2003 Rarities of the World continued...

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT IMPERFORATE ERROR IN A BLOCK OF NINE WITH THE ERROR STAMP MINT NEVER-HINGED.

During the course of production of the normal 2c plate No. 7942, three positions were noted to be defective. The plate was returned 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 Perf 10, Imperforate and Perf 11 (Scott 467, 485 and 505). The imperforate is by far the rarest of the three.

Ex Drucker. With 1981 A.P.S. and 2003 P.F. certificates (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 2-CENT ROTARY TYPE II COIL.

Unlike most other issues, the horizontal coil is actually scarcer than the vertical coil. It was in production for only a short period of time before being replaced by the Type III, Scott 492.

With 1966 and 1994 P.F. certificates (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 2-CENT TYPE II PERF 10 HORIZONTAL COIL ON UNWATERMARKED PAPER.

With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLES OF SCOTT 500 IN EXISTENCE. SUPERB IN EVERY RESPECT.

The Type Ia Scott 500 was created during an experiment of the Bureau in creating a new type of transfer roll. A die was made from the old Type I transfer roll, having ten impressions on it. A new transfer roll was then made, using the new ten-impression master die. This new transfer roll was then used to create two new plates. Since this is essentially a "lossy" process, there are some noticeable differences between the plates created using this method and the old method of using one die impression to create the transfer roll.

With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A WONDERFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT DEEP ROSE. A TRUE CONDITION RARITY.

With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED USED EXAMPLES OF THIS DOUBLE IMPRESSION.

The records of the Philatelic Foundation contain only three used and three unused copies certified as genuine. The last example to be offered at auction realized $3,750 in our sale of the Twigg-Smith collection.

With 1986 P.F. certificate. (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 9-CENT FRANKLIN PERF 10 AT TOP. ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE WITH THE TRANSITIONAL PERFORATIONS.

At a certain point in the sheet, the defective perforating wheel changed from Perf 11 to Perf 10 in one row. The stamp offered here shows where the change occurred. (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 11-CENT FRANKLIN WITH TRANSITIONAL PERFS AT BOTTOM.

For a partial explanation of how these transitional perfs were created please see the description of lot 575. With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 11-CENT FRANKLIN ISSUE PERF 10 AT BOTTOM.

With 1982 and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE PLATE NUMBER SINGLE OF THE 2-CENT TYPE VII IMPERFORATE.

With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)