The Scarsdale Collection, Part Five: Used United States 1847-69 Issues continued...

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL USED WIDE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 12-CENT F GRILL.

With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THE 1868 15-CENT F GRILL IS AN EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT STAMP TO FIND IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION. A TRUE CONDITION RARITY AND ONE OF THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE.

Most examples of the 15c 1866 and 1868 Grilled Issue have small margins. It is almost never found with the wide margins more typically seen on the 12c E and F Grills. Most 15c stamps are also heavily cancelled, obliterating large portions of the design. The example offered here, with well-balanced margins and a cancel which leaves the design clearly visible, is surely among the finest in existence.

With 1990 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 24-CENT F GRILL.

With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS IS EASILY THE WIDEST-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 30-CENT F GRILL WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. A GORGEOUS STAMP IN EVERY RESPECT.

Ex Hinrichs. With 1990 P.S.E. and 1999 P.F. certificates. Scott Catalogue notes that "Values for No. 100 are for copies with small margins, especially at sides. Large-margined examples sell for much more." (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A GORGEOUS USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 90-CENT F GRILL.

The 90c stamps used to make grilled issues were printed on a thick stock of paper. It is likely that sheets remaining from the pre-grill period were used and that the thinner paper introduced in 1868 had not been used for the 90c value. Two characteristics of 90c F Grill stamps are poorly punched perforations and generally bad centering. This stamp is a remarkable exception.

With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)