United States Stamps continued...
1917-1919 WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ISSUES continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 641 |
 u |
524 |
 #524, $5.00 Deep green and black, extraordinarily
well centered and margined, strong color, o.g., very lightly hinged,
extremely fine; 2006 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ $285.00). (Image) |
$200.00
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 642 |
EDU |
524 |
 #524, $5.00 Deep green and black, fresh single
with fine centering, tied to neat small-size registered cover to Denmark by
Saint Paul, Minn. registry oval, March 20, 1920 earliest documented
usage with registry c.d.s. of that date of Saint Paul on the reverse,
additional New York transits and backstamped Copenhagen, cover very
slightly reduced at left, very fine and choice; while this cover is
overpaid and sent for philatelic purposes this issue is exceptionally
difficult to find on any cover, but even more so on an attractive
collectable cover, most of these high denomination stamps were used on
parcels that were not saved or on parcel tags of a more undesirable nature,
only occasionally is it found on a flight cover with other stamps long
after issuance, this is an extraordinary small single franking cover for
the earliest documented usage and a lovely addition for the most advanced
Washington-Franklin or earliest documented usage collection; 2004 APS
certificate; ex-"Alpha". (Image) |
Est. 2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1918-1920 OFFSET ISSUES
| Lot |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 643 |
 PB |
528 |
 #528, 2c Carmine, Ty. Va, full top margin
monogram and plate no. 11333 block of six, "post office" fresh and intact,
deep luxuriant color and strong impression on particularly bright paper,
extraordinarily well centered and margined throughout, o.g., n.h.,
extremely fine; actually quite scarce so choice.
(Image) |
$165.00
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 644 |
u |
528A |
 #528A, 2c Carmine offset, Ty. VI, gem bottom
sheet-margin plate no. 11712 single, beautifully centered within
extraordinarily large margins, radiant color on immaculate paper, pristine
o.g., n.h., extremely fine; quite elusive in this superlative condition;
2006 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $900.00); only one grading
higher. (Image) |
$110.00
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 645 |
|
528B |
 #528B, 2c Carmine offset, Ty. VII, bottom
sheet-margin plate no. 12752 single, featuring enormously large margins all
around and being wonderfully well centered within them, intense color and
impression on bright paper, pristine o.g., n.h., an extremely fine jumbo. (Image) |
$47.50
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 646 |
EDU |
529 |
 #529, 3c Violet offset, Ty.III, single tied to
corner card cover of E.C. Segar, Cartoonist, Chicago Herald, posted to
Reading, Pa., Apr. 8, 1918 earliest documented usage, stamp tied by
Chicago, Ill. machine cancel, some edge wear and discoloration slightly
affecting the stamp, fine and early cover as Johl reported the issuance
date as March 23rd; because of the Scott order and the attention drawn to
the different types of the 2c offset issues few realize that this 3c value
was issued almost exactly two years prior to the first 2c value; clear 2000
APS certificate; ex-"Alpha". (Image) |
Est. 500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 647 |
EDU |
531 |
 #531, 1c Green offset imperforate, vertical pair
paying the 2c wartime drop letter rate, tied to Stanley Gibbons, Inc. of
New York corner card cover by New York, N.Y. Hudson Terminal Station
machine cancel, April 7, 1919 earliest documented usage on cover,
posted within the city, backflap missing, otherwise very fine; 2004 APS
certificate; ex-"Alpha". (Image) |
Est. 500-750
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 648 |
PB |
532 |
 #532, 2c Carmine rose, Ty. IV, full top margin
plate no. 10918 block of six, with an extra-large sheet margin, other
margins are large and balanced as well, deep rich color, unblemished o.g.,
n.h., extremely fine. (Image) |
$625.00
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 649 |
u |
533 |
 #533, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. V,
dazzling intense color and a truly prooflike impression on immaculate white
paper, large margins all around, pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine; a gem
with great eye appeal; 2006 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $310.00). (Image) |
$230.00
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 650 |
u |
533 |
 #533, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. V, large
even margins all around, brilliantly fresh color, o.g., n.h., extremely
fine; 2006 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $310.00). (Image) |
$230.00
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 651 |
|
533 |
 #533, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. V,
pristine mint pair with beautiful radiant color and a sharp impression on
clean white paper, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2004 PSE certificate. (Image) |
$490.00
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 652 |
O |
533 |
 #533, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. V,
select used pair, featuring extraordinarily large and beautifully balanced
margins, exceptionally fresh with intense color, neat portions of
"Lebanon/PA" oval postmarks, extremely fine; far scarcer than its mint
counterpart and an impressive and elusive pair in this choice used
condition; 2006 PF certificate. (Image) |
$250.00
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 653 |
PB |
534 |
 #534, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. Va, full
top margin plate no. 11422 block of six, uniformly large margins, deep rich
color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine. (Image) |
$200.00
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 654 |
PB |
534 |
 #534, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. Va, top
margin plate no. 11433 block of six, possessing extra-large and wonderfully
balanced margins all around, sumptuously rich color, remarkably clean
pristine o.g., n.h., extremely fine.
