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Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 1¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R103a), a lovely mint example, remarkably fresh and exceptionally well centered with disturbed original gum; accompanying certificate notes a "faint thin" at the top, which, frankly, we can't even see, otherwise an Extremely Fine gem, ex "World Traveller" Collection, with a 2019 P.F. certificate.
The Philatelic Foundation has certified only one other unused example, that one being without gum. Scott $1,600 for used Estimate $3,000-4,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 2¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R104a), a choice used example of this rare invert, fresh and beautifully centered with a clear 12/19/1871 manuscript cancel, Extremely Fine, the few well-centered examples all appear to have been used by the same firm, with a 2016 P.F. certificate.
The Isleham, Joyce, Zoellner and Tolman examples of this invert were all utilized by the same user as this one; their manuscript cancels were dated 12/15 & 12/27 of 1871, and 1/2 & 1/4 of 1872, respectively. Scott $5,000 Estimate $7,500-10,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 5¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R107a), unused without gum, wonderfully bright and fresh and quite well-centered; tiny, very faint thin spot at the bottom, Very Fine for this, ex "World Traveller" Collection, with a 2019 P.F. certificate.
Most of the recorded 5¢ inverts are poorly centered and quite faulty. This example is among the finest extant. Scott $4,000 for used Estimate $4,000-6,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 6¢ blue & black (Scott R108), wonderfully fresh and mathematically centered with a neat blue Dec 1871 "Brink & Co., New York" double-oval handstamped cancel, an Extremely Fine gem, with 2020 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $300 Estimate $300-400 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 10¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R109a), a sound unused example with traces of original gum causing gum-soaked perforations, Fine to Very Fine. Quite rare unused, ex Curtis, with a 2001 P.F. certificate. Scott $2,000 for used Estimate $2,000-3,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 10¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R109a), bright color with a colorless embossed cancel; cancel "penetrated the paper in a few places…with a tiny thin" according to the accompanying certificate, which we believe sounds much worse than it actually is, Fine, with a 2004 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $2,000 Estimate $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 20¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R111a), fresh and attractive with relatively light herringbone (cut) cancel; tiny, virtually invisible scuff noted in the accompanying certificate, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Fewer than 20 examples are recorded, with a 2016 P.F. certificate. Scott $3,000 Estimate $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 25¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R112a), unused without gum, fresh and virtually perfectly centered; small, inconspicuous faults including a couple of "shortish" perforations at the left, Very Fine appearance, with a 2016 P.F. certificate.
Of the 16 examples recorded in the Lyons census, three are unused. Scott $13,000 for used Estimate $8,000-12,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 25¢ blue & black, sewing machine perfs (Scott R112c), a gorgeous bottom sheet margin strip of 3 with part-imprint & plate no. 21, fresh and incredibly well-centered with a very light manuscript cancel—a single pen stroke at the lower right; faint horizontal crease across the top, otherwise Extremely Fine. An extraordinary multiple, with a 2020 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $535 ++ Estimate $750-1,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 50¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R115a), a fresh mint single with small part o.g., Fine to Very Fine. Fewer than 10 unused examples are recorded, with a 2014 P.S.A.G. certificate. Scott $1,050 for used Estimate $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 50¢ blue & black, sewing machine perfs (Scott R115c), fresh and unusually well-centered; small internal crease, Very Fine appearance. Scott $500 Estimate $300-400 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, 70¢ blue & black, center inverted (Scott R117a), remarkably bright and fresh with a neat blue herringbone cancel dated Nov 9, 1871; small thin spot and two minute pinholes; fresh, Very Fine appearance, ex "World Traveller" Collection, with a 2019 P.F. certificate.
