The Lake Shore Collection of United States Stamps and Covers continued...

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE FOREIGN ENTRY OF THE ONE-CENT FRANKLIN ON THE TWO-CENT 1908 WASHINGTON PLATE.

Only one position -- the fourth position under the plate no. on the upper left pane of Plate 5299 -- yields this interesting variety. It is believed to have been created when a 1c transfer roll was erroneously used to enter this position on the 2c plate. When it was discovered prior to printing, the design was burnished away and corrected with a 2c entry. Some elements of the 1c design remained. This same plate was also used during production of Scott Nos. 344, 349, 375 and 384.

With 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)

FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE FOREIGN ENTRY OF THE ONE-CENT FRANKLIN ON THE TWO-CENT 1908 WASHINGTON PLATE.

With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 4-CENT BLUISH PAPER ISSUE.

With 1973 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.

Blue backstamp. With 1967 P.F. certificate. (Image)

VERY FINE AND VERY RARE. ONLY FIVE USED EXAMPLES OF THE 5-CENT BLUISH ARE RECORDED. OF THESE FIVE, ONLY THREE ARE COVERS. ONE OF THE RAREST USED STAMPS IN 20TH CENTURY UNITED STATES PHILATELY.

Our research, including a thorough search of auction catalogues, the Levi records and the records of the Philatelic Foundation, produced five used examples of the 5c Bluish: 1) off-cover - duplex cancel with 1911 yeardate, reperforated at bottom and pressed-out corner crease, ex Twigg-Smith (Siegel Sale 835, realized $11,000 hammer), 2) off cover - stamp originally affixed upside down on Nov. 9, 1910 cover from Kansas City Mo. to Bogota, Colombia, two pulled perforations (removed from cover), 3) s.e. at left, used on Oct. 24, 1910 cover from Cambridge Mass. to Bangkok, Siam, 4) s.e. at left, used on June 20, 1910 cover from Detroit Mich. to American Express office in London, and 5) the example offered here.

To summarize, three are known on cover (two with straight-edge), and two are known off cover (both with faults).

With 1993 P.S.E. and 1995 P.F. certificates (Image)

FINE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 8-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER.

With 1973 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE. A SCARCE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 13-CENT BLUISH PAPER ISSUE.

A small supply is known used from Saginaw Mich.

With 1988 P.F. certificate. (Image)

FINE APPEARANCE AND RARE. ONLY NINE USED PAIRS AND ONE USED GUIDE LINE STRIP OF FOUR ARE KNOWN TO US. A GREAT RARITY.

The Philatelic Foundation has certified as genuine only eight used pairs and the used strip of four with guide line (which realized $21,000 hammer in our Twigg-Smith sale).

Ex Twigg-Smith. With 1988 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY TWELVE ORANGEBURG COIL COVERS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.

The Orangeburg coil was made by the Post Office Department in 1911, specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. The 3c coil stamps were used to send samples of their products to physicians. Due to the quantity of mail, they were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. The Orangeburg coil stamps' use on third-class mail, and the fact that philatelists were generally unaware of their production accounts for their rarity.

Ex Grunin. With 1989 P.F. certificate. (Image)

FINE AND SOUND. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED PASTE-UP EXAMPLES OF THE 1911 3-CENT ORANGEBURG COIL.

The paste-up process was necessary to produce rolls of coils from half-sheets of 20 stamps wide. Only one of every ten coil pairs was a paste-up. This single is one of four recorded 3c Orangeburg paste-ups, incuding the unused pair.

With 1998 A.P.S. certificate (Image)