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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 295 |  |
 3c Brown Rose, First Design (56). Original gum, rich color, Very Fine, with 1985 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
550.00 | 475.00 |
| 296 | |
 3c Brown Rose, First Design (56). Original gum, deep rich color with hint of oxidation, Very Fine (Image Magnifier) |
550.00 | 225.00 |
| 297 | |
 3c Brown Rose, First Design (56). Original gum, barest trace of hinging, excellent color, Fine (Image Magnifier) |
550.00 | 200.00 |
| 298 |  |
 3c Brown Rose, First Design (56). Bottom imprint and plate no. 2 block of eight, bottom stamps Mint N.H., top stamps h.r., bright color, oxidized in a few tiny spotsFINE-VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE IMPRINT AND PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF THE 1861 3-CENT FIRST DESIGN. The Chapin census records only six plate blocks. With 2006 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
20,000.00 | 10,000.00 |
| 299 |
 10c Dark Green, First Design (62B). Wide balanced margins all around, virtually perfect centering, dark rich color and proof-like early impression on bright paper, cancelled by rim of vivid
red New York foreign-mail circular datestamp clear of portraitEXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS STAMP IS ARGUABLY THE FINEST USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 10-CENT FIRST DESIGN WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. The 10c 1861 First Design (or Type I) was printed from Plate 4, which left very little space between the stamps for the 12-gauge perforation holes. Examples of Scott 62B (or 58) are rarely seen with margins framing the design on all sides. The stamp offered here is the rare exception, and it is even more remarkable as a used copy, free of faults, clearly cancelled in red (and face-free). As a measure of the 10c First Design's rarity in used high grades, the latest P.S.E. Population Report lists one used example graded XF 90 and nothing higher. With 1987 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
1,580.00 | 25,000.00 | |
| 300 |
 10c Dark Green, First Design (62B). Choice centering with wide margins, rich color, face-free strike of red circular datestamp, Extremely Fine, scarce with such choice centering and a light red
cancel, red backstamp barely shows thru at bottom left corner, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (Image
Magnifier) |
1,580.00 | 1,700.00 | |
| 301 |
 10c Dark Green, First Design (62B). Intense color, light red circular datestamp,
Fine, with 1999 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
1,580.00 | 375.00 | |
| 302 |
 10c Dark Green, First Design (62B). Deep rich color,
face-free grid cancel, centered to left, small tear at top, Very Good appearance, owner's backstamp (Image
Magnifier) |
1,500.00 | 0.00 | |
| 303 | |
 1c Blue (63). Original gum, nearly perfect centering, attractive
pastel color, Extremely Fine, with 2007 P.F. certificate (XF 90, SMQ $860.00) (Image Magnifier) |
375.00 | 650.00 |
| 304 | |
 1c Blue (63). Original gum, lightly hinged, radiant color, Very Fine and choice, with 2005 P.F.
certificate (Image Magnifier) |
375.00 | 300.00 |
| 305 | |
 1c Blue (63). Slightly
disturbed original gum, Jumbo margins and straddle-pane margin at right, rich color on bright paper, Extremely Fine, with 2006 P.F. certificate for pair (Image Magnifier) |
375.00 | 225.00 |