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Errors, Freaks & Oddities

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Lot Description

106

Extensive Errors Freaks and Oddities 1865-1998, we think of EFOs as a modern phenomenon but this 350+ item master collection suggests otherwise; housed in two large binders it begins with freak perforation of Scott # 26 on an advertising envelope, straddle-pane on cover, and miscuts and mis perfs for early adhesives including 63, 65, 114, 186, and 300 on envelopes; perforations include vertical misperf, double perf, and freak perf related to folded paper; 295 "sinking train", 409 Kansas City roulette, 483 private roulette, 498 gap caused by cleaning string left on plate during printing, 499 preprinting fold over error, 499 horizontal perfs shifted 7mm into bottom row, 515 blind pin perfs, 530a double impression, 538a imperf horizontally, 540a coil waste, 554 underinking while cleaning plates, 597 early rotary gutter snipe, 599 partial plate number, 634 counterfeit, 634b carmine-lake shade, 657 crease/tear repair, 685 Specimen, 704 broken circle, 709 spot between the eyes, 702 cross shift, 804b booklet pane miscut displying EE bars, 805 with slime hole, 807 paper hole, 808 war perfs, 842 margin paper tear, 869 web splice, 986 inner frame missing plate flaw, 1030 precancel "OHIO" printed upside down, 1093 FDC city spelled "Philadelpia", 900 cleaning fluid smear, 1058a imperf pair, 1088 plate number scratch, 1111 blue leaves missing, 1131 complete offset impression, 1157 miscut horizontally"design change", 985 gum ommitted, 1198 rejection marking, 1238 partial offset with plate block, 1287 counterfeit, 1292 shades, 1332 red flag stripes on capsule missing, 1363c light yellow missing, 1414 foreign material on stamp, 1471 oversized, 1560 descriptive printing on reverse misregistered, 1547 colors misregistered, 1610a brown omitted, 1622 unwiped inking roller, 1690a light blue omitted, 1726 printed fades, 1686o "USA 13¢" missing from 1st stamp, 1804 printer's waste, 1861 perforation scrunch, 1894 solvent smear, 1926a black omitted, 1946 red repair tape, 2145a engraved colors omitted, 2349 solvent wash, 2718aPb proof block, 2756-2759b black omitted (PSE cert), 4786 copier counterfeit, 2872d quadruple impression (PF cert), C11 no "TOP", C63d all color omitted, C81 red doubled, E15 plate number scratch, as well as "Army Frank" issues (3 colors) on cover (repudiated by the Army and the Post Office); a landmark holding and extensive retail potential or the cornerstone to a start into this intriguing area, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 13 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)

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Estimate $10,000-15,000
SOLD for $8,000.00
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107

An EFO Folly a Duh, when one just isn't enough; nearly 80 examples of printing and post-production gaffes, with classics including #R135b, 467 in block of six, 505 in block of nine, 538a, 540a, 639a, 832 vignette shift, Cuba #225 "Cupa" error, etc.; also a wealth of perforation errors (shifts, imperfs, part-perforates, additional imperfs between), overinkings, pre-printing and -perforating paper folds, coils with partial plate numbers, offsets, albino cut squares, #UXC1, a pane of 14¢ Sinclair Lewis imperforate vertically between columns 2 & 3, etc., etc., etc.; a fun lot for collector and dealer alike, all neatly arranged on album, sales or stock pages, Very Fine, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction