| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 2 | E | 3c Schernikow Essays. Six essays: Nos. 65-E1a (3), 65-E1c, 65-E2c (2), different colors, Very Fine group | 650.00 | 290.00 |
| 3 | TC |
3c Scarlet, First Design, Trial
Color Plate Proof on India (56TC3). Full to large margins, Very Fine (Image) |
350.00 | 105.00 |
| 4 | TC |
3c Scarlet, First Design, Trial
Color Plate Proof on India (56TC3). Large margins to just in, mounted
on thin card, Fine (Image) |
350.00 | 90.00 |
| 5 | |
3c Brown Rose, First Design
(56). Original gum, small h.r., rich color, fresh and Fine (Image) |
550.00 | 170.00 |
| 6 | P |
3c Rose, Large Die Proof on
India (65P1). Die sunk on 150 x 224mm card with full die sinkage, die
imprint at bottom, bright color, Very Fine
(Image) |
1,000.00 | 650.00 |
| 7 | P |
3c Rose, Large Die Proof on
India, "Specimen" Ovpt. (65P1S). Mounted on 151 x 226mm card, six-line
National Bank Note Co. imprint at bottom in blue, Very Fine, from a
salesman's sample book, Scott Retail as normal large die proof (Image) |
1,000.00 | 850.00 |
| 8 | P |
3c 1861 Issue, Trial Color Plate
Proofs on Card (65TC4, 74TC4). Two of first, slightly different shades,
large margins, Very Fine (Image) |
E. 200-300 | 200.00 |
| 9 | S |
3c Rose, Specimen Ovpt. Ty. B, J
(65SB, 65SJ). First unused (no gum), second original gum, vertical
crease, otherwise Fine (Image) |
320.00 | 60.00 |
| 10 | TC |
3c Lake, Trial Color Plate
Proof on India (66TC3). Horizontal pair, large margins, intense color
on bright paper, Extremely Fine (Image) |
250.00 | 325.00 |
| 11 | |
3c Pink (64). Original gum,
very lightly hinged, perfectly centered, beautiful bright shade with strong
Pink hueEXTREMELY FINE GEM. THE 3-CENT 1861 PINK IS EXTREMELY RARE IN SOUND ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION. THIS STAMP IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE. Examples of the 1861 3c Pink with original gum are almost invariably creased and/or toned. This stamp is a rare exception, and its centering and color place it among the finest of the original-gum copies extant. With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image) |
8,000.00 | 12,500.00 |
| 12 | |
3c Pink (64). Intense
shade, beautiful centering, tied by bold "Fryeburg Me. Nov. 22" circular
datestamp on cover to Dover N.H., barely reduced at right, Very Fine, with
1975 P.F. certificate (Image) |
900.00 | 425.00 |