bright with huge margins except cut diagonally at top just into design at upper left, vertical pen stroke cancel, Extremely Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1420 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 74/94R, vertical strip of three, light pen cancel, small corner creases position 94, otherwise fresh and F-VF.
Scott $450
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 79/99R, vertical strip of three featuring the sub-type "IVa" at position 89, which has the bottom frame line broken (refer to page 129 in Neinken), unused, vertical and diagonal creases, otherwise fresh and F-VF.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1422 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 81-85/91-95R, block of ten from the lower left corner of the pane with inter-pane margin and center line at left and sheet margin at bottom, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. town cancels plus pen strokes on bottom stamps, horizontal crease bottom row and vertical crease in center, still a fresh and attractive example of this very rare positional multiple.
Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
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Lot 1423 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), position 94-99R, horizontal strip of six showing the transition from relief "B" to relief "A", lightly cancelled with mostly large margins, minor to heavy creases affecting all but position 96, fresh and most attractive.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Expertization: 1988 Jakubek Certificate.
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Lot 1424 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), partial reconstruction of plate one late, comprises 134 stamps representing 120 different positions, includes nine pairs, 18 strips or "blocks" of three (two on cover), four blocks of four (36-37/46-47L, 39-40/49-50R, 62-63/72-73R, 77-78/87-88R, last unused, regummed) and a block of six (1-3/11-13R "cut to shape" at top); a few varieties are included like position 4R, the only position on the plate not recut, 89R with break at bottom, position 56R with small natural paper fold, triple transfers: 81L (2), 91L, two Mobile, Ala. red "paint" cancels; condition is rather mixed but we do note a good number of F-VF or better copies. An excellent lot for the 1¢ specialist.
Scott $26,110 ++
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Lot 1425 |
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Dr. Carroll Chase's plate reconstruction photographs, set of 11" x 14" black & white photographs made from Chase's original negatives. 26 in all, each reproducing, in actual size, a left or a right pane from Chase's reconstruction of the 13 plates used to print the 3¢ imperforates, complete with his handwritten notes in the margins of the display pages. Though a few positions have been found to be inaccurate in recent years, this is still the definitive source for would-be platers of the 3¢ imperfs. Available from the National Postal Museum for $500.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1426 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown (10), complete reconstruction 100 stamps from the right pane of plate 2 early. All have the position marked on the back, the majority by Chase, including a nice 3+ margin example of position 34 (one line recut lower left diamond block); there are several nice 4-margin copies and about 14 with noticeable sheet margins, but most are only Fine and there are a number with faults, mostly creases, still an attractive and desirable lot.
Scott $14,660
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Lot 1427 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown (10), nearly complete reconstruction of 99 stamps from the right pane of plate 5 early, lacking only position 71. All have the position marked on the back, the majority by Chase; there are several nice 4-margin copies and about six with noticeable sheet margins, but most are only Fine and there are a number with faults, mostly creases, still an attractive and desirable lot.
Scott $13,860
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Lot 1428 |
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1851, 3¢ orange brown (10), full to large margins, fresh, rich color, blue grid cancel, Very Fine.
Scott $163
Expertization: 1997 and 2007 P.F. Certificates.
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Lot 1429 |
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3¢ 1851-57 Color group (10, 11), card titled Major Colors by Year: 1851 orange brown, 1852 brownish carmine, 1853 dull red, 1854 rose red, 1855 orange red, 1856 yellow rose red and 1857 claret; all with four margins and neat cancels, fresh and VF-XF.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1430 |
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1852, 3¢ dull red (11), bottom left corner margin single, rich color, with a full strike of New Bloomfield, Pa. c.d.s., a striking position piece.
Scott $15
Expertization: 2007 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1431 |
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1856, 5¢ red brown (12), margins to just touching projection at right, rich color, light New Orleans c.d.s., fresh and F-Very Fine.
Scott $950
Expertization: 1984 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1432 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type I (13), full to wide margins, bright and fresh, tiny natural inclusion, light c.d.s. cancel, Very Fine.
Scott $950
Expertization: 1992 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1433 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type I (13), full to large margins, bright color, New Orleans town cancel, tiny light thin spot, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $950
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Lot 1434 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type II (14), full to large margins, vibrant color, o.g., paper h.r., creased at top and lower left, faint tone spots, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $5,500
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Lot 1435 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type II (14), especially deep color and impression. Unused. Tiny thin spot. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $2,200
Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1436 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type III (15), large margins, blue town cancel, Extremely Fine.
Scott $210
Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1437 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type IV (16), position 55L1, outer line recut at bottom, large margins all around, strong color and impression, cancelled by town datestamp, corner crease at lower right, Extremely Fine appearing.
Scott $1,800
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Lot 1438 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type IV (16), position 54L, outer line recut at bottom, large margins to just touching shell at right, cancelled by partial town c.d.s., strong color and impression, Fine and rare.
Scott $1,800
Expertization: 2007 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1439 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type IV (16), position 74L1, large to huge margins showing portions of adjacent stamps at the sides, vivid color, town cancel and a bit of red, faint crease at lower right, Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $1,600
Expertization: 1979 and 2002 P.F. Certificates.
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1851, 12¢ black (17), ample to large margins, with particularly dark color, a prooflike impression and full, barely hinged o.g., Very Fine.
Scott $6,500
AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE MINT STAMP.
Expertization: 1983 and 2006 P.F. Certificates.
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