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1869 Pictorial Issue (12c - 15c):
Lot Sym. Lot Description Realized
2477 og image12c Green (117). O.g., lightly hinged, incl. small arrow at B.L., Very Fine, with 1994 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 1,150
2478 image12c Green (117). Well-centered with wide margins, light cancel, Extremely Fine (Image) $ 125
2479 image12c Green (117). Perfectly centered, fresh and bright color, light cancels, Extremely Fine, with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 325
2480 og image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Original gum, well-centered with wide even margins, clear grill points, bright colors

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE WELL-CENTERED ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT TYPE I 1869 PICTORIAL. AN OUTSTANDING STAMP.

With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

$ 16,000
2481 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Fresh colors on bright paper, light virtually face-free cork cancel, wide margins, Extremely Fine and choice, with 1979 and 1994 P.F. certificates (Image) $ 1,300
2482 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Well-centered with wide margins all around, light cancel, trivial natural inclusion, Extremely Fine (Image) $ 475
2483 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Deep rich colors, bold quartered cork cancel, Very Fine (Image) $ 400
2484 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I (118). Rich colors, light cork cancel, Very Fine, with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 450
2485 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Incredibly intense color with richly-inked Brown, well-centered, light cancel, Extremely Fine and choice, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 550
2486 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Gorgeous intense colors on fresh white paper, very well-centered with unusually wide even margins, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1987 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 600
2487 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Perfectly centered, light strike of unusual cancel with traces of red and blue cancels at B.L., bright colors, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1994 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 450
2488 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Beautiful deep rich colors and sharp proof-like impression, light cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate (Image) $ 425
2489 image15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II, Center Inverted (119b). Beautiful deep rich colors, circle of wedges cancel, centered slightly to lower right but perfs are well clear all around, one slightly nibbed perf at upper right where cancelled (mentioned only for accuracy and not noted on certificate)

VERY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST USED EXAMPLES OF THE 90 RECORDED 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT ERRORS. A STAMP OF REMARKABLE BEAUTY AND GREAT RARITY.

Our census of 1869 Inverts, published in the February 1999 Chronicle and updated with a new stamp, contains 91 examples of the 15c Invert, including three unused and 87 used (one in the British Library's Tapling collection). Perhaps fifteen used copies are sound, including the stamp offered here from the Choban collection. Over half have serious faults or repairs.

With 1995 P.F. certificate (Image)

$ 31,500

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