The "herringbone" portion of the cancelling device is designed to "cut" the paper, but, in this case, it doesn't even break the surface—strictly speaking, not really a "cut" cancel, though certified as such in the accompanying certificate. Scott $1,250 for cut cancel Estimate $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $1 blue & black, center inverted (Scott R118a), fresh and attractive with a light manuscript cancel; tiny thin just below an expertly repaired punch cancel, Fine to Very Fine appearance, with a 2007 Weiss certificate. Scott $1,500 Estimate $500-750 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $1.30 blue & black (Scott R119), unused without gum, exceptionally fresh with strong color and impression, Very Fine for this. Scott $750 used Estimate $400-600 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $1.30 blue & black (Scott R119), fresh color and bold August 1871 manuscript cancel, Fine, ex "World Traveller" Collection. Scott $750 Estimate $200-300 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $1.60 blue & black (Scott R121), fresh and mathematically centered with light manuscript and herringbone (cut) cancel, the latter not even breaking the paper, Extremely Fine, with a 2020 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $325 Estimate $300-400 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $1.90 blue & black (Scott R122), bright, fresh and beautifully centered with a neat May 1872 manuscript cancel, Extremely Fine, with a 2020 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $500 Estimate $400-600 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $3.50 blue & black (Scott R126), exceptionally deep rich color, well-centered with a manuscript cancel, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with a 2020 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $500 Estimate $400-600 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $3.50 blue & black (Scott R126), fresh and beautifully centered with a light manuscript cancel, Very Fine. Scott $500 Estimate $300-400 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $3.50 blue & black (Scott R126), a choice horizontal pair, fresh and quite well-centered with neat June 1872 manuscript cancels, Very Fine, with a 2020 P.S.E. certificate. Scott $1,100 Estimate $600-800 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $5 blue & black, center inverted (Scott R127a), bright color and light manuscript cancel; faint diagonal crease and small, painted-in surface scrape at the upper left, Fine to Very Fine appearance. A very attractive, more affordable example of this rare invert, ex "World Traveller" Collection, with a 2019 P.F. certificate. Scott $3,000 Estimate $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $20 blue & black (Scott R129), fresh and bright with a neat Oct 1871 manuscript cancel, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2019 Crowe certificate. Scott $900 Estimate $350-500 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $50 blue & black, plate proof on card (Scott R131P4), left margin imprint and plate no 32 block of 4, bright and fresh with large margins except close at the lower right, still Very Fine. Believed to be a unique plate block—listed but not priced by Scott. Scott $625 for plain block Estimate $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $50 blue & black (Scott R131), a gorgeous example with choice color and centering and a neat Sept 1972 manuscript cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2020 & 2007 P.S.E. certificates.
A truly exceptional $50 Second Issue. Scott $1,050 Estimate $1,500-2,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $50 blue & black (Scott R131), especially deep color and strong vignette, Feb 1872 manuscript cancel, Fine and scarce, with a 2019 Crowe certificate. Scott $1,050 Estimate $350-500 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $200 red, blue & black (Scott R132), bright, fresh and reasonably well-centered with a neat, face-free manuscript cancel, Jan 26, 1872; four tiny sealed staple holes above the portrait, otherwise Very Fine.
A most attractive example of the popular small "Persian Rug", only 446 of which were issued. Scott $8,500 Estimate $4,000-6,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Second Issue, $500 "Persian Rug" (Scott R133), fresh and well-centered with choice color, canceled by three strikes of a "Surrogates Office New York" oval handstamp and a violet July 1872 manuscript "Surrogates"; small thin spot at the upper left, otherwise Very Fine, with a 1980 P.F. certificate.
