5c Buff (67). Extra wide
margins, cancelled by datestamp, bright shade, expertly reperfed at right,
Extremely Fine appearance (Image)
5c Buff (67). Bright
color, well-struck San Francisco cogwheel cancel, fresh and Fine (Image)
10c Yellow Green (68).
Jumbo margins, rich color, blue target cancel and part of circular
datestamp at bottom left, Extremely Fine Gem, a huge stamp, with 1999 P.F.
certificate (Image)
10c Yellow Green (68).
Wide margins and choice centering, intense shade, "New-York" circular
datestamp, Extremely Fine (Image)
10c Green (68).
Beautifully centered, intense shade and impression, faint blue
double-circle datestamp, Extremely Fine
(Image)
12c Black (69). Wide
margins, detailed impressionon crisp paper, clear strike of red
"Supplementary Mail" Ty. A handstamp, Very Fine and choice, a beautiful
stamp (Image)
24c Red Lilac (70).
Perfect centering and balanced margins, intense early purplish shade,
clearly struck red grid cancel, Extremely Fine, superb used examples
of the 24c 1861 are rarely encountered
(Image)
24c Brown Lilac (70a).
Unusually nice centering, beautiful pastel shade providing neutral
background for bold blue "Baltimore Md. Oct. 20 '65" double-circle
datestamp, negligible corner crease at top left, Very Fine and choice
appearance, with 2004 P.F. certificate
(Image)
24c Brown Lilac (70a).
Cancelled by bright green segmented cork (probably Richmond Va.),
reperfed, Fine appearance, green cancels are very rarely seen on the 24c
1861 (Image)
30c Orange (71). Original
gum, essentially perfect centering, vivid color in the bright early
shadeEXTREMELY FINE GEM. AMONG THE FINEST ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLES OF THE 30-CENT 1861 ISSUE IN EXISTENCE. THE BRIGHT ORANGE SHADE IS EXTREMELY RARE IN ANY ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION, AND THIS SUPERB EXAMPLE COULD WELL BE THE FINEST.
The narrowly-spaced 30c 1861 plate left very little room for the 12-gauge perforations between stamps. Consequently, examples with wide margins at sides are extremely rare -- this fact is acknowledged in the Scott Catalogue footnote to No. 71. The stamp offered is one of the few known original-gum examples in a higher grade. Furthermore, the shade is typical of the earliest 1861 printing, distinguished by its brightness and yellow glow. We have seen very few original-gum examples of the early shade, and this is qithout question the finest we have handled.
With 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)
30c Orange (71). Original
gum, lightky hinged, deep shade on crisp paper, Very Fine and choice, with
2000 P.F. certificate (Image)