10c Black (2). Horizontal
pair, original gum, lightly hinged, huge margins to clear incl. part
of adjoining stamps at top, sharp proof-like impression, left stamp with
trivial small corner crease at top left, right stamp with faint vertical
crease at left (described in the Caspary sale and by the P.F. in 1956 as
the left stamp sound and the right stamp with a gum crease)EXTREMELY FINE APPEARING AND PHENOMENALLY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM PAIR OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN REMARKABLY CHOICE CONDITION. ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING PAIRS EXTANT.
To underscore the rarity of any original-gum multiple of the 10c 1847, there are only three unused blocks recorded (two with original gum), one of which is contained in the Hirzel collection at the Swiss PTT Museum. The original-gum block in the Zoellner sale, ex Green, Klein and Kapiloff, realized $130,000 in 1998 (Siegel Sale 804, lot 15). The superb pair offered here was a featured item in the Caspary collection, and it was the largest 10c 1847 multiple owned by him (along with two other pairs).
Ex Caspary. With 1956 and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image)
10c Black (2). Position
81L, large to enormous margins incl. sheet margin at left, light red
grid cancelEXTREMELY FINE GEM 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE WITH SHEET MARGIN AND BRIGHT RED GRID.
Ex Sevenoaks. With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)
10c Black (2). Large
margins incl. sheet margin at right, detailed impression, red square
grid cancelEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL SHEET-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE.
A comparable stamp in our sale of the Philip T. Wall collection (Sale 826, lot 11) realized $4,000 hammer. (Image)
10c Intense Black (2).
Large margins, incredibly deep shade and intense impression, sharp red
square gridEXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EARLY AND REMARKABLY INTENSE IMPRESSION OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE.
The sharpness of the New York red square grid and the intense impression of the stamp are strong indications that this was a first printing used around the time of issue in July 1847. (Image)
10c Black (2). Large
margins, lightly cancelled in red, sharp impression on bright paper,
Extremely Fine, a beautiful 10c 1847 (Image)
10c Black (2). Full to
large margins, crisp impression on nicely blued paper, bright red circular
datestamp, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with 2002 P.F. certificate
(incorrectly stating grid cancel) (Image)
10c Black (2). Huge
margins, sharp proof-like impression on nicely blued paper, well-struck
Philadelphia blue "Paid" oval, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp (Image)
10c Black (2). Full even
margins, light red cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)
10c Black (2). Full to
large margins, deep shade on fresh bluish paper, light red square grid
cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate
(Image)
10c Black (2). Large to
enormous margins with part of adjoining stamp at top, deep dark color,
faded blue grid cancel, Extremely Fine, an outstanding stamp, with 1996
P.F. certificate (Image)
10c Black (2). Large to
huge margins, blue grid cancel, deep shade, Extremely Fine (Image)