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1893 COLUMBIAN POSTAL HISTORY continued...

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
721		230/238	Columbian illustrated advertising cover lot of about 75 covers, values to 15c, but most are franked with a single 2c stamp, includes some multi-colored and several all-over designs, wide range of themes, including hotels, buildings, livestock, transportation, various manufacturers, etc., mostly very fine; an especially attractive and desirable group of advertising covers with the Columbian issue. (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (imaged) (imagee) (imagef) (Image)	Est. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $3,500.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
722		231/239	Columbian usages to foreign destinations, 48 covers to 36 different countries, with no more than two to any country, there are some of the more usual European destinations, but these tend to be better usages such as one to France with French postage dues added and a 3c and 30c value to Austria, less common European destinations include Denmark, Sweden (two), Finland, Ireland, Hungary (forwarded from England), Italy (with postage dues added upon arrival) and Dalmatia, also nine to Central or South America including British Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina (two), plus Australia, New Zealand, Japan (two), Philippines (two), India (two, one with stamps missing), South Africa (two), Cyprus, Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Turkey, and a late usage on front to North West Pacific Islands, all went through the mails with appropriate transits and backstamps, a few covers with small flaws as expected, but generally a fine-very fine lot with many seldom seen usages. (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (imaged) (Image)	Est. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $2,400.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
723		232/238	Columbian postal history balance of about 75 covers, values from 2c to 15c, +there is very little common material here, with many better items throughout including registered domestic and foreign usages, special deliveries, small towns, better cancels, early usages during January 1893, territorials, late usage on a Zeppelin flight cover, three off-cover stamps with Shanghai cancels, and much more, the vast majority are fine-very fine; a very useful lot for the Columbian postal history specialist. (imagea) (imageb) (imagec) (imaged) (imagee) (Image)	Est. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $2,100.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM

1894 BUREAU ISSUES

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
725		246	#246, 1c Ultramarine, a jumbo-margined mint single of incredible size, boasting four gigantic margins and being marvelously well centered within these enormous borders, beautiful pastel color on fresh white paper, o.g., n.h., tiny natural gum skip, extremely fine; a lovely gem with great eye-appeal; clear 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	$85.00 SOLD for $525.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
726		247	#247, 1c Blue, gem mint single, boasting enormously large and perfectly balanced margins all around, deep luxuriant color on fresh paper, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a stamp for the perfectionist; 1993 PF certificate. (Image)	$200.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
727		247	#247, 1c Blue, impressive right sheet-margin partial imprint single, excellent centering within uncharacteristically large margins, beautiful fresh color and paper, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a choice stamp; 2005 PSE certificate (XF90). (Image)	$200.00 SOLD for $450.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
728		247	#247, 1c Blue, handsome right sheet-margin plate no. 29 single, excellent centering within wide margins, deep luxuriant color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 1993 PF certificate for a strip of three from which this stamp was taken and 2004 PF certificate as a plate number single. (Image)	$200.00 SOLD for $375.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
729		248	#248, 2c Pink, Ty. I, lovely mint example, well centered within large margins, radiant color and impression which is wonderfully contrasted by its bright white paper, o.g., n.h., extremely fine. (Image)	$77.50 SOLD for $120.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
730		250	#250, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, striking mint single, featuring enormously large margins all around and being wonderfully well centered within them, full clean perforations, plus its color is especially vibrant while its impression is unusually crisp on clean white paper, o.g., n.h., extremely fine gem; 1993 PF certificate. (Image)	$77.50 SOLD for $750.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
731		250	#250, 2c Carmine, Ty. I, select mint left sheet-margin plate no. 113 single that is exceptionally well centered within extravagantly large margins, dazzling bright color on fresh white paper, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine and striking; 2002 PF certificate. (Image)	$77.50 SOLD for $240.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
732		252	#252, 2c Carmine, Ty. III, right sheet-margin plate no. 198 single, marvelously well centered within four extravagantly large margins, bright vibrant color and a crisp impression, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; seldom encountered in this extraordinary quality; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	$350.00 SOLD for $475.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
733		255	#255, 5c Chocolate, pristine mint single, exceedingly well centered amid lavishly large margins, warm rich color and impression on immaculate paper, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; seldom seen in this gem condition; 2002 PF certificate. (Image)	$300.00 SOLD for $525.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
734		255c	#255c, 5c Chocolate, vertical pair, imperforate horizontally, a magnificent quality example of this very rare classic perforation error, being in a condition unlike any other we have ever seen, let alone offer in our auctions, as the majority of existing examples of this error are found with faults and/or very poorly centered, this pair does not suffer from either malady, being completely fault free and possessing near perfect centering within large margins, deep luxuriant color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; quite likely the finest example of this error rarity in existence; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)	$4,000.00 SOLD for $4,750.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
735		256	#256, 6c Dull brown, an incredibly choice mint single, possessing near perfect centering within large balanced margins which are most uncharacteristic of this value, sumptuously rich color and impression on crisp paper, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; actually a very scarce stamp in this gem quality; 1994 PF certificate. (Image)	$450.00 SOLD for $1,200.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
736		256	#256, 6c Dull brown, wonderfully choice mint single, excellent centering within extraordinarily large margins, strong color and impression, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2004 PF certificate. (Image)	$450.00 SOLD for $900.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
737		257	#257, 8c Violet brown, remarkably large mint single, beautifully centered within boardwalk margins that are highly unusual for this value, luxuriously rich color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; rarely found in this jumbo gem condition; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)	$160.00 SOLD for $250.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
738		257	#257, 8c Violet brown, excellent centering within large margins, brilliantly fresh, strong rich color, o.g., faint hinge marks that the recent certificate refers to as gum adherence spots, extremely fine; photocopy of a 1990 PF certificate for a block of four, this being the bottom right stamp, and a 2005 PSE certificate as a single. (Image)	$160.00 SOLD for $170.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
739		258	#258, 10c Dark green, incredibly fresh and crisp mint single, possessing strong rich color and impression on pristine white paper, quite well centered within large margins, o.g., barest trace of hinging (if any), choice very fine; 1984 PF certificate for a block of four, this being the top right stamp. (Image)	$300.00 SOLD for $700.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
740		260	#260, 50c Orange, an eye-arresting mint example of this value, virtually perfectly centered amid extravagantly large margins which are most uncharacteristic of any value from the unwatermarked Bureau series, gorgeous deep and luxuriant color on bright fresh paper, clean o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; actually a very rare and desirable stamp in this gem quality, as large-margined mint examples are few and far between; 1996 and 2003 PF certificate. (Image)	$575.00 SOLD for $925.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM