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1869 Pictorial Issue
 
 
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Lot 68
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1869, 6¢ ultramarine (115), very well centered, rich color. Very Fine.
Scott $200
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Lot 69
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1869, 12¢ green (117), well centered, deep color. Black and red cancels. Very Fine.
Scott $150
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Lot 70
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1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (118), nicely centered, good colors. Light cancel. Trifle offset on reverse (from address?). Fresh Very Fine.
Scott $825
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Lot 71
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1869, 24¢ green & violet (120), virtually perfectly centered within near jumbo balanced margins, fresh colors. Neat quartered cork cancel. Extremely Fine. SMQ $950.
Scott $600

Expertization: with 1983, 2003 P.F. certificates and 2014 P.S.E. certificate graded VF-XF 85.

Provenance: Vernon Morris
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Lot 72
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1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (121), beautifully centered within wide margins, bright colors. Light cancel. Couple nibbed perfs. Fresh Very Fine.
Scott $375
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Lot 73
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1869, 90¢ carmine & black (122), unused without gum, quite well centered, handsome rich colors. Very Fine example of this iconic and rare unused stamp.
Scott $4,000

Expertization: with 1982 P.F. certificate, 2003 P.S.E. certificate.
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Lot 74
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1869, 90¢ carmine & black (122), beautifully centered within large margins, bright color. Faint unobtrusive cancel. Extremely Fine, a most handsome example of the popular 90¢ 1869, and given its positive attributes, is a bit undergraded in our opinion.
Scott $1,800

Expertization: with 2013 P.S.E. certificate graded VF 80.
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Lot 75
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1869 (1875 Re-issue), 6¢ blue (126), well centered, rich color. Light unobtrusive cancel. Reperfed at right (not mentioned in earlier cert). Choice Very Fine appearance.
Scott $3,000

Expertization: with 2019 P.S.E. certificate, clear 1985 P.F. certificate.
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Lot 76
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1869 (1875 Re-issue), 10¢ yellow (127), excellent centering. Bold New York double oval Registry postmark. Extremely Fine. SMQ $4,000.
Scott $1,800

A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE GENUINELY USED REISSUE.

Expertization: with 1962, 2014 P.F. certificates, the latter graded VF-XF 85.
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Lot 77
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1869 (1875 Re-issue), 30¢ ultramarine & carmine (131), quite well centered, rich colors. Lightly cancelled. Very Fine, a lovely example of this very scarce used re-issue.
Scott $2,750

Expertization: with 2014 P.S.E. certificate.
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