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1851-1856 ISSUES continued...

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
521	O	15	#15, 10c Green, Ty. III, a gem used example boasting enormously large margins all around, with the bottom and left margins being especially wide, adding to this stamp's exceptional overall appearance is its gloriously intense color in a deep shade, plus its impression is prooflike on bright fresh paper, light strike of a grid cancel, extremely fine and quite select; 1989 PF certificate. (Image)	$200.00 SOLD for $260.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
522		17	#17, 12c Black, a very rare mint example, with full margins all around, strong fresh color and a crisp detailed impression, full clean o.g., lightly hinged, very fine; this is one of only a very few sound four-margin original gum Twelve Cent Imperforates we have ever offered; 1998 PF certificate. (Image)	$5,500.00 SOLD for $6,500.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
523	O	17	#17, 12c Black, an eye-catching used single, possessing deep intense color and a prooflike impression on fresh paper, four large margins, bright red grid cancel, extremely fine; a stunning used gem; 1988 PF certificate. (Image)	$355.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM

EXPRESS COMPANIES

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
524			"Freeman & Co.'s/ Express/Panama/Cova & Co. Agents" well struck red oval handstamp on 1856 stampless folded letter to San Francisco, with blue Freeman & Co's Express label on back, ms. "p. J.L. Stephens", letter from Cova & Co., slight aging, express label with repaired tear from opening, very fine strike; a scarce marking, made even more so with the express label still attached; clear 1988 PF certificate; ex-Polland. (Image)	Est. 500-750 SOLD for $675.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM

1857-1861 ISSUES

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
525	O	19	#19, 1c Blue, Ty. Ia, position 92L4, a wonderfully choice used example of this rare and enormously challenging stamp to find in any kind of collectable quality, featuring an overall freshness seldom encountered, with strikingly intense color and a prooflike impression on immaculately white paper, while not perfectly centered, this stamp possesses far better centering than usual, and is positioned between the perforations so that the all important Ty. Ia characteristics show definitively, very light and unobtrusive town c.d.s., very fine for this; 1990 PSE and 2005 PF certificates. (Image)	$8,500.00 SOLD for $4,250.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
526	O	20 var.	#20 var., 1c Blue, Ty. II, Plate 4, used example from the very scarce plate four, very well centered, deeply rich color and impression, light blue grid cancel, there is a slight hint of discoloration at top, otherwise very fine; clear 1999 PF certificate. (Image)	$905.00 SOLD for $375.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
527	O	24 var.	#24 var., 1c Blue, Ty. Va, uncommonly large margins, lovely rich color and a highly detailed impression on fresh paper, a very fine example of the scarce Type Va; 2004 PF certificate. (Image)	$200.00 SOLD for $260.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
528	O	31	#31, 10c Green, Ty. I, used, rather well centered for this difficult stamp, strong rich color and especially detailed impression, central 1859 cancel, nearly very fine; 1999 PF certificate. (Image)	$1,200.00 SOLD for $800.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
529	O	32	#32, 10c Green, Ty. II, used, flawlessly centered amid extravagantly large margins which are most uncharacteristic of this stamp, rich color and impression, light central strike of a large Boston "Paid" circular grid cancel, extremely fine gem. (Image)	$320.00 SOLD for $325.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
530	O	34	#34, 10c Green, Ty. IV, position 55L1, recut at bottom, premium used example of this truly rare and difficulty stamp, being quite well centered within large margins, sumptuously rich color and a deeply etched impression on bright paper, very light and unobtrusive strike of a town c.d.s., very fine and exceptionally choice; 1990 PF certificate. (Image)	$2,300.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
531		36b	#36b, 12c Black, plate III, unusually well centered, strong color and impression, full o.g., relatively lightly hinged, extremely fine for this; 2004 PF certificate. (Image)	$800.00 SOLD for $1,050.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
532		36b	#36b, 12c Black, plate III, attractive and choice mint single, with striking "jet" black color and a deeply etched impression, quite well centered, especially when one considers how narrowly spaced and poorly centered these generally come, full o.g., only the barest trace of hinging, very fine; photocopy of a 1979 PF certificate for a block of four, this being the bottom right stamp. (Image)	$800.00 SOLD for $450.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
533		37	#37, 24c Gray lilac, an exceptionally choice mint example, possessing near perfect centering amid unusually large margins with perforations clearing the design virtually all around, plus its color is far more intense and in a much deeper shade than typically encountered, full o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; a gem original gum example of this scarce mint stamp; 2005 PF certificate. (Image)	$1,700.00 SOLD for $2,550.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
534		37	#37, 24c Gray lilac, exceptionally well centered within exceedingly wide margins for this narrowly spaced stamp, strong rich color and a sharp impression, full o.g., extremely fine and quite handsome; 2003 PF certificate. (Image)	$1,700.00 SOLD for $1,450.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
535	O	37	#37, 24c Gray lilac, used, unusually well centered, wonderfully rich color and a sharp impression on fresh white paper, c.d.s town cancel as well as a red "(1)9" postmark, extremely fine and attractive; 1998 PSE certificate. (Image)	$440.00 SOLD for $325.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
536		38	#38, 30c Orange, well centered within much larger margins than normally found on this tightly spaced stamp, bright color, slightly disturbed o.g., very fine. (Image)	$2,000.00 SOLD for $500.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM

1875 REPRINTS OF 1857-1861 ISSUE

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
537		40	#40, 1c Bright blue reprint, without gum as issued, extraordinarily well centered within wide margins, brilliantly rich color and a highly detailed impression on fresh white paper, an extremely fine gem; 2002 PF certificate. (Image)	$625.00 SOLD for $1,500.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
538		41	#41, 3c Scarlet reprint, without gum as issued, an incredibly well centered example of this notoriously difficult reprint rarity, with perfectly balanced centering top to bottom and side to side, strikingly intense and rich color, extremely fine; a very difficult and elusive stamp to find in this premium condition; only 479 issued; 1991 PF certificate. (Image)	$3,250.00 SOLD for $4,000.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
539		43	#43, 10c Blue green reprint, without gum as issued, uncommonly well centered, deep rich color and a strong impression, intact perforations nearly all around, very fine; only 516 issued. (Image)	$3,000.00 SOLD for $1,350.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM
540		45	#45, 24c Blackish violet reprint, without gum as issued, exceptionally well centered, particularly for this value which is almost always found quite off center, incredibly rich color and highly detailed impression, plus attractive even perforations, extremely fine for this difficult and tightly spaced value; only 479 issued; 1995 PF certificate. (Image)	$3,250.00 SOLD for $2,700.00 Closing..Oct-01, 07:00 PM