The Robert Zoellner Collection of the United States continued...

VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE USE OF THE COMPOUND-PERFORATION VARIETY. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED.

The other recorded cover, dated August 7, 1915, bears a pair of Scott 424a, but the top stamp is faulty.

Ex Siskin and signed by him (Image)

VERY FINE AND RARE PERFORATION VARIETY. PROBABLY UNIQUE AS AN UNUSED PLATE NUMBER SINGLE. A GREAT POSITION PIECE.

Ex Col. Edward H. R. Green. With 1988 P.F. certificate. Unpriced in Scott as an unused stamp (Image)

FRESH AND VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE COMPOUND-PERFORATION VARIETY.

Significantly undercatalogued in Scott (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPOUND-PERFORATION VARIETY.

With 1976 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE JOINT LINE STRIP OF FOUR OF THE RARE TYPE I ROTARY PRESS VERTICAL COIL.

The 2c Type I rotary plate was used very briefly to make vertical coils issued in December 1915. It was superseded in February 1916 by the Type III plate. The early printing of the 2c rotary vertical coil was almost completely overlooked by contemporary collectors and dealers, who did not anticipate further production of vertical coils.

With 1972 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXTREMELY RARE STAMP IN THIS CHOICE QUALITY.

With 1984 and 1989 P.F. certificates (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT CARMINE PERF 10 DOUBLE-ERROR BLOCK.

Scott Retail as hinged (Image)

FRESH AND VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE VERY RARE 30-CENT PERF 10 WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ON UNWATERMARKED PAPER.

In an article in Philatelic Opinions V published by the Philatelic Foundation, William T. Crowe, head of the Expert Committee, discusses the discovery of this rare stamp and how it might have been issued. The production of Scott 476A occurred during the period of transition from gauge-10 perfs to gauge 11. Bureau records do not list a 30c printing on unwatermarked paper that was perforated 10, but the existence of two certified panes--one bottom-right pane from Plate 6917 and one top-right pane from Plate 6911--is evidence that the combination of new unwatermarked paper and old 10-gauge perfs occurred, even if inadvertantly. Stamps from these two panes (200 total), two left sheet-margin blocks of four and a bottom plate no. 6914 single, none of which have any trace of watermark, are the only accepted examples of Scott 476A.

With 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB STAMP IN THE HIGHEST QUALITY ATTAINABLE.

With 1987 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB STAMP.

With 1981 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. THIS IS THE UNIQUE PAIR AND THE ONLY RECORDED MULTIPLE OF THE TYPE Ia IMPERFORATE. AN OUTSTANDING RARITY AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS OF TWENTIETH CENTURY UNITED STATES PHILATELY.

Scott 482A, like its more famous predecessor, Scott 314A, was issued imperforate by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and sold to the Schermack Company for use in its patented stamp-affixing machines. The Schermack "Sealer and Stamper" machine typically applied stamps one at a time, and, in most cases, the hyphen-hole perfs on one side would be cut off. Under these circumstances, the existence of a pair is truly remarkable. Unlike Scott 314A, the release of imperforate sheets printed from the experimental Type Ia plates escaped the notice of contemporary collectors, and, therefore, has a very small survival rate.

Our census of Scott 482A (See Appendix, p. 386) records this pair, three covers, one unused single and 32 used singles for a total of 38 stamps. Most examples are either cut well into the design or have the Schermack perfs trimmed away on one side.

Census No. 482A-CAN-PR-04. Ex Clifford C. Cole. With 1958 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE. AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE TWENTIETH CENTURY VARIETY. PROBABLY UNIQUE AS A PLATE BLOCK.

Unlisted in Scott (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT IMPERFORATE ERROR, OF WHICH LESS THAN 50 SHEETS WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC.

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

Scott Retail as hinged (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE II JOINT LINE PAIR WITH CENTERING ALMOST NEVER SEEN ON THIS ISSUE.

With 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)