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EXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING PLATE BLOCK OF THE 50-CENT PERF 12 WITH SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE PLATE BLOCK.
As a measure of rarity, the Wampler collection had a hinged top plate block, and the Fogelson collection did not have a Scott 421 plate block (both Shreves sales). Our MLG sale also did not contain one. The only example contained in Power Search after our 1973 Rarities sale is from the left position, offered in 2006. (Image)
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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 1914 ONE-CENT 12 x 10 COMPOUND PERFORATION.
Our census of Scott 423A, available from our website at: http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/423A/423A.pdf , contains 35 used singles, five used pairs, the unique used block of four and three covers (one with a pair). Twelve copies are known with the inverted Chicago precancel.
Census No. 423A-CAN-32. With 2008 P.F. certificate. (Image)
VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1914 ONE-CENT 12 X 10 COMPOUND PERFORATION. ONLY THREE COVERS ARE RECORDED.
Our census of No. 423A, available at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/423A/423A.pdf , contains two postcards and one cover, as follows: 1) cover dated August 7, 1915, with pair, top stamp faulty, 2) postcard dated Dec. 23, 1914, ex Siskin, Zoellner, and 3) postcard dated Dec. 20, 1914, the card offered here.
With 2002 P.S.E. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1914 2-CENT 12 x 10 COMPOUND PERFORATION. ONLY 30 USED COPIES ARE RECORDED.
Our census of Scott 423B, available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/423B/423B.pdf , records 31 used and one unused example of this great rarity. A significant portion of the surviving population has faults or is off-center.
Census No. 423B-CAN-01. With 2007 P.F. certificate. (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1914 5-CENT 12 x 10 COMPOUND PERFORATION.
Our census of Scott 423C, available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/423C/423C.pdf , contains 25 used examples. The example offered here has better centering than most.
Ex Zoellner. With 1976 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1914 ONE-CENT 10 x 12 COMPOUND PERFORATION.
Our census of Scott 423D, available at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/423D/423D.pdf , contains 46 stamps and two on post cards, for a total of 48 stamps. All are used. A significant number (37) are precancelled at Dayton.
Census No. 423D-CAN-45. With 2009 P.F. certificate. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. A PRISTINE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT IMPERFORATE ERROR IN A BLOCK OF TWELVE.
During the course of production of the normal 2c plate No. 7942, three positions were noted to be defective. The plate was returned to the siderographer, who burnished out the three positions and mistakenly re-entered them using a transfer roll for the 5c stamp. The error passed unnoticed and the sheets were issued.
With 1973 A.P.S. certificate (Image)
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EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT CARMINE IMPERFORATE ERROR IN A BLOCK OF NINE.
During the course of production of the normal 2c plate No. 7942, three positions were noted to be defective. The plate was returned to the siderographer, who burnished out the three positions and mistakenly re-entered them using a transfer roll for the 5c stamp. The error passed unnoticed and the sheets were issued to the public Perf 10, Imperforate and Perf 11 (Scott 467, 485 and 505). The imperforate is by far the rarest of the three.
With 1983 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT A.E.F. BOOKLET PANE WITH OUTSTANDING CENTERING. IT IS BELIEVED THAT NO MORE THAN 20 EXIST IN ANY CONDITION.
The A.E.F. booklet panes were issued in September 1917, primarily for use by the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. Only 3,000 panes were prepared of both the 1c and 2c denominations. By October they were no longer needed, as Congress voted to allow mail to be sent free of charge by active members of the Armed Forces. Many of the panes were destroyed. This is one of the finest extant (Image)
FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 3-CENT SCOTT 501 VERTICAL PAIR, IMPERFORATE HORIZONTALLY.
This is the first in Mint N.H. condition we have offered since keeping computerized records. (Image)
VERY FINE CENTERING. ONLY ELEVEN USED COPIES HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION. A RECENT DISCOVERY OFFERED TO THE MARKET FOR THE FIRST TIME.
At a certain point during production one of the perforating wheels became defective. In the course of repairs part of one perforation wheel was inadvertently changed from Perf 11 to Perf 10. Based on the physical evidence of surviving copies, this was the nineteenth row of pins on the wheel.
Many examples of the Perf 10 on One Side rarities show transitional perfs from 10 to 11 or from 11 to 10. This is because the out-of-gauge perforation pins would frequently cross the span of more than one stamp, depending on where the wheel contacted the sheet.
The Perf 10 on One Side varieties span both the 1917 Washington-Franklin and 1922-23 Issues. It is interesting to note that, apart from the 2c, there is no duplication of denomination between the issues. This would seem to indicate that the improperly repaired wheel was in use for only a short period of time, as there was little overlap in production of the issues. Based on dates of issue of the basic stamps, this probably occurred early in 1923.
Our census of Scott 506a, available at our website at http://siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/506a/506a.pdf , contains 20 used copies and one unused example. Of the 20 used copies, only seven singles and two in a block have regular cancels -- the others are precancelled. Of these seven, three have straight edges and the others have flaws ranging from creases to "defective".
Census No. 506a-CAN-16. With 2003 P.F. certificate (Image)