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The Curtis Collection: 1847-1901 Stamps and Covers continued...

1c 1857-60 Issue (Scott 18-24) continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
3099   Image1c Blue, Ty. II (20). Plate 12, rich color, well-centered, neat "New York Jul. 13, 1861" circular datestamp, fresh and Very Fine, with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 275.00

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
3100 c Image1c Blue, Ty. II (20). Plate 12, tied by "Boston Mass. 3 Oct." circular datestamp on 1857 printed Eliot Bank Boston stockholder notice to Nashua N.H., minor tears on back, Very Fine, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

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 $ 325.00

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
3101   Image1c Blue, Ty. II/IIIa (20/22). Positions 1/11R11, vertical pair, top stamp T Relief Type II, bottom stamp Ty. IIIa, both stamps showing clear double transfers, interpane margin and centerline at left, deep rich color, town cancels, about Fine, scarce multipe from Plate 11 (Image)

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 $ 1,900.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
3102 ogbl Image1c Blue, Ty. IIIa/III (22/21). Positions 72/82L4, vertical pair, top stamp Type IIIa, bottom stamp Type III, unused (no gum), deep rich color and sharp proof-like impression

FINE. A RARE UNUSED 1857 PERFORATED ONE-CENT PAIR COMBINING TYPES IIIA AND III.

1959 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies. Scott Retail $7,850.00 as singles (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

CLOSED
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3103   Image1c Blue, Ty. III (21). Deep rich Plate 4 color, extra wide margins and choice centering, virtually face-free cancel

EXTREMELY FINE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 ONE-CENT TYPE III.

Due to the narrow vertical spacing on this plate, stamps are most typically found with narrow margins and perforations impinging on one or more sides. The wide-margined example offered here is centered so that the type characteristics are clearly visible.

Ex Twigg-Smith. With 2011 P.S.E. certificate (VF-XF 85 Jumbo; SMQ $3,250.00 as 85, $4,500.00 as 90). (Image)

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 $ 1,800.00

CLOSED
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3104   Image1c Blue, Ty. III (21). Rich Plate 4 color on bright paper, with wide break at top and clear break along perforations at bottom, mostly face-free strike of town circular datestamp, fresh and Very Fine, ex Twigg-Smith, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 1,800.00

SOLD for $1,700.00
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3105   Image1c Blue, Ty. III, Position 99R2 (21). Rich color, neat strike of town cancel, wide bottom margin clearly showing the wide break and double transfer that define the position

FINE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE PERFORATED ONE-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM POSITION 99R2.

Plate 2 was made in late 1855, and consists of 198 stamps that are Type II, one position that is Type III (99R2) and one that is Type IIIA (100R2).

Guide dots were used to accurately lay out the subjects on the plate. Positions 79 and 89 were transferred perfectly using their guide dots. However, the guide dot to the south-east of Position 88R2, which was used to align the single B Relief for Position 99R2, was placed far out of line, resulting in the bottom part of the A Relief being transferred into the bottom part of Position 89 (and in the margin below this position) by mistake. When the fresh entry was made in Position 99R a full transfer of the design was not possible without running into the error in Position 89R. The position was therefore short transferred at top, and apparently also at bottom, creating the finest example of Type III found on any plate (see pp. 183-184 of Neinken book).

Plate 2 stamps were issued imperforate from December 1855 through June 1857. Beginning in July 1857 stamps from Plates 1 Late, 2 and 4 were issued with perforations, and Plates 2 and 4 continued to produce stamps through late 1857. Plate 2 stamps are rarer perforated than in imperforate form; conversely, Plate 4 stamps are rarer imperforate than in perforated form. Perforated 99R2 stamps are of extreme rarity.

Our census, which incorporates the records of noted student Jerome S. Wagshal, the Philatelic Foundation, the Levi records and our own work, is available at our website at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/21/21.pdf . Only one unused example is known, in a block. Twelve used singles are recorded, as are three on covers and two in strips, for a total of 18 known in any form. Virtually all have faults or are very off-center -- only three off-cover singles, including this stamp, and one on cover are confirmed as sound.

Siegel Census No. 21(99R2)-CAN-02. From our 1975 and 1991 Rarities sales and ex Ishikawa. Last offered to the market in our 1997 Rarities sale. Signed Ashbrook. With 1980 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 17,500.00

SOLD for $6,250.00
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3106 c Image1c Blue, Ty. III (21). Position 55L4, scissors-separated, tied by "Boston Paid Jan. 1" circular datestamp on 1858 printed notice to Providence R.I., fresh and Fine (Image)

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 $ 2,250.00

SOLD for $650.00
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3107   Image1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Positions 58-60R4, horizontal strip of three, pen cancel, bleached spot at right and pulled perf at bottom of center stamp, Very Fine appearance, Position 59R4 is discussed by Neinken (p. 274) as the finest example of Type IIIa, with 2001 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

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 $ 1,750.00

SOLD for $200.00
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3108 c Image1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Position 57R4, tied by New York circular datestamp on 1858 prices current to Suffield Conn., cover with minor stains at bottom, Very Fine, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

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 $ 550.00

SOLD for $170.00
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3109   Image1c Blue, Ty. IV (23). Recut once at top and twice at bottom, deep rich color and proof-like impression, choice centering with well-proportioned margins which clearly show the characteristics of the type, neat strike of Syracuse N.Y. circular datestamp

EXTREMELY FINE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 ONE-CENT PERFORATED TYPE IV. A BEAUTIFUL STAMP IN EVERY RESPECT.

Most examples of this issue have perforations either touching or into the recut lines. The example offered here, with intact recut lines at top and bottom, is exceedingly rare. It also has uncharacteristically deep color and detailed impression for a Plate 1 Late printing.

Ex Natalee Grace. With 1997 P.F. and 2009 P.S.E. certificates (XF 90; SMQ $2,000.00). Only four have graded higher (Image)

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 $ 900.00

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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