1c Green, Rotary Perf 11
(594). Bold strike of machine cancel, deep rich color, very
well-centered with wide margins all aroundEXTREMELY FINE GEM. CHOICE CENTERING SUCH AS THIS IS VIRTUALLY UNOBTAINABLE IN EXAMPLES OF THE RARE ROTARY COIL-WASTE ISSUES. ONE OF THE FINEST SCOTT 594's IN EXISTENCE.
Ex Klein. With 1975 P.F. certificate (Image)
1c Green, Rotary Perf 11
(596). Light wavy-lines machine cancel, deep shade, remarkably
well-centered for this difficult stamp with perfs clear all around,
insignificant corner perf crease at top right which does not detract from
its appearance in any wayVERY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE THIRTEEN RECORDED EXAMPLES OF SCOTT 596 AND ONE OF ONLY FIVE EXAMPLES WITHOUT A PRECANCEL. ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF TWENTIETH CENTURY UNITED STATES PHILATELY.
Our census of Scott 596 (see Appendix, p. 388) records thirteen used stamps. None is recorded unused. Of the non-precancelled stamps, two have major faults and one has poor centering. The stamp offered here and one other (Census No. 596-CAN-01) are the only two well-centered non-precancelled examples in existence.
Census No. 596-CAN-02. Ex Clifford Cole. With 1966 P.F. certificate (Image)
2c Harding, Rotary Perf 11
(613). Well-centered with unusually wide margins for this printing,
sharp impression, bold wavy-lines machine cancelFRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE TWO FINEST SINGLES OF THE 43 2-CENT HARDING ROTARY PERF 11 STAMPS RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
Our census of the 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 (see Appendix, p. 389) records 39 used singles (one faintly cancelled, if at all) and two used pairs. Of the singles, 22 are sound, but of these only five rate a grading of Very Fine or Extremely Fine. The stamp offered here is unquestionably in the finest existing condition and is rivalled only by two other singles (Census Nos. 613-CAN-06 and 613-CAN-14) and one stamp that is part of an intact pair (Census No. 613-PR-39).
The 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 stamp was discovered in 1938 by Leslie Lewis of the New York firm, Stanley Gibbons Inc. Figure P shows a group photo--taken by Gordon Usticke--of the copies first discovered by the Gibbons firm. Added to the Gibbons find are photos of stamps found by the Weills among unsorted 2c stamps soaked off envelopes. A total of 28 of the 43 known examples of Scott 613 appears in this image.
Gary Griffith presents his hypothesis in United States Stamps 1922-26 that rotary-printed sheets of 400 were first reduced to panes of 100 and then fed through the 11-gauge perforating machine normally used for flat plate sheets. This method distinguishes sheet-waste stamps--Scott 544, 596 and 613--from the coil-waste stamps and explains the existence of a straight-edge on Scott 613.
Census No. 613-CAN-08. Illustrated in United States Stamps 1922-26 by Gary Griffith, p. 190. Ex Hewitt. With 1966 and 1981 P.F. certificates (Image)