Feature Lot. Lot 6048 - 1895, $1 black, type I, D.L. watermark (Scott 276), bottom margin plate number 76 single, o.g., lightly hinged, fresh with deep color and razor-sharp detail, well-centered on fresh paper, some gum staining in the bottom perforations, still Very Fine, with 2022 P.F. certificate graded VF-XF 85. SMQ VF-XF 85; $775. Scott $600.....Suggested Bid $500 Currently US$ 350 (Link to this Lot in the Catalog for Bidding)

A quiet little sale to ease you into the New Year following all the revelry. Beginning with a handful of autographs, coins and ephemera, followed by solid US including nice dollar-value classics, modern slabbed and EFOs, Airs, Special Delivery, Dues, stationery entires and more. British Commonwealth includes a Penny Black plus appealing Ascension and Basutoland, plus nice British North America with several Canada Jubilees. Worldwide offers a broad range of covers and stamps, including Taiwan's Second Series Art Treasures. Fill in a few blank spots to start 2023!

Autographs & Free Franks

• Autographs & Free Franks Lot 6001
  
  Coins
  
• United States Lot 6002
  
• Foreign Lots (6003-6004)
  
  Ephemera
  
• Ephemera Lot 6005
  
• Scales Lot 6006
  
• Stamp Boxes Lot 6007
  
  United States
  
• Postmasters’ Provisionals Lots (6008-6009)
  
• 1847 Issue Lots (6010-6011)
  
• 1851 Issue Lots (6012-6016)
  
• 1857 Issue Lots (6017-6018)
  
• 1861-1866 Issue Lots (6019-6024)
  
• 1867 Grilled Issue Lots (6025-6026)
  
• 1869 Pictorial Issue Lots (6027-6033)
  
• 1870-1871 National Bank Note Co. Issue, without grill Lot 6034
  
• 1873 Continental Bank Note Co. Issue, white wove Lots (6035-6036)
  
• 1879 American Bank Note Co. Issue, soft paper Lots (6037-6038)
  
• 1881-1882 American Bank Note Co. Issue, re-engraved Lot 6039
  
• 1887 American Bank Note Co. Issue Lot 6040
  
• 1890-1893 Small Bank Notes Issue Lots (6041-6042)
  
• 1893 Columbian Issue Lots (6043-6047)
  
• 1895 First Bureau Issue, Watermarked Lot 6048
  
• 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue Lot 6049
  
• 1902-1908 Second Bureau Issue Lots (6050-6053)
  
• 1904 Louisiana Purchase Issue Lots (6054-6056)
  
• 1907 Jamestown Issue Lot 6057
  
• 1909 Commemorative Issues Lots (6058-6060)
  
• 1910-1911 Washington-Franklin Issue, SL wmk, perf 12 Lots (6061-6064)
  
• 1913-1915 Washington-Franklin Issue, SL wmk, perf 10 Lots (6065-6067)
  
• 1914-1916 Washington-Franklin Issue, SL wmk, perf 10 rotary coils Lot 6068
  
• 1916-1917 Washington-Franklin Issue, flat plate, unwmk, perf 10 Lot 6069
  
• 1916-1917 Washington-Franklin Issue, flat plate, unwmk, imperf Lots (6070-6071)
  
• 1916-1922 Washington-Franklin Issue, rotary plate, unwmk, perf 10 coils Lots (6072-6073)
  
• 1917-1919 Washington-Franklin Issue, flat plate, unwmk, perf 11 Lots (6074-6080)
  
• 1918 Washington-Franklin Issue, flat plate, perf 11 Lot 6081
  
• 1918-1920 Washington-Franklin Issue, offset, perf 11 Lots (6082-6087)
  
• 1918-1920 Washington-Franklin Issue, offset, imperf Lots (6088-6090)
  
• 1919 Washington-Franklin Issue, offset, perf 12½ Lot 6091
  
• 1922-1929 Fourth Bureau Issue Lots (6092-6102)
  
• 1923 Harding Memorial Issue Lot 6103
  
• 1925-1929 Issues Lot 6104
  
• 1929 Kansas-Nebraska Issue Lots (6105-6107)
  
