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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
5405		15c Black, F. Grill (98). Choice centering with well-proportioned margins, bright shade beautifully complemented by red cork cancel, Extremely Fine, a spectacular 15c Lincoln F Grill cancelled in red, with 2003 and 2009 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	525.00 SOLD for $800.00 Will close during Public Auction
5406		15c Black, F. Grill (98). Unusually well-centered, red cork and light matching circular datestamp cancels, Extremely Fine, scarce and quite attractively cancelled in red, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	550.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
5407		24c Gray Lilac, F. Grill (99). Selvage at top, original gum, lightly hinged, clearly-defined grill, sharp proof-like impression, tiny tear at top of selvage not mentioned on accompanying certificate (easily trimmed) FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 24-CENT F GRILL. Ex Hansen. With 1988 and 2004 P.F. certificates. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	9,000.00 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
5408		30c Orange, F. Grill (100). Huge straddle-pane margin at right, bright color and circle of wedges cancel, Very Fine, this stamp is notorious for small margins, especially at the sides as per note in Scott Catalogue, one of the widest-margined examples we have encountered, with 2010 P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,000.00 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5409		30c Orange, F. Grill (100). Remarkably well-centered for this tight-margined issue, bright color, large purple diagonal bars cancel of Philadelphia Foreign Mail office, single perf added top left and light vertical pre-print paper fold at right, otherwise Very Fine and choice, Scott Retail as normal used with no premium added for the very scarce unlisted purple cancel (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,000.00 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
5410		90c Blue, F. Grill (101). Perfectly centered with wide margins, beautiful shade and impression, red cork cancel, much better formed perfs than typically encountered EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SPECTACULAR USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 90-CENT F GRILL, COMBINING FLAWLESS CENTERING, PERFORATIONS, COLOR AND A PREMIUM CANCEL. 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. The perfs are much better formed than usual (although they show the genuine characteristics) and the centering is precise. In this stamp there is also the added feature of a striking red cancel. With 1969 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,650.00 SOLD for $13,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
5411		90c Blue, F. Grill (101). Outstanding margins and centering with the typical rough cut perfs as normally seen, rich color, bold circle of wedges cancel, trivial top right corner perf crease, otherwise Extremely Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	2,400.00 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction

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