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**1861-66 Issue (Scott 55-62) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
841		30c Red Orange, First Color (61). Original gum, vibrant color, faint horizontal crease which is characteristic of the 30c 1861 First Color issue VERY FINE AND CHOICE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY 20 ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLES OF THE 30-CENT 1861 FIRST COLOR AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS. Our census of the 30c 1861 First Color published in the Zoellner catalogue (and available at our website at: http://www.siegelauctions.com/enc/census/61/61.htm) contains a total of 30 examples, including one in the New York Public Library collection. A characteristic common to most examples of the 30c 1861 First Color is faint creasing, which in some cases is very severe and in others barely visible. Census No. 61-OG-11. With 1971 and 2001 P.F. certificates. (Image)	17,500.00	14,500.00
842		90c Blue, First Design (62). Original gum, choice centering with well-balanced margins, deep shade and proof-like impression, slightly rounded corner at top left not mentioned on either accompanying certificate, tiny thin spot at top center EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. THE SECOND RAREST STAMP OF THE 1861 FIRST DESIGNS AND COLORS. ONLY TEN EXAMPLES OF THE 90-CENT FIRST DESIGN WITH ORIGINAL GUM ARE RECORDED. A BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE CLASSIC STAMP. Our census of the 1861 First Designs and Colors published in the Zoellner catalogue (and available at our website at: http://www.siegelauctions.com/enc/census/62/62.htm) contains 22 examples of Scott 62, including one copy in the New York Public Library collection and another copy certified as a privately-perforated No. 62a, which comes from a set in the Col. Green sale that was signed by John Luff (we believe this stamp to be genuine). Excluding the NYPL copy and the ex-Green stamp just noted, only eight examples of the 90c First Design are available with original gum. Of these eight, only three are sound. The example offered here, with a tiny thin spot, has one of the least noticeable faults of the remaining five original-gum stamps. Census No. 62-OG-03. With 1955 and 2001 P.F. certificates, the former not mentioning the tiny thin spot. (Image)	22,500.00	26,000.00

1861-66 Issue (Scott 55-62) continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

841

30c Red Orange, First Color (61). Original gum, vibrant color, faint horizontal crease which is characteristic of the 30c 1861 First Color issue

VERY FINE AND CHOICE APPEARANCE. ONE OF ONLY 20 ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLES OF THE 30-CENT 1861 FIRST COLOR AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.

Our census of the 30c 1861 First Color published in the Zoellner catalogue (and available at our website at: http://www.siegelauctions.com/enc/census/61/61.htm) contains a total of 30 examples, including one in the New York Public Library collection. A characteristic common to most examples of the 30c 1861 First Color is faint creasing, which in some cases is very severe and in others barely visible.

Census No. 61-OG-11. With 1971 and 2001 P.F. certificates. (Image)

17,500.00

14,500.00

842

90c Blue, First Design (62). Original gum, choice centering with well-balanced margins, deep shade and proof-like impression, slightly rounded corner at top left not mentioned on either accompanying certificate, tiny thin spot at top center

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. THE SECOND RAREST STAMP OF THE 1861 FIRST DESIGNS AND COLORS. ONLY TEN EXAMPLES OF THE 90-CENT FIRST DESIGN WITH ORIGINAL GUM ARE RECORDED. A BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE CLASSIC STAMP.

Our census of the 1861 First Designs and Colors published in the Zoellner catalogue (and available at our website at: http://www.siegelauctions.com/enc/census/62/62.htm) contains 22 examples of Scott 62, including one copy in the New York Public Library collection and another copy certified as a privately-perforated No. 62a, which comes from a set in the Col. Green sale that was signed by John Luff (we believe this stamp to be genuine). Excluding the NYPL copy and the ex-Green stamp just noted, only eight examples of the 90c First Design are available with original gum. Of these eight, only three are sound. The example offered here, with a tiny thin spot, has one of the least noticeable faults of the remaining five original-gum stamps.

Census No. 62-OG-03. With 1955 and 2001 P.F. certificates, the former not mentioning the tiny thin spot. (Image)

22,500.00

26,000.00