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EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A REMARKABLY CHOICE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT VIOLET PERF 10.

With 1992 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE RARE TYPE I ROTARY PRESS VERTICAL COIL.

The 2c Type I rotary plate was used very briefly to make vertical coils issued in December 1915. It was superseded in February 1916 by the Type III plate. The early printing of the 2c rotary vertical coil was almost completely overlooked by contemporary collectors and dealers, who did not anticipate further production of vertical coils.

With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 30-CENT PERF 10 ON UNWATERMARKED PAPER.

In an article in Philatelic Opinions V published by the Philatelic Foundation, William T. Crowe, head of the Expert Committee, discusses the discovery of this rare stamp and how it might have been issued. The production of Scott 476A occurred during the period of transition from gauge-10 perfs to gauge 11. Bureau records do not list a 30c printing on unwatermarked paper that was perforated 10, but the existence of two certified panes--one bottom-right pane from Plate 6917 and one top-right pane from Plate 6911--is evidence that the combination of new unwatermarked paper and old 10-gauge perfs occurred, even if inadvertantly. Stamps from these two panes (200 total), two left sheet-margin blocks of four and a bottom plate no. 6914 single, none of which have any trace of watermark, are the only accepted examples of Scott 476A.

With 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)

FRESH AND VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 30-CENT PERF 10 ON UNWATERMARKED PAPER.

With 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT IMPERFORATE ERROR, OF WHICH LESS THAN 50 SHEETS WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

During the course of production of the normal 2c plate No. 7942, three positions were noted to be defective. The plate was sent back to the siderographer, who burnished out the three positions and mistakenly re-entered them using a transfer roll for the 5c stamp. The error passed unnoticed and the sheets were issued to the public both Perf 10, Imperforate and Perf 11 (Scott 467, 485 and 505). The imperforate is by far the rarest of the three, having come from a group of fifty sheets released to the public.

With 1967 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLY CHOICE PAIR OF THE RARE 2-CENT TYPE II HORIZONTAL COIL.

With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT TYPE II COIL.

With 1980 P.F. certificate (Image)