1869 Pictorial Issue
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
| 275 |
 |
 1c Buff
(112). Block of 20 (5x4), natural s.e. at left, two stamps couple light creases, few perf. separations sensibly hinge reinforced, Well-centered for a multiple of of this Size, Fine-Very Fine (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
4,900.00 |
2,700.00 |
| 276 |
|
 2c Brown, Printed on Both Sides (113 var). The Discovery Copy and Only Known Example!, Quartered Cork Cancel, Clear partial Impression on Back, Very Fine, This is the First Time this stamp is being
Offered for Sale and is one of the Most Important 1869 Issue Varieties Ever Discovered, with P.F. Certificate (Image
Magnifier)Search for comparables |
0.00 |
5,250.00 |
| 277 |
 |
 3c
Ultramarine (114). Complete Mint Sheet of 150 With Imprint & Plate No. 26 Blocks of Ten at Top & Bottom, Remarkably Fresh, Virtually All Fine-Very Fine, A Wonderfully Beautiful & Rare Classic Sheet (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
33,765.00 |
25,000.00 |
| 278 |
|
 10c Yellowish Orange
(116). Block of Nine, natural straight edge at left, Fresh, Nearly Full o.g., some neatly reinforced separation between first & second horizontal rows, Fine-Very Fine (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
8,850.00 |
4,500.00 |
| 279 |
 |
 10c Yellow (116). Minor corner bend, Used with Average 2c Brown (113) & Horizontal Pair 3c Ultramarine (114) on Cover to Sweden tied by Grids & indistinct town pmks., Various Red Transits, small repair
at left, still Very Attractive, Rare Destination (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 750-1,000 |
1,900.00 |
| 280 |
|
 12c Green (117). Vertical Strip of Three Used with 3c Green (147) on Jan. 1870 Cover to Corop Victoria Australia, Brown "McMinnville Tenn." pmk., tied by matching Negative Masonic Square & Compass, Red "20",
"Corop Victoria" Rimless Circle & Bold Boxed "Unclaimed At/Corop", Backstamps incl. Two Green Circles "D.L. B. Victoria Feb 71" and Red "New York Paid All Br. Transit May 28" (1871), Sixteen Months in Transit, one l2c minor margin flaws from
placement near edge of cover, nevertheless a Very Fine & Very Rare Usage, with Contents (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 2,000-5,000 |
2,400.00 |
| 281 |
|
 15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II (119). Mint, Fresh, Well-centered, Very Fine, Rare thus (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
850.00 |
2,900.00 |
| 282 |
|
 15c Brown & Blue, Center Inverted (119b). Rich Colors, light Crossroads cancel, trivial thin speck & negligible corner margin crease, otherwise Fine, Much Better Than Usual Condition For This Classic Rarity (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
17,000.00 |
7,500.00 |
| 283 |
|
 15c Brown & Blue, Double Center,
One Inverted (119c). Rich Colors, barely cancelled, Fine, Exceedingly Rare, Three Known, Unpriced (normal center inverted catalogs $17,000.00) (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 10,000-20,000 |
22,000.00 |
| 284 |
P |
 15c-90c Pictorial Plate Proofs on Card, Centers/Flags inverted (120P4a-122P4a, 129P4a). Complete "Set" in Sheet Margin Blocks, 30c trivial thin entirely in selvedge, Extremely Fine, The Most Valuable Proofs in U.S. Philately (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
142,000.00 |
60,000.00 |
| 285 |
|
 24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted, Imperforate Without Grill (120b var). Large to Huge Margins, Extremely Fine, Only Known Example, One of the Most Valuable Single Stamps We Have Ever Offered, with Two
P.F. Certificates, Listed but unpriced (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
0.00 |
52,500.00 |
