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3c Green, Columbian (232). Mint N.H., pretty shade, wide and balanced margins, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2017 (as strip) and 2018 P.F. certificates (XF-Superb 95)
$2.00 Dark Blue (277a). Original gum, beautiful intense color and sharp impression, Very Fine and choice, with 1996 and 1999 P.F. certificates
10c Green, Type III (15). Positions 83-90R1, horizontal strip of eight, large margins to ample essentially all around, neat grid cancels, strip is affixed to paper trimmed to edges (probably from cover on which it originated), some non-obvious faults including some thin spots and light creasesVERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE LARGEST RECORDED STRIP OF THE 10-CENT 1855 TYPE III. AN IMPRESSSIVE MULTIPLE.
Due to the way the 10c Plate 1 was laid out--with mostly alternating rows of reliefs and types--the only way to obtain large multiples of Type III is in a horizontal strip. The Type III comes from the B Relief, which was used to enter the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th rows, plus the two misplaced relief positions in the top row (Positions 1-2L1). The iconic block of 21 offered in lot 346 illustrates this nicely. It contains a total of eleven Type III stamps, but not more than three are contiguous at any point. A Type III multiple must come from a horizontal strip. This strip of eight is therefore the largest recorded multiple containing only Type III stamps.
$2.00 Trans-Mississippi (293). Original gum, rich color, light crease at top left, Very Fine appearance
5c Green, Stone 1-2 (1). Large margins at top and bottom, manuscript cancel, bold strike of red "Southern Express Co. Savannah Ga. Apr. 20" (1862) double-circle datestamp on blue folded letter datelined "Camp Altahama April 17 the 1862" (on the Altahama River near Fort Pulaski Ga.), addressed to Hogansville Ga., pencil "Paid R/- from #5", stamp edges with toning and small nicks, horizontal pre-use crease, Very Fine appearance and a scarce use, letter includes writer's expectation of being mustered out of service in a week, then being told that the Confederate Conscription Act, which had passed the day before this letter was written, required that all state volunteer troops be turned over to Confederate authorities for three years, ex Hughes
16c Green, 8c Dark Green, 1918, 1923 Air Post (C2, C4). Plate blocks of six, C2 top no. 8900, five stamps Mint N.H., Fine, C4 left plate no. 14826, stamps Mint N.H., hinged in ungummed selvage, Very Fine
1c Green, Coil (448). Mint N.H., radiant color and finely detailed impression showing every nuance of the design, mathematically perfect centering with wide margins, Extremely Fine Gem, an exceptional stamp in every respect, ex Odeneal, with 2007 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100; SMQ $1,000.00), only one grades higher and three others share this desirable grade
A choice 5¢ 1847 on cover with Wilkes Barre black grid and datestamp5¢ Red Brown (1), full margins all around, light shade with a slight orange hue, worn-plate impression (possibly a weaker impression from cleaned plate), tied by bold strike of black grid cancel with equally bold "Wilkes Barre Pa. Sep. 24" (1850) circular datestamp on folded letter to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, Extremely Fine stamp and cover, an immaculate 1847 use rarely found in this choice condition, ex Matthies and Boker
RUSSIA, 1931, 30k-2r North Pole, Imperforate (C26-C29). Mint N.H. blocks of four, 30k and 35k with sheet margin on one side, 2r corner sheet margin, fresh colors, 30k with natural gum crease on one stamp, a few other light natural gum bends, each block with small pencil note on one stamp, Very Fine, Scott $868.00 (as singles), Zagorsky $2,100.00 (as blocks)
1c-3c 1873 Continental Bank Note Company Issue (156-158). Gorgeous centering, 1c with blue segmented cork cancel, 2c unobtrusive cancel, 3c neat "4" in 4-ring target cancel, Extremely Fine Gems, with 2006-2014 P.S.E. certificates, 1c and 2c graded XF-Superb 95, 3c graded XF-Superb 95 Jumbo (total SMQ $825.00)