| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 368 |
90c Carmine & Black (122).
Rich colors, neat cork cancel, choice centering with wide even
marginsEXTREMELY FINE. A CHOICE WIDE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image) |
2,300.00 | 3,750.00 | |
| 369 |
90c Carmine & Black (122).
Three wide margins, centered slightly to right, rich color and impression,
cancelled by red Outline Cross fancy cancel with traces of black in
ink mixture, faint diagonal crease, otherwise Very Fine, rare cancellation
on the 90c Pictorial, signed Ashbrook, with 1955 P.F. certificate (does not
mention crease) (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 850.00 | |
| 370 | |
90c Carmine & Black, Without Grill (122a). Original gum, which
accompanying certificate inexplicably describes as "slightly disturbed"
original gum, intense colors and proof-like impressions VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 90-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITHOUT GRILL. ONLY 22 EXAMPLES HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION. Of the 22 copies certified as genuine by the Philatelic Foundation, only fifteen have either part or full original gum. Only eight of these are completely sound. With 2001 P.F. certificate |
16,000.00 | 7,500.00 |