1c-90c 1869 Pictorial, Plate
Proofs on Card (112P4-122P4). Each with large margins, rich color, Very
Fine set, accompanied by original envelope (few extraneous notations on
envelope) (Image)
1c Buff (112). Wide
margins, fresh color, light strike of grid cancel, Extremely Fine (Image)
1c Buff (112). Fresh
color, perfect centering, light strike of target cancel, Extremely Fine (Image)
1c Buff (112). Block of
four, bold circle of wedges cancel, few perf separations expertly rejoined,
Extremely Fine and extremely rare, aside from a used block of twelve, only
a few used blocks are known, ex Rose, with 1974 P.F. certificate (Image) 
2c Brown, 3c Ultramarine
(113-114). Blocks of four, each stamp with target cancel, 2c rich
color, faint creases at right, 3c centered to top, Fine
(Image)
6c Ultramarine (115).
Perfectly centered with immense margins all around, rich color on bright
paper, neat strike of segmented cork cancelEXTREMELY FINE GEM. EASILY ONE OF THE FINEST USED 6-CENT 1869 ISSUE STAMPS EXTANT. AN UNBELIEVABLY HUGE STAMP.
We have only seen two examples of the 6c 1869 Issue with these margins: the copy offered here and one offered in our Sale 818 (lot 661, realized $2,500 hammer).
With 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)
6c Ultramarine (115).
Block of four, brilliant color and detailed impression, neat town circular
datestamp and quartered cork cancels, few perf separations sensibly
reinforced, small closed tear at bottom leftVERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE FINEST OF THE TWO OR THREE KNOWN USED BLOCKS OF THE 6-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. A WONDERFUL RARITY.
In his book United States Postage Stamps of 1869, Jonathan Rose records only two or three used blocks. To underscore their rarity, none was present in either the Juhring, Rose or other specialized collections of the 1869 Pictorials we sold recently.
Ex Pitcher and Ishikawa. (Image)