Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

United States Stamps continued...

**1922-29 Issue (Scott 595 to 613)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
528		2c Carmine, Rotary, Perf 11 (595). Intense color and impression, light strike of circular cancel, unusually wide margins, Extremely Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)	325.00	375.00
529		2c Carmine, Joint Line Pair, Ty. I, II (599-599A). Left stamp Type I, right stamp Type II, rich color, neat strikes of 1930 duplex cancel, fresh and Very Fine, with 1990 P.S.E. certificate (Image)	190.00	850.00
530		2c Carmine, Joint Line Pair, Ty. II, I (599A-599). Left stamp Type II, right stamp Type I, intense color and impression, neat strikes of Chicago oval registry cancels, Extremely Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)	190.00	800.00
531		2c Harding, Rotary Perf 11 (613). Well-centered with unusually wide margins for this printing, sharp impression, bold wavy-line machine cancel FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE TWO FINEST SINGLES OF THE 44 2-CENT HARDING ROTARY PERF 11 STAMPS RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS. Our census of the 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 as (published in our Zoellner sale catalogue and updated at our website at www.siegelauctions.com/enc/census/613/613.htm) records 40 used singles (one faintly cancelled, if at all) and two used pairs. Of the singles, 23 are sound, but of these only five rate a grading of Very Fine or Extremely Fine. The stamp offered here is unquestionably in the finest existing condition and is rivalled only by two other singles (Census Nos. 613-CAN-06 and 613-CAN-14) and one stamp that is part of an intact pair (Census No. 613-PR-39). The 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 stamp was discovered in 1938 by Leslie Lewis of the New York firm, Stanley Gibbons Inc. Gary Griffith presents his hypothesis in United States Stamps 1922-26 that rotary-printed sheets of 400 were first reduced to panes of 100 and then fed through the 11-gauge perforating machine normally used for flat plate sheets. This method distinguishes sheet-waste stamps -- Scott 544, 596 and 613 -- from the coil-waste stamps and explains the existence of a straight-edge on Scott 613. Census No. 613-CAN-08. Illustrated in United States Stamps 1922-26 by Gary Griffith, p. 190. Ex Hewitt and Zoellner. With 1966 and 1981 P.F. certificates. Scott Catalogue value is based on grade of Fine (Image)	27,500.00	60,000.00

1922-29 Issue (Scott 595 to 613)

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

528

2c Carmine, Rotary, Perf 11 (595). Intense color and impression, light strike of circular cancel, unusually wide margins, Extremely Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)

325.00

375.00

529

2c Carmine, Joint Line Pair, Ty. I, II (599-599A). Left stamp Type I, right stamp Type II, rich color, neat strikes of 1930 duplex cancel, fresh and Very Fine, with 1990 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

190.00

850.00

530

2c Carmine, Joint Line Pair, Ty. II, I (599A-599). Left stamp Type II, right stamp Type I, intense color and impression, neat strikes of Chicago oval registry cancels, Extremely Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)

190.00

800.00

531

2c Harding, Rotary Perf 11 (613). Well-centered with unusually wide margins for this printing, sharp impression, bold wavy-line machine cancel

FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE TWO FINEST SINGLES OF THE 44 2-CENT HARDING ROTARY PERF 11 STAMPS RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.

Our census of the 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 as (published in our Zoellner sale catalogue and updated at our website at www.siegelauctions.com/enc/census/613/613.htm) records 40 used singles (one faintly cancelled, if at all) and two used pairs. Of the singles, 23 are sound, but of these only five rate a grading of Very Fine or Extremely Fine. The stamp offered here is unquestionably in the finest existing condition and is rivalled only by two other singles (Census Nos. 613-CAN-06 and 613-CAN-14) and one stamp that is part of an intact pair (Census No. 613-PR-39).

The 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 stamp was discovered in 1938 by Leslie Lewis of the New York firm, Stanley Gibbons Inc. Gary Griffith presents his hypothesis in United States Stamps 1922-26 that rotary-printed sheets of 400 were first reduced to panes of 100 and then fed through the 11-gauge perforating machine normally used for flat plate sheets. This method distinguishes sheet-waste stamps -- Scott 544, 596 and 613 -- from the coil-waste stamps and explains the existence of a straight-edge on Scott 613.

Census No. 613-CAN-08. Illustrated in United States Stamps 1922-26 by Gary Griffith, p. 190. Ex Hewitt and Zoellner. With 1966 and 1981 P.F. certificates. Scott Catalogue value is based on grade of Fine (Image)

27,500.00

60,000.00