Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The Elliott H. Coulter Collection of The United States 1869 Pictorial Issue continued...

**1875 Re-Issue of 1869 Pictorial Issue (off cover) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
63		12c Green, Re-Issue (128). Original gum, deep rich color and proof-like impression on bright paper, unusually wide margins EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. Only 1,584 sold. Very few of these exist with the margin width and centering of this original-gum example. (Image)	3,000.00
64		12c Green, Re-Issue (128). Rich color, well-struck oval registry cancel, reperfed at right, Very Fine appearance, with 1978 P.F. certificate (Image)	3,000.00
65		12c Green, Re-Issue (128). Deep rich color, pen cancel, tiny corner crease at bottom right, appears Fine, with 1975 P.F. certificate (Image)	3,000.00
66		15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue (129). Original gum, deep rich colors and proof-like impressions, fresh and Very Fine (Image)	1,900.00
67		15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue (129). Rich colors, centrally-struck oval registry cancel, fresh and Very Fine, with 1974 P.F. certificate (Image)	1,150.00
68		15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue, Imperforate Horizontally (129a). Unused (no gum), rich colors, wide margins EXTREMELY FINE. A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 15-CENT 1869 RE-ISSUE IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY. Jonathan W. Rose, in his book United States Postage Stamps of 1869, estimates that no more than five to ten copies of this error exist (our own estimate is 20-30). Only one sheet of 100 was issued, and all were cut into singles by a clerk in the Third Assistant Postmaster General's office. It is not known how many were sold. With 1973 P.F. certificate (Image)	4,250.00
69		24c Green & Violet, Re-Issue (130). Unused (no gum), deep rich colors, small thin spot, appears Very Fine (Image)	1,200.00
70		24c Green & Violet, Re-Issue (130). Rich colors, two bold strikes of oval registry cancels, fresh and Very Fine, with 1972 P.F. certificate (Image)	1,600.00
71		30c Blue & Carmine, Re-Issue (131). Original gum, deep rich colors, choice centering with wide and balanced margins all around EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE. Only 1,535 sold (Image)	3,250.00
72		30c Blue & Carmine, Re-Issue (131). Unused (no gum), deep rich colors, extra wide margins all around FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE. With 1964 P.F. certificate (Image)	1,700.00
73		30c Blue & Carmine, Re-Issue (131). Rich colors, vignette-free strikes of quartered cork cancels VERY FINE AND CHOICE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE. With 1976 P.F. certificate (Image)	2,500.00

1875 Re-Issue of 1869 Pictorial Issue (off cover) continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

12c Green, Re-Issue (128). Original gum, deep rich color and proof-like impression on bright paper, unusually wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE.

Only 1,584 sold. Very few of these exist with the margin width and centering of this original-gum example. (Image)

3,000.00

12c Green, Re-Issue (128). Rich color, well-struck oval registry cancel, reperfed at right, Very Fine appearance, with 1978 P.F. certificate (Image)

3,000.00

12c Green, Re-Issue (128). Deep rich color, pen cancel, tiny corner crease at bottom right, appears Fine, with 1975 P.F. certificate (Image)

3,000.00

15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue (129). Original gum, deep rich colors and proof-like impressions, fresh and Very Fine (Image)

1,900.00

15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue (129). Rich colors, centrally-struck oval registry cancel, fresh and Very Fine, with 1974 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,150.00

15c Brown & Blue, Re-Issue, Imperforate Horizontally (129a). Unused (no gum), rich colors, wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE. A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 15-CENT 1869 RE-ISSUE IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY.

Jonathan W. Rose, in his book United States Postage Stamps of 1869, estimates that no more than five to ten copies of this error exist (our own estimate is 20-30). Only one sheet of 100 was issued, and all were cut into singles by a clerk in the Third Assistant Postmaster General's office. It is not known how many were sold.

With 1973 P.F. certificate (Image)

4,250.00

24c Green & Violet, Re-Issue (130). Unused (no gum), deep rich colors, small thin spot, appears Very Fine (Image)

1,200.00

24c Green & Violet, Re-Issue (130). Rich colors, two bold strikes of oval registry cancels, fresh and Very Fine, with 1972 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,600.00

30c Blue & Carmine, Re-Issue (131). Original gum, deep rich colors, choice centering with wide and balanced margins all around

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.

Only 1,535 sold (Image)

3,250.00

30c Blue & Carmine, Re-Issue (131). Unused (no gum), deep rich colors, extra wide margins all around

FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.

With 1964 P.F. certificate (Image)

1,700.00

30c Blue & Carmine, Re-Issue (131). Rich colors, vignette-free strikes of quartered cork cancels

VERY FINE AND CHOICE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 30-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL RE-ISSUE.

With 1976 P.F. certificate (Image)

2,500.00