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5c Orange Brown (1b). Ample to large margins, warm shade from an early impression, light strike of red grid cancel, Very Fine, with 2018 P.S.A.G. certificate
5¢ Orange Brown, Dot in "S" (1 var), Position 69L, showing three dots to left of trifoliate ornament at left, full to ample margins, bright shade and distinct impression from cleaned plate, red grid cancel, Very Fine, ex Saadi, with 1994 P.F. certificate, Scott value $725.00
5¢ Orange Brown (1b), beautiful bright color with strong orange hue and distinctive impression from cleaned plate--we are classifying this as an Orange Brown, despite the 1992 P.F.C. as Dark Brown, Scott 1a, which it most definitely is not--showing vertical plate scratch in lower left margin, large margins to a bit close at right, tied on small piece by two strikes of red numeral "5" in cogged oval cancel of Chicago, Very Fine, a lovely combination of stamp color, plate variety and a better cancel, ex Saadi, with 1992 P.F. certificate as Dark Brown (1a), Scott value as No. 1b with numeral cancel is $825.00--offered as such and subject to certification
5¢ Orange Brown (1b), beautiful bright color with strong orange hue and distinctive impression from cleaned plate--we are classifying this as an Orange Brown, despite the 1987 P.F.C. as Red Brown, Scott 1--showing vertical line through top left of "U", large margins to full, double-struck blue circular datestamp cancel, Extremely Fine, ex Saadi, with 1987 P.F. certificate as Red Brown (1), Scott value as No. 1b with blue town cancel is $850.00--offered as such and subject to certification
5¢ Orange Brown (1b), reconstructed block of four consisting of two horizontal pairs reattached with hinge, brilliant color, impression is strong for an Orange Brown from the plate before it was cleaned, large margins to just in at bottom including part of adjoining stamps at top, red grid cancels, manuscript docketing from recipient indicates these came from the same correspondence, top pair received January 5, 1850, bottom pair received January 1, 1850--these predate the 4th Delivery printing, which specialists believe was made from the cleaned plate--top pair faint corner crease at top left, Very Fine appearance, an excellent alternative to a block, ex Stollnitz and Saadi, Scott value as pairs $4,000.00 compares favorably to the block price in the Red Brown shade of $27,500.00
A beautiful bottom left corner-margin 5¢ 1847 in the Orange Brown shade, cancelled with a blue "5" numeral handstamp5¢ Orange Brown (1b), Position 91R with large bottom left corner sheet margins, each 4mm, other sides large to ample at lower right, fresh and bright color, distinctive soft impression from cleaned plate (this position shows a vertical line outside bottom left frameline), light strike of blue numeral "5" cancel, small faint toned spot at right center
Extremely Fine. A rare corner-margin 5¢ 1847 in the Orange Brown shade.
Ex Haas, Rohloff and Wall. With 2000 P.F. certificate.
5c Deep Orange Brown (1b), the true 1847 First Printing Orange Brown with intense color and impression--submitted to P.F. in 1991 as Orange Brown, but they opined "Scott 1, Deep Red Brown shade" due to a lack of understanding of what the 1847 Orange Brown actually is-- full margins to clear, neat strike of red New York square grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, ex Saadi, with 1991 P.F. certificate as No. 1--we guarantee this as a No. 1b Orange Brown--Scott value $725.00
5¢ Orange Brown (1b), 1847 First Printing Orange Brown with intense color and impression, full margins all around, tiny nick at top left entirely in margin, blue "PAID" in oval cancel of Philadelphia, Very Fine and choice, ex Koppersmith and Saadi, with 1987 P.F. certificate, Scott value $775.00
Arguably the finest known pair of the 5¢ 1847 First Printing Orange Brown shade5¢ Orange Brown (1b), horizontal pair, huge margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at right, brilliant color and proof-like First Printing impression with every fine detail of the engraving, the Orange Brown color blends nicely with two perfectly-struck red grid cancellations of Savannah, Georgia
Extremely Fine Gem pair. In our opinion, this pair is the finest known multiple of the 1847 Orange Brown from the First Printing.
This pair presents an interesting contrast to the 1850 Orange Brown shade and cleaned-plate impression of the pair offered in this sale as lot 189. Although both are listed under Scott 1b, they are very different looking colors. We can envision a striking side-by-side mounting of these two superb pairs, showing the difference between the Orange Brown from two different printings.
Ex Philip T. Wall and John C. Chapin. With 1996 P.F. certificate. Scott value $2,000.00.
5¢ Orange Brown (1b), full to large margins, bright shade described by Mr. Saadi as Light Brown Orange, but in our opinion it is a worn-plate impression in Orange Brown, red "5" in circle cancel, few faults including expert repair at bottom left, Very Fine appearance, ex Saadi, Scott value $825.00
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