Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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**Third Issue Inverts:**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
1613		2c Orange & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R135b). Vivid color, neat "11/21/73" manuscript cancel, well-centered, Extremely Fine and choice (Image)	300.00	450.00
1614		2c Orange & Black on Green Paper, Inverted Center (R151a). Intense colors, neat "F M Co9. 31/8/75" manuscript cancel, fresh and Very Fine (Image)	350.00	1,100.00
1615		5c Orange & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R137a). Bright color, nicely contrasted by blue handstamp cancellation, well-centered for this stamp FINE AND CHOICE. ASIDE FROM THE THREE COPIES ON A PART DOCUMENT, THIS IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR SOUND EXAMPLES OF THE 5-CENT THIRD ISSUE WITH INVERTED CENTER. ONLY TWENTY EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN IN TOTAL. In his privately published census, Larry Lyons records twenty examples of the 5c Third Issue with inverted center. Of these, three are on a part document. Of the seventeen off-document copies, thirteen have faults of varying degrees, the most common being creases (nine). The centering on the example offered here is better than most. Ex Lyons. With 1991 and 2000 P.F. certificates. (Image)	3,250.00	10,000.00
1616		30c Orange & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R140a). Vivid color, herringbone cancels (as virtually always) VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT THIRD ISSUE WITH INVERTED CENTER. PROBABLY LESS THAN 40 ARE KNOWN. An attractive sound example of this rarity. (Image)	2,250.00	1,700.00
1617		$1.00 Green & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R144a). Deep rich color, used on partly-printed August 5, 1872 Administrator's Bond from Chatham County, Georgia, manuscript initials and "August 5/72" date, some minor splitting along document edges EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED USAGES OF THE $1.00 SECOND ISSUE WITH INVERTED CENTER ON ITS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT. AN OUTSTANDING RARITY. In his privately published census, Larry Lyons records an total of 26 copes. The other recorded document bears five copies of the error and is also used with a normal $1.00 stamp. These are the only complete documents bearing revenue inverts above the 2c denomination (one piece is also recorded). The example offered here was purchased by Mr. Zoellner in our 1989 Rarities of the World auction, where it was described as coming from a new discovery. (Image)	5,500.00	12,500.00

Third Issue Inverts:

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

1613

2c Orange & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R135b). Vivid color, neat "11/21/73" manuscript cancel, well-centered, Extremely Fine and choice (Image)

300.00

450.00

1614

2c Orange & Black on Green Paper, Inverted Center (R151a). Intense colors, neat "F M Co9. 31/8/75" manuscript cancel, fresh and Very Fine (Image)

350.00

1,100.00

1615

5c Orange & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R137a). Bright color, nicely contrasted by blue handstamp cancellation, well-centered for this stamp

FINE AND CHOICE. ASIDE FROM THE THREE COPIES ON A PART DOCUMENT, THIS IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR SOUND EXAMPLES OF THE 5-CENT THIRD ISSUE WITH INVERTED CENTER. ONLY TWENTY EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN IN TOTAL.

In his privately published census, Larry Lyons records twenty examples of the 5c Third Issue with inverted center. Of these, three are on a part document. Of the seventeen off-document copies, thirteen have faults of varying degrees, the most common being creases (nine). The centering on the example offered here is better than most.

Ex Lyons. With 1991 and 2000 P.F. certificates. (Image)

3,250.00

10,000.00

1616

30c Orange & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R140a). Vivid color, herringbone cancels (as virtually always)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT THIRD ISSUE WITH INVERTED CENTER. PROBABLY LESS THAN 40 ARE KNOWN.

An attractive sound example of this rarity. (Image)

2,250.00

1,700.00

1617

$1.00 Green & Black, Third Issue, Inverted Center (R144a). Deep rich color, used on partly-printed August 5, 1872 Administrator's Bond from Chatham County, Georgia, manuscript initials and "August 5/72" date, some minor splitting along document edges

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED USAGES OF THE $1.00 SECOND ISSUE WITH INVERTED CENTER ON ITS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT. AN OUTSTANDING RARITY.

In his privately published census, Larry Lyons records an total of 26 copes. The other recorded document bears five copies of the error and is also used with a normal $1.00 stamp. These are the only complete documents bearing revenue inverts above the 2c denomination (one piece is also recorded).

The example offered here was purchased by Mr. Zoellner in our 1989 Rarities of the World auction, where it was described as coming from a new discovery. (Image)

5,500.00

12,500.00