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Lot 576 |
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1851, 1¢ blue, types I & Ib (5-5A-5A), horizontal strip of three, positions 7-9R1E, large margins virtually all around with adjacent stamps visible at bottom, clearly displaying the key bottom ornaments; cut slightly in at upper left with position 8 having a light crease; a beautiful plate one early printing in a bright shade, tied by manuscript "X" cancellations on an 1851 cover postmarked manuscript "Buckeystown, Md. November 17th" to Johnsonville, Ohio, Very Fine.
Scott $210,000
A RARE MULTIPLE CONTAINING THE MOST DESIRABLE POSITIONS ON PLATE ONE EARLY.
Expertization: 2006 PF Certificate, signed Ashbrook with his notes on reverse.
One of only six recorded covers with strips of three containing position 7R1E—the only true type I among the 1,000 positions on the five plates utilized for the production of the 1¢ imperforate.
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Lot 577 |
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1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (9), three singles, all with virtually full margins, used with a 3¢ type II (11A), tied together by three strikes straightline "STEAM" on cover to New Orleans with lightly struck red fancy Steamer "Frank Lyon" oval and New Orleans c.d.s.; 3¢ with small faults, cover with pinholes at bottom, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
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Lot 578 |
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1855, 10¢ green, types II & III (14, 15), four covers, each bearing a sheet margin single; type II: left sheet margin from Stockton, Cal. to Salem, Mass.; right sheet margin from Erie, Pa. to Mokelumne Hill, Cal.; top right corner sheet margin (pos. 10R) on 3¢ entire from San Francisco to Old Town, Me.; type III: right sheet margin with guide line from San Francisco to New York City; a choice, Very Fine-Extremely Fine group for the 10¢ specialist.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 579 |
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1851, 12¢ gray black (17), large margins to just in at upper left, used with Hawaii, 1857, 5¢ blue (8), clear to mostly large margins, tied together by San Francisco town cancel on 1858 cover postmarked red "Honolulu/ U.S. Postage Paid/ Feb 18" c.d.s.; sent to Northampton, Mass.; docketed "Received April 14th 1858"; opened and slightly reduced at left, Very Fine.
Scott $10,000
A VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE TWELVE-CENT 1851 PRE-PAYING THE U.S. POSTAGE ON A COVER FROM HONOLULU WITH HAWAII'S 1857 FIVE-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III.
Expertization: 1965 PF Certificate.
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Lot 580 |
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1851, 12¢ gray black (17), four margins, used with a 3¢ 1857 (26), tied by blue "Louisville Ky., May 23, 1860" c.d.s. on court business cover to Houma La.; slight cosmetic refolding, otherwise Very Fine. An unusual mixed issue quadruple rate cover.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 581 |
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1851, 12¢ black, diagonal bisect (17a), tied across cut by San Francisco c.d.s. on double-rate 1853 folded letter to Boston, red crayon "Due 10"; minor edge wear, Fine-Very Fine.
Scott $2,500
Expertization: signed by Raymond Weill.
An unusual combination of a bisect accepted by the San Francisco office, but with additional postage due. The irony is that the full stamp would have paid the postage, but the additional 6¢ required for reasons of weight was now a 10c unpaid charge.
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Lot 582 |
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1851, 12¢ black, vertical bisect (17b), tied by bold "STEAM/ SHIP" handstamp on folded letter sheet to New York, incomplete "Via Nicaragua Ahead of the Mails" handstamp at lower left, Fine-Very Fine.
Scott $8,500
Expertization: signed Calves, B. Behr.
Provenance: Carroll Chase
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Lot 583 |
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1857, 1¢ blue, type Ic (19b), position 49R4, well centered with intense color and a fine impression, tied by "Boston Mass./13 Jan" c.d.s. on 1858 printed folded circular to Sheffield, Conn., Extremely Fine and choice example of this rarity. This subtype comes from only ten positions on the rare plate 4.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
A BEAUTIFULLY CENTERED SINGLE OF THIS RARE POSITION ON A FRESH CLEAN COVER.
Expertization: 1994 & 2005 PF Certificates.
Provenance: Smith, Rogers
An interesting and informative note from Stanley Ashbrook was found in this cover and is worth quoting: "Now here is really a IC - no fooling. Of course the perfs cut but they don't come any other way, simply because there was no re-setting of the perf. machine for the body of the plate. The perfs. are exact at top, hence they had to cut the bottom. This is really a Type IC and a very rare stamp. It is worth at least $250.00 [a bit dated — Ashbrook passed away in 1958]. I don't see how you manage to dig up such items. I'll be darned if I can locate them".
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