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Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
441	O	R58ce	#R58ce, 50c Life Insurance, double impression, two distinct impressions, light ms. cancel, scissor cut perfs. at top right, light horizontal crease, very fine appearance; a rare and seldom offered error; 1989 PSE certificate. (Image)	$800.00 SOLD for $230.00 Will close during Public Auction
442	O	R59c	#R59c, 50c Mortgage, block of eighteen (6x3), deep color on fresh paper, light ms. cancels, couple minor vertical creases, otherwise very fine; only one larger multiple is known. (Image)	Est. $150-200 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
443	O	R63c	#R63c, 50c Surety Bond, block of twenty (10x2), strong rich color, cancelled by light strikes of "Norris & Essex R.R. Co" railroad c.d.s. handstamps, crisp and intact fine; an especially desirable multiple with the railroad handstamp cancels. (Image)	Est. $300-400 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
444	O	R63ce	#R63ce, 50c Surety Bond, ultramarine, block of six (2x3), light ms. cancels, faint toned spot, otherwise fine-very fine; the largest recorded multiple of the ultramarine shade. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $220.00 Will close during Public Auction
445	O	R70c var.	#R70c var., $1.00 Lease, foldover, bottom sheet-margin single showing a striking large foldover, causing a portion of the design at bottom left not to be printed, as well as crazy perforations, 1865 ms. cancel, fine. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $180.00 Will close during Public Auction
446	O	R73c	#R73c, $1.00 Mortgage, block of four, fresh color, light 1864 ms. cancels, right stamps with vertical crease, some perf. reinforcements, fine appearance; the largest recorded block, being one of only five known. (Image)	$825.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
447	O	R73c	#R73c, $1.00 Mortgage, top left corner margin horizontal strip of five, bright color, small neat 1864 ms. cancels, few sensibly rejoined perfs., light horizontal crease, otherwise quite fresh and fine; this is the largest known multiple, being the only off-document strip of five; ex-"Cathedral" Collection. (Image)	$1,000.00+ SOLD for $675.00 Will close during Public Auction
448	O	R74c	#R74c, $1.00 Passage Ticket, scarce horizontal strip of three, 1864 ms. cancels, fine. (Image)	$875.00+ SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
449	O	R74c	#R74c, $1.00 Passage Ticket, block of four, strong color, ms. cancels, faint horizontal crease in the top pair, otherwise fine; one of only two recorded blocks of four, which is the largest size block known. (Image)	$1,550.00 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
450	O	R75c	#R75c, $1.00 Power of Attorney, block of twenty (5x4), rich bright color, 1865 ms. cancels, scissor separated perfs. at bottom, some separated and reinforced perfs., vertical creasing/wrinkling, fine-very fine appearance. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $210.00 Will close during Public Auction
451	O	R76c	#R76c, $1.00 Probate of Will, block of four, rich color, 1865 ms. cancels, minor perf. reinforcements, light vertical crease in left pair, otherwise fine; the largest known multiple of this revenue, being one of only three blocks recorded. (Image)	$325.00 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
452	O	R78c	#R78c, $1.50 Inland Exchange, block of four, deep color, 1868 ms. cancels, a few reinforced perfs. at right, faint hinge stain at top, fine; only six blocks of any size have been recorded. (Image)	$400.00 SOLD for $90.00 Will close during Public Auction
453	O	R79c	#R79c, $1.60 Foreign Exchange, horizontal pair, deep rich color, light 1867 handstamped c.d.s. cancels, right stamp with a tiny faint crease, fine; a pair is the largest recorded multiple of this stamp, being one of only six (all horizontal) known. (Image)	$375.00 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
454	O	R81c	#R81c, $2.00 Conveyance, block of twelve (3x4), deep vibrant color, 1868 ms. cancels and an embossed cancel on the top right stamp, light vertical wrinkle in left column, fine-very fine; only one larger intact multiple is known. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
455		R81ce	#R81ce, $2.00 Conveyance, half used as $1.00, an amazing matched pair of bisects, being the left and right halves of the same stamp, each used on a separate document, one on a Letters of Guardianship and the other on a Guardianship Bond, both dated February 21, 1865, from Illinois, one with trivial gum staining, otherwise very fine; this is one of the very few examples in all of United States philately that two bisected halves of the same stamp have been reunited; each is accompanied by a 1990 PSE certificate. (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (Image)	$1,200.00+ SOLD for $1,050.00 Will close during Public Auction
456	O	R82c	#R82c, $2.00 Mortgage, rich color, cancelled with three strikes of blue "ALASKA" handstamp of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., very fine strikes; especially desirable with three complete strikes on one stamp. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
457	O	R82c	#R82c, $2.00 Mortgage, deep color, cancelled by three strikes of a blue "ARIZONA" cancel of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., trivial corner crease, fine. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
458		R82ce	#R82ce, $2.00 Mortgage, half used as $1.00, right half affixed to Letters of Guardianship dated February 21, 1866, with "2" crossed out and ms "1$" inserted, quite fresh, very fine; an extremely rare bisect that is listed but not priced by Scott, we can find no other record of a Two Dollar Mortgage bisect usage; 1990 PSE certificate. (imagea) (Image)	Est. $1,000-1,500 SOLD for $725.00 Will close during Public Auction
459		R83ce	#R83ce, $2.00 Probate of Will, half used as $1.00, a matched pair, being the top and bottom halves of the same stamp, each used on document from Illinois dated Sept. 13, 1865, one on Administrator's Bond and one on Letters of Administration, one with just slight gum staining, otherwise very fine; a most remarkable "marriage" of two bisects; each accompanied by a 1990 PSE certificate. (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (Image)	$1,500.00+ SOLD for $1,350.00 Will close during Public Auction
460	O	R84d	#R84d, $2.50 Inland Exchange, silk paper, block of five, strong rich color, ms. 1870 cancels, fine; a very scarce multiple, with only one larger block recorded; ex-Turner. (Image)	$455.00+ SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction