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

EXTREMELY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 1-CENT A.E.F. BOOKLET PANE.

With 1985 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREMELY RARE 2-CENT A.E.F. BOOKLET PANE. IT IS BELIEVED THAT NO MORE THAT 20 EXIST.

With 1985 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE DOUBLE ERROR.

An explanation for the production of this unusual error can be found in lot 659.

Scott Retail as hinged (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTREMELY RARE USED MULTIPLE OF THE 3-CENT DARK VIOLET TYPE III PERFORATED 10 AT BOTTOM.

The rare perforation variety is explained in the introduction on page 303.

With 1991 P.F. certificate. Listed but unpriced as used in Scott (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN INCREDIBLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 6-CENT 1917 ISSUE PERFORATED 10 AT TOP VARIETY, OF WHICH ONLY ONE OTHER IS BELIEVED TO EXIST.

Ex Schilling. Grossly undercatalogued in Scott (Image)

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE PERF VARIETY. PROBABLY UNIQUE AS A BLOCK.

With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING POSITION PIECE SHOWING THE TRANSITION FROM PERF 10 TO PERF 11 ON THE SAME ROW. A GREAT RARITY.

Ex Schilling. Scott Retail as the single variety (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE 11-CENT PERF 10 VARIETY. ONLY TWO SUCH BLOCKS ARE KNOWN. AN OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION PIECE.

The other recorded plate block is very off-center, with perfs touching at right. With 1980 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE PERFORATION VARIETY.

Ex Grunin, Schilling. With 1969 P.F. certificate. Grossly undercatalogued in Scott (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A FEW--PERHAPS TWO OR THREE--OF THE 50-CENT ARE KNOWN WITH THIS PERFORATION VARIETY.

Ex Grunin, Schilling. With 1969 P.F. certificate. Grossly undercatalogued in Scott (Image)

VERY FINE. A RARE SET OF POSITION BLOCKS FOR THE $2.00 FRANKLIN. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE.

The Orange Red color did not conform to the order specifications and was corrected with the Carmine printing (see detailed history in lot 687) (Image)

VERY FINE. ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST DESIRABLE OF UNITED STATES TWENTIETH CENTURY PLATE BLOCKS.

The $2.00 and $5.00 1918 Issue are the first bi-colored dollar-denominated postage stamps issued by the United States. Both were released just three months after the famous 1918 24c Inverted Jenny, but the early printings were issued in small quantities, since stocks of the 1902 $2.00 and $5.00 1917 issue were still on hand.

According to Johl, the $2.00 Orange Red & Black was a color error on the part of the Bureau of Engraving & Printing. The official description and order for the bi-color stamps specified "Red and Black" for the $2.00. When subsequent printings appeared in 1920 and philatelists brought the matter to the attention of the Bureau, they were told "this stamp has always been this color" (Johl, p. 306). From studies of Bureau and Post Office records, it is clear that the originally intended color was not issued until November 1920 (Scott 547), and that the earlier Orange Red stamps were mistakes. The quantity issued has been variously estimated at between 47,000 and 68,000.

The Scott catalogue value of $18,500.00 has not changed in over ten years and should be considered outdated (Image)

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE SET OF POSITION BLOCKS.

Rarely offered as a matching set (Image)

FRESH AND VERY FINE. A SCARCE PLATE BLOCK OF THE FIRST BICOLORED $5.00 STAMP ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES.

Extremely rare in Mint N.H. condition (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE AND CHOICE PAIR OF THE RARE 2-CENT TYPE VII IMPERFORATE.

Most Type VII stamps were used by private vending and affixing-machine companies. However, unlike Scott 314A and 482A, a small supply of the imperforate 2c Type VII stamps did reach the public.

With 1958 P.F. certificate for block of four, this being the bottom pair (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT TYPE II COIL WASTE PERF 11 X 10.

Production of coil waste stamps are explained in the introduction on page 321.

With 1973 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE FEW EXTANT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLES OF THIS MAJOR RARITY. PROBABLY FEWER THAN 20 ARE KNOWN UNUSED.

A small quantity of 1c Rotary Press stamps was perforated 11 at the end of 1922, using remainder sheets from the earlier printings that were normally perforated in 10 gauge or 11/10 compound gauge. A more detailed explanation of the production of these stamps can be found on page 321. Its existence as a Perf 11 variety was discovered in 1936, and the stamp received its Scott catalogue listing in 1938.

Most of the recorded copies of Scott 544 are off-center or have been damaged--the result of poor production standards and mis-handling.

With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)