Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10010
Symbol:Cat No:1

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), worn impression, ample to large margins, tied by a red grid with a matching, May 3 Providence, R.I. c.d.s. on cover to Philadelphia; stamp with a minute corner crease at the lower left, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $425
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $425
Suggested Bid $200-300

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10011
Symbol:Cat No:12

1856, 5¢ red brown (Scott 12), 3 nice margins, affixed to a cover on which it did not originate, with an added fake cancel, Very Good to Fine, cataloged as a stamp off cover (which is what it really is), with 2013 A.P.S. certificate.
Scott $700
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $700
Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10012
Symbol:Cat No:17

1851, 12¢ gray black (Scott 17), a F-VF single tied by a San Francisco c.d.s., Sep 1, 1857, on a cover to Downieville, Cal.; reduced, extensively repaired and somewhat discolored, Fine appearance, a rare use of a 12¢ single paying the quadruple rate on a domestic cover.
Scott $1,500
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $1,500
Suggested Bid $200-3

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10060
Symbol:(Cat No:7

1851, 1¢ blue, type II (Scott 7), position 94L2, regummed, fresh with rich color; inclusion in hair not mentioned on accompanying certificate, Very Good, with 2012 P.S.A.G. certificate.
Scott $375
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $375
Suggested Bid $200-300

1851, 1¢ blue, type II (Scott 7), clean and four-margined; nice detail and a partially struck gridded circle cancel in black; light horizontal crease, Very Fine appearance, with 2018 P.F. certificate.
Scott $135
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Scott $135

1851, 1¢ blue, type IIIa (Scott 8A), fresh with strong colors and four clear to full margins; unobtrusive town postmark; light creases, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $750
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Scott $750

1852, 1¢ blue, type IV, recut once at bottom (Scott 9), a beautiful corner margin single, light town cancel, magnificent margins; a tiny trivial corner perf crease is all that keeps this from perfection, still Superb, with 1999 P.F. certificate.
Scott $125
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $125
Suggested Bid $200-300

1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 9), position 7R1L (owner's plating), crisp with bright color and sharp detail; nearly four-margined with a blue town cancel, nearly Very Fine, poor man's #5, with 2012 Weiss certificate.
Scott $100
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $100
Suggested Bid $150-200

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), 44 different stamps to form a reconstruction of left pane of plate 0 early, with some recutting, with a few recut triangles and some good potential to find some other interesting specialist varieties, mostly black town postmarks and grids, a few blue and a red color cancels; a few small faults as you usually encounter with plating, as stamps were chosen for their plate position rather than condition, generally Fine appearance.
Scott $6,380 ++
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Scott $6,380 ++
Suggested Bid $1,

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), in the boldest color imaginable, clean with three solid margins; mostly face-free c.d.s. postmark; light crease, otherwise Very Fine, a great-looking stamp.
Scott $145
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Scott $145

1851, 3¢ Washington essay, by Danforth, Bald & Co., in deep scarlet (Scott 11-E12b), die on India, 32 x 34 mm; small thin, otherwise Very Fine.
Brazer 33E-Jb.
Scott $300
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Scott $300

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10013
Symbol:Cat No:20

1857, 1¢ blue, type II (Scott 20), plate 2, exceptionally well-centered, tied by a partial New-York c.d.s., Sep 10, 1857, on a printed circular to Providence, R.I.; one of two vertical file folds goes through the stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $325
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Scott $325
Suggested Bid $100-150

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10014
Symbol:Cat No:23

1857, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 23), centered to bottom right, tied by New York c.d.s. on a printed bank cover to Utica, N.Y.; cover stain at right edge, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $1,000
Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Scott $1,000
Suggested Bid $300-4

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10015
Symbol:Cat No:24

1857, 1¢ blue, type V (Scott 24), left margin single with "captured" imprint (position 61L7), left perforations clipped, tied by a New-York c.d.s., Nov 4, 1859, on a cover to Raleigh, Miss.; original enclosure is a two-sided printed circular for The United States Law Register and Official Directory for 1960, Fine to Very Fine. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Suggested Bid $100-150

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10016
Symbol:Cat No:36

1857, 12¢ black, plate I (Scott 36), vertical pair, tied by a red "19/ Phila. Br. Pkt., Sep 13" Exchange Office c.d.s. on a pre-printed addressed cover to Worcestershire, England, backstamped London and Worcestershire, Sep 26, and an undated "Crabbs-Cross" (Worcestershire) double-arced circle; both stamps with a small fault, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $850
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $850
Suggested Bid $200-300

1857, 1¢ blue, type V (Scott 24), positions 59-60R8, horizontal pair, sound with strong color and a New York c.d.s.; left stamp with natural plate flaw and curl in hair, along with a vertical pre-printing paper fold; right stamp (small fault) captures imprint along perforations, Fine to Very Fine, right imprints are less common than left imprints.
Scott $83
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Scott $83

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10070
Symbol:(Cat No:26

1857, 3¢ dull red, type III (Scott 26), right margin block of 12 with part imprint, unused without gum, with decent centering and color for the issue; numerous perf separations and re-inforcements, otherwise about Fine, a useful item for the specialist. Cataloged as 12 no gum singles. As an o.g. block it would catalog $1,350 (twice the singles price).
Scott $275
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $275
Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10072
Symbol:(Cat No:30A

1860, 5¢ brown, type II (Scott 30A), regummed, pretty with outstanding centering and clean detail, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $850
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Scott $850

1860, 5¢ brown, type II (Scott 30A), Post Office fresh with bold color; neat red grid and partial black cancels; tiny thin speck, Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott $375
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Scott $375

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10017
Symbol:Cat No:64

1861, 3¢ pink (Scott 64), tied by Washington, D.C. cancel on cover to Concord, N.H.; small cover faults at right as typical of usage, Fine to Very Fine overall, with 2005 P.F. certificate.
Scott $725
Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Scott $725
Suggested Bid $250-350

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10018
Symbol:Cat No:64

1861, 3¢ pink (Scott 64), beautifully well centered, tied by beautifully struck struck Little Falls, NY circle-of-wedges cancel on a neat cover to Chicago; the stamp shows oxidation in the lower part but the top is clearly "pink", Fine to Very Fine overall, with 1902 P.F. certificate, which notes a "small corner crease".
Scott $775
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $775
Suggested Bid $200-300

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10020
Symbol:Cat No:65

1861, 3¢ rose (Scott 65), with slight misperforation but in fresh color, tied to cover to New York City by straightline italicized "PAID" cancel, with New London N.H postmark at left; front largely fresh, backflap torn on opening, with hinge remnants from prior mounting on reverse, nearly Very Fine, an attractive cover and eye-catching cancel. (Image)

Sale No: 5139
Lot No:10021
Symbol:Cat No:75, 68

1861-62, 5¢ red brown + 10¢ green (Scott 75, 68), paying the 15¢ rate via Bremen on a cover from Wisconsin via New York to Germany; a bit worn (as covers to Germany in this period typically are), Fine overall.
Scott $755
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $755
Suggested Bid $200-300

1861, 1¢ Franklin essay, by Toppan, Carpenter & Co., group of seven different Schernikow reprint die proofs (Scott 63-E), comprises 63-E1a (4 colors), E2a, E3a & E9a, all in dark carmine; first four slightly reduced, most with a small thin or stain, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $585
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Scott $585
Suggested Bid $100-150

1863, N.B.N.C., 3¢ experimental proof, imperf, scarlet on yellow laid (Scott 65TC var.), Fine.
65TC-Ba. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Suggested Bid $75-100