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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 301° |  |
 30c Orange, F. Grill (100). Two, each with strong grill, one tied by grid, other by small fancy quartered cork, both tied together by blue Calais cds on cover to Mahe Island, Seychelle Islands, clear
"New Bedford Mass. Jan. 29" cds, New York and Marseilles backstamps, red pencil "42" credit, red & blue "PD", cover with some edge tears, left stamp with pulled perf, still Fine, very rare usage of the 30c grilled issue, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 1,600.00 |
| 302° |  |
 90c Blue, F. Grill (101). Block of four, centered to right, clear and sharp grill points, large red segmented cork cancels, some perf separations sensibly reinforced, top left stamp small corner
crease and top right stamp rounded corner, otherwise Fine and extremely rare block (Image Magnifier) |
6,750.00 | 0.00 |
| 303° |
 90c Blue, F. Grill (101). Tied by blue "Norwalk O. Mar. 1?" datestamp, used with 24c Purple and 30c Black (153, 154), tied by matching blue cancels on large part of cover front only to Cleveland
court house, 1873 receipt docketing also ties 90c stamp, originally containing legal depositions, some slight edge wear, folded at left so as to be more exhibitableVERY FINE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE. THE 90-CENT F. GRILL IS ONE OF THE RAREST 19TH CENTURY STAMPS ON COVER. ONLY TWO ARE RECORDED, INCLUDING ONE COMPLETE COVER TO PERU AND THIS DOMESTIC COVER FRONT. The only recorded complete cover with the 90c F. Grill realized $96,000 at the Ishikawa auction in 1993. Ex Elliott Perry. The subject of a brief Chronicle article in August 1984 (Whole No. 123). With 1951 A.P.S. certificate. (Image Magnifier) |
E. 20,000-30,000 | 15,000.00 |