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| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
Prices realized...
| 683 |
 |
 $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (C14).
Bottom plate no. block of six, top corner stamps with faint gum toning
specks, otherwise Mint N.H., rich color, choice centering, usual light
natural gum creases, Extremely Fine (Image) |
5,600.00 |
3,250.00 |
| 684 |
|
 6c Dark Blue & Carmine,
Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (C23a). Two pairs with sheet
margin at right, left pair Mint N.H., right pair with barest trace of
hinge, bright colors, beautifully centered, Extremely Fine, Scott Retail as
two pairs (Image) |
650.00 |
750.00 |
| 685 |
 |
 6c Eagle, Misaligned Vertical
Perforations (C23 var). Bottom margin block of ten with arrow, vertical
perforations drastically misaligned creating an exceptional freak, lightly
hinged in selvage of top corners and tiny adherence at top right, otherwise
Mint N.H., a stunning and interesting freak as this is the bottom block of
ten from the same pane that produced the only five known imperforate
vertically horizontal pairs (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
850.00 |
| 686 |
 |
 6c Eagle, Ultramarine and
Carmine (C23 var). Tied by well-struck "Buffalo N.Y. Apr. 3, 1943
12:30PM" duplex cancel on large cover to Mission Texas, with note on
reverse in ink "Presented to Henry M. Goodkind, a real student of
Philately O.K. Rumbel 10/30/59", Extremely Fine, reportedly seven
covers known and this may be the earliest documented usage, with 1990
A.P.S. certificate (Image) |
1,500.00 |
750.00 |
| 687 |
|
6c Eagle (C23). Balance comprising four singles and four multiples,
singles comprising Nos. C23, C23 Ultramarine and Carmine (with 1984 P.F.
certificate), C23 with Eagle shifted down into frame (top right corner
selvage, faults), C23 with improper plate engraving (top left corner
selvage), multiples incl. plate block of four with double paper in selvage,
plate block of ten with printed red "C" in top right selvage obliterated
with small grid and red "E1" printed in top selvage, top left corner plate
block of six with top left corner perfs shifted due to fold-over, and top
right corner strip of three with wild vertical perfs in margin due to three
fold-overs, most items incl. No. C23 Ultramarine and Carmine Mint N.H.,
Extremely Fine lot |
E. 400-500 |
600.00 |