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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 286° |  |
 $1.00 Violet Black (478). Deep rich color, barely hinged, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1995 P.F.
certificate (Image Magnifier) |
650.00 | 950.00 |
| 287 |  |
 5c Carmine Error, Imperforate (485). Mint block of nine,
center stamp the error, cut to show portions of adjoining stamps all around, Extremely Fine (Image
Magnifier) |
10,500.00 | 13,500.00 |
| 288° | |
 2c Carmine, Ty. VII, Imperforate (534B). Right sheet margin copy, Extremely Fine, with 1964 P.F.
certificate (Image Magnifier) |
1,250.00 | 0.00 |
| 289° |
 2c Carmine, Ty. VII, Imperforate
(534B). Huge margins, wavy line machine cancel, small brown spot at T.R., Extremely Fine, very scarce used, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
700.00 | 0.00 | |
| 290° |  |
 1c Gray Green, Perf 12-1/2 (536). Bottom plate no. 10001 block of fourteen, cancelled by Washington D.C. duplex cancels on Nov. 1919 intra-city special delivery cover, Very Fine, philatelic usage and probably the
largest block on cover extant (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 900.00 |
| 291° |
 1c Green, Rotary Perf 11 (544). Wide margins and exceptionally well centered, neatly struck town cds, long and full perforations, fresh color and paperAN EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS MAJOR 20TH CENTURY RARITY. AMONG THE FINEST, IF NOT THE FINEST, OF THE KNOWN USED COPIES. A small quantity of 1-cent Rotary Press stamps were perforated 11 in 1923, using remainder sheets from the earlier printings that were normally perforated in 10 guage or 11/10 compound guage. Scott 544 is a vertical rotary press stamp - that is, the plate was wrapped around the cylinder from head to foot, producing a design that is slightly narrower in width and taller in height than its horizontal rotary press counterpart. Its existence as a perf-11 variety was discovered in 1936, and the stamp received its Scott Catalog listing in 1938. Since that time, approximately 100 examples of Scott 544 have been identified. Most of the recorded copies are off center or have been damaged - the result of poor production standards and mis-handling. This stamp, discovered in 1986, is extraordinary in terms of its freshness, centering, and fullness of the perforations. It is also unusually cancelled by a handstruck town datestamp, rather than the typical machine cancel of the period. A rarity in any condition and virtually peerless in this choice quality. With 1987 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
3,000.00 | 7,500.00 | |
| 292° |
 1c Green, Rotary Perf 11 (544). Wavy line machine cancel, faint
corner crease at upper right, Very Fine appearance, with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
3,000.00 | 2,500.00 | |
| 293° | |
 5c Kosciuszko, Imperforate Vertically (734a). Fresh and well-centered,
lightly hinged, Very Fine and rare, with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
2,000.00 | 1,600.00 |
| 294° | |
 4c Dag Hammarskjold, Yellow Background Inverted (1203var.). Single tied by First Day of Issue cancel with "New York N.Y. Oct. 23 9:00 A.M. 1962" cds on unaddressed cover - this is the original
error which, as collectors know, was heart-breakingly reprinted by the Post Office as Scott No. 1204 (the aptly named "Special Printing") on Nov. 16th, in a successful effort to destroy the market value. What is less known is that a number of
Oct. 23rd First Days included examples of the original invert - the dated cancels effectively documenting their status as original, rather than reprinted (1204) errors. This state of affairs has proven irresistible to forgers, but despite the
presence of several bogus First Days and the rumors of other, genuine First Days, the cover offered here is the only Dag Hammarskjold error to receive a Philatelic Foundation certificate, the back is additionally handstamped, "Genuine First
Day Cover American First Day Cover Soc. Certificate No. 463", Extremely Fine, a major 20th Century rarity, accompanied by 1986 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,500-3,500 | 2,400.00 |
| 295° |  |
 $1.00 Candle Holder, Intaglio Brown Color Inverted (1610c). Mint, Very Fine, the so-called C.I.A. Invert discovered by employees at the McLean Va. office of the Central Intelligence Agency, only 79 sound copies
available to collectors (Image Magnifier) |
15,000.00 | 13,000.00 |