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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
28		10c Green, Ty. II (32). Wide and balanced margins, deep rich color and detailed impression, red town datestamp, Extremely Fine Gem, a magnificent stamp combining color, impression and a colored cancel, with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	300.00 SOLD for $15,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
29		10c Green, Ty. III (33). Choice centering with well-balanced margins, deep rich color on bright paper, detailed impression, clear strike of New York Ocean Mail cancel, Extremely Fine, with 1992 and 2004 P.F. certificates, Scott Retail with no premium for the cancel (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	300.00 SOLD for $950.00 Will close during Public Auction
30		10c Green, Ty. IV (34). Position 64L1, recut at top and bottom, lightly cancelled by Apr. 1859 town datestamp (accompanying 1990 P.F.C. states Sep. 19, 1858 in error), deep rich color on bright paper EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE IV PERFORATED 10-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM THE ONLY POSITION RECUT AT BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM. With 1988, 1990 and 2004 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,750.00 SOLD for $4,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
31		10c Green, Ty. V (35). Choice centering with enormous balanced margins at sides, radiant color, bold strike of blue circular datestamp, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	70.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
32		12c Black (36). Intense shade and proof-like impression, perfectly centered with perforations clear of design on all sides, face-free strike of blue target cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM PLATE 1. THIS STAMP IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE WITH SUCH WONDERFUL CENTERING, IMPRESSION AND CANCELLATION. Ex Drucker and Hinrichs. With 1988 and 2004 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	380.00 SOLD for $17,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
33		12c Black, Plate 3 (36b). Extra wide margins all around with perfs well clear of framelines, showing unusual doubling of frameline at left, bright shade nicely complemented by red grid cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1860 ISSUE FROM PLATE 3. SCARCE IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION. Ex Morris. With 1985 and 1991 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	225.00 SOLD for $2,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
34		24c Gray Lilac (37). Perfectly centered with wide and balanced margins, radiant color on crisp paper, bold strike of red grid cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1860 ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. With 2005 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95, SMQ $3,050.00). Only three have graded higher to date and only seven others share this desirable grade. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	440.00 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
35		30c Orange (38). Vibrant color as fresh as the day it was printed, unusually choice centering for this difficult issue, neat strike of Boston large "Paid" grid cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A GORGEOUS USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1860 ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT STAMP TO FIND IN SUCH SUPERB USED CONDITION. The 30c 1860 challenges collectors for several reasons. First, the subjects were closely spaced together on the plate, leaving almost no room for perforations and little opportunity to create stamps with perforations clear of the design on all four sides. Second, the 30c and 90c 1860 were only in circulation for a brief period before the series was demonetized in the Fall of 1861. Third, this high-denomination stamp was issued for use on transatlantic mail, and postal clerks were careful to thoroughly cancel the stamps to prevent cleaning and re-use. Therefore, 30c 1860 stamps in sound, well-centered and lightly-cancelled condition defy all circumstances and are extremely rare. With 1984 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95, SMQ $4,000.00). Only one has graded higher (at 95J) and only four others share this grade. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	500.00 SOLD for $8,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
36		90c Blue (39). Gorgeous centering with wide margins all around, deep rich color and sharp impression, clear strike of black Philadelphia circular datestamp cancel, long and full perforations EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE SHORT-LIVED 90-CENT 1860 -- THE FIRST UNITED STATES 90-CENT ISSUE. The 90c stamp was issued in 1860, along with the 24c and 30c values, all of which were needed to prepay high international letter rates established by various postal treaties. The basic 24c and 30c rates to England, France and Germany created a large volume of mail franked with those values. However, the 90c saw much more limited use, partly due to the rates in effect, but more because of the American Civil War. When supplies of current postage stamps were declared invalid in the South and ultimately demonetized by the Federal government, the 90c had been in use for only one year. For this reason, genuinely cancelled copies and covers bearing the 90c are extremely rare. Approximately 180 used examples have been certified as genuine by the Philatelic Foundation, of which approximately one-quarter are sound. Of these sound examples, many are off-center. Ex Hinrichs. With 1980, 1995 and 2004 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	9,500.00 SOLD for $20,000.00 Will close during Public Auction

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