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2012 Rarities of the World continued...

1869 Pictorial Issue and Re-Issue, Stamps and Inverts
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
139   Image3c Ultramarine (114). Bright color, cancelled by bold strike of Small Bee fancy cancel of Waterbury Conn. (Rohloff A-14), stamp with small faults

VERY FINE STRIKE OF THE SMALL BEE FANCY CANCEL OF WATERBURY, WHICH SHOWS ALMOST THE COMPLETE DESIGN.

With 2004 A.P.S. and 2011 P.F. certificates (Image)

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 E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
140 og Image10c Yellow (116). Original gum, lightly hinged, rich color, unusually choice centering with balanced margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.

With 1990 and 2006 P.F. certificates (XF 90) (Image)

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 2,000.00

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
141 og Image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I, Without Grill (118a). Original gum, well-centered with wide margins all around, beautiful proof-like colors and impressions, fresh and bright paper

EXTREMELY FINE. A PHENOMENAL EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITHOUT GRILL.

Our survey of the Philatelic Foundation records shows approximately 25 examples have been certified as genuine, of which about half have faults.

With 1931 A.P.S., 1975 and 2010 P.F. certificates (Image)

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 13,000.00

SOLD for $14,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
142 ogbl Image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Vertical block of six, part disturbed original gum, fresh, rich colors

FINE-VERY FINE. A VERY RARE BLOCK OF THE 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE TYPE II WITH MARVELOUS RICH COLORS AND IMPRESSIONS.

With 1981 P.F. certificate which states "unused, original gum". Scott Retail as block of four and pair with gum (Image)

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 25,000.00

SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
143   Image24c Green & Violet (120). Choice centering with Jumbo margins, deep rich colors and proof-like impressions, cancelled solely by red cork cancel

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 JUMBO BY P.S.E.

P.S.E. encapsulated (XF-Superb 95 Jumbo, SMQ $3,400.00 as 95, $13,000.00 as 98). Only one has graded higher to date (at 98) and only two others share this grade. (Image)

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 700.00

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
144 og Image24c Green & Violet, Without Grill (120a). Large part disturbed original gum, deep rich colors, light horizontal crease along bottom of vignette

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITHOUT GRILL.

Our survey of auction catalogs and Philatelic Foundation records produced 23 examples of the 24c 1869 Without Grill (Scott 120a), of which half have faults.

Blue "W.H.C." Colson backstamp. With 2012 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 15,000.00

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
145° og Image90c Carmine & Black (122). Original gum, lightly hinged, brilliant color as fresh as the day it was printed, beautiful centering with unusually wide margins for this difficult issue

EXTREMELY FINE GEM WITH THE EXALTED P.S.E. GRADE OF XF-SUPERB 95. THIS IS EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLES OF THE 90-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE IN EXISTENCE. A MAGNIFICENT STAMP IN EVERY RESPECT.

The 90c 1869 Pictorial is widely admired for its beautiful engraving and dignified portrait of Abraham Lincoln. However, collectors have been frustrated in their efforts to acquire choice examples of this issue. Used 90c stamps are typically heavily cancelled, because the high denomination was cause for postal clerks to thoroughly obliterate any chance for re-use. Naturally, the significant monetary value of 90c in 1869 limited the number of unused stamps that would be saved for future collectors. Therefore, the collector ideals of "well-centered with original gum" and "lightly cancelled" are seldom obtainable in the available supply of 90c 1869's. The stamp offered here, with lightly hinged original gum and choice centering, probably ranks among the top 1% of surviving 90c 1869's in unused state.

Ex Scarsdale. 1997 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies. With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (OGh, XF-Superb 95, SMQ $67,000.00). This is the highest grade awarded to date and only one other shares this grade. (Image)

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 12,000.00

SOLD for $67,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
146 og Image90c Carmine & Black (122). Large part original gum noted as "disturbed" on accompanying certificate, well-centered, gorgeous colors and proof-like impressions

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A LOVELY ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.

From our 1994 Rarities of the World "Concord" Collection. With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 12,000.00

SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
147 og Image90c Carmine & Black (122). Part original gum (somewhat disturbed), wide margins and choice centering, strong colors

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 90c 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.

With 1973 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 12,000.00

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
148°   Image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II, Center Inverted (119b). Deep rich colors, unusually choice centering for this difficult invert

VERY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE AND RARE SOUND USED EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT. THE COLORS ARE RICH AND DEEP, AND THE TARGET CANCEL LEAVES MOST OF THE VIGNETTE CLEARLY VISIBLE. ONLY 93 COPIES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

Our census of 1869 Inverts, published in the February 1999 Chronicle and updated with three new stamps, contains 93 examples of the 15c Invert, including three unused and 90 used (one in the British Library's Tapling collection).

Ex De Verymont, Seymour, Ishikawa and Dauer. Census No. 119b-CAN-NC01. With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (F 70, SMQ $55,000.00). This is the highest grade which is priced in SMQ. (Image)

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 20,000.00

SOLD for $80,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
149°   Image24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted (120b). Three wide margins and perfs well clear at left, beautiful rich colors and sharp impressions, lightly cancelled by circle of wedges, red foreign transit datestamp at lower right

VERY FINE AND CHOICE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 INVERT.

Our published 1869 Invert census (with unpublished updates) contains 89 copies of the perforated 24c Invert, including four unused stamps and multiples. Very few are sound or as attractive as the stamp offered here.

Census No. 120b-CAN-CW04. Ex Twigg-Smith and Hansen. 1970 and 2001 P.F. certificates no longer accompany. With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (F 70, SMQ $63,500.00). Only one has graded higher to date (at 75) and only two others share this grade. The Scott value for No. 120b is for "fine centered examples with only minimal faults." (Image)

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 22,500.00

SOLD for $42,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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