Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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The Robert R. Hall Collection of Outstanding United States Stamps continued...

1922-29 and Later Issues (Scott 551-679) continued...

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795

2c Carmine, Rotary, Perf 11 (595). Top star and plate no. 14416 block of six, one top stamp h.r., other three Mint N.H., brilliant color, fresh and Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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2,100.00

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

796

2c Carmine, Rotary, Perf 11 (595). Rich color, wavy-line machine cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 375.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

797

2c Carmine, Ty. II, Coil (599A). Mint N.H. pair, vivid color, Very Fine and choice, with 2002 and 2003 P.F. certificates (Image)

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$ 425.00

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

798

2c Carmine, Joint Line Pair, Ty. I, II (599-599A). Right stamp Type I, left stamp Type II, intense shade and impression, registry oval cancels, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, a beautiful combination joint line pair, with 1996 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 1,000.00

SOLD for $750.00
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799

2c Carmine, Ty. II, Coil (599A). Mint N.H., choice margins and centering, bright and fresh, Extremely Fine, with 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 200.00

SOLD for $300.00
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800

2c Harding, Rotary, Perf 11 (613). With top sheet selvage, bright shade and crisp impression, neat wavy-line machine cancel

FRESH AND FINE. A RARE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 2-CENT HARDING ROTARY PERF 11.

Warren G. Harding, the 29th President, died in San Francisco on August 2, 1923, during a cross-country "Voyage of Understanding". Several people suggested a Harding memorial stamp, printed in black, and it was rushed into production. The first flat plate printing (Scott 610) was issued on September 1, 1923, in his home town of Marion, Ohio, followed less than two weeks later by the normal Perf 10 rotary press printing (Scott 612) on September 12.

The 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11 stamp was discovered in 1938 by Leslie Lewis of the New York firm, Stanley Gibbons Inc. Gary Griffith presents his hypothesis in United States Stamps 1922-26 that rotary-printed sheets of 400 were first reduced to panes of 100 and then fed through the 11-gauge perforating machine normally used for flat plate sheets. This method explains the existence of a straight-edge on Scott 613. Production quality and quantity was very low, due to the rotary press stamps' natural tendency to curl, and the use of the flat plate perforator for the slightly different-sized rotary printing.

Our census of the 2c Harding Rotary Perf 11, available at our website at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/613/613.pdf , records 45 used singles (one faintly cancelled, if at all), one used pair and the recently-discovered used strip of three. Of the singles, 26 are sound, but of these only six rate a grade of Very Fine or Extremely Fine.

Census No. 613-CAN-45. With copy of 1998 P.F. certificate for pair (this is the right stamp). (Image)

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40,000.00

SOLD for $17,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

801

-1/2c-50c 1926-31 Issues (631-634, 635-642, 653, 692-701). The 5c-9c, 14c, 15c and 25c Mint N.H., rich colors, Fine-Very Fine (Image)

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879.25

SOLD for $325.00
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802

2c Carmine Lake, Ty. I (634b). Warm shade, wavy-line machine cancel, wide margins, Extremely Fine used example of this scarce shade (Image)

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$ 500.00

SOLD for $550.00
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803

2c Carmine, Ty. II (634A). Mint N.H., essentially perfect centering with balanced margins, rich color, Extremely Fine Gem, a superb stamp (Image)

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$ 650.00

SOLD for $2,200.00
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804

2c Carmine, Ty. II (634A). Mint N.H. block of four, brilliant color, fresh and Fine-Very Fine, with 2002 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail as singles (Image)

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2,600.00

SOLD for $750.00
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805

2c Carmine, Ty. II (634A). Top left corner plate no. 19644 block of four, bottom left stamp lightly hinged, other three Mint N.H., brilliant color, fresh and Fine (Image)

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2,200.00

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction