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2015 Rarities of the World continued...

1851-56 Issue continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
3032° og Image12c Black (17). Position 81L1, original gum, large margins to full including part of adjoining stamp at right and huge left sheet margin, crisp impression, shows an interesting plate scratch in left margin

EXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING ORIGINAL-GUM SHEET-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

As James Allen recently determined (see Chronicle 244), the early state of the 12c Plate 1 did not have an imprint. This stamp comes from the first position of the ninth row, where there was no imprint even in the late state of the plate. However, judging from the sheet margin, at one time it might well have been attached to the "key" original-gum block pictured in the article (Figure 3, Positions 61-62/71-72L1E).

With 2015 P.F. certificate (VF-XF 85 XQ). The "XQ" in the grade is used for stamps of extraordinary quality. (Image)

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 $ 6,250.00

SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
3033° ogbl Image12c Black (17). Positions 29-30/39-40R1, block of four, large part disturbed original gum, large margins to just in at right, crisp impression, some toned spots

FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

Ex Frelinghuysen. With 2012 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 45,000.00

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
3034   Image12c Black (17). Huge margins all around including sheet margin at right and portions of four adjoining stamps, intense shade and a deeply etched impression on fresh paper, town circular datestamp and a portion of a red British transit datestamp at lower left

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SPECTACULAR USED EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 JUMBO BY P.S.E.

With 2013 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $4,750.00) (Image)

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 $ 250.00

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
3035 c Image12c Black, Diagonal Half Used as 6c (17a). Bottom left diagonal half, tied by well-struck blue "SONORA, CALIFORNIA, DEC. 29, 1851" two-line datestamp on blue folded letter to Surry Me., manuscript "Paid" partly under stamp, light horizontal file fold well below the bisect

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED BISECTED USE OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE FROM CALIFORNIA, AND ONE OF ONLY FIVE LEGITIMATELY USED BISECTS FROM SONORA. A PHENOMENAL EXHIBITION ITEM, OFFERED TO THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OUR 1978 AUCTION OF THE J. DAVID BAKER COLLECTION.

The 12c stamp was bisected to pay the 6c transcontinental rate, effective July 1, 1851, due to a shortage of 3c and 1c stamps. The next earliest use from Sonora is Jan. 7, 1852. Seven bisects are known used from Sonora, and it is believed only five were recognized as valid for postage.

Illustrated in Baker's U.S. Classics on p. 200. Illustrated in Letters of Gold on p. 110. Ex Caspary and J. David Baker. (Image)

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 E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3036 c Image12c Black, Diagonal Half Used as 6c (17a). Top left diagonal half, large margins, tied across the cut by "San Francisco Cal. 18 Aug." circular datestamp, second strike also ties, on blue 1853 folded letter to Boston, company origination backstamp, light vertical file fold well away from stamp, Very Fine and attractive bisect use, with 2008 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 2,500.00

SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
3037 c Image12c Black, Matching Diagonal Halves Used as 6c (17a). Two buff covers addressed in the same hand to Norfolk Conn., likely 1853 uses, first use is bottom right half tied by "San Francisco Cal. 10 Jun." circular datestamp, second light strike at right, bisect with small tears at bottom, some edgewear, some blue ink probably from other markings on covers in a pile, second is top left diagonal half tied by "San Francisco Cal. 1 Sep." circular datestamp, with manuscript "Due" and "10" in circle handstamp, some edgewear

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A FANTASTIC PAIR OF COVERS BEARING MATCHING HALVES OF THE SAME 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE STAMP, WHERE ONE WAS ACCEPTED AS POSTAGE AND THE OTHER APPARENTLY NOT. A PHENOMENAL PAIR OF ITEMS SUITED FOR EXHIBITION.

The transcontinental rate after July 1, 1851 was 6c, but if not prepaid by stamps then it was charged 10c due from the recipient (see Siegel Sale 1002, lot 3743 for an example used from San Francisco Oct. 1, 1853 which was also charged 10c due).

Each with 1971 P.F. certificate, the latter stating "the DUE 10 indicates that this was not accepted as postage" (Image)

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 E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3038 og Image(1c) Dull Blue, Franklin Carrier (LO1). Original gum, lightly hinged, four large to huge margins including a trace of the frameline of the adjoining stamp at left, rich color, completely free of the flaws that plague the handful of existing unused examples

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MIRACULOUS CONDITION RARITY WHICH IS BY FAR THE FINEST KNOWN ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 FRANKLIN CARRIER STAMP -- GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.

Any unused example of this stamp is a rarity, as only a handful exist in any quality. To find one with original gum (we have only offered two in over 15 years) and completely sound is an almost unheard of combination. In our opinion, this remarkable stamp ranks as one of the greatest condition rarities in all of United States philately. We have positioned it with the 1851 Issue to emphasize our long-held opinion that the Franklin and Eagle Carrier stamps belong with the 1851-56 Issues.

With 1991 and 2011 P.F. certificates (the latter graded XF-Superb 95) (Image)

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 $ 7,000.00

SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
3039 c Image3c Red on Buff, Nesbitt entire (U10). Cancelled by perfect strike of blue "Bardstown Ky. May 13, 1859" circular datestamp and used to New Haven Ky., with original enclosure of printed poem titled "The Widow's Lament", the contents are of such an explicitly obscene nature they give Fifty Shades of Grey a run for its money, includes "I've longed to ___ you nightly, but this night most of all; my ___ was hot as pepper, and the crabs began to crawl.", even the imprint is filled with sexual innuendo, the entire with a few toned spots, Very Fine, a most extraordinary item and the only one of its kind we have ever encountered, probably created by a printer as a joke between friends, destined to be owned by a collector with a perverse sense of humor (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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