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1916, 3¢ violet, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 464), o.g., never hinged, lovely stamp with clean color and lines, very nicely centered on fresh paper, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2019 P.S.A.G. certificate graded VF-XF 85. SMQ VF-XF 85; $250. Scott $165 Estimate $200-250 (Image)
1916, 5¢ carmine color error, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 467), the double error in a block of 12, Post Office fresh with warm color and sound perforations; bottom error stamp hinged (plus at positions 2, 4,7 and 11), Very Fine. Scott $1,750 Estimate $1,200-1,800 (Image)
1916, 5¢ carmine color error, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 467), wonderfully fresh with a light wavy-line cancel, solid color and crisp detail; trivial light stain at bottom right corner, otherwise Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a most popular and desirable item, genuine used examples in this condition are nearly impossible to find, with 2012 Weiss certificate graded VF-XF 85 plus ungraded 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate. SMQ VF-XF 85; $2,750. Scott $3,000 Estimate $2,000-3,000 (Image)
1916, 6¢ red orange, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 468), o.g., never hinged, an eye-catching stamp with intense color, flawlessly centered on immaculate white paper; several tiny natural inclusions in neck, Extremely Fine appearance, with 1989 P.F. certificate as "o.g." Scott $200 Estimate $300-400 (Image)
1916, 9¢ salmon red, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 471), o.g., never hinged, fresh with cheery color and not a hint of oxidation; superior centering on lily-white paper, Extremely Fine, choice, with 2005 P.S.E. certificate graded XF 90. SMQ XF 90; $250. Scott $125 Estimate $200-300 (Image)
1916, 10¢ orange yellow, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 472), o.g., never hinged, Post Office fresh with glowing color and paper, nicely framed by oversized margins, Choice Extremely Fine, with 1998 P.F. and 2006 P.S.E. certificates. Scott $240 Estimate $300-400 (Image)
1916, 11¢ dark green & 12¢ claret brown, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 473, 474), o.g., never hinged, each fresh with proof-like impression, the 11¢ particularly pretty and well-centered, Very Fine, with photocopy of 2008 P.S.E. certificate for #474 block of four, this position 2. Scott $205 Estimate $150-200 (Image)
1916, 20¢ light ultramarine, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 476), o.g., never hinged, simply stellar with impeccable color and impression, flawlessly centered on paper that's like brand-new, Extremely Fine, a must-have for the Washington-Franklin collector, with 2011 P.S.A.G. and 2014 P.F. certificates, both graded XF 90. SMQ XF 90; $1,000. Scott $475 Estimate $750-1,000 (Image)
1916, 30¢ orange red, unwatermarked, perf 10 (Scott 476A), position 27 from plate #6911, o.g., never hinged, a breathtaking example with incredibly rich color, flawless impression, and three large balanced margins of pure white, Very Fine for this, a super stamp, one of the finer examples from the pane from Lawson Nagel, with 1984, 1994 and 2000 P.F. certificates. Scott $4,250 Estimate $3,500-5,000 (Image)
1917, $2 dark blue, perf 10 (Scott 479), o.g., never hinged, fresh with strong color and well-balanced margins, Very Fine, a big stamp, with 2017 P.S.E. certificate graded VF 80. SMQ VF 80; $475. Scott $475 Estimate $350-500 (Image)
1917, $5 light green, perf 10 (Scott 480), o.g., never hinged, crisply printed in bright color; flawlessly centered on like-new paper with all perforations clean, Extremely Fine, a pretty stamp, with 2001 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $375 Estimate $400-600 (Image)
1916, 1¢ green to 3¢ violet, unwatermarked, imperforate (Scott 481-484), plate number singles, o.g., never hinged, each Post Office fresh and massively margined, capturing framelines or more of the adjoining stamps, Superb Gem group, the 100Js Top of the Pop, with SMQ only valuing 98s and 100s, with 2007 P.S.E. certificates (#481 2005 P.S.E.), #483 graded SUP 98J, the others GEM 100J. SMQ SUP 98J or GEM 100J; $290+. SMQ SUP 98J or GEM 100J $290+ Estimate $300-400 (Image)
1920, 2¢ deep rose, type Ia, unwatermarked, Schermack type III perfs (Scott 482A), cleanly printed in robust rubine, clean perforations at right with an unobtrusive wavy-line cancel, Fine, an exceptionally rare stamp, with only 40 examples recorded, with 1975 P.F. (signed Neinken) and 2013 P.S.E. certificates.
Scott #482A, like its slightly more valuable counterpart, #314A, was issued imperforate by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and sold to the Schermack Company for use in its patented stamp-affixing machines. The Schermack "Sealer and Stamper" machine typically applied stamps one at a time and, in most cases, the hyphen-hole perforations on one side would be cut off. Unlike Scott #314A, the issue and release of imperforate sheets printed from the experimental Type Ia plates went unnoticed by collectors of the time, which is why so few have survived till now. Scott $65,000 Estimate $15,000-20,000 (Image)
1917, 5¢ carmine color error, unwatermarked, imperf (Scott 485), the single error in a block of 6, the error at position 2, Post Office fresh with compelling color and clean lines, the block with full to wide margins all around; error lightly hinged, surrounding 2¢ stamps never hinged, Extremely Fine, with 2018 P.F. certificate.
While being produced, the regular 2¢ plate produced from plate number 7942 had three positions that were defective. The plate was returned to the siderographer, who burnished out the three defective positions and mistakenly used the transfer roll for the 5¢ stamp. The errors passed unnoticed and the sheets were issued and released to the public in perforation 10, imperforate and perforation 11 corresponding to Scott #467, #485 and #505. The imperforate is by far the rarest of the three. Scott $9,000 for the error single Estimate $7,500-10,000 (Image)
1917, 3¢ violet, unwatermarked, vertical rotary press coil (Scott 489), o.g., never hinged, a come-hither coil with cool color, crystal-clear design, and wide margins perfectly proportioned, a Superb gem, only two stamps attain this summit grade in PSE's Population Report, with 2019 P.S.A.G. certificate graded Gem 100J. SMQ Gem 100J; $375 as a "100". SMQ Gem 100J $375 as a "100" Estimate $500-750 (Image)
1916, 2¢ carmine, type II, unwatermarked, horizontal rotary press coil (Scott 491), joint line pair, o.g., very lightly hinged, boldly colored and crisply printed; fresh with solid top and bottom margins, centered to right, overall Fine and rare, a difficult horizontal coil, scarcer than the vertical, with 1959 P.F. certificate signed Louise Boyd Dale. Scott $13,000 Estimate $5,000-7,500 (Image)
1916, 2¢ carmine, type II, unwatermarked, horizontal rotary press coil (Scott 491), pair, fresh with finely incised lines, bold color, and a New York, NY duplex cancel; sound, Extremely Fine, a Top of the Pop, being SMQ's highest-graded pair, with 2015 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates, the latter graded XF 90. SMQ XF 90; $7,750. Scott $3,750 Estimate $6,000-8,000 (Image)
