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United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History continued...

Special Delivery, Registration, Postage Due

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Lot Description

1621

10c Blue, Special Delivery (E1). Top imprint and plate no. 496 strip of four, original gum, h.r. reinforcing perfs in middle, end stamps Mint N.H., a few perf separations, Fine and scarce, an excellent substitute for a plate block, which catalogues $20,000.00 (Image)

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$ 6,250.00

SOLD for $550.00
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1622

10c Blue, Special Delivery (E5). Mint N.H. top imprint and plate no. 77 strip of five (small bit of gum disturbance in top left corner selvage), intense color on fresh paper, Fine-Very Fine, Scott Retail as Mint N.H. plate number strip of three and two Mint N.H. singles (Image)

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$ 2,600.00

SOLD for $375.00
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1623

10c Blue, Special Delivery (E5). Six bottom imprint and plate no. strips of three (plate nos. 257, 381, 880, 881, 883, 1259), one regummed, others original gum, several stamps Mint N.H., small stain on one, centering mostly Fine, an attractive group, Scott Retail more than $5,000.00 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
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1624

10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E8). Mint N.H., brilliant color and proof-like impression on bright paper, mathematically perfect centering with Jumbo margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS COLOSSAL MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1911 SERIES SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP, SCOTT E8, HAS BEEN AWARDED THE ULTIMATE GRADE OF GEM 100 JUMBO BY P.S.E. -- THIS STANDS ALONE AS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED.

The first "Messenger on Bicycle" Special Delivery design was the 1902 double-line watermarked Scott E6. In 1908 the "Helmut of Mercury" Special Delivery stamp was issued. However, the Messenger on Bicycle design was re-issued in 1911 from new plates with a single-line watermark, and the same basic design was issued continuously until the Motorcycle Delivery design replaced it in 1922.

Scott E8 is not particularly scarce (it has a Scott value of $240.00 in Mint N.H. condition), but to find an example such as this one defies the odds. The P.S.E. Population Report statistics support this statement, as does a review of Power Search and older auction catalogs, which failed to find its equal

Ex Whitman. With 1992 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (Gem 100 Jumbo; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, SMQ $2,150.00 as 98). This is the only example to have achieved this pinnacle of grades. No other examples have been graded above 98J (Image)

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$ 240.00

SOLD for $8,000.00
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1625

10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E8). Mint N.H., wide margins, deep color and detailed impression, Very Fine and choice, ex Chappaqua (Image)

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$ 240.00

SOLD for $170.00
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1626

10c Ultramarine (E9). Mint N.H., deep rich color on fresh paper, wide margins all around, Extremely Fine (Image)

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$ 425.00

SOLD for $350.00
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1627

10c Pale Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E10). Mint N.H., wide balanced margins, fresh color, Extremely Fine, a particularly handsome example, ex Chappaqua, with 1993 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

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$ 700.00

SOLD for $750.00
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1628

10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E11). Mint N.H., precise centering with Jumbo margins, deep rich color on bright paper, Extremely Fine Gem, a huge and striking stamp, with 1992 P.F. and 2008 P.S.E. certificates (Superb 98 Jumbo; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, SMQ $725.00 as 98), this is one of only two examples to achieve this desirable grade, with only one grading higher (at Gem 100) (Image)

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$ 45.00

SOLD for $1,100.00
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1629

10c Ultramarine, Special Delivery (E11). Two plate no. blocks of six, one bottom plate no. 5520 with imprint, h.r. and two small thins caused by hinge removal, also full top with plate no. 13552, Mint N.H. with slight gum skips, Fine-Very Fine appearance (Image)

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$ 1,065.00

SOLD for $250.00
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1630

10c Ultramarine, Registration (F1). Mint N.H., extraordinarily well-centered, wonderfully bright and fresh, Extremely Fine Gem (Image)

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$ 175.00

SOLD for $200.00
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1631

10c Ultramarine, Registration (F1). Mint N.H. block of twelve, fresh color, some gum bends, bottom right stamp with pencil note on gum, Fine-Very Fine, Scott Retail as singles (Image)

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$ 2,100.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction