Superb and Rare United States Stamps continued...

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A REMARKABLY CHOICE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 50-CENT VIOLET PERF 10.

With 1992 P.F. certificate (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF SCOTT 444 IN THE FINEST ATTAINABLE CONDITION.

With 1993 P.F. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 2-CENT COIL, SCOTT 444.

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

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 1915 2-CENT TYPE I VERTICAL COIL. AN OUTSTANDING RARITY.

Type I rotary press stamps were produced using the same master dies as had been used for flat plate printings. However, due to the curve of the plate to fit the rotary press, the impressions lacked some of the details of the flat plate printings. New dies were made with strengthened lines, resulting in the Type II stamps. After plate wear was noticed, further strengthening was necessary, resulting in the Type III stamps. Scott 449 was not produced until almost a year and a half after the Type I horizontal coil, Scott 453. Due to the unpopularity of vertical coils, this Type I stamp was in production for only a short period of time before being discontinued. The joint line pair offered here, in Mint N.H. condition and with such choice centering and color, is a major rarity, and it is one of the finest Scott 449 line pairs extant.

With 1973 P.F. certificate as a joint line strip of four and with 2005 P.F. certificate as joint line strip of three. The singles are offered in the following two lots. (Image)

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED SINGLE OF THE RARE 2-CENT COIL, SCOTT 449.

With copy of 1973 P.F. certificate for guide line strip of four. This is the bottom stamp of the strip. The joint line pair is offered in the previous lot, and the top single is offered in the next lot. (Image)

VERY FINE. A SCARCE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT TYPE I ROTARY COIL, SCOTT 449.

With copy of 1973 P.F. certificate as joint line strip of four and with copy of 2005 P.F. certificate as joint line strip of three. The other stamps from the multiple are offered in the previous lots. (Image)