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1861-66 Issue (Scott 73 to 78a)
Lot Sym. Lot Description Est/Cat Realized
1289 og image2c Black (73). Original gum, lightly hinged, beautifully centered, nibbed perf at top right, still Extremely Fine (Image) 375.00 150.00
1290 og image2c Black (73). Original gum, lightly hinged, dark color on bright white paper, Very Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image) 375.00 170.00
1291 image3c Scarlet (74). Four neat pen strokes, vibrant color, brilliant color, reperfed at right

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT SCARLET TRIAL PRINTING. THIS PEN-MARKED EXAMPLE COMES FROM THE ROTHFUCHS GROUP OF 1893.

As has been documented by Jerome S. Wagshal in a series of Chronicle articles (Nos. 56, 60, 61 and 62), a Washington D.C. stamp dealer, Carl F. Rothfuchs, obtained a supply of the 3c Scarlet in 1893 -- probably from the Post office Department in exchange for his assistance with the Columbian Exposition -- and sold them with pen marks and original gum. The Rothfuchs lot is not from the same supply acquired by John W. Scott in the late 1870's, from which stamps exist uncancelled and cancelled with a New York City Station D oval. (Image)

7,000.00 2,000.00
1292 image5c Red Brown (75). Beautifully centered, intense color nicely contrasted by bright red grid cancel, Extremely Fine, a beautiful stamp, with 2002 P.F. certificate (Image) 510.00 900.00
1293 image5c Red Brown (75). Bright color, 12-bar grid cancel at top and light red transit cancel at bottom, fresh and Very Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate (Image) 510.00 200.00
1294 image5c Red Brown (75). Horizontal pair, warm shade, bold blue target cancels and trace of red cancel at bottom right, Very Fine and choice, with 2002 P.S.E. certificate (Image) 1,020.00 850.00
1295 og image5c Brown (76). Original gum, intense color and proof-like impression, remarkably fresh paper with long full perfs all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXCEPTIONAL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1863 5-CENT BROWN. A SUPERB STAMP.

The 5c 1861-68 Issue was printed from plates with closely-spaced subjects that left little room for the large 12-gauge perforations. The Brown shade, No. 76, is scarce in original-gum condition, and truly rare in this high grade.

With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,300.00 3,750.00
1296 og image5c Brown (76). Original gum, lightly hinged, choice centering with well-balanced margins, deep dark color and detailed impression

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1863 5-CENT BROWN.

With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,300.00 1,350.00
1297 ng image5c Brown (76). Unused (regummed), extra row of horizontal perfs at bottom, deep dark color, Fine and unusual (Image) 575.00 100.00
1298 image5c Brown (76). Deep shade on bright paper nicely contrasted by blue circular datestamp, Very Fine and choice, with 2002 P.F. certificate (Image) 125.00 100.00
1299 image5c Brown (76). Horizontal pair, sharp impression, light circle of V's cancels, left stamp with trace of red transit datestamp at bottom, few nibbed perfs at top left, Very Fine and choice (Image) 265.00 80.00

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