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LotNo.: 56
Symbol: O
CatNo.: 17
1851, 12¢ gray black (Scott 17), a top-flight stamp, proof-like in its execution with margins capturing frames of adjacent compass-point stamps; c.d.s. essentially face-free, Superb, a "picture frame" example of this stamp which would
deserve placement into the finest of collections, with 2008 P.S.E. certificate graded SUP 98.
SMQ SUP 98; $2,750.
(Image)
Estimate $2,500-3,500
Estimate $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
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LotNo.: 57
Symbol: 
CatNo.: 17a
12¢ black, diagonal bisect on cover to Peoria IL from San Francisco CA (Scott 17a), wonderfully sharp and clean top right half, large-margined, tied to cover accepted as postage on a transcontinental voyage to Peoria, Illinois by San
Francisco postmark; while the date is unclear, the envelope is docketed "San Francisco 1 Aug 1853/Recd 8 Sept."; remarkably sound cover with backflap intact, Very Fine, an attractive example of this five-month stopgap usage.
Scott $2,500.
A shortage of 3¢ stamps at San Francisco led to the use of bisected 12¢ stamps to pay the 6¢ rate in May-September 1853. In September 1853, bisects were prohibited in the East, notice of which reached San Francisco in
October.
(Image)
Estimate $2,000-2,500
Estimate $2,000-2,500
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
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