15c Brown & Blue, Ty. II,
Center Inverted (119b). Bright colors, cork cancel leaves design
clearly visible, defective incl. repairsA FINE-APPEARING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 15-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL INVERT. ONLY 91 COPIES ARE RECORDED IN OUR CENSUS.
Our census of 1869 Inverts, published in the February 1999 Chronicle and updated with two new stamps, contains 91 examples of the 15c Invert, including three unused and 87 used (one in the British Library's Tapling collection).
Census No. 119b-CAN-CE-06 (Image)
24c Green & Violet (120).
Unused (no gum), lovely impression with fresh and bright colors, Very Fine,
with 1984 P.F. certificate (Image)
24c Green & Violet (120).
Almost perfectly centered with wide and well-balanced margins, bright
colors, red cancel, small crease at top right, single replaced
pulled perf at right center, otherwise Extremely Fine, scarce with such
choice centering and a colored cancel, with 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)
24c Green & Violet (120).
Bright colors on white paper, quartered cork cancel, fresh and Very Fine,
with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)
24c Green & Violet (120).
Well-balanced margins, rich color, light strike of cork cancel, Very Fine
and choice, with 2004 P.F. certificate
(Image)
24c Green & Violet (120).
Deep colors, circle of V's cancel, reperfed at left, otherwise Very Fine (Image)
24c Green & Violet (120).
Block of four, beautiful rich colors and proof-like impressions on bright
white paper, four neat strikes of attractive cork cancels, unusually choice
centering throughout, few expertly strengthened perf separations, top left
stamp trivial edge creaseEXTREMELY FINE. CONSIDERED TO BE THE FINEST USED BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE 24-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. ONLY SIX USED BLOCKS ARE RECORDED.
The six recorded used blocks of the 24c 1869, not counting the unique Invert block, are as follows (identified by last known pedigree): 1) Rose block, VF centering, fancy circle of V's cancel neatly struck on each stamp, minor wrinkling causing light creasing, top right stamp small margin tear, offered in Siegel sale 794, 2) ex-Bechtel block, EF centering, circular cork cancels over each vignette, the block offered here, 3) ex-Ishikawa block, VF centering, heavy circle of wedges cancel, left stamps few small tears, 4) ex-Anderson block, Fine centering to top right, circle of wedges cancel, 5) ex-Klein block, Fine centering to left, quartered cork cancels, light corner crease at bottom right and several rejoined perfs, and 6) ex-Lopez block, perfs cutting in at right, cork cancels. All of the other blocks have minor creases or small tears.
Ex Bechtel. (Image)
30c Ultramarine & Carmine
(121). Original gum, almost perfectly centered with wide and
well-balanced margins all aroundEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A REMARKABLY FRESH AND BEAUTIFULLY-CENTERED ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.
The 10c and 30c 1869 Pictorial stamps have unframed designs that can be difficult to judge in terms of centering and margins, because the wings at top and flag points at sides are often touched by the perforation holes. This stamp, with margins well clear of the extreme points of the design, is one of the finest original-gum 30c 1869's we have encountered.
With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)
30c Ultramarine & Carmine
(121). Unused (no gum), choice margins and bright colors, Very Fine (Image)
30c Ultramarine & Carmine
(121). Deep rich colors, almost perfectly centered with well-balanced
margins, cork cancel leaves design clearly visible, Extremely Fine Gem, a
superb stamp in every respect, with 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)
30c Ultramarine & Carmine
(121). Wide even margins and choice centering, intense colors,
cancelled by small circle of wedges and part of red datestamp at lower
left, Extremely Fine, a beautiful 30c 1869 Pictorial, with 2004 P.F.
certificate (Image)