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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2733		2c Red, Ty. I, Coil (449). Described on both older certificates as Mint N.H. and on most recent certificate as hinged at center -- we see natural gum skips but no hinge traces -- exceptional centering with wide margins all around, brilliant color and detailed impression. EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1915 TYPE I VERTICAL COIL. AN OUTSTANDING RARITY. Type I rotary press stamps were produced using the same master dies as had been used for flat plate printings. However, due to the curve of the plate to fit the rotary press, the impressions lacked some of the details of the flat plate printings. New dies were made with strengthened lines, resulting in the Type II stamps. After plate wear was noticed, further strengthening was necessary, resulting in the Type III stamps. Scott 449 was not produced until almost a year and a half after the Type I horizontal coil, Scott 453. Due to the unpopularity of vertical coils, this Type I stamp was in production for only a short period of time before being discontinued. With 1995, 2002 and 2008 P.F. certificates (XF 90, SMQ $4,500.00) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	3,000.00 SOLD for $4,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
2734		2c Red, Ty. I, Coil (449). Unusually well-centered, light diagonal crease at upper left, Very Fine appearance (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	3,000.00 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
2735		2c Red, Ty. I, Coil (449). Wavy-line machine cancel, exceptionally well-centered, Very Fine and choice, with 2008 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	600.00 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
2736		2c Carmine, Ty. III, Coil (450). Exceptionally wide margins and stunning color, neat wavy-line machine cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95, SMQ $280.00), only two other used examples share this grade with none higher (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	20.00 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
2737		2c Carmine Rose, Ty. I, Coil (453). Joint line pair, lightly hinged, rich color, FIne-Very Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	725.00 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
2738		2c Red, Ty. II, Coil (454). Mint N.H. pair, radiant color, choice centering, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 1997 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	375.00 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
2739		2c Red, Ty. II, Coil (454). Mint N.H. pair, radiant color as fresh as the day it was printed, unusually choice centering with Jumbo margins EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED PAIR OF THE 2-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 454, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE. With 2008 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo, unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, SMQ $2,350.00 as 98). Only one other shares this grade, which is the highest awarded to date (the highest grade for a line pair is a 90) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	375.00 SOLD for $3,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
2740°		3c Violet, Coil (456). Mint N.H. pair, brilliant color on post-office fresh paper, perfectly centered with wide margins on all sides EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS MINT NEVER-HINGED PAIR OF THE 3-CENT COIL, SCOTT 456, HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED TO DATE. With 1986 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98, SMQ $8,200.00). Only one other has been awarded this grade. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,250.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2741		3c Violet, Coil (456). Mint N.H. pair, brilliant color, beautiful centering, Extremely Fine, with 1978 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90, SMQ $830.00) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	600.00 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
2742		3c Violet, Coil (456). Pair, bright shade, left stamp slight natural gum bend, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	600.00 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
2743		3c Violet, Coil (456). Joint line pair, unusually well-centered, double oval cancels, few perf thins at left, otherwise Very Fine, with 2005 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,650.00 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction

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