Sale 560 — 1980 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 5 April, 1980
Category — 20th Century Up to 1922 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
248
1c-10c Louisiana Purchase (323-327). Complete Set in Mint Sheets of Fifty, Incredibly Fresh, Contains Many Choice Stamps, 1c, 5c & 10c few perf. separations in Bottom Plate No. Blocks, 1c penciled signature on back of sheet (on six stamps, does not affect either Plate No. Block), 5c penciled numeral on bottom selvedge (does not affect Plate Number Block of Four), Overall A Very Fine Set
28,440
37,500
249
3c Louisiana Purchase (325). Mint Top Imprint & Plate No. 2101 Block, Very Fine & Exceptionally Choice
675
2,600
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251
5c Blue Coil (351). Line Strip of Four, Three Stamps Mint, Exceptionally Well-Centered & Choice, Extremely Fine
840
2,300
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10c Yellow Coil (356). Pair, hinge remnant, minor perf. strengthening, Left perfs. barely touch on one, otherwise Fine
2,100
2,000
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10c Yellow Coil (356). Line Strip of Four, slightly disturbed o.g. from hinge removal, Line Pair reinforced by tiny bits of hinge, Fine-Very Fine Strip, Scarce
6,600
9,500
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3c Deep Violet, Bluish (359). Well-centered, hinge remnant, Very Fine, Colman handstamp guarantee
1,000
1,700
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2c Lincoln, Bluish (369). Bottom Left Corner Margin Block, top pair hinge remnant, Bottom Pair Mint, Extremely Fine
1,050
1,900
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2c Lincoln, Bluish (369). Top Imprint & Plate No. 4979 Block of Six, four are mint, Fine-Very Fine
3,500
5,250
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258
2c Panama-Pacific, Perf. 10 (402). Top Plate No. 6649 Block of Six, Exceptionally Fresh, hinge remnants, Fine-Very Fine
1,850
1,350
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261
2c Red Coil, Ty.1 (449). Line Pair, Top stamp hinge remnant, Top perfs. close, Fine, Rare & Choice
5,000
4,750
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2c Red Coil, Ty. I (449). Line Pair, hinge remnant, part O.g., some black offset from approval sheet (on back only), Fine Appearance
5,000
2,200
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265
50c Light Violet (477). Bottom Margin Block with Plate No., insignificant perf. scuff on bottom left stamp, otherwise Extremely Fine, Rare, with P.F. Certificate
3,000
11,500
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267
2c Carmine, Ty. la (482A). Huge Margins Showing Intact Schermack Ty. III Private Perforations, Neat Wavy Line Machine Cancel, Almost Certainly a Matchless Example of this Rare 20th Century Stamp, with P.F. Certificate
5,000
10,000
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5c Carmine Error, Imperforate (485). Single Error in Mint Block of 32, with Right Arrow & Plate No. 7942, Parts of 18 Adjoining Stamps, Extremely Fine
12,000
15,500
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5c Carmine Error, Imperforate (485). Block of 12, Two Middle Stamps the Errors, corner 2c stamps hinged, Errors Mint, Extremely Fine, Only 50 Double Error Blocks Issued
21,000
28,000
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5c Carmine Error, Imperforate (485). Double Error in Top Left Mint Pane of 121 including Two Plate No. 7942 Blocks of Six & Two Arrow Blocks, also parts of 23 adjoining stamps, Extremely Fine
21,000
25,000
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5c Carmine Error, Imperforate (485). Complete Mint Uncut Sheet of 400, Very Fine, A Great 20th. Century Rarity & One of the Very Few Remaining Intact Sheets of the Approximately 45 Discovered
34,739
40,000
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273
2c Carmine Coil, Ty. II (491). Line Pair, hinge remnant. Very Fine, with P.F. Certificate
5,500
6,500
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2c Rose, AEF Booklet Pane of 30 (499f). Hinge remnant on some of top row, others Mint, Fine, Rare
5,500
9,500
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2c Deep Rose, Ty. la (500). Complete Mint Sheet of 100 including Top & Right Plate No. 10208 Blocks of Six, mixed centering, more than half Fine-Very Fine, Rare Sheet
27,050
17,000
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$2.00 Orange Red & Black (523). Left Margin Block, Top Pair lightly hinged, Bottom Pair Mint, Fine-Very Fine
4,750
8,000
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$2.00 Orange Red & Black (523). Top Arrow & Double Plate No. Block of Eight, gum skip on one, one stamp has minor hinge remnant, others Mint, P.O. Staple Holes in Selvedge, Centering varies from Fine-Extremely Fine, Overall a Very Fine Block, Rare
20,000
32,500
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279
$5.00 Deep Green & Black (524). Mint Center Line Block of 36, few light natural gum bends, Eight Fine, balance Very Fine to Extremely Fine, A Beautiful & Desirable Piece of Considerable Rarity
15,500
28,000
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2c Carmine Offset Imperforate Ty. V (533). Mint Block of 40 (8x5), three have natural inclusions, Extremely Fine
9,000
9,000
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2c Carmine Offset Imperforate Ty. VII (534B). Center Line Block, top pair hinge remnant, Bottom Pair Mint, Extremely Fine, A Seldom Seen 20th. Century Rarity
6,500
9,500
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2c Carmine Rose, Ty. II (539). Fresh, hinge remnant, Centered bit to right, just clear, Fine for this, with P.F. Certificate
1,500
1,400
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$2.00 Carmine & Black (547). Mint Block, light bend in one, Very Fine, Top Pair Exceptional
1,650
3,250
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285
1c-5c Pilgrims (548-550). Cpt. Set of Plate No. Blocks of Six tied by "Washington D.C Dec. 21, 1920" First Day Duplex pmks. on Large (12x91/2") Cover, horizontal rows of perfs. close or touching, Rare & Undoubtedly Unique (Set of Singles on First Day Cover catalogs $1,850.00, Premium for Plate No. Blocks of Six would catalog $11,100.00)
0
6,750
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