Just 210 examples were sold, with only about 90-95 examples believed to have survived. Kingsley's original Survey recorded just 76 examples, with Siegel's update adding another eleven. This one is #26-1. Scott $16,500 Estimate $12,000-18,000 (Image)
Scott $16,500 Estimate $12,000-18
Opening US$ 12,000.00
Sold...US$ 12,500.00
Closed..Jun-17-2021, 12:29:12 EST
Sold For 12500
Sale No: 757
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Cat No: R135-136, R138-149
Documentary, 1871-72, Third Issue, complete to the $10 less the 1¢ & 5¢ (Scott R135-136, R138-149), a bright, fresh used set, generally Very Fine. Scott $1,380 Estimate $500-750 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Third Issue, 2¢ orange & black, center inverted (Scott R135b), unused without gum, strong color, Fine and attractive. Scott $450 for used Estimate $400-600 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Third Issue, 2¢ orange & black, center inverted (Scott R135b), unused without gum, fresh and nicely centered; tiny pinhole just above the left "2", otherwise Very Fine, ex "World Traveller" Collection, with a 2020 P.F. certificate. Scott $425 for used Estimate $200-300 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Third Issue, 2¢ orange & black, center inverted (Scott R135b), a marvelous used example, bright, fresh and well-centered, canceled manuscript "Jany 1/72 ("Jany" written over "Dec"), Very Fine to Extremely Fine. A real Gem, with a 2017 P.S.E. certificate graded VF-XF 85. Scott $425 Estimate $500-750 (Image)
Documentary, 1871, Third Issue, 5¢ orange & black, center inverted (Scott R137a), fresh and bright with a neat manuscript cancel, "S x S, Mch 13, 1872, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2016 P.F. certificate.
Larry Lyons' Census records only four sound, off-document example of this rare invert. Scott $5,000 Estimate $5,000-7,500 (Image)
Documentary, 1872, Third Issue, 15¢ brown & black (Scott R139), an extraordinary used horizontal block of 12 (6x2), beautifully centered across the entire block with fresh, rich color and small, neat manuscript cancels; light vertical document crease affecting stamps in the third column, otherwise Extremely Fine, with 2020 P.S.E. certificate.
The second largest recorded multiple of the 15¢ Third Issue; Curtis Census #3851. Scott $600 as three blocks of 4 Estimate $500-750 (Image)
Documentary, 1872, Third Issue, 15¢ brown & black, center inverted (Scott R139a), clean and fresh, appears unused but with a very faint herringbone cancel that barely even breaks the paper; centered to the lower left, as are most, Fine for this, with a 2016 P.F. certificate.
Larry Lyons' Census records just 15 examples, about half with cut cancels. Nearly all are faulty, and most have perforations in at the bottom or at the bottom and the right. Scott $9,000 for cut cancel Estimate $7,500-10,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1872, Third Issue, 30¢ orange & black, center inverted (Scott R140a), bright, fresh and beautifully centered with a herringbone (cut) cancel, Very Fine. Scott $1,750 Estimate $1,200-1,800 (Image)
Documentary, 1872, Third Issue, $1 green & black, center inverted (Scott R144a), exceptionally fresh and quite well-centered—better than most—with a neat manuscript cancel, "July 24, 1872"; faint, nicely pressed vertical crease at the left, otherwise Very Fine, with a 2016 P.F. certificate.
Larry Lyons' Census records just 20 off-document examples. Nearly all are faulty to some degree and most are poorly centered. Scott $12,500 Estimate $8,000-12,000 (Image)
Documentary, 1872, Third Issue, $2 vermilion & black (Scott R145), bright, fresh and perfectly centered with a neat "Apl 17/72" manuscript cancel, Extremely Fine. Scott $55 Estimate $100-150 (Image)
Documentary, 1872, Third Issue, $2.50 claret & black (Scott R146), fresh and beautifully centered with a neat "May 17/72" manuscript cancel, Very Fine. Scott $110 Estimate $150-200 (Image)
Documentary, 1872, Third Issue, $5 vermilion & black (Scott R148), a choice used horizontal pair, fresh, bright and virtually perfectly centered with neat manuscript (Apr 25, 1872) and blue handstamped (Jun 19, 1872) cancels, the latter Chicago real estate firm Snyder & Lee, Extremely Fine. Scott $110 Estimate $200-300 (Image)
Documentary, 1872, Third Issue, $20 orange & black (Scott R150), fresh color and neat May 1892 manuscript cancel; faint diagonal crease at the lower left, Fine to Very Fine appearance, ex "World Traveller" Collection. Scott $900 Estimate $300-400 (Image)
