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1867-68 Grilled Issue
Lot Sym. Lot Description Est/Cat Realized
2388 og image3c Rose, A. Grill (79). Original gum, fresh color, minimal perf flaws, slight gum soak in the top margin, tiny thin speck, otherwise Fine (Image) 7,500.00 1,900.00
2389 ng image3c Rose, A. Grill (79). Unused (no gum), rich color, well-centered, usual perf faults, few toned specks on back, appears Very Fine (Image) 2,500.00 625.00
2390 ng image3c Rose, A. Grill (79). Unused (no gum), pale shade, perfs better than usual for this all-over grilled stamp, some slight overall soiling, otherwise Very Fine (Image) 2,500.00 350.00
2391 image3c Rose, A. Grill (79). Bright color, neat target cancel, reperfed, Very Fine appearance (Image) 1,350.00 750.00
2392 image3c Rose, C. Grill (83). Choice centering with well-balanced margins, rich color on bright paper, easily discernible grill, cork cancel, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 1988 P.F. certificate (Image) 1,100.00 950.00
2393 image3c Rose, C. Grill (83). Bright color, clearly-defined grill, bold quartered cork cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 1988 and 2004 P.F. certificates (Image) 1,100.00 325.00
2394 image3c Rose, Partially Erased C. Grill (83 var). Boldly struck rosette fancy cancel, prominent grill points, top left corner torn and rejoined, otherwise Fine, this is the famous Worthington stamp that Elliot Perry believed to be the B Grill -- the partially-erased grill variety was created by insufficient erasing or planing away of the points between the grills when the A Grill was converted to the 13 x 16 mm C Grill -- ex Worthington and Dos Passos, with copy of 1981 P.F. certificate (Image) 2,750.00 260.00
2395 image3c Rose, C. Grill, Double Grill (83 var). Target cancel, second grill impression widely displaced allowing for easy identification of second grill, internal break in the grill, single nibbed perf at top, otherwise Fine, rare variety, with 2000 P.S.E. certificate (Image) 2,400.00 850.00
2396 og image3c Rose, C. Grill, Imperforate (83a). Original gum, huge margins all around, bright fresh color, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1991 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail for pair is $1,500.00 (Image) E. 750-1,000 650.00
2397 og image2c Black, D. Grill (84). Bottom sheet margin, original gum, clear and sharp grill points with second impression of grill in selvage, centered to right

VERY GOOD. A RARE AND PRESENTABLE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 2-CENT D GRILL.

The device equipped with the D Grill was refitted with the E Grill on or about February 9, 1868. Based on the earliest known usages of the 2c D Grill (2/15/68) and 3c E Grill (2/12/68), it is our theory that the conversion from the D to E Grill took place only a day or so after sheets of 2c stamps were first run through the D-equipped machine. The great rarity of 2c D Grills, relative to all other regular-production grills, bears out this theory.

With 1993 and 2000 P.F. certificates (Image)

15,000.00 4,750.00
2398 image2c Black, D. Grill (84). Clearly-defined grill, intense shade, bold strike of quartered cork cancel, hoice centering for this difficult issue

VERY FINE. A RARE SOUND AND CENTERED EXAMPLE OF THE 1868 2-CENT D GRILL.

With 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)

3,750.00 2,300.00

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