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Sale 1140 — Outstanding United States Stamps, featuring The Irwin Weinberg Inventory
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 9-11 November, 2016
Category — 1909 Bluish Paper Issue (Scott 357-366)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
791
1c Green, Bluish (357). Mint N.H. right imprint and plate no. 4894 block of six, rich color, characteristic intense watermark on blued paper, fresh and Fine-Very Fine
1,850
425
792
3c Deep Violet, Bluish (359). Mint N.H., rich color on deeply blued paper, attractive margins and centeringVERY FINE AND RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
This stamp in Mint N.H. condition in any grade of centering is rare -- we have only offered about a half-dozen different examples since keeping computerized records.
With 1986 P.F. and 2015 P.S.E. certificates
4,000
2,600
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3c Deep Violet, Bluish (359). Rich color on deeply blued paper, wide margins but expertly reperfed at bottom, Very Fine appearance, ex Fox, with 2000 P.F. certificate
1,800
750
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5c Blue, Bluish (361). Lightly hinged, bold color, small thin, Fine appearance, with 2000 P.S.E. and 2016 P.F. certificates
5,750
1,600
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10c Yellow, Bluish (364). Lightly hinged, vivid color, well-proportioned margins, typical tiny natural inclusion, Extremely Fine, with 1989 and 2015 P.S.E. certificates (OGph, VF-XF 85; SMQ $1,900.00)
1,600
1,000
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10c Yellow, Bluish (364). Single hinge mark at top, vibrant color on deeply blued paper, fresh and Very Fine, with 1979 and 2006 P.F. certificates
1,600
1,300
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13c Bluish Green, Bluish (365). Lightly hinged, rich color on blued paper, fresh and Fine, with 2006 P.F. certificate
2,600
1,500
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799
13c Bluish Green, Bluish (365). Rich color on deeply blued paper, bold oval registry cancel, Very Fine, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate
4,000
950
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15c Pale Ultramarine, Bluish (366). Brilliant color on blued paper with characteristic intense watermark, unusually choice centering with wide and balanced marginsEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.
With 2012 P.S.E. certificate (OGh, XF-Superb 95; SMQ $3,500.00). Only one unused stamp has been graded higher by P.S.E. (hinged, at 98) and only one other shares this grade. The highest Mint N.H. example is graded 90
1,250
2,100
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15c Pale Ultramarine, Bluish (366). Lightly hinged, characteristic intense watermark and pastel shade, fresh and Very Fine, with copy of 1989 P.F. certificate for a block of four
1,250
950
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15c Pale Ultramarine, Bluish (366). Lightly hinged, rich color, fresh and Fine, with copy of 2006 P.F. certificate for a pair, this the left stamp
1,250
475
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15c Pale Ultramarine, Bluish (366). Small h.r., intense shade on nicely blued paper, reperfed at left and bottom, Very Fine appearance, with 1977 P.F. certificate
1,250
300
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15c Pale Ultramarine, Bluish (366). Lightly hinged, bright shade, centered to left where also reperfed, appears Fine
1,250
225
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