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Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
173		10c Blue, Paterson (2). Ample to large margins, tied by "Quincy Flor. Jan. 21" circular datestamp on piece, Very Fine (Image)	515.00	210.00
174		10c Dark Blue, Paterson (2b). Very deep shade, similar to Indigo but without the intensity and greenish cast, ample to large margins, ms. cancel, matching "Wilsonville Ala. Decr. 30" ms. pmk. on buff cover to Shelby Springs Ala., reduced at left, stamp has tiny scuff speck at right, otherwise Very Fine (Image)	E. 200-300	230.00
175		10c Blue, Light Blue, Paterson (2, 2a, 2e). Nine, incl. one Stone Y (2e), others in range of dark and light shades, ample to large margins, cancelled by circular datestamp (two on pieces), minor thin spots or slight crease affect all but a couple, otherwise Very Fine-Extremely Fine	1,820.00	425.00
176		10c Indigo, Paterson (2c). Position 44, full margins, phenomenal intense shade and impression, Livingston (Ala.) circular datestamp, slight thin and offset on back VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE TRUE INDIGO IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL CONFEDERATE COLOR VARIETIES. Ex Knapp (note indicates he acquired it from the Herman collection in 1919) (Image)	2,250.00	1,050.00
177		10c Blue, Paterson, Printed on Both Sides (2d). One side with full impression and indistinct town datestamp, other side with split impression, color washed out, thinned ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE PRINTED-ON-BOTH-SIDES VARIETY ARE KNOWN TO US. This stamp is pictured in the Dietz 1929 edition, and the other known example is pictured in the Dietz revised catalogue (p. 131). Both have the Paterson marks. Listed but unpriced in Scott (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000	2,400.00
178		10c Light Milky Blue, Stone Y (2e). Block of four, original gum, large margins all around incl. bottom sheet margin, bright color, typical Stone Y impression EXTREMELY FINE. THE FINEST RECORDED BLOCK OF THE STONE Y LITHOGRAPH. VERY FEW UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN TO EXIST. Leonard H. Hartmann, in an article on the 10c Stone Y stamps (Chronicle 186, May 2000, p. 121), stated: "Now for the shocker -- and I give this with considerable reservations as it should not be so, based on the large number of used singles. The only unused example of Stone Y that I know of are two singles and a poor condition block of 15! This general observation has been confirmed by several friends who have seen a large number of Confederate Lithographs and have commented they have never seen an unused Stone Y." Mr. Hartmann cites an unused single in Caspary and an unused block in the Wickersham collection sold by Robert Laurence in 1940 (thin spot in one stamp), neither of which was photographed. There is also mention in Dietz of an unused block of 10, which may in fact be referring to the defective block of 15. Ex Knapp. Listed in Scott but unpriced (Image)	E. 5,000-7,500	9,000.00

General Issues Off-Cover (No. 2) continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

173

10c Blue, Paterson (2). Ample to large margins, tied by "Quincy Flor. Jan. 21" circular datestamp on piece, Very Fine (Image)

515.00

210.00

174

10c Dark Blue, Paterson (2b). Very deep shade, similar to Indigo but without the intensity and greenish cast, ample to large margins, ms. cancel, matching "Wilsonville Ala. Decr. 30" ms. pmk. on buff cover to Shelby Springs Ala., reduced at left, stamp has tiny scuff speck at right, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

E. 200-300

230.00

175

10c Blue, Light Blue, Paterson (2, 2a, 2e). Nine, incl. one Stone Y (2e), others in range of dark and light shades, ample to large margins, cancelled by circular datestamp (two on pieces), minor thin spots or slight crease affect all but a couple, otherwise Very Fine-Extremely Fine

1,820.00

425.00

176

10c Indigo, Paterson (2c). Position 44, full margins, phenomenal intense shade and impression, Livingston (Ala.) circular datestamp, slight thin and offset on back

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE TRUE INDIGO IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL CONFEDERATE COLOR VARIETIES.

Ex Knapp (note indicates he acquired it from the Herman collection in 1919) (Image)

2,250.00

1,050.00

177

10c Blue, Paterson, Printed on Both Sides (2d). One side with full impression and indistinct town datestamp, other side with split impression, color washed out, thinned

ONLY TWO EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE PRINTED-ON-BOTH-SIDES VARIETY ARE KNOWN TO US.

This stamp is pictured in the Dietz 1929 edition, and the other known example is pictured in the Dietz revised catalogue (p. 131). Both have the Paterson marks.

Listed but unpriced in Scott (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000

2,400.00

178

10c Light Milky Blue, Stone Y (2e). Block of four, original gum, large margins all around incl. bottom sheet margin, bright color, typical Stone Y impression

EXTREMELY FINE. THE FINEST RECORDED BLOCK OF THE STONE Y LITHOGRAPH. VERY FEW UNUSED EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN TO EXIST.

Leonard H. Hartmann, in an article on the 10c Stone Y stamps (Chronicle 186, May 2000, p. 121), stated: "Now for the shocker -- and I give this with considerable reservations as it should not be so, based on the large number of used singles. The only unused example of Stone Y that I know of are two singles and a poor condition block of 15! This general observation has been confirmed by several friends who have seen a large number of Confederate Lithographs and have commented they have never seen an unused Stone Y." Mr. Hartmann cites an unused single in Caspary and an unused block in the Wickersham collection sold by Robert Laurence in 1940 (thin spot in one stamp), neither of which was photographed. There is also mention in Dietz of an unused block of 10, which may in fact be referring to the defective block of 15.

Ex Knapp. Listed in Scott but unpriced (Image)

E. 5,000-7,500

9,000.00