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Sale 354
U.S. and Canada
Stamps, Collections and Accumulations
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Lot 357 |
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1918, $2 orange red & black (523), original gum, never hinged, near perfect centering within wide margins. Color a trifle oxidized. Otherwise Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,150
Expertization: clear with 1997 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 358 |
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1918, $5 deep green & black (524), top arrow and plate no. 8179 and 8178 block of eight, original gum, never hinged, one with natural gum skip, quite well centered for this, beautiful color, crisp and intact. Very Fine.
Scott $6,000
ONE OF THE FINEST CENTERED EXAMPLES OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE NEVER HINGED $5 BICOLOR PLATE BLOCK.
Expertization: with 1995 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 359 |
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1918, $5 deep green & black (524), two, one with slight perf faults, used with E14, etc. on Special Delivery paste-up, F-VF, the $5 catalogues $2,500 on cover.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 360 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine rose, Offset imperf, type IV (532), top plate no. 10918 block of six, original gum, never hinged, huge balanced margins, deep shade. Negligible natural inclusion in selvage. Extremely Fine.
Scott $625
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Lot 361 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type V (533), wide top plate no. 11260 block of six, original gum, never hinged, wide balanced margins, bright shade. Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,800
A CHOICE WIDE MARGINED TOP PLATE BLOCK.
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Lot 362 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type V (533), left plate no. 11260 block of six, original gum, huge margins with pieces of 8 adjoining stamps present, brilliant deep color. Couple tiny gun stains (not mentioned in cert). Still Extremely Fine and impressive.
Scott $1,100
Expertization: with 1980 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 363 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VII (534B), original gum, lightly hinged, large margins with sheet margin and part arrow at left, beautiful color. Fresh Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,850
Expertization: with 1994 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 364 |
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1918, 2¢ carmine, Offset imperf, type VII (534B), original gum, never hinged, large margins, rich color and exceptionally fresh. Light vertical crease. Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $3,500
Expertization: with photocopy of 1990 P.F. certificate for plate block.
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Lot 365 |
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1919, 2¢ carmine rose, type II, rotary coil waste, perf 11 x 10 (539), original gum, nicely centered for this with the perforations clear all around, pretty color. Fresh and Fine, catalogue value is for singles in the grade of fine.
Scott $2,700
Expertization: with 1995 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 366 |
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1919, 2¢ carmine rose, type II, rotary coil waste, perf 11 x 10 (539), original gum, nicely centered for this notoriously difficult stamp, with the perforations clearing the design all around, bright color. Fresh and Fine, catalogue value is for singles in the grade of fine.
Scott $2,700
Expertization: with 2003 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 367 |
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1919, 2¢ carmine rose, type III, rotary coil waste, perf 11 x 10 (540), top plate no. 10471 and inverted "S30" block of eight, original gum, never hinged, natural gum skips, exceptional centering, rich color, crisp. Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $835
A CHOICE PLATE BLOCK OF THE SCARCE INVERTED "S30" WITH FAR BETTER CENTERING THAN NORMALLY ENCOUNTERED.
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Lot 368 |
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1919, 2¢ carmine rose, type III, rotary coil waste, perf 11 x 10, imperf horizontally (540a), top plate no. 13740 block of six, original gum, lightly hinged on top middle only, otherwise never hinged, bright shade, perfectly centered. Choice and Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,125
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Lot 369 |
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1923, 1¢ green, rotary sheet waste, perf 11 (544), bright color. "Binghamton NY" pre-cancel. Fresh and Fine.
Scott $3,750
Expertization: with 2001 P.S.E. certificate.
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Lot 370 |
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1921, 1¢ green, rotary coil waste, perf 11 (545), top plate no. 10686 and "S30" block of four, original gum, rich color, attractive centering. Small thin upper left stamp. Fresh Fine appearing.
Scott $1,100
Expertization: with 1980 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 371 |
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1921, 2¢ carmine rose, rotary coil waste, perf 11 (546), top plate no. 12513 and "S30" bock of four, original gum very lightly hinged, quite well centered, bright color "RWB" backstamp. Very Fine.
Scott $700
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Lot 372 |
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1920, $2 carmine & black (547), original gum, never hinged, outstanding centering within wide margins, deep color. An Extremely Fine gem. SSV $400.
Scott $270
Expertization: with 1987, 2016 P.F. certificates, the latter graded XF 90.
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