| 1914-1915 Washington-Franklin Issue, SL Watermark, Perf. 10 |
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Lot 184 |
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1914, 1¢ green, perf 12x10 (423A, formerly 424a), well centered, fresh color and paper. Inverted "Chicago Illinois" pre-cancel. F.-V.F.
Scott $6,000
A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE VARIETY, MANY OF WHICH ARE POORLY CENTERED AND/OR HAVE SMALL FAULTS.
Expertization: 1972 and 1989 P.F. Certificates as 424a.
According to the Scott Catalogue, only 52 used examples are recorded.
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Lot 185 |
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1914, 2¢ rose red, perf 12x10 (423B), very well centered, rich color tied by face-free duplex cancel to small piece of 1¢ entire. Very Fine.
Scott $17,500
A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE COMPOUND PERF VARIETY, OF WHICH ONLY 32 HAVE BEEN RECORDED, ACCORDING TO SCOTT, MANY OF WHICH ARE NOT WELL CENTERED AND/OR FAULTY. THE PRESENT EXAMPLE IS CERTAINLY AMONG THE FINEST KNOWN.
Expertization: 1998 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Zoellner
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Lot 186 |
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1914, 2¢ rose red, perf 12x10 (423B), dark shade, lightly cancelled, faint crease not mentioned in accompanying certificate, fresh. Fine appearing example of this rare compound perf variety of which, according to Scott, only 32 have been recorded.
Scott $17,500
Expertization: clear 2002 A.P.S. Certificate.
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Lot 187 |
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1914, 5¢ blue, perf 12x10 (423C), quite well centered for this variety, deep color, lightly cancelled, small creases. Choice Very Fine appearance.
Scott $20,000
A VERY HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE COMPOUND PERFORATION VARIETY, BEING ONE OF THE BETTER CENTERED AND MOST ATTRACTIVE OF THE SMALL NUMBER (LESS THAN 25) OF USED SINGLES CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION, OF WHICH HALF HAVE FAULTS. THERE ARE NO KNOWN MINT EXAMPLES.
Expertization: 1950, 1990 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 188 |
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1914, 1¢ green, perf 10x12 (423D, formerly 424b), nicely centered, bright and fresh, "Dayton Ohio" pre-cancel, as almost always. Small corner crease and a shallow thin. F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott $12,500
A HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE PERFORATION VARIETY OF WHICH THERE ARE LESS THAN 50 USED EXAMPLES AND NO UNUSED, MANY OF THESE HAVE FAULTS.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 189 |
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1914, 1¢ green, imperf horizontally (424c), vertical strip of 3, bright color. Original gum. Centered to the right as almost always, top stamp diagonal crease, bottom pair with natural internal creases, still. Fine for this rare error of which less than 10 are known, most of which have creases.
Scott $3,000 for a pair
Expertization: 1970 and 2009 P.F. Certificates.
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Lot 190 |
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1914, 3¢ violet coil (445), guide line pair, nicely centered, rich color. Duplex cancels. Creases and light toning. Very Fine appearance, rare used line pair.
Scott $2,750
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Lot 191 |
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1914, 4¢ brown coil (446), guide line pair, beautifully centered, fresh deep color. Duplex cancel. Extremely Fine, choice example of this scarce used line pair.
Scott $1,250
Expertization: photocopy of 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 192 |
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1914, 5¢ blue coil (447), guide line pair, choice centering, post office fresh with gorgeous color and pristine never hinged original gum. An Extremely Fine gem.
Scott $525
Expertization: 2014 P.F. Certificate graded XF 90 XQ.
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Lot 193 |
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1915, 2¢ red, type I, rotary coil (449), joint line pair, quite well centered, excellent color. Neat and light duplex cancels. Small margin tear in bottom stamp. Very Fine appearance.
Scott $25,000
ONE OF THE BEST CENTERED AND MOST ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLES OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE USED JOINT LINE PAIR, OF WHICH ONLY 10 USED LINE PAIRS, PLUS A LINE STRIP OF 4 HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.
Expertization: 1982, 2002 P.F. Certificates.
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Lot 194 |
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1916, 3¢ violet, rotary coil (456), joint line pair, well centered, unusually deep color. Pa double oval cancels. Trifling corner crease. Very Fine appearing example of this rare used line pair.
Scott $2,750
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Lot 195 |
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1914, 2¢ carmine, U.S. Automatic Vending Co. Type III perforations (459), exceptionally well centered and fresh, with the characteristically deep color of this rotary coil. Light slogan cancel. Couple nibbed perfs, not mentioned in accompanying certificate, small corner crease. Otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $15,000
A FRESH AND MOST ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE USED VENDING COIL SINGLE, OF WHICH ONLY ONE OTHER HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.
Expertization: 1995 P.F. Certificate.
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