Lot 553 Airmail, 1918, 24¢ carmine rose & blue, center inverted (C3a), position 89, bright, fresh and well centered, disturbed original gum, small thin spot and light crease, Very Fine appearance. Scott $450,000 ONE OF THE MOST HANDSOME EXAMPLES OF THIS RENOWNED U.S. ERROR EXTANT. Expertization: 1991 PF Certificate. Provenance: Maffeo

Realized $172,500

Lot 289 1882 Special Printing, 5¢ gray brown (205C), beautifully centered with deep rich color and a razor-sharp, prooflike impression, without gum as issued, Extremely Fine and choice. Scott $80,000 A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE SPECIAL PRINTING, OF WHICH ONLY 22 HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED. Expertization: 1964 & 2008 PF Certificates. Provenance: Meilstrup

Realized $63,250

Lot 20 1847, 5¢ dark brown (1a), exceptionally large margins including a full sheet margin at the left; unusually rich early color, a finely detailed impression and unblemished, never hinged original gum, a fresh and Extremely Fine to Superb Jumbo. SMQ $28,000 for a normal 95 hinged. Scott $8,750 for hinged A UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF OUR ICONIC VERY FIRST STAMP IN MAGNIFICENTLY PRESERVED POST OFFICE CONDITION— AND WITH VERY LARGE MARGINS. UNQUESTIONABLY, THE FINEST NEVER HINGED MINT SINGLE. Expertization: PSE encapsulated and graded XF-Sup 95J. Provenance: Whitman

Realized $69,000

Lot 234 o 1869, 30¢ ultramarine & carmine, flags inverted (121b), choice centering with wide margins, partial NYFM leaf cancel struck clear of inverted flags, light horizontal creases and small margin repair at left, Extremely Fine appearance. Scott $110,000 AN EXCEPTIONALLY WELL CENTERED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT. Expertization: 1997 P.S.E. Certificate. Provenance: Lake Shore

Realized $31,050

Lot 385 P 1903 Roosevelt Presentation Album (P2), complete leather bound Roosevelt album with small die proofs complete through Scott 313, gold-stamped "Otto Carmichael" on front cover and "United States Postage Stamps 1847-1902. Proofs" on spine, inscribed "December 25, 1910 Presented to Herman and Charles Schimpff, S M Cullom", beautifully presented on gray pages with gold edges with proofs arranged in geometric patterns as sets, includes two #3-4 sets in differing color (one labeled 1847 and other 1876), First 1861 and Last 1861, various Bank Notes, Columbian and other issues up to 1902 Series, also includes Back of the Book with Special Delivery, Postage Dues, Officials, Newspapers and Periodicals, Carriers, and six from 1899 Cuba set, seven blank pages at end intended for future issues, Very Fine. Estimate $40,000 - 50,000 AN EXTREMELY RARE INTACT ROOSEVELT PRESENTATION ALBUM IN A CHOICE STATE OF PRESERVATION. In 1903 the Bureau of Engraving and Printing prepared 85 Roosevelt Presentation albums with small die proofs on white wove paper of all stamps printed to that date. Most of the albums were given to government officials. Very few Roosevelt Presentation albums remain intact with most having been broken for collectors.

Realized $40,250

Lot 380 1901, 2¢ Pan-American, center inverted (295a), deeper color than usual, nicely centered with full, undisturbed original gum (small hinge remnant), F.-V.F. Scott's value is for examples with full, slightly disturbed original gum. Scott $55,000 ONE OF THE FINER MINT EXAMPLES OF THIS POPULAR RARITY OF WHICH HALF ARE FAULTY. Expertization: 1978 PF Certificate. The 2¢ is the rarest of the regularly issued Pan-American Inverts with probably no more than 200 being issued. This estimate is based on the fact that two shades of the error exist, meaning that at least two panes of 100 were released in two different post offices. Lending further credence to the like issue of no more than 200 issued is current estimate of approximately 150 surviving examples including about a half dozen used singles and a mint block.

Realized $29,900

Lot 147 1861, 1¢ indigo, First Design (55), exceptionally well centered (there are no finer) with intense color, a deeply incised impression on bright paper and full original gum, fresh and Extremely Fine. Scott $50,000 A PHENOMENAL EXAMPLE OF THE 1¢ "PREMIERE GRAVURE" OF 1861; ARGUABLY THE FINEST OF THE FEWER THAN A DOZEN ORIGINAL GUM EXAMPLES KNOWN. Expertization: 2002 PF Certificate. Provenance: Caspary, Cole, Drucker

Realized $46,000

Lot 53 o 1851, 1¢ blue, types I & Ib, combination pair (5, 5A), positions 7-8R1E, full margins to just touching at bottom and irregular at left, bright plate 1 color and light grid cancels; two pressed vertical creases position 7 (type I) and faint vertical bend position 8; fresh, F.-V.F. appearance. Scott $150,000 ONE OF ONLY SEVEN RECORDED USED PAIRS CONTAINING POSITION 7R1E, THE ONLY POSITION THAT REPRODUCED THE COMPLETE ONE-CENT DESIGN AS INTENDED BY ITS DESIGNERS. Expertization: 1965 PF and 1997 & 2003 PSE Certificates. The design of the one-cent issue was too large to allow for the accommodation of the 200 subjects onto one plate. Therefore, each position had to have some amount of the design erased at the top and/or bottom, thus accounting for the majority of the types. One position, however, was left intact, receiving no erasure whatsoever. That position was 7R1E, the seventh stamp in the top row of the right pane of the early state of plate 1. Hence, it is the only one of the 1,000 positions on the five plates from which the one-cent imperforate was produced that shows the complete design. Wagshal Census 5-MUL-062.

Realized $51,750

Lot 73 o 1851, 3¢ orange brown, type I & II (10-11), comprising the five plates used to produce the 1851 orange brown shades, Scott #10, namely plates 1E, 1I, 2E, 0 and 5E, plus all eight plates that yielded the myriad of 1852-57 shades classified as Scott #11: plates 1L, 2L, 3, 4, 5L, 6, 7 and 8. The completion of the plating is a remarkable accomplishment in itself, but the most intriguing aspect of this particular plating is that it is done on Dr. Carroll Chase's original plating sheets, each of which displays either a left or right pane of 100 with Chase's notes on particular positions in the margins (all but plate 3, which is mounted on photocopies of Chase's pages). Of the 1,000 stamps used to reconstruct the five plates of orange browns, approximately 280 are actually Dr. Chase's copies, as photographed by Chase on these very pages. Likewise, of the 1,600 examples from the other eight plates, 275 are Chase's originals. In addition, the owner has upgraded 62 positions of Chases #10s and 48 positions of his #11s, mounting these duplicates beneath Chase's copies. So in all there are 1,062 of the 1851 shades and 1,648 of the 1852-57 shades. Finally, condition is mostly Fine to Very Fine with a large percentage of sound, four margin examples including many of the premium positions. All-in-all, this monumental achievement by the owner represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the current or would-be student of the 3¢ 1851-57 imperforates. The Scott value given does not take into account the many premium positions or possible better shades present. The owner has placed a red dot below the Chase copies (see illustration at left). The negatives from Chase's photographs were given to the Smithsonian Institution. Scott $171,752 +++

Realized $33,350

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