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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 60° |  |
 1c Blue, Ty. I-II (18,20). Horizontal block of nine, positions 86-90/97-100L12, the misplaced transfers of Plate 12 creating a rare combination of Types II-II-I-I-I in the top row and all Type
I at bottom, beautiful bright shade, well-centered, neat ms. cancels and Iowa town pmk. on piece, light creasing and a few sealed tears at bottom, still Very Fine appearance and a rare 1c perforated combination block, see Neinken book, pp. 485-501,
for a discussion of Plate 12, the Type I block is listed but unpriced in used condition by Scott, the horizontal Type I-II combination is very scarce (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 1,050.00 |
| 62° |
 1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Position 100L4 with full corner sheet margin showing guideline at right, deep rich color, tied by clearly struck "Sturgis Mich. Apr. 29" cds on small piece, full perfs all around,
just slightly into design, nevertheless an Extremely Fine and truly remarkable stamp, while the imperforate 1c 1851 stamps are frequently encountered with sheet margins, the perforated 1c stamps are extremely rare as such, especially used and with
the rare Type Ia characteristics (Image Magnifier) |
2,750.00 | 5,500.00 | |
| 63° |
 1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Position 97L4, Curl on Shoulder variety, well-centered with ample lower margin showing much of the Type Ia characteristics, beautiful deep Plate 4 color and impression, lightly canceled
by town cds, Very Fine, signed Ashbrook, with 1979 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
2,850.00 | 3,250.00 | |
| 64° |
 1c Blue, Ty. Ia (19). Bold "New-York" cds, deep rich color, reperfed at left, perfs
slightly in at bottom, attractive (Image Magnifier) |
2,750.00 | 0.00 | |
| 65° |
 1c Blue, Ty. Ic
(19b). Pos. 47L4 "E" Relief, beautifully centered, lightly struck N.Y.C. carrier cds, Extremely Fine, choice example of this newly listed 1c type variety, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
500.00 | 2,000.00 | |
| 66° |  |
 1c Blue, Ty. II (20). Plate 2, block of four, large part original gum, beautiful color and impression, extraordinary choice centering, shallow thins affect all but upper right stamp, Extremely Fine appearance, a scarce block (Image Magnifier) |
2,300.00 | 1,250.00 |
| 67° |
 1c Blue, Ty. III
(21). Position 53L4, exceptionally wide breaks at top and bottom, near perfect centering, deep rich color, very light town cds, Extremely Fine "Gem", with 1979 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
1,250.00 | 1,400.00 | |
| 68° |
 1c-90c 1857-60 Issue
(24,26,29,35,36b,37-39). Set of eight stamps with o.g. and magenta ms. crossed lines, top three values thinned, otherwise Fine, scarce presentation set (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 1,500.00 | |
| 69° | |
 1c Blue, Ty. V (24). Left imprint and plate no. 10 block of sixteen, fresh, unused, well-centered, negligible corner crease at top right and thin in one stamp in right row, neither affecting plate block, Very Fine and handsome (Image Magnifier) |
4,200.00 | 2,100.00 |
| 70° | |
 1c Blue, Ty. V (24). Complete sheet of 100 from plate no. 10R, most well-centered, numerous small scuffs clear of plate block, separations mostly at bottom, edge and selvage faults incl. two nicks in
plate no. selvage, still of deep shade and handsome appearance (Image Magnifier) |
13,830.00 | 2,100.00 |
| 71° |  |
 5c Brick Red (27). Block of four, briliiant color, part of adjoining straddle pane margin at right, centered a bit to left but far better than usual centering, faint pre-use crease in right pair ending in
tear at bottom of upper right stamp, ms. cancels and tied by fancy "Stoneham Mass. Sep. 26, 1859" cds with scroll on cover to Canada, receiving backstamps, red "United States 6d" double-line handstampA REMARKABLE COVER, WHICH BEARS THE ONLY RECORDED USED BLOCK OF THE 5-CENT BRICK RED Our records show only two blocks of the 5c Brick Red, the other being an unused block of four with original gum. This double rate cover to Canada is accompanied by a matching 10c Green, Ty. V (35) on cover from the same correspondence. One of the outstanding examples of classic perforated multiples, which has been missing from almost all great collections of the past (Image Magnifier) |
E. 30,000-40,000 | 32,500.00 |