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1861-1866 Issue
 
 
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Lot 2511
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1861, 10¢ dark green, First Design (62B), stunning, deep color with a bright red grid cancel; small, skillful repair at lower right; otherwise F.-V.F. and really quite striking.
Scott $1,710

Expertization: 1990 PF Certificate.
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Lot 2512
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1861, 10¢ dark green, First Design (62B), nicely centered and barely canceled, light horizontal crease; fresh, F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $1,600

Expertization: 1973 PF Certificate.
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Lot 2513

1861, 3¢ pink (64), bright and fresh with full, lightly hinged original gum; centered to bottom with one pulled perf at upper right, otherwise about Fine and rarely seen with full original gum.
Scott $14,000

Expertization: 1960 & 2008 PF Certificates.
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Lot 2514

1861, 3¢ pink (64), brilliant color and full original gum, perfs just in at top, fresh and about Fine.
Scott $14,000

Expertization: 2007 PSE Certificate.
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Lot 2515
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1861, 3¢ pink (64), bright, unmistakable color and neat segmented cork cancel, tiny filled thin; otherwise Fine and most attractive.
Scott $1,000
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Lot 2516

1861, 3¢ lake (66), marvelous color on bright paper with flull, lightly hinged original gum, fresh and Fine. Now listed as 66TC.
Scott $2,000

Expertization: 1991 PF Certificate.
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Lot 2517
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1861, 5¢ Jefferson essay, by Toppan, Carpenter & Co., in black (67-E4b), complete design, die II on brown toned paper, cut to shape as issued, Very Fine.
Scott $1,000
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Lot 2518

1861, 5¢ buff (67), nearly full original gum with a paper hinge remnant., creasing along the perforations and reperforated at right, Fine appearance.
Scott $27,500

Expertization: 2010 PF Certificate calling gum "part o.g."
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Lot 2519

1861, 5¢ buff (67), used with a pair and two singles 10¢ green (69) tied by light grid cancels on small piece; strong color, Fine-average centering but fresh and sound.
Scott $1,405
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Lot 2520
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1861, 5¢ buff (67), virtually perfectly centered with rich color and a neat blue Baltimore c.d.s., cople small, light creases, choice Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $1,180
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Lot 2521
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1861, 5¢ buff (67), horizontal pair with right sheet margin, bright, fresh and neatly canceled by large PAID in circle, left stamp with perf faults, right with light corner creases, selvage reinforced, otherwise F.-V.F. and very handsome.
Scott $2,750
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Lot 2522
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1861, 5¢ buff (67), group of eight slected for cancellation interest including a large propeller (partly drawn in, small thin ('89 PFC), a 5-point star in circle, a boxed PAID, two reds; condition ranges from small faults to completely rebacked; still a most unusual group for the specialist.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 2523
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1861, 10¢ yellow green (68), selection of 29 stamps collected for cancel including red PAID (2), Steam Ship, Free, Late, the letter "W", blue targets, etc; few small faults but mostly F-VF or better. A nice clean lot.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
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Lot 2524

1861, 10¢ yellow green, imperf horizontally (68b), single, grid canceled and tied on piece by N. York Br. Pkt. c.d.s., small repaired tear at right and light crease at top, F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $3,500 for a pair

Expertization: 1990 PF Certificate.
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Lot 2525
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1861, 12¢ black (69), exceptionally fresh and well centered with extra large margins and a light segmented cork cancel, Extremely Fine and choice. SMQ $335.
Scott $110

Expertization: 1998 PSE Certificate graded XF 90.
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Lot 2526

1862, 24¢ brown lilac (70a), exceptionally bright and fresh, original gum, Fine and attractive.
Scott $3,250
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Lot 2527
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1861, 24¢ violet (70c), deep color and light cancel, centered to bottom, small diagonal crease at lower right, exceptionally fresh and nearly Fine.
Scott $2,200

Expertization: 2002 PF Certificate.
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Lot 2528

1861, 30¢ orange (71), used with two 3¢ rose pink (64b) canceled neat grid cancels and red St. Louis "Returned for/ Postage"; reassembled on small piece of paper as originally posted, about Fine and quite striking.
Scott $545+
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Lot 2529
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1861, 30¢ orange (71), well centered with truly brilliant color and a neat Omaha City, Neb. c.d.s., Jun 11, 1862, exceptionally fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $200
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Lot 2530

1861, 90¢ blue (72), tied, with 3¢ rose & 10¢ green (65, 68), on large piece from a Heard correspondence cover to Hong Kong; red "N. York Br. Pkt" and London PAID (1866) c.d.s.s; stamps off-center and 3¢ with few short perfs, otherwise fresh and sound.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500

A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 90¢ USAGE.

Expertization: 1983 PF Certificate.
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Lot 2531
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1863, 2¢ black (73), fresh and virtually perfectly centered with a lightly central target cancel, an Extremely Fine gem.
Scott $65

Expertization: 2010 PSAG Certificate.
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Lot 2532

1861, 3¢ scarlet (74), straight edge at bottom, blunted perfs at left, original gum with a large gum inclusion (not mentioned on accompanying certificate), lightly stained, otherwise Fine and quite rare in mint condition.
Scott $7,000

Expertization: 1991 pfc.
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Lot 2533
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1862, 5¢ red brown (75), nicely centered with a perfectly struck cross cancel similar to that of Brooklyn, N.Y. (Skinner-Eno CR-G22), also shows part of a red transit c.d.s., Very Fine.
Scott $550

Expertization: 1995 PF Certificate.
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Lot 2534
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1862, 5¢ red brown (75), bright color and bold hollow 5-point star cancel, average centering but a fresh and attractive example of a rarely seen fancy cancel on the 5¢ red brown.
Scott $550+
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Lot 2535
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1866, 15¢ black (77), bright and fresh with choice, virtually perfect centering and a neat circle-of-wedges cancel, Extremely Fine.
Scott $200

Expertization: 2003 PF Certificate.
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