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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 33° |
 1c Blue, Ty.Ia (6). Pos. 95R4, ample
even margins, right ornament just touched, rich color and fine impression, lightly canceled, Very Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
6,500.00 | 6,750.00 | |
| 34° |
 1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Pos. 100L4, ample margins to just barely in at bottom,
lightly canceled, Fine, with 1983 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
6,500.00 | 4,500.00 | |
| 35° |  |
 1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Pl. 2, block of four, original gum, ample to large margins, just touched at bottom left, deep rich color, fine impression, light gum creasing and small thin in bottom right stamp, Very Fine appearance (Image Magnifier) |
2,250.00 | 2,100.00 |
| 36° | |
 1c
Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 2, block of four, original gum, three large margins, in at bottom, beautiful shade and impression, top pair thinned, small faults at bottom, a fresh and attractive appearing block (Image Magnifier) |
2,250.00 | 400.00 |
| 37° |  |
 1c Blue, Ty. III, Position 99R2 (8). Unused, three large margins showing wide breaks at top and bottom, just in at left, bright color, lightly creased and cleaned to remove staining noted on 1952 P.F.
certificate, otherwise Fine, a rare unused stamp (Image Magnifier) |
11,000.00 | 2,000.00 |
| 38° |  |
 1c Blue, Ty. III, Position 99R2 (8 var). Large margins incl. part of bottom sheet margin, just barely into ornaments at left, tied by grid cancel on light blue folded printed circular datelined Philadelphia,
June 1, 1856, handsomely addressed to Washington Pa., fresh and Very Fine cover, a rare stamp from the best Type III position (Image Magnifier) |
7,500.00 | 6,500.00 |
| 39° | |
 1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Horizontal block of eighteen, pos. 23-28/43-48R1L, unused with several stain spots, ample margins to in at bottom, slight thinning and small faults, still an impressive large multiple from
Plate 1L, Scott Retail $7,875.00+ (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 1,150.00 |
| 40° |
 1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Horizontal strip of ten, positions 51-60L1L, ms. cancels, margins vary from large toward the center to slightly in at end stamps, unusual printing ink blob on pos. 56, few faint
creases and small break in ms. at right, still Fine-Very Fine quality for this rare multiple, with 1970 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 675.00 | |
| 41° | |
 3c Orange Brown (10). Block of fourteen, positions 72-76/82-86/93-96LO, full to large margins except just in at bottom of position 82, full original gum, rich color and wonderful prooflike impression,
vertical creasing throughout with some reinforced separation at right, other than some scattered toned specks the gum is unusually fresh and apart from reinforcements is never hingedA REMARKABLE EXHIBITION QUALITY MULTIPLE OF THE SCARCE ORANGE BROWN. THE LARGEST KNOWN BLOCK FROM PLATE O AND ONE OF THE LARGEST ORANGE BROWN BLOCKS EXTANT Identified only recently as an Orange Brown (Image Magnifier) |
24,200.00 | 5,750.00 |
| 42° |
 3c 1851 Issue, "Provisional Postage Due Label". Sheet selvage with large part of imprint and plate "No. 2", small tear, ms. "5" numeral in selvage, affixed to brown cover addressed to Easton Pa., bold "New-York Ship
Jul. 22 5 cts" cds with integral due rate, the original letter enclosed is datelined "Camp Puerta Cabellos, Honduras, Friday, May 22, 1857" from a surveyor with the Honduras Railroad Co., marvelous contents regarding journey, activities, living
conditions, etc., from a lot of five covers from the same correspondence originally offered in our 1979 Rarities sale, of which only two had "5" cents labels made from the selvage of the 3c 1851, only this one was fully identifiable from the imprint,
the South America-U.S. Steamship Service rate was 10c, so presumably the label plus handstamped marking represented the total postage due, nothing else like this has ever surfaced, the cover is separated and rejoined along the edges, o/w Fine (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 2,200.00 | |
| 43° | |
 5c Red Brown (12). Unused, large
margins, rich color, small stain spot, crease ending in small tear, Extremely Fine appearance, rare unused, with 1976 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
8,500.00 | 1,800.00 |