1861-66 Issue
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
| 51 |
 |
 1c Indigo "August" (55). Gorgeous, Rich color, Fresh, o.g., Fine, Handsome Example of this Great Rarity
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9,000.00 |
11,000.00 |
| 52 |
 |
 3c Brown Rose, "August" (56). Block, Brilliant, Fresh, o.g., tiny perf. break in one stamp,
otherwise Very Fine (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
750.00 |
575.00 |
| 53 |
|
 5c Brown, "August" (57). Beautiful color, Fresh o.g., tiny
corner crease, single nibbed perf., Very Fine appearance, Unusually Choice, Ex-Waterhouse (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
5,250.00 |
5,500.00 |
| 54 |
|
 10c Dark Green, "August" (58). Wonderful, Deep Color, fresh, o.g. reperfed, Fine appearance & Most
Attractive (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
1,250.00 |
1,050.00 |
| 55 |
|
 24c Violet, "August" (60). Lovely, Deep color, fresh, o.g., reperfed, Fine appearance, signed
"W.H.C. (olson)" (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
1,100.00 |
725.00 |
| 56 |
|
 30c Red Orange, "August" (61). Brilliant Color, fresh, o.g., Very Fine, a Gorgeous Example of this
Rarity (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
7,000.00 |
7,000.00 |
| 57 |
|
90c Dull Blue, "August" Imperforate (62a). Beautiful Rich Color, Huge Margins, faint internal wrinkle, otherwise Extremely Fine, with P.F. Certificate Search for comparables |
850.00 |
1,250.00 |
| 58 |
 |
 3c Pigeon Blood Pink (64a). Wonderful, Rich Color, Exceptional Centering, tied by neat, light grid, "Flushing, N.Y., Feb. 7, 1862" pmk., Signed "Ashbrook" as "No. 64 Pink" but in 1948 prior to the separate listing
of the scarce deep "Pigeon Blood", A Gorgeous, immaculate cover, Extremely Fine (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
550.00 |
800.00 |
| 59 |
|
 3c Lake (66). Lovely, Rich Color, fresh, o.g., centered slightly to U.R., Very Fine (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
425.00 |
475.00 |
| 60 |
|
 90c Blue (72). Tied on neat blue envelope to Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, by edge of Boston "Paid" in frame, red "Boston' Mass." pmk. paying the 90c rate for a 41/2 oz. letter, Negligible tiny white spot over
"T" of "postage", still Very Fine, and so far as is known, the only 90c used to Hawaii on record (Image
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E. 1,000-2,000 |
2,100.00 |
| 61 |
|
 90c Blue (72) Block, used with 30c Orange, Pair (71). all tied on legal size cover, N.Y. to Lyon, France, paying $4.20 postage, 28 times the regular rate of 15c per quarter ounce. The block has a str. edge
at R., stamps & cover have some age stains, yet an attractive cover of utmost rarity, probably unique. Signed "Ashbrook" who writes "28X15c to France, via French Packet" and he affirms genuineness (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 2,000-5,000 |
1,500.00 |
