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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 290° |  |
 24c Carmine Rose & Blue, Center Inverted (C3a). Position 38, bright and fresh, well-centered, barest trace of hingingAN EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF UNITED STATES STAMPS, THE INVERTED "JENNY" According to Jenny! by George Amick (Amos Press, 1986), the original sheet of one hundred inverted "Jenny" stamps was purchased by William T. Robey on May 14, 1918. Robey bought the sheet at the New York Avenue Post Office window in Washington. Soon after, the sheet was sold to Colonel Edward H. R. Green through Eugene Klein, a Philadelphia stamp dealer. Green paid $20,000 for the sheet, then instructed Klein to divide it into singles and blocks, and to sell all but a few key position blocks. It is well-known among stamp specialists and professionals that examples of this stamp come in different grades of freshness and condition. Many of the original 100 stamps were mistreated by collectors during the years, despite the stamps' rarity and value. Colonel Green himself allowed moisture to affect some of the stamps he retained. Other examples have become slightly toned from improper storage and climatic conditions. Hinging has caused thins and creases in numerous stamps, and a couple have been "lost" to philately - or very nearly so, as in the case of the copy swept up in a vacuum cleaner. This stamp is in a remarkable state of preservation, retaining its original color and brightness of paper, as well as its full original gum with only a trace of previous hinging. With 1978 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
135,000.00 | 125,000.00 |
| 291° |  |
 65c-$2.60 Graf
Zeppelin (C13-C15). Complete set of matching top plate number blocks of six, Mint, almost none of the usual gums skips and creasing, Very Fine, desirable top position blocks (Image Magnifier) |
14,750.00 | 0.00 |
| 292° | |
 65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Complete set of top plate no. blocks of six, all Mint, usual tiny gum skips and natural flat plate creasing, fresh and Very Fine, a most desirable top position plate set (Image Magnifier) |
13,700.00 | 11,500.00 |
| 293° |  |
 65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Complete set of blocks of four, lower pairs Mint, lightly hinged at top, usual minor gum skips and flate plate bends, Fine-Very Fine, catalogued as singles by 1994 Scott with never
hinged premium (Image Magnifier) |
8,050.00 | 4,500.00 |
| 294° |  |
 65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelin (C13-C15). Well-centered set tied by Washington D.C. Apr. 19, 1930 first day of issue duplex datestamp and numeral grid on legal-size round-the-world flight cover, proper
cachets, small ink spot at left, Very Fine, signed Bloch (Image Magnifier) |
12,500.00 | 7,000.00 |
| 295 | |
 50c Chicago Zeppelin (C18). Pane of fifty, Mint except one stamp with grease stain on gum, some telescopic perfs and a few perf separations incl. the plate block, small selvage stain affects the plate block, F-VF centering (Image Magnifier) |
4,100.00 | 2,400.00 |
| 296° | |
 5c
Deep Blue, Buffalo Balloon, Tęte Bęche Vertical Pair (CL1a). Large even margins, full original gum, lightly hinged, fresh and Extremely Fine, one of the finest pairs extant, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
15,000.00 | 0.00 |