1857 1c blue, type Ia, position 92L4, part black cds, usual centering, showing complete type characteristics at top, deep rich color, fresh and fine example of this rare stamp, with 1990 PSE and 2005 PFCs, cat. $9000 (Cat No. 19) (Image)

Cat. $9000, Est.$3,000

1857 1c blue, type 1c, pos. 83L4, black cds, usual difficult centering, small diagonal crease, fine appearance, with 1994 PFC, cat. $2750 (Cat No. 19b) (Image)

Cat. $2750, Est.$300

1857 1c blue, type III, barest traces of red and black cancels (appears unused), creases and thin, fine appearance, with 1993 PSE certificate, cat. $1690 (Cat No. 21) (Image)

Cat. $1690, Est.$200

1857 1c blue, type IV, black grid cancels, fairly well centered for this difficult issue, small corner crease, fine appearance, with 1993 PFC, cat. $900 (Cat No. 23) (Image)

Cat. $900, Est.$150

1857 Canal Bank, New Orleans, $10 banknote printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear and Co., with vignettes of Franklin and Washington, 1c blue and 3c red (both unused, small faults) included for comparison, v.f. (Cat No. 24,26) (Image)

Est.$350

1857 5c brick red, faint, nearly face-free red cds, usual centering, light horizontal crease, otherwise fine example of this better shade, with 1996 PFC, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 27) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$200

1857 5c brick red, vertical strip of three, tied by 1859 New Orleans cds to small piece, with faint red arrival, usual centering, fine and scarce multiple, with 2003 PFC, cat. $6000 (Cat No. 27) (Image)

Cat. $6000, Est.$2,000

1857 5c orange brown, unused without gum, fine, with 1993 PFC, cat. $500 (Cat No. 30) (Image)

Cat. $500, Est.$100

1857 5c brown, unused (regummed), usual centering, repaired (corner added), fine appearance, with 1993 PFC, cat. $825 (Cat No. 30A) (Image)

Cat. $825, Est.$100

1857 10c green, type I, part black cds, usual centering, fine, with 1993 PFC, cat. $1100 (Cat No. 31) (Image)

Cat. $1100, Est.$200

1857 10c green, type IV, pos. 54L, pen cancel, fairly well centered, cancellation lightened, otherwise fine, with 1993 PFC, cat. $2100 (Cat No. 34) (Image)

Cat. $2100, Est.$300

1857 24c gray, unused without gum, tiny thin spots, fine appearance, with 1993 PFC, cat. $525 (Cat No. 37a) (Image)

Cat. $525, Est.$100

1857 30c orange, Aug. 28, 1861 pmk, well centered, fresh, fine stamp, signed Brun, cat. $425 (Cat No. 38) (Image)

Cat. $425, Est.$150

1857 90c blue, unused without gum, deep intense color and well centered for issue, tiny mark at right, fresh and v.f. (catalogued as unused, without gum) cat. $1200 (Cat No. 39) (Image)

Cat. $1200, Est.$500

1857 90c blue, red grid cancel, extensively repaired (margins added at sides, part of the cancel drawn in), still an exceedingly rare used stamp, with 1994 PFC, cat. $10000 (Cat No. 39) (Image)

Cat. $10000, Est.$500