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1875-1881 PROPRIETARY ISSUE STAMPS continued...

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
761	O	RB16c	#RB16c, 5c Black, roulette 6, huge margins, strong color, faintly cancelled, small thin, otherwise very fine. (Image)	$1,750.00 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
762	O	RB16c	#RB16c, 5c Black, roulette 6, unusually well centered, rich color, light violet cancel, small faults, very fine appearance. (Image)	$1,750.00 SOLD for $700.00 Will close during Public Auction
763		RB16c	#RB16c, 5c Black, roulette 6, unused, deep color and a sharp impression, small thin spot, fine appearance. (Image)	for used $1,750.00 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
764	O	RB16c	#RB16c, 5c Black, roulette 6, wide margins, rich color, light violet cancel, small thinning, fine appearance. (Image)	$1,750.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
765	O	RB17c	#RB17c, 6c Violet blue, rouletted, horizontal pair, well centered, strong color, light handstamp c.d.s. cancels, thins, very fine appearance; only a handful of pairs are recorded and no larger multiple exists. (Image)	$900.00 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
766	O	RB17c	#RB17c, 6c Violet blue, rouletted, another horizontal pair, excellent centering, brilliantly rich color in a distinctive shade from the above lot, red handstamp cancels, light stain and a few small thin spots, very fine appearance. (Image)	$900.00 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
767	O	RB18b	#R18b, 6c Violet, watermarked paper, block of eighteen (6x3), rich bright color, small faint violet handstamp cancels leaving some stamps uncancelled, some small thins and a trivial gum stain between stamps at top left, fine-very fine appearance; only two larger multiples are known. (Image)	$930.00+ SOLD for $190.00 Will close during Public Auction
768		RB19	#RB19, 10c Blue, mint block of six (2x3), beautiful vibrant color, full o.g., h.r.'s at top and bottom, vertical crease in left stamps, fine appearance; a very rare block, with only one larger multiple known; Scott lists but does not price a block of four, cataloged simply as three pairs; ex-Lilly. (Image)	for used $2,250.00+ SOLD for $700.00 Will close during Public Auction

1898 BATTLESHIP ISSUE

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
769	E	Turner Essay 180	Turner Essay 180, Battleship Proprietary, incomplete die essay in green on India, 70x67mm, deep color and impression showing the detailing quite well, two light vertical creases and a faint hinge thin, neither of which distract from the very fine appearance; an enormously rare (if not unique) essay, being the first example we have ever seen, an essential item for the advanced specialist of the popular Battleship issues. (Image)	Est. $1,500-2,000 SOLD for $1,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
770	TC	RB21TC	#RB21TC, 1/4c Dull green, large die trial color proof on India, 81x66mm, with die sinkage at top and bottom, deep luxuriant color and a sharp detailed impression, essentially sound, with just a couple pinpoint natural India paper irregularities, very fine; all of the Battleship trial color proofs are rare, but the 1/4c value is actually the rarest, with this being the only example that we are aware of. (Image)	$1,300.00 SOLD for $1,050.00 Will close during Public Auction
771	/	RB28a	#RB28a, 2 1/2c Lake, roulette 5 1/2, imperforate horizontally, top margin imprint block of four containing two error pairs, gorgeous color that is especially deep and intense, well centered, fresh o.g., three stamps never hinged, very fine; a particularly handsome block. (Image)	$380.00+ SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
772		RB28a	#RB28a, 2 1/2c Lake, rouletted, vertical pair, imperforate horizontally, block of eight (2x4) containing four error pairs, deep luxuriant color, o.g., never hinged, fine; probably the largest known multiple of this error, as even the normal stamp is not recorded in a larger multiple. (Image)	$760.00+ SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
773		RB29p	#RB29p, 3 3/4c Olive gray, hyphen hole perf. 7, fresh mint block of four, rich color, o.g., top stamps h.r., bottom stamps l.h., very fine. (Image)	$425.00 SOLD for $170.00 Will close during Public Auction
774		RB31p	#RB31p, 5c Brown orange, hyphen hole perf. 7, right sheet-margin partial arrow block of four, strong bright color, o.g., h.r., very fine. (Image)	$375.00 SOLD for $140.00 Will close during Public Auction
775		RB42	#RB42, 4 3/8c Black, mint block of four, fresh color, o.g., never hinged, tiny gum skip on bottom left stamp, single short perf. at left of top left stamp, fine; a very rare block, being one of only three blocks known and the only never hinged block. (Image)	for hinged $13,000.00 SOLD for $5,750.00 Will close during Public Auction

FUTURE DELIVERY

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
776	O	RC4b	#RC4b, 10c Carmine rose, "FUTURE" omitted, bright example, usual cut cancel, fine; an elusive error; 1991 PF certificate. (Image)	$210.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction

STOCK TRANSFER

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
777	p	RD27a	#RD27a, 10c Carmine rose, inverted overprint, with natural straight-edge at right, bright color, tied to piece by wavy cancel, fine. (Image)	$1,250.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
778	O	RD27a	#RD27a, 10c Carmine rose, inverted overprint, lovely bright color, blue ms. "M" cancel, light vertical crease, otherwise a fine example of this scarce and difficult error. (Image)	$1,250.00 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
779	O	RD34b	#RD34b, 10c Carmine rose, inverted overprint, bright and fresh, blue handstamped cancel, very fine; an exceedingly scarce error; 1990 PSE certificate; unpriced in used condition, cataloged as mint. (Image)	for mint $1,550.00 SOLD for $1,150.00 Will close during Public Auction
780	O	RD161	#RD161, $500.00 Bright green, Series 1943, exceptionally well centered and margined, marvelously bright and fresh, 1944 purple handstamp of the Boston Stock Exchange as well as a tiny cut cancel, extremely fine and choice. (Image)	$500.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction