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United States 1880 Special Printing of the 1879 Issue
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 138
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Cat No: 193
1880 2c black brown, unused without gum as issued, fairly well centered, nice color, nearly v.f., with 1947 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. Siegel Census records 48 certified examples, of which almost half have faults (mostly thins, which are endemic to this soft porous paper). Of the sound examples, nearly all are centered to top or one side, ex-Vahan Mozian, cat. $16000 (Cat No. 193) (Image)
Cat. $16000, Est.$5,000
Opening US$ 6,000.00
Sold...US$ 6,000.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:19:17 EST
Sold For 6000
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 139
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Cat No: 194
1880 3c blue green, unused without gum as issued, intense shade and detailed impression, excellent centering for this difficult issue, v.f., with 1943 American Philatelic Society Board of Examiners certificate and 2019 graded PFC (VF-XF 85). One of the rarest of the Special Printings, not included in the 14 recorded in the Siegel Census (SMQ $185,000 for VF-80 and $300,000 for XF-90) (Scott catalogue value for graded VF-XF85) cat. $215000 (Cat No. 194) (Image)
Cat. $215000, Est.$120,000
Opening US$ 130,000.00
Sold...US$ 130,000.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:20:26 EST
Sold For 130000
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 140
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Cat No: 195
1880 6c dull rose, unused without gum as issued, natural straight edge at right, fine and extremely rare sound copy of this Special Printing, only 26 certified examples have been recorded, with 1951 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates, cat. $67500 (Cat No. 195) (Image)
Cat. $67500, Est.$15,000
Opening US$ 15,000.00
Sold...US$ 15,000.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:21:45 EST
Sold For 15000
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 141
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Cat No: 196
1880 7c scarlet vermilion, unused without gum as issued, well centered, with wide margin at top, v.f., with 2019 PFC. Siegel Census records fewer than 85 copies, many with faults, cat. $6750 (Cat No. 196) (Image)
Cat. $6750, Est.$2,000
Opening US$ 4,000.00
Sold...US$ 4,000.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:23:49 EST
Sold For 4000
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 142
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Cat No: 197
1880 10c deep brown, unused without gum as issued, well centered for this difficult issue, fresh, signed Luff, with 1943 APS Board of Examiners certificate and 2019 PFC. Siegel Census records 33 certified examples. Of these, several are poorly centered and ten or more are faulty (seven, including the example in this auction, have not been examined in many years). A splendid 10c Special Printing, v.f., ex-Col. Green, cat. $34500 (Cat No. 197) (Image)
Cat. $34500, Est.$15,000
Opening US$ 16,500.00
Sold...US$ 16,500.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:24:44 EST
Sold For 16500
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 143
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Cat No: 198
1880 12c blackish purple, unused without gum as issued, well centered for this difficult issue, fresh and fine, with 1952 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. Siegel Census records 64 certified examples, many with faults and poorly centered. A rare Special Printing, cat. $9500 (Cat No. 198) (Image)
Cat. $9500, Est.$3,000
Opening US$ 4,500.00
Sold...US$ 4,500.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:25:56 EST
Sold For 4500
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 144
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Cat No: 199
1880 15c orange, unused without gum as issued, intact perforations on all four sides, centered slightly to upper left, a fine sound example, with 1951 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. Siegel Census records 37 certified examples. Of these, only 12 are confirmed as sound, 10 have faults and 15 need to be reexamined according to current methods and standards. Many of the stamps, regardless of condition, are off center, cat. $29000 (Cat No. 199) (Image)
Cat. $29000, Est.$7,500
Opening US$ 10,000.00
Sold...US$ 10,000.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:27:28 EST
Sold For 10000
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 145
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Cat No: 200
1880 24c dark violet, unused without gum as issued, centered slightly to top, sharp impression, with intact perforations on all sides, fine, less than 70 thought to exist, with 2019 PFC, cat. $9000 (Cat No. 200) (Image)
Cat. $9000, Est.$3,000
Opening US$ 3,500.00
Sold...US$ 3,500.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:28:20 EST
Sold For 3500
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 146
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Cat No: 201
1880 30c greenish black, unused without gum as issued, wide margins, centered to bottom, fine, with 1950 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates (Siegel Census records approximately 45 certified examples, of which only 10 are sound and only seven of those have decent centering. Another 17 need to be re-examined for condition, but only a handful of these have nice centering) cat. $20000 (Cat No. 201) (Image)
Cat. $20000, Est.$6,000
Opening US$ 5,750.00
Sold...US$ 5,750.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:29:05 EST
Sold For 5750
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 147
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Cat No: 202
1880 90c dull carmine, unused without gum as issued, wide margins, fresh and fine, a rare sound copy, pencil signed on back, with 2019 PFC. Siegel Census records approximately 41 certified copies, thins or more serious faults affect about half of the known examples, cat. $29000 (Cat No. 202) (Image)
Cat. $29000, Est.$10,000
Opening US$ 10,000.00
Sold...US$ 10,000.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:30:11 EST
Sold For 10000
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 148
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Cat No: 203
1880 2c scarlet vermilion, unused without gum as issued, beautiful color, well centered for this difficult stamp, v.f., pencil signed W.H.C. Colson, with 1957 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. Siegel Census records only 19 stamps available to collectors, five of which have small faults or short perforations (the 20th copy is in the Miller collection at The New York Public Library). The example offered in this sale has not been seen since 1957 and is number 203-UNC-18 in the census. It is certainly one of the best with respect to color and centering. A slightly off centered copy brought $40,000 in our David Mace sale (April 2018) cat. $100000 (Cat No. 203) (Image)
Cat. $100000, Est.$40,000
Opening US$ 40,000.00
Sold...US$ 40,000.00
Closed..Jul-10-2019, 15:31:03 EST
Sold For 40000
Sale No: 0719
Lot No: 149
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Cat No: 204
1880 5c deep blue, unused without gum as issued, well centered with wide margins on all sides, fresh color, v.f. One of the rarest Special Printings, with 1950 and 2019 Philatelic Foundation Certificates. Siegel Census records only 18 examples of this Special Printing, including one copy in the Miller collection at The New York Public Library. About one third have minor faults. This is No. 204-UNC-16 in the Census, not seen since 1950 and certainly among the finest recorded. Comparable copies have realized $190,000 (Wingate Collection, Siegel Auctions, 2018) and $170,000 (Hall Collection, Siegel Auctions, 2015) cat. $240000 (Cat No. 204) (Image)
