Sale 660 — 1986 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 5 April, 1986
Category — 20th Century up to 1922 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
229
1c-10c Louisiana Purchase (323-327). Complete Set of Mint Sheets of 50, perfs. close to touch on some, Fresh & Most Fine-Very Fine
28,250
8,500
230
2c Louisiana Purchase, Vertical Pair Imperforate Horizontally (324a). One stamp reinforced crease, Scarce, Only 25 Pairs Known
6,000
2,100
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2c Louisiana Purchase, Vertical Pair Imperforate Horizontally (324a). Block (Two Error Pairs) With Horizontal Guide Line Between, some gum disturbance from hinge removal, The Best Centered Block From The Unique Sheet of 50, Extremely Fine, ex-Grunin, Sheriff Collection
12,000
9,500
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10c Louisiana Purchase (327). Mint Top Imprint & Plate No. 2106 Block of Six, Extremely Fine
3,200
5,750
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50c Violet (341). Bottom Imprint & Plate No. 4956 Block of Six, some gum missing from hinge removal, light purple "Inc." handstamp on back, centered to right, perfs clear, Scarce Plate Block
7,500
3,000
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236
5c Blue, Bluish (361). Fresh, gum disturbed from hinge removal, Fine, with P.F. Certificate
3,500
1,700
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13c Blue Green, Bluish (365). Block, Bottom Right Stamp Mint, Fine & Rare, with P.F. Certificate
8,750
3,000
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15c Pale Ultramarine, Bluish (366). Block with Top Sheet Margin, Very Fine & Choice
4,000
2,800
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240
3c Deep Violet, "Orangeburg" Coil (389). Well-centered, minor corner crease, otherwise Very Fine, with P.F. & A.P.S. Certificates
4,750
5,250
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10c Panama-Pacific, Perf. 10 (404). Block, one stamp small gum skip, others Mint, Well-centered, Extremely Fine
5,600
3,250
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50c Violet, $1.00 Violet Brown (422, 423). Blocks, minor hinge remnants, Fine-Very Fine, Several Exceptional
3,450
2,100
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244
50c Violet (440). Block, top pair lightly hinged, Bottom Pair Mint, Very Fine
3,300
1,500
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247
3c Red Violet, Coil (456). Line Pair, Unusually Well-centered, gum bit disturbed from hinge removal, Extremely Fine, with P.F. Certificate
1,300
1,350
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2c Carmine, Rotary Imperforate, U.S. Automatic Vending Machine Co. Private Perforations Ty. III (459 var). Pair, some gum disturbance from hinge removal, Very Fine, Only Two Pairs Known Thus Making This The Rarest Coil "Variety" in U.S. Philately, with Two P.F. Certificates
7,500
8,000
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30c Orange Red (476A). Left Sheet Margin Single, selvedge faults, stamp centered to left, perfs. clear (better than typical centering), Rare Stamp, Unpriced, with P.F. Certificate
E. 2,000-5,000
3,250
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$1.00 Violet Black (478). Top Imprint, "A" & Plate No. 5782 Block of Six, hinge remnants, trivial gum toning speck, Fine-Very Fine, Very Rare Plate Block
13,000
8,000
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$2.00 Dark Blue, $5.00 Light Green (479, 480). Blocks, $2.00 Mint, Very Fine
3,700
1,350
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2c Deep Rose, Ty. la, Schermack Private Vending Machine Perforations Ty. III (482A). Three Huge Margins, partly in at left, Neat Wavy Line Machine cancel, Scarce, with P.F. Certificate
6,000
2,500
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5c Carmine Error, Imperforate (485). Block of Nine, Middle Stamp The Error, top left 2c stamp repaired, others, including Error Mint & Extremely Fine, Sheriff Collection
15,000
7,500
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5c Carmine Error, Imperforate (485). Block of Twelve, Middle Vertical Pair The Errors, top 2c strip of three minor hinge remnants, Errors Mint, Extremely Fine
28,500
14,000
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1c Green, 2c Rose, A.E.F. Booklet Panes of 30 (498f, 499f). One 1c oily translucency, horizontal folds between perfs.; 2c hinge remnant, horizontal folds between perfs., right three stamps skillfully rejoined, otherwise Fine-Very Fine
9,050
0
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12c Claret Brown, Vertical Pair Perforated 10 Between (512b). Fine & Rare, with P.F. Certificate Showing Block of Which This was the left pair, Unpriced Unused
E. 1,000-2,000
1,400
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258
$5.00 Deep Green & Black (524). Complete Sheet of 100, 97 Mint (two others never hinged, tiny inkspot & fingerprint on back), three small bits of bottom selvedge missing, natural wrinkles affect a few, one stamp in plate block small thin spot, perfs. close to touch on some, Most Fine-Very Fine, Very Rare
50,200
19,000
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$2.00 Carmine & Black, $5.00 Deep Green & Black (524, 547). Mint Blocks ($2.00 lightly hinged in selvedge), Very Fine
3,700
1,550
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2c Carmine, Offset Imperforate Ty. VII (534B). Large Margins, Extremely Fine, with P.F. Certificate
1,550
1,300
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2c Carmine, Offset Imperforate Ty. VII (534B). Horizontal Pair, Extremely Fine, with P.F. Certificate
3,100
2,100
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2c Carmine, Offset Imperforate Ty. VII (534B). Center Line Block, Huge Margins Showing Parts of All 12 Surrounding Stamps, top pair gum disturbed from hinge removal, Extremely Fine, with P.F. Certificate
7,250
4,500
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