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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 197° |
 24c Green & Violet (120). Prooflike colors and impression, full clear strike of red "24" credit rating handstamp, no other cancel, tiny corner perf crease, Very Fine, an extremely rare and unusual cancellation on
this 1869 bi-color (Image Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 1,150.00 | |
| 198 |  |
 90c Carmine & Black (122). Unused, wide margins, Extremely Fine, with 1971 and 1992 P.F. certificates (Image Magnifier) |
5,000.00 | 3,750.00 |
| 199° | |
 1c-90c 1869 Pictorial, Without Grill, Imperforate (Varieties of 112b, 114a, 117, 118a, 121a, 122a). The set comprising:1c Buff, large to huge margins, large part original gum, Extremely Fine 3c Ultramarine, huge margins, large part original gum, intense dark shade, Extremely Fine 12c Green, large to huge margins, part original gum, trivial corner margin crease clear of design, Extremely Fine 15c Dark Brown & Blue, Type I, ample to huge margins, part original gum, Very Fine 30c Blue & Carmine, large to huge margins, large part original gum, Extremely Fine 90c Carmine & Black, large to huge margins, rich color and deep shade, tiny negligible corner crease far from design, Extremely Fine THE UNIQUE EXAMPLES OF THE 1869 PICTORIAL STAMPS, IMPERFORATE AND WITHOUT GRILL, PREPARED IN 1869 AND RELEASED BY THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY Ex Col. Edward H. R. Green, Josiah K. Lilly, and Louis Grunin collectons. Each stamp with 1949 and 1989 P.F. certificates. Noted in Scott U.S. Specialized Catalogue (Image Magnifier) |
E. 30,000-40,000 | 26,000.00 |
| 200° | |
 24c Green & Violet, Center Inverted, Imperforate and Without Grill (120b var). Unused, large to huge margins, rich colorsEXTREMELY FINE AND UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF THE 24-CENT 1869 INVERT IMPERFORATE AND WITHOUT GRILL, PREPARED IN 1869 AND RELEASED BY THE NATIONAL BANK NOTE COMPANY Ex Ferrary, Col. Edward H. R. Green and Josiah K. Lilly collections. With 1949 and 1976 P.F. certificates. Noted in Scott U.S. Specialized Catalogue (Image Magnifier) |
E. 60,000-80,000 | 0.00 |
| 201 | |
 90c Carmine & Black, Re-Issue (132). Original gum, bright fresh colors, Extremely Fine,
with 1987 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
4,000.00 | 5,000.00 |
| 202 |
 90c Carmine & Black, Re-Issue (132).
Well-centered, rich fresh colors, neat cross-roads cancel unobtrusively struck, Extremely Fine, with 1987 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
4,250.00 | 3,000.00 | |
| 203 |  |
 2c Brown, Diagonal Half Used as 1c (113c). Two singles, left stamp is top right diagonal bisect, tied by targets on yellow cover to Waterville N.Y., indistinct N.Y. cds, slightly reduced at right, barely
affecting margin of right stamp, Fine and rare, with 1954 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
3,000.00 | 1,900.00 |
| 204° | |
 3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by cork cancel and "Oroville Cal. Jan. 5" cds on yellow cover to Worcester N.Y. with corner card "WESTERN HOUSE, And General Stage Office, MARYSVILLE, CAL. - R.M. LOWREY, Proprietor.",
blue "Oregon Stage Company. Jan. 4, 1870" double oval express company handstamp at lower left, this cover was carried from Marysville to Oroville by the Oregon Stage Company, it left Oroville for Sacramento on January 5 and from there by train
for New York, stamp has corner crease, cover slightly reduced at right, still a Fine and extremely rare use of the 1869 Pictorial Issue on a Western express cover, ex E.N. Sampson (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,000-2,500 | 0.00 |
| 205° | |
 3c Ultramarine (114). Single used with 15c Inland Exchange (R40) and each with fancy arrowheads cancel on Jan. 1870 cover to Perugia, Italy as part of an attempt to pay a non-existent rate of
18c, caught at the New York exchange office and handstamped "INSUFFICIENTLY PAID" in straightline with blue pencil "X", matching "12" written below the 3c, indicating this went by Italian closed mail (15c), Italian 30c & 40c postage dues at left tied
by Perugia postmarks, cover slightly reduced at top with expertly repaired tears, Fine appearance, unique curiosity (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 1,900.00 |
| 206° | |
 6c Ultramarine (115). Horizontal pair, tied by two strikes of Leaf in birhgt red on small cover to Scotland with matching "Supplementary Mail" Ty. A octagonal handstamp and "New York Paid All Jun.
30" exchange cds, Edinburgh backstamp, Extremely Fine, very rare use of the 6c 1869 Pictorial and probably the finest known 1869 Supplementary Mail cover, ex Grunin (Image Magnifier) |
E. 5,000-6,000 | 5,250.00 |
| 207 | |
 10c Yellow (116). Wide margins, tied by circle of wedges on cover from Yokohama, clear "China and Japan Steam Service in magenta, "San Francisco Cal. Apr. 20" cds, "U.S. Flagship Delaware
Yokohama", stamp with tiny corner crease, cove with some edge wear and slightly reduced at R., still attractive and Fine very scarce, signed Ashbrook (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 1,600.00 |