Sale 1100 — United States Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday, 22 June, 2015
Category — 20th Century Issues
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
78
2c Louisiana Purchase (324). Mint N.H. wide top imprint and plate no. 2093 block of six, brilliant color, choice margins and centering, Extremely Fine, a superb wide top plate block, with 2000 P.F. certificate
550
2,300
79
10c Louisiana Purchase (327). Mint N.H., selvage at right, rich color, Very Fine and choice, with photocopy of a 1991 P.F. certificate for a block of four
310
225
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6c Red Orange (336). Mint N.H. except for small spot of disturbance, strong color, unusually choice centering with well-proportioned margins, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1999 P.F. and 2007 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,000.00)
150
750
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15c Pale Ultramarine (340). Brilliant color, Jumbo margins and mathematically perfect centering, light town cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, an absolutely superb example of this issue, ex Kirke, with 2010 P.S.A.G certificate (Gem 100 Jumbo), with 2011 P.F. and 2010 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $385.00 as 98, unpriced in higher grade), as a 98J this is the highest grade awarded in the P.S.E. Population Report with no others equal, whether P.S.A.G. is correct in its call of 100J or P.S.E. is correct is academic, as this is quite likely the finest used example extant
6
1,200
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$1.00 Violet Brown (342). Mint N.H., unusually wide margins, excellent centering, rich color and a crisp impression, Extremely Fine Gem, a very scarce stamp in this choice quality, with 1997 P.F. certificate
1,150
2,900
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84
10c Orange Yellow, Panama-Pacific (400). Mint N.H., choice centering, wide margins, bright color, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1995 P.F. certificate
270
800
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10c Orange, Panama-Pacific (400A). Mint N.H., intensely rich color, detailed impression, outstanding centering with wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT ORANGE PERF 12 PANAMA-PACIFIC ISSUE.
With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $4,250.00). Only three have graded higher
400
2,800
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10c Panama-Pacific, Perf 10 (404). Lightly hinged, perfectly centered within wide margins, brilliant colorEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB STAMP WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E.
With 2002 P.F. and 2014 P.S.E. certificates (OGph, Gem 100; SMQ $2,850.00). This is the highest grade P.S.E. has assigned to Scott. 404; two others share this grade
700
2,200
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$1.00 Violet Brown (518). Mint N.H. block of 60 with imprint and plate no. A 5782 at top and bottom, centering ranges from Fine to Extremely Fine, with several choice well-centered stamps, rich color, overall Very Fine, catalogued as two plate blocks of six and 48 singles
8,760
3,750
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$5.00 Lake & Black (547a). Mint N.H., intense proof-like color and impression, outstanding centering amid wide margins, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,750.00), only two stamps grade higher
425
1,600
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2c White Plains Souvenir Sheet (630). Mint N.H., with freak perforations at bottom left from foldover, well-centered, Very Fine, printing varieties of the White Plains sheet are rarely encountered
600
400
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65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Mint N.H., well-centered and fresh, Very Fine and choice set
1,900
1,100
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Postage Due Collection. Parallel unused and used collection hinged on old album pages, appears to be complete both unused and used, from the First Issue up to No. J101 (no Special Printings), incl. No. J58 with original gum, most of the unused with original gum, mixed centering and condition, toning is a problem, high catalogue value
E. 4,000-5,000
4,500
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