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Lot 1333 |
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1923, 1¢ green, rotary (578), upper left plate no. block of four, virtually perfectly centered, fresh and solid with pristine, never hinged original gum; Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $1,450
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Lot 1334 |
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1923, 2¢ carmine, rotary (579), upper left plate no. block of six, choice centering, crisp and intact, original gum, never hinged, post office fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,320
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Lot 1335 |
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1923, 2¢ carmine, rotary (579), upper left plate no. block of four, fresh and nearly perfectly centered with solid perforations; original gum, never hinged, Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,000
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Lot 1336 |
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1923, 1¢ green, rotary coil waste (594), fresh, lightly canceled and reasonably well centered for this, Fine and exceptionally attractive.
Scott $10,500
A VERY RARE, COMPLETELY SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT ROTARY PRESS PERF. 11 THAT WAS CREATED FROM COIL WASTE.
Expertization: 1988 & 1998 PF Certificates.
Provenance: Puliafito
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Lot 1337 |
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1923, 2¢ Harding, flat plate, Imperf Error (610b), top margin plate no 14870 block of 15, original gum, never hinged, natural gum crease, Bureau blue crayon marks at bottom, Very Fine.
Scott $25,000
A MAGNIFICENT 20TH CENTURY RARITY, ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN IMPERFORATE PLATE BLOCKS FROM PLATE 14870, A PLATE ONLY USED FOR THE PERF. 11 FLAT PLATE STAMPS.
A single imperforate pane of 100 from plate 14870 was discovered in a post office pad of 100 panes of normal perforated stamps. Despite the fact that the pane had been "blue-penciled" for destruction at the Bureau, it had somehow been distributed with the normal panes. A month and a half later, when the 2¢ black Harding was officially issued imperforate (Scott #611), it was printed from a different set of plates, thereby allowing only the imperforates with plate number 14870 attached to be positively identified as coming from the error sheet. All others became indistinguishable from the regularly issued imperforates.
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Lot 1338 |
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1938, 3¢ Presidential, imperf between (807b), horizontal pair, original gum, never hinged, fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott $1,750
A VERY RARE PRESIDENTIAL ERROR — ONLY TEN PAIRS ARE RECORDED.
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Lot 1339 |
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1954, $1 Presidential, imperf horizontally (832d), vertical pair, remarkably fresh and well centered, original gum, never hinged, Very Fine, only one or two panes of 100 found.
Scott $1,250
Expertization: photocopy of 2005 PF Certificate.
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Lot 1340 |
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1979, 15¢ John Paul Jones, perf 12 (1789B), well centered and post office fresh, original gum, never hinged, Very Fine.
Scott $3,500
Expertization: photocopy of a 1995 PF Certificate for a block of 4.
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Lot 1341 |
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1979, 15¢ John Paul Jones, perf 12 (1789B), upper left plate block of 10, virtually perfectly centered and post office fresh with pristine, never hinged original gum, Extremely Fine.
Scott $40,000
A CHOICE PLATE BLOCK OF THIS IMPORTANT PERFORATION VARIETY.
Expertization: 1990 PF Certificate.
Only four panes of 50 have been reported and we are aware of one APS-certified plate number single, leaving only three intact plate blocks possible.
The 15¢ John Paul Jones commemorative was printed by J.W. Fergusson & Sons and was to have been perforated 12 x 12 by the American Bank Note Company. However, after just a single day of perforating the horizontal pins broke and were replaced by perf 11 pins, creating the common perf 11 x 12 variety. Later the vertical perf. 12 pins were also replaced by perf 11 pins, resulting in the perf 11 x 11 variety.
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