| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Realized |
| 595 |
1c-15c E-Grills (86-91).
10c horizontal pair, others singles, most with clear grills, wide variety
of cancels, 10c right stamp with tiny sealed tear, 15c Fine, others Very
Fine, 12c with 1979 P.F. certificate
(Image) |
$ 425 | |
| 596 | |
1c Blue, E. Grill (86).
Original gum, beautiful bright blue color and proof-like impression,
well-defined grillEXTREMELY FINE GEM. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST ONE-CENT E GRILLS IN EXISTENCE. A VERY SCARCE STAMP WITH ORIGINAL GUM. With 1999 P.F. certificate (Image) |
$ 6,000 |
| 597 | |
1c Blue, E. Grill (86).
Unused (no gum), clear and sharp grill points, bright color, fresh and Very
Fine (Image) |
$ 600 |
| 598 |
1c Blue, E. Grill (86).
Magnificent centering and margins, dark shade, lightly cancelled, Extremely
Fine, an exceedingly scarce stamp, rare in this choice condition (Image) |
$ 900 | |
| 599 |
1c Blue, E. Grill (86).
Wide margins, beautiful deep shade, neat target cancel, natural
pre-printing paper crease at bottom right, Extremely Fine, with 1998 P.F.
certificate (Image) |
$ 325 | |
| 600 |
1c E, F Grills (86, 92).
Six singles and horizontal pair, one unused (92), range of cancels, few
faults, some appear Fine-Very Fine (Image) |
$ 900 | |
| 601 | |
2c Black, E. Grill (87).
Original gum, wide margins leaving white around the design, full and
clearly defined grillEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT E GRILL. Our search of numerous major name sales containing 1867-68 grilled issues (Caspary, Lilly, Grunin, etc.) yielded only a couple that compare favorably, and we were quite surprised that several collections lacked even an average copy with gum. With 1999 P.F. certificate (Image) |
$ 5,000 |
| 602 |
2c Black, E. Grill (87).
Perfectly centered with huge and even margins all around, clear grill
points, cork cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, a beautiful stamp, with 1993
P.S.E. certificate (Image) |
$ 475 | |
| 603 | |
3c Rose, E. Grill (88).
Original gum, beautiful bright Rose shade characteristic of early
regular-issue 3c grilled stamps, strong grill impression, Extremely Fine
Gem, rare in this choice condition, as a similar stamp in our Golin sale
realized $2,700 hammer, with 1999 P.F. certificate
(Image) |
$ 1,600 |
| 604 | ![]() |
3c Rose, E. Grill, Thin Paper
(88). Complete pane of 100, from the left side of the plate with
imprint and plate no. 36 at bottom and imprint at top and left, natural
straight-edge at right, virtually all stamps appear Mint N.H., clear
and sharp grill impressions across the entire pane, fresh and bright color,
some natural gum skips, minor wrinkling and small internal tear affect
Position 1 of the pane, tiny tears and perf separations in selvage at
bottom, small foldover in bottom left selvage with some additional
perforations across the cornerREMARKABLY FRESH. A BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE PANE OF THE 3-CENT E GRILL. ONE OF ONLY TWO REPORTED PANES OF THIS ISSUE, WHICH CONTAINS ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED IMPRINT AND PLATE BLOCKS. A WONDERFUL ARTIFACT OF THE GRILLED ISSUES. Scott value without any premium for Mint N.H. stamps and without any premium for the thin-paper variety (Image) |
$ 20,000 |