1847 5c red brown, selection of 10 used singles, one vertical pair and three covers (one with two singles), neatly displayed on annotated exhibit pages, each showing some kind of variety, including over-inked, tail and dots printing artifacts, ink blots, smears, dry printings and incomplete impressions, pre-printing paper fold (pair), the covers include a dot in collar, shading lines missing and slip printing, handstamp cancels with only one pen cancel, a few small flaws to be found but overall v.f. and attractive group of varieties of 1847 5c Franklin, with 8 PFCs, ex-Saadi, cat. $5,000+ (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1847 10c black, plate varieties, four copies, with the original write-ups, each a plate variety including short transfer, plate scratch, frameline doubled and fine guidelines across face, two have pen cancels including the short transfer, one with a bold blue grid cancel, large margins to barely touched, overall v.f., each with 1980s-90s PFC, ex Saadi, cat. $3075 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $3075, Est.US$1,500

1847 10c black, varieties, three singles and one cover on an annotated exhibit page, each showing a variety, including slip prints, pre-printing paper fold and heavily blued paper, one stamp pen-canceled, others handstamped cancels, one stamp with a light crease and the stamp on cover with small faults, v.f. appearance, with two PFCs, ex Saadi, cat. $3075 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $3075, Est.US$1,500