**1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-39) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
139		90c Blue (39). Original gum, intense shade and impression, wide margins, fresh and Very Fine, with 2007 and 2016 P.S.E. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,000.00 SOLD for $2,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
140		90c Blue (39). Small part original gum which covers perhaps 20% of the back, rich color, well-balanced margins, Very Fine, with 2005 P.F. certificate (VF-XF 85), Scott Retail with original gum $3,000.00, Scott Retail as no gum (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,200.00 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
141		90c Blue (39). Unused (no gum), rich color, fresh and Very Fine, with 1969 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,200.00 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
142		90c Blue (39). Unused (no gum), three wide and balanced margins, clear of perfs at bottom, deep rich color, fresh and Very Fine, with 2006 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 1,200.00 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
143		90c Blue (39). Deep rich color, neat strike of large Boston "Paid" grid cancel, reperfed at right VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE USED EXAMPLE OF THE SHORT-LIVED 90-CENT 1860 ISSUE. The 90c stamp was issued in 1860, along with the 24c and 30c values, all of which were needed to prepay high international letter rates established by various postal treaties. The basic 24c and 30c rates to England, France and Germany created a volume of mail franked with those values. However, the 90c saw much more limited use, partly due to the rates in effect, but more because of the American Civil War. When supplies of current postage stamps were declared invalid in the South and ultimately demonetized by the Federal government, the 90c had been in use for only one year. For this reason, genuinely cancelled copies are scarce, and covers bearing the 90c are extremely rare. Approximately 180 used examples have been certified by The Philatelic Foundation, of which only one-quarter are sound. With 2016 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 10,750.00 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
144		90c Blue (39). Rich color, neat strikes of circular datestamp cancel, two tiny tears at top, small surface scuff at top, small central thin spot, otherwise Fine, scarce in used condition, with 2009 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 10,000.00 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction

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