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Lot 1552 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), beautifully centered, strong color and impression. Original gum, never hinged, small gum skip not mentioned on certificate. Very Fine. Scarce in never hinged condition.
Scott $850 as o.g.
Expertization: clear 1993 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 1553 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), "captured" imprint in bottom margin. Original gum. Fine and rare.
Scott $850
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Lot 1554 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), block of six. Centered to right, rich color on bright paper, original gum with center stamps never hinged, rest with hinge remnants, natural gum bend affects top center and top right stamps. Fresh and Fine. A rare mint multiple.
Scott $7,750 as o.g.
Expertization: 1997 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 1555 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), beautifully centered with split arrow at upper left, printing flaw apparently caused by rust spot on plate. Bright green geometric cancel. Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,175
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Lot 1556 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), choice centering, cancelled by a fancy blue circle of wedges cork. Slightly rounded corner. Otherwise Very Fine to Extremely Fine and attractive.
Scott $190
Expertization: 1987 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1557 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), emerald green geometric cancel. Average centering, small thin spot, scarce.
Scott $1,175
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Lot 1558 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), huge margins on three sides with the right margin being "normal". Neat quartered cork cancel. Very Fine to Extremely Fine and quite striking.
Scott $175
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Lot 1559 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), two singles, each with "captured" imprint in margin. Neatly cancelled. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $350+
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Lot 1560 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), two singles. Neat magenta quartered cork and purple target cancels. F.-V.F.
Scott $480
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Lot 1561 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), strip of ten plus single. Cancelled by purple manuscript "Nashua N.H. Mar 4, 1870" postmark. Some tears and separations, still a very rare and desirable multiple.
Scott $2,050 as pairs and single
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Lot 1562 |
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1869, 1¢ buff (112), used block of 35 (7 x 5). Average to Fine centering. Heavily cancelled and hinge-reinforced. But an exceedingly rare large used multiple.
Scott $17,425 as blocks & pairs
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Lot 1563 |
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1869, 2¢ brown (113), exceptionally well centered within wide margins, handsome rich color. Original gum, lightly hinged. Very Fine to Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $800
Expertization: 2000 P.F. and P.S.E. Certificates (with selvage since removed).
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Lot 1564 |
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1869, 2¢ brown, perforation freak (113 var.), dramatically irregular shape caused by fold-over. Unused. Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1565 |
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1869, 2¢ brown (113), well centered. Neat strike small green circle of wedges cancel. Fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $600
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Lot 1566 |
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1869, 2¢ brown, double grill, one split (113 var.), horizontal pair. Second grill impression shifted horizontally by a full 12mm, neat quartered cork cancels. Faint insignificant corner crease left stamp. Fresh and F.-V.F. A very scarce variety— not listed by Scott.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1567 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), well centered with large margins and unusually strong color. Original gum, lightly hinged. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $350
Expertization: 2008 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 1568 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), tied on small piece by clear strike of fancy rose cancellation duplexed with "Waterbury Ct Nov 23" c.d.s. Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
ACCORDING TO ROHLOFF THERE ARE ONLY 2-4 EXAMPLES OF THIS CANCELLATION KNOWN.
Expertization: 1981 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Forster, Rose
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Lot 1569 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), beautifully centered, exceedingly "tall" copy, bright and fresh. Partial negative 5-point star cancel. An Extremely Fine jumbo.
Scott $20
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Lot 1570 |
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1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114), a choice, beautifully centered straddle-pane single with huge margins. Bright color and a light target cancel. Extremely Fine and quite striking.
Scott $20
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Lot 1571 |
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1869, 6¢ ultramarine (115), wide margins, bright color with a sharp impression. Unused. Reperfed at right. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $1,350
Expertization: clear 2004 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 1572 |
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1869, 6¢ ultramarine (115), well centered, cancelled by clear strike of "Steamer Costa Rica P.M.S.S. Co." circular handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
A EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE STEAMSHIP MARKING.
The Costa Rica belonged to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which provided service between Shanghai and Nagasaki.
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Lot 1573 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow and 15¢ type I (116, 118), both with partial straightline "Insufficiently Paid" cancels. 15¢ with small sealed tear. Otherwise Fine.
Scott $1,100
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Lot 1574 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), exceptionally well centered with extra large margins and unusually bright color. Cancelled broken "chop" of Nagasaki, Japan. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $660
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Lot 1575 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), exceptionally well centered with beautifully balanced margins, deep vibrant color, attractively cancelled by red cork cancellation. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $150
Expertization: 2003 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1576 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), choice centering with brilliant color. Bold red dot in circle Baltimore foreign mail cancel. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $190+
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Lot 1577 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), well centered with exceptionally large margins. Extremely Fine.
Scott $150
Expertization: 1987 P.F. and 2007 P.S.E. Certificates.
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Lot 1578 |
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1869, 10¢ yellow (116), a stunningly wide inter-pane single. Cancelled with a bold 5-point star and a partial red boxed Hamburg transit marking. Thinned. But otherwise Fine and most attractive.
Scott $150
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Lot 1579 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), exceedingly well centered, bright and fresh, segmented black cork cancellation. Very Fine to Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $750
Expertization: 2005 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 1580 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), exceptionally well centered with large margins, strong color and impression, segmented cork cancellation. Extremely Fine.
Scott $750
Expertization: 1997 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1581 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), virtually perfectly centered and exceptionally fresh. Neat red "New York Paid All" exchange office cancel. Insignificant tiny corner perf crease. Still Extremely Fine and remarkably attractive.
Scott $425
Expertization: 1998 and 2007 P.F. Certificates.
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Lot 1582 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), well centered. Black and red cancels. Very Fine.
Scott $425
Expertization: 2008 P.S.E. Certificate.
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Lot 1583 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II (119), well centered with large margins and intense color. Light segmented cork cancel. Fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $275
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Lot 1584 |
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type II, center inverted (119b), nicely centered for this with a neat 5-point star cancel struck at the top and leaving the vignette largely untouched so that the invert center is clearly visible; short perfs and tiny edge tears but otherwise an attractive example of this rare and popular error.
Scott $17,500
A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE USED 15¢ AND 24¢ 1869 INVERTS HAVE CANCELS OBSCURING THE VIGNETTE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PLAINLY SEE THAT IT IS INVERTED. IN THAT RESPECT, THIS EXAMPLE IS FAR SUPERIOR TO MOST.
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Lot 1585 |
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1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (121), exceptionally fresh with huge margins and bright color. Neatly struck rosette cancel. A striking F.-V.F. jumbo.
Scott $550
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Lot 1586 |
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1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (121), centered to bottom showing small but clearly identifiable trace of "captured" plate "(No). 27" in top margin. Tiny corner crease at upper right. Otherwise Very Fine. An exceedingly rare plate number piece.
Scott $550+
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Lot 1587 |
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1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (121), block of four. Cork cancellations, centered to the upper right. Couple flaws including on with grill pinhole. Fine appearance.
Scott $3,250
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Lot 1588 |
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1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (121), irregular block of ten. A fresh block with bright colors and a relatively light cancel, several short perfs at top likely due to misplacement of the grills, which are shifted to the extreme top, small sealed tear top center stamp, otherwise Fine and exceedingly rare. Only three other large blocks have been reported.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
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Lot 1589 |
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1869, 90¢ carmine & black (122), bright and fresh, centered to top right. Large part original gum. Short lower left corner perf [in our opinion insignificant, but mentioned on P.S.E. certicate]. Fine and quite attractive.
Scott $13,000
Expertization: 1995 P.F., 2006 P.S.E. Certificates.
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