15c-90c 1869 Pictorial
Inverts, Plate Proofs on Card (120aP4, 121aP4, 122aP4, 129aP4). Large
margins all around, rich colors and detailed impressionsEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL SET OF 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE INVERT PLATE PROOFS WITH INVERTED CENTERS. ONLY ONE SHEET OF 100 OF EACH WAS PRODUCED.
All known examples of these inverts come from the sheets in the Earl of Crawford collection. Each with 1976 P.F. certificate (Image)
15c Brown & Blue, Ty. I
(118). Enormous even margins all around, perfectly centered, fancy
rosette cancelEXTREMELY FINE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT TYPE I 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. A SUPERB STAMP THAT MUST SURELY RANK AMONG THE FINEST EXTANT.
With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)
15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue,
Imperforate Horizontally (129a). Unused (no gum), incredibly fresh
colors and sharp impressions, choice centering with wide margins at top and
bottom, scissors separated perfs, small violet backstamp does not show
thruEXTREMELY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1869 RE-ISSUE IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY.
Jonathan W. Rose, in his book United States Postage Stamps of 1869, estimates that no more than five to ten copies of this error exist, although our estimate is higher. Only one sheet of 100 was issued, and all were cut into singles by a clerk in the Third Assistant Postmaster General's office. It is not known how many were sold. (Image)
30c Blue & Carmine, Re-Issue
(131). Original gum, perfectly centered with unusually wide margins,
deep rich colors on crisp paper, sharp proof-like
impressionsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE IN THE FINEST CONDITION ATTAINABLE.
With 1989 P.F. certificate (Image)