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**Washington-Franklin and Other Issues (Scott 367-399)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
292	P	2c Lincoln, Large Die Proof on India (367P1). Die sunk on 120 x 152 mm card, showing full die sinkage and with India slightly trimmed, few small toning spots, otherwise Very Fine (Image)	1,100.00	950.00
293		2c Carmine, Coil (388). Guide line pair, lightly hinged, deep rich color and proof-like impression, beautiful centering with wide margins EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE RARE 1910 SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK 2-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL. With 1972 P.F. certificate (Image)	5,750.00	12,000.00
294		2c Carmine, Coil (388). Pair, lightly hinged, deep rich color and detailed impression, mathematically perfect centering both top-to-bottom and side-to-side EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING PERFECTLY-CENTERED PAIR OF THE 1910 SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK 2-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL. With 1968 and 2000 P.F. certificates (Image)	2,500.00	5,000.00
295		2c Carmine, Coil (388). Lightly hinged, deep rich color, enormous margins at top and bottom and almost perfectly centered side-to-side, Extremely Fine Gem, a huge stamp, small pencil notation on gum, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)	875.00	2,700.00
296		3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Deep rich color and sharp proof-like impression, neat wavy-line machine cancel of Orangeburg N.Y., perfs just touch design at left, small corner creases at top right (as often found in examples of this rare coil) A FINE-APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL. The Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911, specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. The 3c coil stamps were used to send samples of their products to physicians. Due to the quantity of mail, they were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. The Orangeburg coil stamps' use on third-class mail, and the fact that philatelists were generally unaware of their production accounts for their rarity. With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)	11,500.00	5,000.00
297		5c Panama-Pacific (399). Top margin plate no. block of six, bottom right and top center stamps barest trace of hinging, others Mint N.H., deep rich color, each stamp perfectly centered EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB PLATE BLOCK OF THE PERF 12 5-CENT PANAMA-PACIFIC ISSUE. With 1992 P.F. certificate (Image)	1,900.00	2,900.00

Washington-Franklin and Other Issues (Scott 367-399)

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

292

2c Lincoln, Large Die Proof on India (367P1). Die sunk on 120 x 152 mm card, showing full die sinkage and with India slightly trimmed, few small toning spots, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

1,100.00

950.00

293

2c Carmine, Coil (388). Guide line pair, lightly hinged, deep rich color and proof-like impression, beautiful centering with wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE RARE 1910 SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK 2-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL.

With 1972 P.F. certificate (Image)

5,750.00

12,000.00

294

2c Carmine, Coil (388). Pair, lightly hinged, deep rich color and detailed impression, mathematically perfect centering both top-to-bottom and side-to-side

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN OUTSTANDING PERFECTLY-CENTERED PAIR OF THE 1910 SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK 2-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL.

With 1968 and 2000 P.F. certificates (Image)

2,500.00

5,000.00

295

2c Carmine, Coil (388). Lightly hinged, deep rich color, enormous margins at top and bottom and almost perfectly centered side-to-side, Extremely Fine Gem, a huge stamp, small pencil notation on gum, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)

875.00

2,700.00

296

3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg Coil (389). Deep rich color and sharp proof-like impression, neat wavy-line machine cancel of Orangeburg N.Y., perfs just touch design at left, small corner creases at top right (as often found in examples of this rare coil)

A FINE-APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL.

The Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911, specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. The 3c coil stamps were used to send samples of their products to physicians. Due to the quantity of mail, they were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. The Orangeburg coil stamps' use on third-class mail, and the fact that philatelists were generally unaware of their production accounts for their rarity.

With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

11,500.00

5,000.00

297

5c Panama-Pacific (399). Top margin plate no. block of six, bottom right and top center stamps barest trace of hinging, others Mint N.H., deep rich color, each stamp perfectly centered

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB PLATE BLOCK OF THE PERF 12 5-CENT PANAMA-PACIFIC ISSUE.

With 1992 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,900.00

2,900.00