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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 264° |  |
 2c Carmine, Coil (388). Pair, fresh, Fine and very scarce, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
1,600.00 | 1,150.00 |
| 265° | |
 2c Carmine, Coil (388). Guide line pair, Fine, with 1992 P.F certificate (Image Magnifier) |
3,250.00 | 2,400.00 |
| 266° |
 3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Well-centered, wavy line machine cancel, tiny thin speck at lower right, still Extremely Fine appearance and very rare, one of the best centered examples on record, with 1978 P.F.
certificate (Image Magnifier) |
6,500.00 | 7,000.00 | |
| 267° |  |
 10c Orange Yellow, Panama-Pacific (400). Left plate no. 6139
block of six, Mint, fresh and bright color, Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
2,000.00 | 1,400.00 |
| 268° | |
 10c Panama-Pacific, Perf 10 (404). Mint block of four
with top sheet margin and plate no. 6135, vibrant color, fresh and Extremely Fine, a "Gem" block (Image
Magnifier) |
3,350.00 | 4,750.00 |
| 269° |  |
 10c Panama-Pacific, Perf 10 (404). Left plate no. 6139 block of six, very lightly hinged, well-centered, vibrant color and fresh, two natural dimples caused by imbedded perf discs, Extremely Fine and scarce
commemorative plate block (Image Magnifier) |
10,000.00 | 7,500.00 |
| 270° |  |
 2c Carmine, Imperforate Coil (459). Mint strip of five with paste-up leader showing one row of perforations, well-centered, natural inclusion in end stamp at right, Very Fine, a noteworthy item
for the Washington-Franklin and coil specialist (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,000-2,500 | 1,700.00 |
| 271° | |
 30c Orange Red,
Unwatermarked (476A). Mint, well-centered, natural wide s.e. at left, Very Fine, only a quarter of the discovery sheet is this well-centered, with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
3,000.00 | 3,750.00 |
| 272° | |
 30c Orange Red, Unwatermarked (476A). Mint bottom plate no. 6917 block of six, bright color, centered to left as is three-quarters of the original discovery sheet, few telescoped perfs at bottomONE OF THE RAREST 20TH CENTURY PLATE BLOCKS AND THE FINER OF THE TWO AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS This plate block rarity is listed but unpriced in Scott's U.S. Specialized. The 50c Violet plate block from the same issue (Scott 477), of which there are ten or so known, is priced at $40,000 - approximately 45 times the price of an unused single, and 11 times the price of a block of four. Using the same relative values, a plate block of the 30c unwatermarked should carry a catalogue price of approximately $135,000 (45 x $3,000, or 11 x $12,500). The Scott price is based on the grade of Fine. With 1972 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 40,000-50,000 | 0.00 |
| 273° | |
 50c Violet (477). Bottom plate no. 7057 block of six, lightly hinged on top stamps only, bottom Mint, fresh and extraordinarly well-centered, beautiful colorELIEVED TO BE THE FINEST OF THE APPROXIMATELY TEN KNOWN 50-CENT 1917 ISSUE PLATE BLOCKS One of the keys to a complete collection of 20th Century plate number blocks. With 1993 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
40,000.00 | 30,000.00 |
| 274° | |
 5c Carmine Error, Imperforate (485). 5c in block of six with 2c, the error is Mint, Very Fine (Image Magnifier) |
9,000.00 | 6,500.00 |