| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 3240 | |
2c Carmine, Ty. II, Coil
(491). Lightly hinged, perfectly centered with evenly-proportioned
margins, intense shade and impressionEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT TYPE II COIL. With 1980 P.F. certificate (Image) |
2,200.00 | 3,500.00 |
| 3241 |
6c Red Orange, Perf 10 at
Bottom (506a). Fresh color, light circular datestamp at right leaves
most of design clearly visible, small corner crease and small crease, three
short perfs not noted on certificateVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY ELEVEN USED COPIES HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION. A RECENT DISCOVERY OFFERED TO THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME. In the last five years, we have sold two other used singles -- one precancelled with a corner crease at top right and a small tear that realized $2,000 hammer in our 2000 Rarities sale, and one with a s.e. and small tears that realized $2,800 hammer in our Twigg-Smith sale. With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image) |
3,500.00 | 3,500.00 | |
| 3242 |
9c Salmon Red, Perf 10 at
Bottom (509a). "Parkersburg W. Va." precancel, small faults at
bottomFINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 9-CENT FRANKLIN PERF 10 AT BOTTOM. At a certain point in the sheet, the defective perforating wheel changed from gauge 11 to gauge 10 along one row. With 1963 P.F. certificate (noting a tear only) (Image) |
6,000.00 | 2,600.00 | |
| 3245 | ![]() |
2c Carmine Rose, Ty. III,
Rotary Perf 11 x 10, Vertical Pair, Imperforate Horizontally (540a).
Mint N.H. top plate no. block of 90, perfectly centered, post-office fresh
and intactEXTREMELY FINE. AN INCREDIBLE PLATE BLOCK OF NINETY OF SCOTT NO. 540a IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY IN PERFECT CONDITION. Scott Retail as plate block, nineteen blocks of four and five pairs. (Image) |
5,547.00 | 5,000.00 |