Sale 344



 
Lot 4522



1909, 8¢ olive green, bluish paper (363), exceptionally bright and fresh with full original gum, o.g., about Fine and quite handsome.
Scott $30,000

Realized $9,200



 
Lot 4117



1870, 6¢ carmine, vertical bisect (148a), large margins, tied by target cancel on orange buff cover to Wooster, Ohio, matching indistinct town c.d.s., docketed at left "Answered May 9/72"; upper left corner torn away upon opening, not affecting bisect.
Scott $6,500

A NEW DISCOVERY, ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED 1870 6¢ BANK NOTE BISECT USAGES, THIS BEING THE ONLY DIAGONAL BISECT KNOWN.

Expertization: 2011 P.F. Certificate.

The other 1870 6¢ bisect use was a vertically bisected example and was recently sold by Matthew Bennett in Sale 335 as part of the Eliot Landau collection and realized $6,613.


Realized $7,188



 
Lot 4219



1857, 1¢ blue, type Ia, curl on shoulder (19 var.), bright and fresh with full original gum, upper left corner re-attached and few pulled perfs at bottom, otherwise Fine and very rare.
Scott $45,000

Expertization: 1988 PF Certificate not noting the variety.

Realized $2,875



 
Lot 4357



1870, 90¢ carmine, grilled (144), complete, well impressed grill, disturbed original gum (tiny gum soak upper left), reperforated at top and left, Fine appearance.
Scott $25,000

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE GRILLED HIGH VALUE, RARELY OFFERED IN ANY MINT CONDITION.

Expertization: 1997 PF Certificate.

Realized $2,530



 
Lot 4643



1918, 2¢ carmine Offset, types Va & VI (528, 528A), 20 top margin plate blocks of 6, all are different plate numbers and all bear the initials "OAM" of pressman Otto A. Myers, 19 are type Va and one is type VI; lacks only two plates for completion: 11333 & 11495 with "OAM" only (included is plate 11495 with both "OAM" and "RSW" (Ralph S. Wersching)); original gum (6 type Va are NH), the type VI has rejoined separation, otherwise all F.-V.F. An impossible lot to duplicate.
Scott $4,925 ++

Realized $1,150



 
Lot 4350

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1870, 12¢ dull violet, grilled (140), reasonably well centered with three virtually complete rows of grill points, unused without gum, small bit of soiling on head (not mentioned on accompanying certificate), otherwise Fine.
Scott $13,000

Expertization: 1952 APS Certificate referencing the included letter of opinion from Lester Brookman.

Realized $2,760



 
Lot 4286



1867, 12¢ intense black, Z. grill (85E), well defined grill, detailed impression, full o.g., reperfed at left and minor pulled perf at upper right, otherwise Fine appearance.
Scott $17,500

A RARE MINT STAMP, SELDOM OFFERED IN ANY CONDITION.

Expertization: 1994 P.F. Certificate.

Realized $1,955



 
Lot 4287

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1867, 12¢ intense black, Z. grill (85E), three large margins with perfs in at top, incredibly deep, truly prooflike impression with a clearly identifiable grill; unused without gum, a fresh, nearly Fine example of this rare and notoriously poorly centered stamp.
Scott $6,500

A SOUND, WELL CENTERED UNUSED 12¢ Z. GRILL IS NEARLY NON-EXISTANT.

Expertization: 1983 PF Certificate.

Realized $920



 
Lot 4481

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1901, 1¢ Pan-American, center inverted (294a), well centered and attractive, rebacked and regummed over several small faults, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $12,500

Expertization: 1998 PSE Certificate.

Realized $4,025



 
Lot 4303



1867, 90¢ blue, F. grill (101), bright color and paper and full original gum with couple small hinge remnants, reperforated at left, otherwise Fine.
Scott $14,500

Realized $1,150