Sale 968B — The Alan B. Whitman Collection, Part Three: 1902-34 Issues, B-O-B
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 22-25 September, 2009
Category — 1908-10 Washington-Franklin Issues (Scott 331-356)




















EXTREMELY FINE. A STRIKING MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE $1.00 PERF 12 DOUBLE-LINE WATERMARK ISSUE.
With 1999 P.F. certificate, and 1998 and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $2,600.00). Only two have graded higher to date, and only four others share this grade


















VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 4-CENT VERTICAL COIL, SCOTT 350.
With 1995 P.F. certificate






EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 5-CENT PERF 12 VERTICAL COIL, SCOTT 351.
Interestingly, this is the only 5c Washington-Franklin perforated vertical coil stamp ever produced. Demand proved to be so low that no others were made.
With 1996 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $3,850.00)


EXTREMELY FINE. AN IMPRESSIVE MINT NEVER-HINGED PAIR OF THE 5-CENT VERTICAL COIL, SCOTT 351.
With 1996 P.F. certificate
















VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A SCARCE MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 4-CENT 1909 HORIZONTAL COIL.
A review using Power Search shows we have only offered six unduplicated Mint N.H. guide line pairs of this scarce coil.
With 1985 P.F. certificate


EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED PAIR OF THE 4-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 354, GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E.
With 2000 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $4,300.00). This is one of only three graded Mint N.H. pairs in the P.S.E. Population Report. One of the others, graded VF-XF 85, was sold in our Scarsdale Sale in 2007. The lack of other examples in the P.S.E. Population Report -- even after several years of active grading in our hobby -- speaks to the rarity of this issue in sound, centered Mint N.H. condition




EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 5-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 355.
With 1993 P.F. certificate. A review of our records using Power Search reveals that we have on average offered one Mint N.H. guide line pair a year for the past ten years. Very few of those compare favorably to the example offered here.






VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN INCREDIBLY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 10-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 356. THIS IS ONLY THE THIRD MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR WE HAVE OFFERED IN 14 YEARS OF AUCTIONS.
According to Johl (Volume 1, page 181), only 10,000 of the 10c Washington coil stamp were issued. They were made especially for a New York firm to send out advertising samples, similar to the 3c Orangeburg coil. Only a few rolls were sold to the firm, and the remaining rolls were distributed to some of the large post offices across the country. Dealers acquired several rolls, but because most contemporary collectors did not collect coils, many were used and destroyed.
Our computerized records encompass fourteen years of auctions. In that time we have offered in Mint N.H. condition only four singles, three pairs (including the single and pair offered in this sale) and the following guide line multiples of Scott No. 356: 1) Mint N.H. guide line strip of four, ex Zoellner (Sale 804, lot 560); 2) Mint N.H. guide line pair, ex Silver Lake (Sale 866, lot 206), also offered in Sale 937; and 3) the guide line pair offered here, last offered in Sale 956 (lot 343).
With 2006 P.F. certificate (F-VF 75) and 2008 P.F. certificate


EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED PAIR OF THE 10-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 356, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. THIS IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO ANY MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THIS COIL.
According to Johl (Volume 1, page 181), only 10,000 of the 10c Washington coil stamp were issued. They were made especially for a New York firm to send out advertising samples, similar to the 3c Orangeburg coil. Only a few rolls were sold to the firm, and the remaining rolls were distributed to some of the large post offices across the country. Dealers acquired several rolls, but because most contemporary collectors did not collect coils, many were used and destroyed.
Our computerized records encompass fourteen years of auctions. In that time we have offered in Mint N.H. condition only four singles, three guide line pairs (including the single and line pair offered in this sale) and three pairs.
With 1996 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $35,000.00). This is the only Mint N.H. example of Scott 356 in any format to achieve the grade of XF-Superb 95. A Mint N.H. pair has been graded 80, and two pairs and one single in OGph condition have been graded 95.


FINE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED SINGLE OF THE 10-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 356.
With 1999 P.F. certificate