Sale 344

Harbour Sale


1861-1866 Issue
 
 
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Lot 4257

1861, 10¢ dark green, First Design (62B), fresh looking with characteristic intense color; traces of gum and light, perfs just in at left, virtually invisible soiling on perf tips at top, otherwise about Fine. A very rare unused stamp.
Scott $3,250

Expertization: 1972 & 2011 PF Certificates noting "lightly soiled at top".
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Lot 4258
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1861, 10¢ dark green, First Design (62B), deep, dark color and clear town cancel, Fine.
Scott $1,600

Expertization: 2005 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 4259
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1861, 1¢//90¢ plate proofs on card (63P4//72P4), comprising 63, 65, 68, 69, 71, 72, 76 & 78, bright colors and large margins except 24¢ & 30¢ a little close one side, F.-V.F.
Scott $375
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Lot 4260
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1861, 3¢ pink (64), bright, luminous color and neat blue target cancel, few slightly short perfs, otherwise F.-V.F. and most attractive.
Scott $950

Expertization: 1986 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4261
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1861, 3¢ pigeon blood pink (64a), bright and fresh with absolutely glowing color and a light town cancel, reperforated at top, otherwise nearly Fine and most attractive.
Scott $5,000

A HANDSOME USED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE PIGEON BLOOD SHADE.

Expertization: 2003 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4262

1861, 3¢ rose (65), nearly perfectly centered with lovely pastel color, full o.g., very lightly hinged, post office fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $125

Expertization: 2003 PF Certificate.

Provenance: "Silver Lake"
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Lot 4263
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1861, 5¢ olive yellow (67b), well centered with a neatly struck small blue grid cancel, tiny flaws and reperforated at bottom, F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $3,530
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Lot 4264

1861, 10¢ dark green (68a), exceptionally fresh with deep, dark color and full original gum, few short perfs at right, otherwise F.-V.F.
Scott $1,400

Expertization: 1986 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4265
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1861, 10¢ dark green (68a), exceptionally fresh and nearly perfectly centeried with stunning, deep, dark color and a partial blue New York town cancel, Extremely Fine.
Scott $68

Expertization: 2005 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4266
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1861, 10¢ yellow green (68), perfectly centered and wonderfully fresh with a striking, bright red circle of Vs cancel, Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $73

Expertization: 2000 PF Certificate for a pair.
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Lot 4267
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1861, 10¢ yellow green (68), virtually perfectly centered with bright color and paper, canceled complete large PAID handstamp, Extremely Fine and quite striking.
Scott $65

Expertization: 1999 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4268
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1861, 10¢ yellow green (68), choice centering with dco on bright white paper, centered strike red Supplementary Mail type A handstamp, exceptionally fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $93

Expertization: 2000 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4269
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1861, 10¢ yellow green (68), nicely centered with deep color and great contrast, canceled by a choice, socked-on-the-nose strike of a blue Baltimore c.d.s., Jun 20, 1865, F.-V.F. with tremendous eye appeal.
Scott $68

Expertization: 1998 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4270
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1862, 24¢ red lilac (70), remarkably fresh with exceptional color, regummed, perfs barely touch at bottom, Just Fine an quite attractive.
Scott $1,150

Expertization: 2011 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4271
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1861, 90¢ blue (72), very well centered and fresh, unused without gum, reperfed at left and bottom (not mentioned on accompanying certificate); choice, Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $1,300

Expertization: clear 1978 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4272
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1861, 90¢ blue (72), unused without gum, few short perfs at right, fresh F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $1,300
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Lot 4273
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1861, 90¢ blue (72), nicely centered with tall margins, bright color with sharp impression, neat grid cancel, Very Fine and pretty.
Scott $600

Expertization: 1994 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 4274
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1862, 5¢ red brown (75), exceptionally fresh and near perfect centering with uncomonly large margins for this tightly margined stamp, lightly struck, bright red grid cancel, few insignificant, slightly short perfs, otherwise Extremely Fine and most appealing.
Scott $560

Expertization: 2005 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4275
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1863, 5¢ brown (76), fresh and nicely centered with deep color and a blue Wells Fargo & Co. oval datestamp, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $315

Expertization: 1990 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4276
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1863, 5¢ brown (76), exceptionally fresh and well centered with uncommonly wide margins and a neatly struck fancy crossroads cancel, Extremely Fine.
Scott $130

Expertization: 2011 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4277
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1866, 15¢ black (77), nicely centered, sharp impression, unused, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $1,750

Expertization: 1983 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 4278
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1866, 15¢ black (77 var.), choice centering, well etched impression, contrasting vivid red cork cancels, Very Fine and quite attractive.
Scott $245+

Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 4279
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1863, 24¢ grayish lilac (78a), nicely centered and remarkably fresh with a deeply etched, prooflike impression, unused without gum, F.-V.F.
Scott $950

Expertization: 1999 PF Certificate.
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Lot 4280
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1863, 24¢ gray (78b), well centered with a razor-sharp impression and a light geometric cork cancel, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $425

Expertization: 2008 PF Certificate graded VF 80.
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