(Image) |
$200.00
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 655 |
O |
534B |
 #534B, 2c Carmine offset imperforate, Ty. VII,
used left sheet-margin single, other margins full to large, brilliantly
rich colo on pristine white paper, light machine cancel, very fine and
quite handsome. (Image) |
$1,250.00
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 656 |
PB |
535 |
 #535, 3c Violet offset imperforate, Ty. IV, full
top margin plate no. 9926 block of six, with an extra-large sheet margin,
other margins are huge and perfectly balanced, deep rich color, unblemished
o.g., n.h., extremely fine gem. (Image) |
$125.00
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
1919 COIL WASTE
| Lot |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 657 |
EDU |
538a, 540a |
 #538a, 540a, 1c Green and 2c Carmine rose, vertical
pair, imperforate horizontally, two pairs of each in quite well
centered blocks of four, the 1c block is a bottom margin block, tied to
special delivery cover by portions of Middletown, Pa. duplexes and the
"Special Delivery" handstamps, September 5, 1927 earliest documented
usage for both stamps, backstamped Detroit, Michigan the next day, very
fine and attractive cover; when these coil waste issues were first issued
some had no horizontal perforations between the top row and the selvage,
because these were popular with collectors an order was made to produce
some more of these, this order was misunderstood to mean completely
imperforate horizontally, thus this variety came about and was virtually
all saved by collectors mint, because they are so scarce used at the time
caution must be used in obtaining contemporaneous cancels, covers with
either value are very rare and a cover, such as this, with both values in
blocks of four being the earliest documented usage is a find indeed;
ex-Alpha". (Image) |
Est. 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 658 |
|
539 |
 #539, 2c Carmine rose coil waste, Ty. II, perf.
11x10, a highly desirable example of this rare coil waste stamp, possessing
far better centering than typically found, as most have the perforations
into the design, this particular copy has the perfs. completely free of the
frame lines, in addition it sports outstanding radiant color and a
prooflike impression on fresh paper, o.g., very fine; 2006 PF
certificate. (Image) |
$2,850.00
SOLD for $2,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 659 |
|
539 |
 #539, 2c Carmine rose coil waste, Ty. II, perf.
11x10, deep color and impression, centered to the top right but actually
better centered than often found, o.g., lightly hinged, a fine example of
this coil waste rarity; 2000 PF certificate.
(Image) |
$2,850.00
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 660 |
O |
539 |
 #539, 2c Carmine rose coil waste, Ty. II, perf.
11x10, incredibly rare used example of this difficult coil waste stamp,
deep luxuriant color and crisp impression, while centered a bit to top this
is still better centered than many, as this issue is notoriously poorly
centered, cancelled with a portion of a wavy line machine postmark, small
repaired pinhole and toned speck in the head, fine; this stamp is greatly
underrated in its used condition, to illustrate this point, a perusal of
our records show that this is only the second used example of this stamp
in any condition that we have ever offered; photocopy of a 1987 PF
certificate and a 2006 PF certificate.
(Image) |
$5,250.00
SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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