1971 Rarities of the World continued...

1857-60 Issue and Reprints continued...

Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
45		24c Lilac, Imperforate (37c) Horiz. Pair, Large Margins to left stamp barely touched at top, Faint horiz. bend, still Fine-Very Fine, one of only two pairs on record (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables	4,250.00	4,000.00
46		30c Orange, Imperforate (38a). Large to Huge margins, incl. bottom sheet margin, Extremely Fine, with P. F. Certificate (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables	1,100.00	1,300.00
47		30c Orange, Imperforate (38a). Horiz. pair, Margins virtually all around, tip of top ornament of right stamp just touched, yet Very Fine, one of only three pairs on record (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables	4,750.00	4,000.00
48		90c Blue, Imperforate (39a). The Matchless Unique, Horizontal Pair, Deep, Fresh Color, Large Margins. pinpoint thin speck in right stamp, otherwise Extremely Fine, The only pair in existence, Ex-Ferrari (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables	10,000.00	17,000.00
49		90c Blue (39). Wonderfully Well Centered, Light "New York" postmark with 1861 Year Date, Extremely Fine (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables	900.00	1,700.00
50		90c Blue (39). 30c Orange, 10c Green and 1c Blue (Pair) (24, 35, 38), Tied with neat Boston "Paid" in grid cancels, all paying the $1.32 quadruple rate to Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, via London, Red "London, Jy 27, '61" postmark, Red crayon $1.12 credit to British P.O. and Cape of Good Hope receiving mark. One 1c stamp nicked, all others Very Fine. An Extremely Rare and Handsome cover, only four covers with the 90c # 39 being on record, An outstanding "Gem" " Ex-Jacobs, Emerson, Newbury, stated by the late Stanley B. Ashbrook to be "the finest 90c 1860 cover known to Philately" (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables	E. 2,000-5,000	28,000.00
51		1c Bright Blue, Reprint (40) Block, Very Fine, Very Rare (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables	1,200.00	1,200.00