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12c Black (17). Positions 87-88/97-98R1, block of four, full margins to just in at top, intense shade, each stamp with magenta manuscript cross-hatch cancel, small tear at top left and minor wrinkling, tiny scissors-cut between two right stamps, overall Fine used block, Scott value $5,500.00 as handstamped block
12c Black (17). Positions 57-58/67-68R1, block of four, full margins to just clear, neat pen cancels, vertical creases and small tear at top of Position 57, Very Fine appearance, Scott value $5,500.00 as handstamped block
12c Black (17). Two blocks of four which originally formed a block of eight, left block Positions 87-88/97-98L1, right block Positions 85-86/95-96L1, large margins to in, both tied by vivid red segmented cork cancels on large part of blued folded cover from the Rathbone correspondence, backflap is still attached, top right stamp in left block affected by a small tear/cut in margin just into frameline at bottomFINE AND SPECTACULAR PAIR OF BLOCKS OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE, USED ON A LARGE PART OF A COVER AND CANCELLED IN VIVID RED.
From the Rathbone correspondence, which surfaced through Robson Lowe in London in 1975. Ex Ishikawa and from our 1976 Rarities sale. Scott value $11,240.00 for two blocks with red cancel
12c Black (17). Positions 81-84/91-94R1, horizontal block of eight, large margins all around to just into frameline at lower right of Position 94, cancelled by lightly struck Philadelphia circular datestamp, fresh in every respectEXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE USED BLOCK OF EIGHT OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE. ONE OF THE LARGEST AND FINEST USED MULTIPLES EXTANT.
Ex Caspary, Dick, B. D. Phillips and Bechtel. From our 1993 Rarities sale. Scott value $11,000.00 as two blocks of four
12c Black (17). Positions 7-10/37-40L1, block of 16, mostly full margins to in at just a couple places, 11-bar circular grid cancels, faults including heavy partially broken crease in left column, tear in Position 17, couple rust-covered pinholes in Position 18VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST RECORDED USED MULTIPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE.
This block of 16 is the second largest used multiple of the 12c 1851 Issue. The Mortimer Neinken collection contained a 9-by-2 block of 18 (Sale 384, lot 200), which was removed from a large cover before 1951 and is ex Col. Tracy and Jessup. We presume this is the item that is listed in U.S. Stamp Facts as a block of 18 on cover. The largest surviving on-cover block is a block of six in the Charles A. Hirzel collection at the Swiss Museum of Communications in Berne, Switzerland. There is also a strip of six on cover in the James A. Allen collection.
Ex Leon Adutt (Morgenthau sale, June 26-27, 1923--it realized $1,025 in this sale nearly 100 years ago) and Ishikawa. Scott value as four used blocks is $22,000.00
12c Black (17). Block of four, large left margin to in at top, cancelled by grids with red circular datestamp at right, expertly sealed tear at lower left and some faint staining at bottom really only visible on the back, appears Fine, a scarce used block, Scott value $5,500.00
12c Black (17). Positions 21-22/31-32R1, block of four with prominent stitch watermark on bottom pair, large margins to in at left, small portions of adjoining stamps at top and bottom, small closed internal tear at bottom, small corner crease, Fine appearance, a very rare used block of this issue with a stitch watermark, with 1984 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail for block without premium for the variety -- which is rare with fewer than 15 singles recorded by 12c 1851 specialist James Allen
12c Black (17). Positions 88-90/98-100L1, block of six, bottom left stamp clipped corner, neat pen cancels and blue Petersburg Va. circular datestamp, light vertical creases and small wrinkles, otherwise Fine and scarce large block, ex Hessel, Scott Retail for block of four and single (not counting bottom left stamp)
12c Black (17). Positions 59-60/69-70/79-80R1, block of four from the right side Plate 1 Right, huge margins all around including sizable portion of right sheet margin and large parts of adjoining stamps below, cancelled by neat strikes of "New-York Mar. 14" circular datestamp, razor-sharp impression and crisp shade, bright white paperEXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS IS THE FINEST KNOWN USED BLOCK OF THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE. A MAGNIFICENT CLASSIC IMPERFORATE MULTIPLE AND EXTREMELY RARE IN SOUND CONDITION.
Despite the existence of a fair number of used blocks of the 12c 1851 Issue, or perhaps because of it, collectors fail to appreciate the extreme rarity of used blocks in sound condition with four full margins. A review using Power Search will reveal the blocks sold through our auctions over many years, almost all of which are cut in or have faults, and none of which can be compared to the block offered in this sale. We feel confident in describing this block as the finest used multiple extant.
Ex Emerson and Lehman (as a block of six)
12c Black (17). Positions 81-82/91-92R1, block of four, large to huge margins all around, lightly struck black Philadelphia circular datestamps and red "Phila. Br. Pkt. 38" credit datestamp, small scissors cut between top pair, faint corner creaseVERY FINE BLOCK. APART FROM A FEW LARGE HEAVILY-CANCELLED MULTIPLES, THE 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE IS EXTREMELY RARE IN SOUND ATTRACTIVE BLOCKS.
This is the only block known to us that is cancelled in red. The Philadelphia exchange office datestamp is scarce.
Ex Chase, Emerson and Zoellner. Scott Retail $5,620.00