Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

Superb United States Stamps, Featuring the Sarasota Collection continued...

**1869 Pictorial Issue**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
95		1c Buff (112). Original gum, lightly hinged, brilliant color, well-balanced margins throughout VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE ONE-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. With 1999 P.F. certificate (Image)	6,000.00
96		1c Buff (112). Choice centering, pretty pastel color, quartered cork cancel, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2002 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90) (Image)	175.00
97		2c Brown (113). Original gum, rich color, Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85, in our opinion a solid 90) (Image)	775.00
98		2c Brown (113). Wide balanced margins, rich color, bold quartered cork cancel, Extremely Fine Gem (Image)	90.00
99		3c Ultramarine, Split Grill (114 var). Mint N.H., rich color, choice centering with well-balanced margins EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITH SPLIT GRILL. With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90). Scott Retail as hinged (Image)	400.00
100		3c Ultramarine (114). Original gum, lightly hinged, Jumbo margins with huge bottom right corner sheet margins, Extremely Fine Gem, a spectacular stamp (Image)	350.00
101		6c Ultramarine (115). Extraordinarily well-centered, bright color on crisp white paper, neat target cancellation and bit of a red transit as well, Extremely Fine, with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image)	240.00
102		6c Ultramarine (115). Enormously wide margins all around with part of adjoining stamp at left, light target cancel, bright shade, Extremely Fine Gem, the 6c 1869 is rarely found with extra wide margins on all sides, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)	240.00
103		10c Yellow (116). Original gum, brilliant color as fresh as the day it was printed, perfectly centered with balanced margins all around EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. SCARCE IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION. With 2005 P.F. certificate (Image)	2,500.00
104		10c Yellow (116). Unused (no gum), radiant color, almost perfectly centered EXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLY FRESH UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. With 2005 P.F. certificate (Image)	1,000.00
105		10c Yellow (116). Wide margins, rich color, neat strike of segmented cork cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2000 and 2004 P.S.E. certificates (latter XF 90) (Image)	150.00

1869 Pictorial Issue

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

1c Buff (112). Original gum, lightly hinged, brilliant color, well-balanced margins throughout

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF FOUR OF THE ONE-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.

With 1999 P.F. certificate (Image)

6,000.00

1c Buff (112). Choice centering, pretty pastel color, quartered cork cancel, fresh and Extremely Fine, with 2002 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90) (Image)

175.00

2c Brown (113). Original gum, rich color, Extremely Fine, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85, in our opinion a solid 90) (Image)

775.00

2c Brown (113). Wide balanced margins, rich color, bold quartered cork cancel, Extremely Fine Gem (Image)

90.00

3c Ultramarine, Split Grill (114 var). Mint N.H., rich color, choice centering with well-balanced margins

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE WITH SPLIT GRILL.

With 2004 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90). Scott Retail as hinged (Image)

400.00

100

3c Ultramarine (114). Original gum, lightly hinged, Jumbo margins with huge bottom right corner sheet margins, Extremely Fine Gem, a spectacular stamp (Image)

350.00

101

6c Ultramarine (115). Extraordinarily well-centered, bright color on crisp white paper, neat target cancellation and bit of a red transit as well, Extremely Fine, with 1992 P.F. certificate (Image)

240.00

102

6c Ultramarine (115). Enormously wide margins all around with part of adjoining stamp at left, light target cancel, bright shade, Extremely Fine Gem, the 6c 1869 is rarely found with extra wide margins on all sides, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

240.00

103

10c Yellow (116). Original gum, brilliant color as fresh as the day it was printed, perfectly centered with balanced margins all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. SCARCE IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION.

With 2005 P.F. certificate (Image)

2,500.00

104

10c Yellow (116). Unused (no gum), radiant color, almost perfectly centered

EXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLY FRESH UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.

With 2005 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,000.00

105

10c Yellow (116). Wide margins, rich color, neat strike of segmented cork cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2000 and 2004 P.S.E. certificates (latter XF 90) (Image)

150.00