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#446, 4c Brown flat plate coil, perf. 10 vert., guide line pair, beautifully centered, o.g., the left stamp with a light natural vertical gum crease, otherwise very fine; 2015 PF certificate. (Image)
#454, 2c Red rotary coil, Ty. II, perf. 10 vert., joint line pair, o.g., n.h., fine; 1994 PF certificate for a strip of three, this being the right pair. (Image)
#505, 5c Rose error, select mint single, beautifully centered within generous balanced margins, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2014 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ $1,050.00). (Image)
#510, 10c Orange yellow, wonderfully well centered, radiant rich color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; arguably the most difficult stamp in the set to locate in premium quality; 2006 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ $125.00). (Image)
#634A, 2c Carmine, Ty. II, top sheet-margin single, well centered for this, o.g., n.h., choice very fine; 2002 PSE certificate for a block of four, this being the top left stamp. (Image)
#K1-18, 2c on 1c-$2.00 on $1.00 Offices in China cplt., generally well centered, o.g., which is disturbed on 8c, 18c and 50c, 2c, 12c, 16c and 30c are n.h., fine-very fine set. (Image)
CV. $2,447.00
Opening US$ 725.00
Sold...US$ 725.00
Closed..Sep-27-2019, 15:44:36 EST
Sold For 725
United States United States
Sale No: 171
Lot No: 217
Symbol: */**o
Cat No: Collection
Balance of the Dr. Philip Kotsios collection of classics, regular issues, commemoratives and air mails house in two Scott Platinum albums, a few issues to 1861 are used, including 1851 1c Ty. II and IV, 5c, 10c Ty. II and Ty. III and 12c and 1857 5c Brown Ty. I, however the vast majority of the collection is mint, including 1857 10c Ty. V and 24c, 1861-66 1c, 2c, 3c, 10c and 15c, 1869 1c and 12c, plus a 1c re-issue, 1870-71 National Bank Note Co. 3c with grill and 1c-6c, 10c and 15c-24c without grill, Continental Bank Note Co. 6c-10c, American Bank Note Co. 1c (2), 2c, 3c and 15c (2), as well as some 1881-88 issues, small bank notes complete except for 6c and 8c, 1c-3c, 5c-6c, 10c and 30c-50c Columbians, 1c-50c unwatermarked Bureau issues, 1c-50c watermarked Bureau issues and the 1898 issue complete, Pan-Americans complete, 1c-50 1902 issue, the 20th century commemoratives are complete to 1934, except 2c Lincoln on bluish paper and 1c-10c Orange yellow Panama-Pacific perf. 12, but including the White Plains souvenir sheet, the Washington-Franklins are extensive with 1908-09 to $1.00 complete, then single line wmk. except 5c and 8c, 1c and 2c bluish papers, 1912-14 perf. 12 8c-30c and $1.00, most watermarked perf. 10s to 30c, plus a $1.00, most unwatermarked perf. 10s (lacks 15c, 30c and $1.00), most rotary coils in singles and line pairs (most of the flat plate coils are fake), 1918-20 $2.00 and $5.00 Franklin, offset issues except #534B, 1922 issue complete and most of the following regular issues including #599A single and pair and the air posts are complete except for the $1.30 and $2.60 Graf Zeppelins, somewhat mixed condition to the late Bank Notes, as well as among occasional later issues, with some small faults, regummed or reperfed, but overall quite a decent balance, with the 20th century being particularly nice with most having been chosen for their superior centering so there are many nice VF and XF stamps to be found, overwhelmingly o.g. or l.h., with a fair amount of n.h. so well deserving of a careful inspection; 55 certificates accompany, 28 of which are graded, including 29 with grades of 90 or higher.