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The Curtis Collection: United States 20th Century and Air Post Issues continued...

1915-17 Issues, cont. (Scott 475-482A)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
403 nh Image15c Gray (475). Mint N.H., crisp shade on bright paper, perfectly centered with wide margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A REMARKABLE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE 1916 15-CENT PERF 10 UNWATERMARKED ISSUE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED SUPERB 98 BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED.

With 2009 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98; SMQ $7,000.00). Only six NH stamps have achieved this grade with none higher. (Image)

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 $ 475.00

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
404 ogbl Image15c Gray (475). Top plate no. 6819 block of six, lightly hinged, deep rich color, selvage narrow as almost always, possible slight thin in top right selvage where hinge was removed, Very Fine appearance, a scarce plate block, we have offered only a few others in the past 20 years (Image)

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 $ 3,000.00

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
405 ogbl Image20c Light Ultramarine (476). Left plate no. 6920 block of six, lightly hinged, pastel shade, Fine, a scarce plate block (Image)

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 $ 3,600.00

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
406 nh Image30c Orange Red, Perf 10 (476A). Position 72 from Plate 6911, Mint N.H., vivid color, choice centering

FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 30-CENT PERF 10 WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ON UNWATERMARKED PAPER.

Ex Floyd and Gorham. With 1984, 1997 and 2006 P.F. certificates (last graded XF 90). (Image)

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 $ 4,750.00

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
407 nh Image30c Orange Red, Perf 10 (476A). Mint N.H., rich color, centered to left but perfs clear

A FINE MINT NEVER-HINGED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 30-CENT PERF 10 WASHINGTON-FRANKLIN ON UNWATERMARKED PAPER.

Ex Weisman. With 1984, 1989 P.F. and 1990 P.S.E certificates. (Image)

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 $ 4,750.00

SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
408 nh Image50c Light Violet (477). Mint N.H., well-centered with bottom sheet selvage, bright color, fresh and Very Fine, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate for block (Image)

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 $ 2,000.00

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
409 ogbl Image50c Light Violet (477). Right plate no. 7040 block of six, single small hinge remnant on top right stamp, others Mint N.H., vivid color in distinctive 50c 1917 shade, well-centered with only the perfs at the bottom close to but clear of the design, fresh and intact

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING PLATE NUMBER BLOCK OF THE 50-CENT 1917 PERF 10 UNWATERMARKED FRANKLIN ISSUE. ONLY SEVEN PLATE BLOCKS OF SCOTT 477 ARE RECORDED, OF WHICH SIX ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.

The 50c on unwatermarked paper with 10-gauge perforations was available in post-office stocks for a very brief period in 1917, because it was released shortly before the introduction of the new Perf 11 series. Its predecessors -- the 50c Perf 12 on single and double-line watermarked paper (Scott 421 and 422), and the Perf 10 on single-line watermarked paper (Scott 440) -- were available for much longer periods of time.

Lewis Kaufman records seven plate number blocks of Scott 477, including Top 4040, Top 4049, Top 4057 (Miller collection, The New York Public Library), Bottom 7057, Bottom 7057, Right 7040 (offered here) and Right 7057. When this plate block was offered in a 1988 Superb Auctions sale (the "Stearns-Dockweiler" collection), the selvage was slightly wider; it was reduced by about 2mm to remove some soiling at lower right, which does not materially affect the plate block and is not noted on the accompanying 2015 P.F. certificate.

With 2015 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 67,500.00

SOLD for $30,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
410 ogbl Image$1.00 Violet Black (478). Top imprint, plate no. 5782 and "A" block of six, lightly hinged, intense shade and impression, choice centering for this difficult plate block

FINE-VERY FINE. AN INCREDIBLY RARE PLATE BLOCK OF THE $1.00 PERF 10 UNWATERMARKED FRANKLIN ISSUE.

Lewis Kaufman records only nine top and four bottom plate blocks of Scott 478. Plate 5782 was the only plate prepared for each of the $1.00 Franklin issues (Scott 423, 460, 478 and 518).

Ex Saddleback. With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 $ 13,500.00

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
411 ogbl Image$2.00 Dark Blue (479). Bottom plate no. 8015 block of six with narrow selvage, top center stamp hinged, others Mint N.H., natural diagonal flat plate bends (heavy on bottom row, but barely affect top), Very Fine plate block, but the top left stamp is a Mint N.H. Extremely Fine Gem and should be valued accordingly (Image)

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 $ 4,250.00

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
412 bl Image$2.00 Dark Blue (479). Block of 20 with bottom plate no. 8015 in selvage, neatly cancelled by multiple strikes of Washington D.C. double oval cancel, well-centered for such a large block, bottom two rows affected by diagonal creases (flat plate printing artifacts), otherwise Fine-Very Fine, with 2011 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
413 bl Image$2.00 Dark Blue (479). Bottom plate no. 8015 block of six, cancelled by bold strikes of Washington D.C. duplex datestamp and oval grid, slight crease along right vertical pair, otherwise Fine, scarce as a used plate block (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

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