1851-56 Issue
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
| 36° |
|
 1c Blue, Ty. Ib (5A). Pos. 5R1E, large to huge margins including part of top sheet margin, just touched at bottom left, bright early shade, bold blue "Philadelphia Pa." cds, fresh and Very Fine, choice example of this
scarce type (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
3,600.00 |
4,250.00 |
| 37° |
|
 1c
Blue, Ty. Ib (5A). Pos. 9R1E, beautiful bright Plate 1 Early color and fine impression, neat blue grid cancel, ample margins to close or just touching at right, Very Fine and choice example of the type (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
3,600.00 |
3,500.00 |
| 38° |
|
 1c Blue, Ty. Ia (6). Plate 4, bottom
sheet margin copy with full even margins all around, dark shade, neat town cds, faint horizontal crease, Extremely Fine appearance (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
6,000.00 |
5,000.00 |
| 39° |
 |
 1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 2, vertical block of eight, small part original gum, full even margins, deep rich color, slight creasing affects bottom pair and top left stamp, still Very Fine and unusually
fresh for a large Plate 2 multiple, with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
4,700.00 |
2,700.00 |
| 40 |
|
 1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Pos. 2-3L4, large to enormous margins including parts or traces of adjoining stamps at left and bottom, beautiful Plate 4 color and impression, town cancels, Extremely Fine showpiece,
with copy of 1975 letter from Neinken and 1981 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
1,600.00 |
3,500.00 |
| 41 |
|
 1c Blue, Ty. II-IV (7-9). Horizontal pair, Positions 3-4R1L, the latter showing the only position on Plate 1 Late not recut, large to enormous margins with parts of adjoining stamps at left and bottom,
bold New Orleans cds, Extremely Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
1,300.00 |
| 42 |
 |
 1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Horizontal strip of three, Positions 98-100L1E, large to gigantic margins including bottom and right sheet margins with centerline at right, excellent impression, tied by
grids and a indistinct cds in homemade Brown ink, on folded cover to Chapel Hill, N.C., Feb. 9, 1852 docketing at R., no bottom or side flaps, Extremely Fine Plate 1 Early multiple, ex Brown, Knapp, Moody (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 1,000-1,500 |
2,400.00 |
| 43° |
|
 1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Block of four (Pos. 74-75L2), horizontal strip of five (Pos. 61-65L2) and, remarkably, a right sheet margin single from the scarce Plate 3 (30L3) showing centerline, each stamp with
neat ms. stroke, strip and block canceled by red rimless "Strawberry Valley Cala. May 17" cds (ms. date), used on 10c Green Nesbitt Entire (U16) to Mobile Ala., margins generally full to large but slightly in at right of block, two stamps in strip
lightly creased, the single is nicked at left, entire missing flap and worn at edges, yet the stamps are of deep rich color and the entire intact with excellent potential for moderate restoration, an extremely rare multiple used to make up the double
transcontinental rate, mentioned in Ashbrook book (p. 229), ex Jeffreys (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 7,500-10,000 |
0.00 |
| 44° |
 |
 1c Blue, Ty. III, Position 99R2 (8). In unused pair with Pos. 98R2, clear to large margins, deep shade, left stamp has small tear, right stamp has faint vertical crease, another horizontal crease and faint
toning affect both, still Very Fine appearance and quite an exhibitable example of this major 1c 1851 rarity, with 1995 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail as singles (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
11,575.00 |
0.00 |
| 45° |
|
 1c Blue, Ty. III (8). Pos. 62L4, ample to large margins, deep rich Plate 4 color, Very
Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
1,600.00 |
2,200.00 |
| 46 |
|
 1c Blue, Ty. III (8). Horizontal pair, Pos. 69-70L4, mostly large to enormous margins including right sheet margin, rich color and excellent impression, balloon cds (probably Minn. Terr.), Extremely
Fine, ex Emerson, Cohen, with 1970 and 1976 P.F. certificates (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
3,300.00 |
4,750.00 |
