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VERY FINE APPEARING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 3-CENT PINK. ONE OF THE RAREST 1861 ISSUE SHADES IN ORIGINAL-GUM CONDITION.
The nature of the ink used to print the 3c Pink shade is such that over the course of time, with exposure to light and other adverse elements, the color tends to oxidize or lose its vibrancy. This is a desirable example with vibrant color.
Ex Cole. With 1945 A.P.S. certificate. With 1988 and 1991 P.F. certificates (Image)
VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE IMPERFORATE 3-CENT 1861 ISSUE.
The imperforate 3c 1861's on stamp paper are normally encountered without gum, though some original-gum examples do survive. Pairs are readily available and we have offered a handful of blocks of four. However, plate blocks are extremely rare. A Power Search review failed to find another plate block of this issue in our sales since 1994.
Inadvertently omitted from 2012-14 Scott Specialized Catalogs. 2011 Scott Retail as four pairs of No. 65Pc (imperforate on stamp paper) (Image)
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT BUFF 1861 ISSUE.
The 5c Brown Yellow and Buff shades are among the rarest of 1861-66 Issue stamps in original gum condition. Perhaps the only shade varieties rarer are the 3c Pigeon Blood Pink and 24c Blackish Violet (Scott 64a and 78c), but Scott 67 is a major catalogue listing and is, therefore, more significant to completion of the series.
With 1998 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1861 ISSUE.
Ex Scarsdale. With 2002 P.F. and 2004 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $5,500.00). This is the highest grade awarded to an original-gum Scott 69 by P.S.E., and is one of only four to achieve this grade. (Image)
VERY FINE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 24-CENT BROWN LILAC IN A REMARKABLE STATE OF FRESHNESS.
The color of this stamp is a soft brownish shade, which is quite distinctive and much different than the Red Lilac (1862) or later Lilac (1863-66) printings.
With copy of 2001 P.F. certificate for pair. With 2007 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, F-VF 75; SMQ $2,200.00). Only two stamps have graded higher (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A RARE SOUND UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 24-CENT VIOLET. ONE OF THE RAREST OF THE 24-CENT 1861-63 ISSUE SHADES IN SOUND, UNUSED CONDITION.
The 24c 1861 exists in four basic shades of Violet: Dark Violet (August 1861 trial printing, formerly Scott 60); Violet on Thin Paper (August-September 1861 regular issue, Scott 70c -- the shade offered here); Pale Gray Violet (1861 regular issue, Scott 70d) and Blackish Violet (ca. 1863 printing, Scott 78c). All four are rare, especially in sound condition. We feel this shade is nearly as rare as the Blackish Violet, which has a catalogue value of $30,000.00 without gum.
With 1988 and 1991 P.F. certificates as Dark Violet, Scott 60. The P.F.'s understanding of these shades has evolved over the years and this example, which is a lighter shade of Violet than the Scott 60 Dark Violet shade, would receive a certificate as No. 70c today. (Image)