• 1929-1937 Issues Lots (6108-6109)
  
• 1938-1954 Presidential Series Lots (6110-6116)
  
• 1938-Present Issues Lots (6117-6120)
  
• 1938-Present Issues Lots (6121-6160)
  
• 1938-Present Issues Lots (6161-6192)
  
• Airmail Lots (6193-6200)
  
• Airmail Lots (6201-6209)
  
• Special Delivery Lots (6210-6220)
  
• Postage Due Lots (6221-6240)
  
• Postage Due Lots (6241-6249)
  
• U.S. Postal Agency in China Lot 6250
  
• Official Lots (6251-6254)
  
• Newspaper Lots (6255-6261)
  
• Parcel Post Lots (6262-6265)
  
• Special Handling Lots (6266-6267)
  
• Booklets Lots (6268-6272)
  
• Postal Stationery Lots (6273-6280)
  
• Postal Stationery Lots (6281-6320)
  
• Postal Stationery Lots (6321-6329)
  
• Revenue Lots (6330-6343)
  
• Hunting Permit Lots (6344-6360)
  
• Hunting Permit Lots (6361-6372)
  
• Telegraph Lot 6373
  
• Souvenir Cards Lot 6374
  
• Test Stamps Lots (6375-6378)
  
• Essays & Proofs Lot 6379
  
• General Collections Lots (6380-6381)
  
  Confederate States
  
• General Issues Lots (6382-6385)
  
  United States Possessions
  
• United States Possessions Lot 6386
  
• Canal Zone Lots (6387-6391)
  
• Hawaii Lot 6392
  
• Philippines Lots (6393-6394)
  
  United Nations
  
• United Nations Lots (6395-6396)
  
  Postal History
  
• Advertising/Illustrated Covers Lots (6397-6398)
  
• Exposition Covers & Postmarks Lot 6399
  
• Airmail Postal History Lot 6400
  
• Cancels & Postmarks Lots (6401-6402)
  
  British Commonwealth
  
• British Commonwealth Postal History Lot 6403
  
• Great Britain Lots (6404-6414)
  
• Ascension Lots (6415-6418)
  
• Australia Lots (6419-6420)
  
• Bahamas Lots (6421-6426)
  
• Basutoland Lots (6427-6428)
  
• Cayman Islands Lots (6429-6430)
  
• Cyprus Lots (6431-6432)
  
• Hong Kong Lot 6433
  
• North West Pacific Islands Lot 6434
  
• Singapore Lot 6435
  
• St. Helena Lots (6436-6437)
  
• Straits Settlements Lot 6438
  
  British North America
  
• Newfoundland Lot 6439
  
• Canada Lot 6440
  
• Canada Lots (6441-6459)
  
  Worldwide A-Z Postal History
  
• Worldwide A-Z Postal History Lots (6460-6465)
  
  Worldwide A-Z
  
• Austria Lot 6466
  
• Belgium Lot 6467
  
• Cameroun Lot 6468
  
• China Lots (6469-6471)
  
• Taiwan Lots (6472-6480)
  
• Taiwan Lots (6481-6493)
  
  China
  
• Taiwan Lot 6494
  
  Worldwide A-Z
  
• Egypt Lots (6495-6496)
  
• Finland Lot 6497
  
• France Lots (6498-6501)
  
• Germany Lots (6502-6505)
  
• Hungary Lot 6506
  
• Israel Lot 6507
  
• Italy Lots (6508-6509)
  
• Liechtenstein Lot 6510
  
• Norway Lot 6511
  
• Poland Lots (6512-6513)
  
• Portugal Lots (6514-6515)
  
• Somalia Lot 6516
  
• Thailand Lot 6517
  
• Vatican City Lots (6518-6519)
  
  Literature & Supplies
  
• Auction Sale Catalogues Lot 6520
  
• General Works (Non-Philatelic) Lot 6521
  
• General Works on Philately Lots (6522-6523)
  
• Newspapers and Periodicals Lot 6524