2007 Rarities of the World continued...

EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 13-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.

With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90, SMQ $4,400.00). Only two have graded higher to date, and only two others share this grade. (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 13-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.

Most of the small number of used examples were cancelled at Saginaw Mich. (Image)

VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE GUIDE LINE STRIP OF FOUR OF THE 2-CENT ALASKA-YUKON ISSUE WITH ATTLEBORO PRIVATE VENDING MACHINE PERFORATIONS. ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF PRIVATE VENDING MACHINE COLLECTING.

In 1909 the Attleboro Stamp Company employed a stamp-affixing machine to apply postage to bulk mailings of its price lists and editions of the Attleboro Philatelist. Although the company served stamp collectors, the Attleboro coil appears to have been a purely utilitarian product, limited in its scope to the basic 1c and 2c stamps necessary for mailing and not intended to create new varieties for collectors. Examples of these coils are scarce to rare.

With 2001 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 388. THIS STAMP HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GRADE OF SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E., WHICH IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE.

This 2c coil was in production for only a short period of time before being superseded by the Perf 8-1/2 issue. Due to the greater popularity of the horizontal coils with users, combined with a wary attitude by many collectors that early coils were simply trimmed stamps, many were used and few preserved.

With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95, unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 90, SMQ $10,700.00 as 90). (Image)

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. AN IMPRESSIVE MULTIPLE OF THE 10-CENT PERF 12 ORANGE YELLOW PANAMA-PACIFIC ISSUE.

With 2006 P.S.E. certificate. Scott Retail as Mint N.H. plate block, six Mint N.H. singles and two hinged singles. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A GORGEOUS STAMP WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. -- IT IS DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE A MORE SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF THIS ISSUE.

With 2000 and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95, SMQ $3,450.00) (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT PERF 10 PANAMA-PACIFIC.

With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90, SMQ $3,550.00). We suspect the tiny natural inclusion kept this beautifully-centered stamp from receiving a 95 grade. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1912 15-CENT PERF 12 SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK ISSUE. THIS STUNNING STAMP HAS BEEN AWARDED THE GRADE OF SUPERB 98 JUMBO BY P.S.E., WHICH IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE.

With 2005 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo, SMQ $5,600.00 as 98). Only one other has been awarded this grade, and only three have graded at the lower grade of 98. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1914 SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK PERF 12 ISSUE, WHICH HAS ACHIEVED THE GRADE OF SUPERB 98 FROM P.S.E. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE, AND ONLY ONE OTHER SHARES THIS GRADE.

With 2006 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98, SMQ $6,800.00) (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1914 2-CENT PERF 12 x 10 ISSUE. ONLY 30 USED COPIES ARE RECORDED.

Our census of Scott 423B, available at www.siegelauctions.com/enc/census/423B/423B.htm, records 30 used and one unused example of this great rarity.

Census No. 423B-CAN-01. With copy of P.F. certificate. (Image)