1911 3c deep violet, Type I, Orangeburg Coil single, usual centering, but with the design clear of the margins on all four sides, fresh and fine, with 1975 PFC. The 3c Orangeburg coils were made by the Post Office Department in 1911, specifically for use by the Bell Pharmaceutical Company. They were used to send product samples to physicians and were put through the first-class cancelling machine at Orangeburg, New York. Due to the coil stamps' use on mass mailings, many of the surviving copies are faulty to some extent. The most common defects are corner creases or tears. An extremely scarce sound copy, cat. $10000 (Cat No. 389) (Image)

Cat. $10000, Est.US$5,000

1914 1c green, perf. 10x12, Dayton, Ohio precancel, natural straight edge at right, small tear at bottom, fine appearing example of this rarity, with 2023 PSE certificate (Scott states "fifty one used and 5 covers are recorded"), cat. $8000 (Cat No. 423D) (Image)

Cat. $8000, Est.US$1,500

1914 1c green, perf. 10x12, Dayton, Ohio precancel, well centered, perf. faults at right, v.f. appearing example of this rarity, with 2023 PSE certificate (Scott states "fifty one used and 5 covers are recorded"), cat. $8000 (Cat No. 423D) (Image)

Cat. $8000, Est.US$1,500

1916 $1 violet black, l.h. (if at all), with 2023 PSE certificate graded "XF 90 OGPh" (we are unable to find any traces of a hinge), SMQ $750 (Cat No. 478) (Image)

Est.US$500