Sale 351

The Michael Bakwin Collection of Used United States 1847-1947


Balance of the Twentieth Century
 
 
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Lot 232
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1929, 2¢ carmine Type I, Type II combination (599A, 599), joint line pair, Type II on left, nicely centered, bright fresh color. "Seattle Wash." duplexes. Very Fine.
Scott $1,000

A PRISTINE EXAMPLE OF THIS SURPRISINGLY RARE USED COMBINATION JOINT LINE PAIR, OF WHICH ONLY 10 HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.

Expertization: 2002 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 233
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1923, 2¢ Harding, rotary, the rare perf 11 (613), intense color, neat wavy machine cancel. Small corner crease at bottom. Fine appearance.
Scott $40,000

AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THIS 20TH CENTURY RARITY, OF WHICH LESS THAN 50 ARE KNOWN TO EXIST. THE PRESENT EXAMPLE IS FROM THE ORIGINAL FIND OF THE PERF 11 ROTARY PRESS STAMPS BY LESLIE LEWIS, OF THE NEW YORK STANLY GIBBONS STAMP COMPANY, AND IS INCLUDED IN THE USTICKE PHOTO.

Expertization: 1952, 1986 P.F. Certificates, 1999 A.P.S. Certificate.

No definitive answer as to why the "sheet waste" stamps, Scott # 544, 596 and 613, were produced. One theory, put forward by Gary Griffith in his United States Stamps, 1922-26, is that rotary press sheets of 400 were cut into panes of 100 and perforated on the perf. 11 machines that had been used for the flat plate stamps. This may have been done to salvage sheet waste, just as it was for the small coil waste sheets of 170, or it may have been done to replace damaged panes of #610 in post office decks of 100.

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Lot 234
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1927, 1¢ green, imperf between (632b), bottom pair in a strip of 3, blind perf between top and middle stamp, well centered, intense color. Registry cancels. Top stamps creased, choice. Very Fine appearance. Scott $3,000 mint, unpriced used.

A MOST HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THIS ERROR WHICH, WHILE RARE IN MINT CONDITION, APPROXIMATELY 10 KNOWN, IS EXTRAORDINARILY RARE USED, BEING ONE OF ONLY TWO USED PAIRS CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION-THE OTHER IS PRECANCELLED.

Expertization: 2001 P.F. Certificate.

Provenance: Twigg-Smith
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Lot 235
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1932, 3¢ Washington, imperf between (720c), well centered, bright and fresh. Light duplex cancel. Very Fine.
Scott $1,350

A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE USED ERROR PAIR, OF WHICH ONLY TWO OTHERS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION-THIS IS THE FINEST OF THE THREE — THE CATALOGUE VALUE WOULD APPEAR TO BE VERY LOW GIVEN THE POPULATION.

Expertization: 1986 P.F. Certificate.

Provenance: Twigg-Smith

There is only one certified mint pair.

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Lot 236
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1938, $5 Presidential, red brown & black shade (834a), well centered, striking rich color. Neat double oval cancel. A single rejoined perforation and a minuscule filled thin, are both completely invisible and were not noted on accompanying certificate. Choice Very Fine appearance.
Scott $7,000

A RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE $5.00 PRESIDENTIAL IN RED BROWN AND BLACK. ONLY ONE OTHER USED SINGLE AND A USED BLOCK OF FOUR HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.

Expertization: 1978 P.F. Certificate.

Provenance: Twigg-Smith
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