1890 Issue, Specimen Overprints:
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Realized |
| 1749 |
P |
 2c 1890 Issue, Imperforate
(219DPe, 220Pd). Three blocks of four and four pairs on exhibition
page, range of shades incl. Lake, Dark Lake, Carmine, Deep Carmine, Dark
Carmine, Deep Orange Red and Deep Red Orange, all have large margins,
original gum, h.r., few small faults, all appear Very Fine, interesting
group (Image) |
$ 450 |
| 1750 |
TC |
 6c 1890 Issue, Trial Color
Plate Proof on Wove (224TC). Three blocks of four and four pairs,
colors incl. Yellow, Olive Green, Slate Green, Red Orange, Violet Black,
Brown Olive and Orange Red, all have large margins, original gum, h.r., few
faults, all appear Very Fine, only one sheet of 100 was produced in each
color (Image) |
$ 800 |
| 1751 |
|
5c Taylor (179, 185). Eight unused, ten used and two covers, four
unused of each, range of cancels, covers incl. Fla. to London and NYFM
cancel on folded letter to France, few small faults, a Fine-Very Fine and
interesting group |
$ 850 |
| 1752 |
S |
 2c Red Brown, Specimen
Overprint Ty. B (146SB). Original gum, h.r., bright color, fresh and
Very Fine, listed in Scott catalogue as Ty. A overprint ($600.00), this
15mm long Ty. B overprint is unlisted
(Image) |
$ 800 |
| 1753 |
S |
 1c-90c 1879-83 Bank Note
Issues, Specimen Overprint Ty. D (189SD/211SD). Complete for all
Scott-listed nos. incl. 191SDa, mostly original gum, h.r., few faults, most
appear Fine-Very Fine (Image) |
$ 425 |
| 1754 |
S |
1c-90c Bank Note Issues, "Sample" and "Sample A" Overprints.
Comprehensive collection on seven exhibition pages, incl. singles, pairs,
imprint and plate no. strips and blocks, also several examples of the trial
colors without overprints incl. No. 205 imprint and plate no. block of
twelve without overprint, 189S block of four without overprint, few other
interesting varieties, few faults to be expected, overall Fine-Very Fine, a
very rare and fascinating group |
$ 4,750 |