Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

United States Stamps continued...

**1867-68 Grilled Issue (F Grills) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
483		10c Yellow Green, F. Grill (96). Rich color, neat circle of wedges cancel, Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)	200.00	180.00
485		10c Yellow Green, F. Grill (96). Rich color, neat target and part of town datestamp, fresh and Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)	200.00	150.00
486		10c Dark Green, F. Grill (96a). Proof-like impression on fresh paper, quartered cork cancel, Very Fine (Image)	200.00	250.00
487		10c Dark Green, F. Grill (96a). Rich color, bold leaf fancy cancel, clear grill, Very Fine (Image)	200.00	120.00
488		12c Black, F. Grill (97). Unused (no gum), perfectly centered, crisp impression, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with copy of 1979 P.F. certificate (Image)	1,250.00	1,200.00
490		12c Black, F. Grill (97). Perfectly centered with extraordinarily wide balanced margins all around, intense shade and impression, lightly struck cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, a magnificent used example of the 12c F Grill (Image)	225.00	425.00
491		12c Black, F. Grill (97). Well-centered, intense shade and impression, light strike of cancel, couple nibbed perfs, otherwise Very Fine (Image)	225.00	105.00
492		15c Black, F. Grill (98). Original gum, lightly hinged, almost perfectly centered with extraordinarily wide margins all around, proof-like impression on fresh paper, clear and well-defined grill points EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN ORIGINAL-GUM 15-CENT F GRILL WITH MARGIN WIDTH AND CENTERING RARELY ENCOUNTERED IN THIS ISSUE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES IN EXISTENCE. The 15c F Grill is very rare and desirable in either Very Fine or Extremely Fine original-gum condition. However, only a few existing copies have the margin width of the stamp offered here. (Image)	3,000.00	11,500.00
493		15c Black, F. Grill (98). Original gum, sharp proof-like impression, clear grill, tiny spot of offset on back VERY FINE AND ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT F GRILL. With 1998 P.S.E. and P.F. certificates (Image)	3,000.00	2,200.00
494		24c Gray Lilac, F. Grill (99). Rich color, red target cancel, faint corner crease at bottom right, otherwise Fine, scarce with colored cancel (Image)	850.00	160.00
495		30c Orange, F. Grill (100). Unused (no gum), fine impression, sharp grill, tiny thin spot in grill, appears Fine, a scarce stamp in unused condition (Image)	2,500.00	575.00

1867-68 Grilled Issue (F Grills) continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

483

10c Yellow Green, F. Grill (96). Rich color, neat circle of wedges cancel, Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

200.00

180.00

485

10c Yellow Green, F. Grill (96). Rich color, neat target and part of town datestamp, fresh and Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

200.00

150.00

486

10c Dark Green, F. Grill (96a). Proof-like impression on fresh paper, quartered cork cancel, Very Fine (Image)

200.00

250.00

487

10c Dark Green, F. Grill (96a). Rich color, bold leaf fancy cancel, clear grill, Very Fine (Image)

200.00

120.00

488

12c Black, F. Grill (97). Unused (no gum), perfectly centered, crisp impression, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with copy of 1979 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,250.00

1,200.00

490

12c Black, F. Grill (97). Perfectly centered with extraordinarily wide balanced margins all around, intense shade and impression, lightly struck cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, a magnificent used example of the 12c F Grill (Image)

225.00

425.00

491

12c Black, F. Grill (97). Well-centered, intense shade and impression, light strike of cancel, couple nibbed perfs, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

225.00

105.00

492

15c Black, F. Grill (98). Original gum, lightly hinged, almost perfectly centered with extraordinarily wide margins all around, proof-like impression on fresh paper, clear and well-defined grill points

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN ORIGINAL-GUM 15-CENT F GRILL WITH MARGIN WIDTH AND CENTERING RARELY ENCOUNTERED IN THIS ISSUE. ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES IN EXISTENCE.

The 15c F Grill is very rare and desirable in either Very Fine or Extremely Fine original-gum condition. However, only a few existing copies have the margin width of the stamp offered here. (Image)

3,000.00

11,500.00

493

15c Black, F. Grill (98). Original gum, sharp proof-like impression, clear grill, tiny spot of offset on back

VERY FINE AND ATTRACTIVE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT F GRILL.

With 1998 P.S.E. and P.F. certificates (Image)

3,000.00

2,200.00

494

24c Gray Lilac, F. Grill (99). Rich color, red target cancel, faint corner crease at bottom right, otherwise Fine, scarce with colored cancel (Image)

850.00

160.00

495

30c Orange, F. Grill (100). Unused (no gum), fine impression, sharp grill, tiny thin spot in grill, appears Fine, a scarce stamp in unused condition (Image)

2,500.00

575.00