United States Rarities continued...

A PRISTINE AND RARE SET OF KANSAS OVERPRINTS USED ON THE FIRST DAY OF OFFICIAL ISSUE FROM AN UNOFFICIAL CITY.

The combination of the unofficial First Day usage, First Flight cachet and quality of these covers would be virtually impossible to duplicate. Ex Martin (Image)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE JOINT LINE STRIP OF FOUR OF THE 1981 REDRAWN 5-CENT WASHINGTON ISSUE.

According to the discoverer, this was purchased from a small post office near the Maryland and Pennsylvania borders. The head postmaster there gave instructions to sell the remainder of the only roll in their possession, as it was clogging up their dispensing machine. This joint line strip of four is one of only two or three in existence.

When trying to determine value, bidders should examine Scott Catalogue values for other denominations of the set. For example No. 1303a pair catalogues $17.50, while the joint line pair catalogues $250.00. Others price the joint line pair at roughly three times the value of the regular pair. (Image)

VERY FINE. REPORTED TO BE THE ONLY PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF THIS MARINER 10 MISSING COLOR ERROR.

According to Datz, only one sheet of 50 is known, containing one plate number block.

With 2006 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THIS UNUSUAL PERFORATION VARIETY.

With 1996 P.F. certificate (Image)