Sale 660 — 1986 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 5 April, 1986
Category — Special Delivery thru Parcel Post
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
296
10c Blue (E2). Mint Top Imprint & Plate No. 552 Block of Ten, Severed From Sheet Leaving Additional Margin at Bottom, top right stamp natural inclusion, Very Fine, Rare Plate Block
12,000
8,000
297
10c Blue, Imperforate (E4a). Vertical Block of Six, without gum, few bends & tiny wrinkles, top pair lightly creased, otherwise Extremely Fine, Very Rare, with P.F. Certificate
16,500
8,000
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10c Blue, Imperforate (E5a). Huge Margins including Left Sheet Margin, couple light bends, Extremely Fine
2,250
950
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10c Ultramarine (E9). Mint Top Plate No. 5854 Block of Six, tiny natural inclusion speck, selvedge reduced (well clear of plate no.), Beautifully Centered, Extremely Fine
4,250
1,800
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2c Deep Brown, Special Printing (J9). Fresh, o.g., Beautifully Centered, slight gum disturbance from hinge removal, Extremely Fine, Exceptional Quality for this Rare Stamp
3,250
4,500
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50c Red Brown (J21). Mint, Well-centered, natural paper spot on back, Extremely Fine, with P.F. Certificate
900
700
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50c Claret (J28). Mint Top & Bottom Imprint & Plate No. 333 Strips of Ten, the two s.e. stamps creases or bends, Very Good-Fine, Scarce Lot
4,500
1,050
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50c Carmine Lake (J58). Nicely Centered, small spot of gum missing from bottom left corner from hinge removal, Very Fine, Rarest Postage Due Stamp
5,000
4,750
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$2.00 on $1.00 Violet Brown, Double Surcharge (K16a). The Unique Part Imprint & Plate No. 5782 Block, very slight tropical o.g., Never Hinged, top right stamp light bend, Very Fine, Beautiful Rarity, with P.F. Certificate
10,000
10,500
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Official "Specimen" and "Specimen" Overprint Collection, 178 Items, includes A Complete Set of "Specimen" Overprints (Only Two Such Sets Can Exist, the dollar Values States in this collection is the Famous "Lietzow" Set). The "Specimen" Errors are Represented by 28 Different Values of the 52 listed. Included are the Agriculture 1c, 2c, 3c, 12c, 15c, 30c, Justice 1c, 2c, 3c, 15c, Navy 1c, 2c, 7c, 1fc, 15c, Interior 2c, Post Office 1c, 24c, State 1c, 2c, 3c, 6c, 7c, 12c, 24c, & War 1c, 3c & 30c. Also included is a "Used" 12c Agriculture. Quantities generally range from One or Two to Eight Known. The 24 "Specimens" lacking in this collection are for the most part in the one or two known category. Other Varieties include 2c Executive Pos. 40 with the 6c Agriculture Foreign Transfer, 1c Agriculture Small "S", Four Different 1c State Soft Paper Large Letter Varieties, 1c Post Office Invert, Five Different 1c Dotted "i"s, & Four Diff. 1c Ribbed Papers. Multiples include 2c Agriculture Block Containing "Specimen Error & Block of Six with Plate No., 10c Agriculture Imprint & Plate No. Strip of Five, 1c Executive Dotted "i" in Block of Nine, 1c Navy Soft Paper Broken "i" in Block & Imprint & Plate No. Strip of Ten, 1c Justice Imprint & Plate No. Strip of Six, 1c War Imprint & Plate No. Block of 20, 2c War Imprint & Plate No. Block of 40, 1c State Soft Paper Imprint & Plate No. Strip of Eight, 2c State Block of Six with Plate No., 3c & 7c State Imprint & Plate No. Strips of Five & Six respectively. 23 Duplicate Singles include an Extremely Fine $2.00 State, 90c Navy, 15c Post Office, 6c, 7c, 10c & 30c War, Soft & Ribbed Papers, Double Transfers, 2c Navy "Specimen" & a 1c Executive Dotted "i". Lastly, the Collection includes a P.O. Form Concerning Purchase of "Specimen Postage Stamps" Reg. Envelope, Invoice & Small Stamp Envelope for Executive Set. Many of these stamps come from the well-known Crystal, Combs & Leventhal Collections, & In our opinion this Collection is of Superior Quality Throughout & Presents Certainly the Highest Number of "Specimen" Errors ever assembled by one individual. The Scott Catalogue Value is used merely as a bench mark of value as we feel that by no means is it indicative of the real value, A True Once in a Lifetime Opportunity, from the Sheriff Collection (Eleven Certificates of Authenticity accompany)
79,500
0
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309
$10.00 State (O70). Fresh, Unusually Large Margins, Virtually Full o.g., Very Fine, Particularly Choice, with P.F. Certificate
2,500
2,100
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311
$10.00 State (O70). Complete Sheet of Ten with Green & Black Imprints & Plate Nos. 122 & 123, Eight Stamps Mint, top left stamp has several small holes (Staple?), others Very Fine, A Remarkably Beautiful & Very Rare Sheet
31,000
23,000
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$20.00 State (O71). Fresh, o.g., Fine, with P.F. Certificate which mentions "sweated o.g."
2,150
850
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1c Agriculture, Soft Paper (O94). Vivid Color, without gum as issued, Very Fine, with P.F. Certificate
1,350
1,050
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1c Agriculture, Soft Paper (O94). Fresh, without gum as issued, Fine, with P.F. Certificate
1,350
800
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24c Interior, Soft Paper (O103). Fresh, Rich Color, Well-centered, tiny natural inclusion, Very Fine, with P. F. Certificate
1,100
900
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10c Dark Bluish Green, Printed on Both Sides (PR6a). Fresh, Well-centered, natural straight edge at top Showing Full Guideline, Clear Impression on Back Covers One-Half the Width of the Stamp, filled thin spot, otherwise Very Fine, Extremely Rare, Only Two Examples Known
1,500
1,600
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25c Parcel Post (Q9). Mint Left "Twenty-Five" Imprint & Plate No. 6173 Block of Eight, Fine-Very Fine, Rare
3,000
1,800
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