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EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF SCOTT 441, WHICH IS GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E.
With 2013 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100; SMQ $1,500.00). This is the highest grade awarded and only two others share it. The highest grade we have offered in one of our auctions is 95. (Image)
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EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A GORGEOUS MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 1914 2-CENT SINGLE-LINE WATERMARK HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 444.
With 1993 P.F. and 2005 P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $2,900.00). Only two have graded higher (both at 98) and six others share this grade. This is the highest grade we have offered in one of our auctions. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A GORGEOUS MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF SCOTT 445, WHICH IS GRADED SUPERB 98 BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.
With 2003 and 2006 P.F. certificates (Superb 98). By way of comparison, only one has achieved this grade in the P.S.E. Population Report with none higher. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL MINT NEVER-HINGED GUIDE LINE PAIR OF THE 4-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 446.
With 2001 and 2006 P.F. certificates (XF-Superb 95) (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. AN EXTRAORDINARILY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 1915 2-CENT TYPE I VERTICAL COIL. AN OUTSTANDING RARITY.
The 2c Type I rotary plate was used very briefly to make vertical coils issued in late 1915. It was briefly used because the Type I plate was not very deeply engraved and the curvature of the rotary press yielded impressions lacking in some of the details. The Bureau noticed this immediately, and quickly replaced it with the Type III plate (according to Scott, the EDU for No. 449 is Oct. 29, 1915, and the EDU for Type III is Dec. 10, 1915). The joint line pair offered here, in Mint N.H. condition and with such choice centering and color, is a major rarity. We doubt whether more than three or four exist in such condition.
With 2002 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF SCOTT 453.
The Type I rotary press stamps were produced using the same master dies as had been used for flat plate printings. However, due to the curve of the plate to fit the rotary press, the impressions lacked some of the details of the flat plate printings. New dies were made with strengthened lines, resulting in the Type II stamps. The web-fed rotary printing and perforating process made it very difficult for well-centered examples to be consistently produced.
Ex "Scarsdale". With 1997 P.S.E. and 2006 P.F. certificates (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 1916 3-CENT COIL, SCOTT 456, WHICH IS GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE TO ACHIEVE IT.
Scott 456 was the first 3c stamp to be printed on the Stickney rotary printing press. It was current for a little over a year. The joint line occurred after every 17 stamps, so is considerably scarcer and more difficult to obtain in higher grades than a normal pair.
With 2010 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $8,500.00). This is the highest grade awarded and the only example to achieve this grade. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A STUNNING MINT NEVER-HINGED JOINT LINE PAIR OF THE 5-CENT HORIZONTAL COIL, SCOTT 458, WHICH IS GRADED SUPERB 98 JUMBO BY P.S.E. THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED AND ONLY ONE OTHER SHARES IT.
With 2009 P.S.E. certificate (Superb 98 Jumbo; SMQ $2,750.00). This is the highest grade awarded and only one other shares it. (Image)