Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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United States Stamps continued...

1894-98 Bureau Issues (Scott 246-284) continued...

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866

$5.00 Dark Green (263). Original gum, h.r., rich color, small natural paper wrinkle at bottom left, Very Fine, with 2017 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 4,250.00

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

867

1c Blue (264). Mint N.H. with left part imprint selvage, rich color on bright paper, mathematically perfect centering with Jumbo margins

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. THIS MAGNIFICENT MINT NEVER-HINGED STAMP IS GRADE GEM 100 JUMBO BY P.S.E. -- THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE POSSIBLE ON THE GRADING CHART.

With 2017 P.S.E. certificate (Gem 100 Jumbo; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 100, SMQ $2,250.00 as 100). This is the highest grade possible on the grading chart and it is shared by only one other (Image)

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$ 17.50

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

868

2c Carmine, Ty. II-III (266-267). Mint N.H. block of four, left stamps Type II, brilliant color, Fine-Very Fine combination block, of the six plates used to print the Type II stamp (Scott 266), only one, plate 170, contained a combination of both Types II and III -- only three rows from one pane were Type II, leaving a total of ten positions out of the plate that can yield this combination of types, Scott Retail as two pairs (Image)

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$ 1,200.00

SOLD for $225.00
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869

2c Pink, Ty. III (267a). Mint N.H. with wide top part imprint selvage, radiant color, choice centering with wide and balanced margins, Extremely Fine Gem, with 2017 P.S.E. certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,050.00), this is the highest grade awarded and only two others share it, this is also the first graded Mint N.H. example we have offered in one of our auctions (Image)

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$ 60.00

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

870°

3c Purple (268). Mint N.H. top imprint and plate no. 107 block of six with wide selvage, choice centering throughout, Extremely Fine, a rare plate block in such superb condition and especially desirable from the top position, with 2017 P.S.E. certificate (Image)

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$ 1,300.00

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

871

4c Dark Brown (269). Mint N.H. with bottom plate no. 196 selvage, rich color, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, with 2003 and 2015 P.F. certificates (XF 90) (Image)

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$ 125.00

SOLD for $275.00
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872

15c Dark Blue (274). Original gum, small h.r., perfectly centered with Jumbo margins, intense shade and impression on bright paper, Extremely Fine Gem, a stunning stamp, with 2013 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, Superb 98 Jumbo; unpriced in SMQ above the grade of 98, SMQ $1,650.00 as 98), this is the highest grade awarded to a hinged stamp and it is the only example to achieve this grade (one Mint N.H. has graded higher) (Image)

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$ 210.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
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873

15c Dark Blue (274). Mint N.H., deep rich color and proof-like impression on bright paper, well-balanced margins, Extremely Fine, with 2004 and 2015 P.F. certificates (XF 90) (Image)

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$ 625.00

SOLD for $700.00
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874

15c-$5.00 1895 Bureau Issue, Imperforate (274a-278a). Set of five pairs representing the top values of the series, original gum, margins all around throughout with some large, 50c with top part arrow sheet margin, deep rich colors, 50c with slight thin in selvage only

VERY FINE-EXTREMELY FINE. A SCARCE SET OF IMPERFORATE PAIRS OF THE HIGH-VALUE 1895 WATERMARKED BUREAU ISSUE.

In Brookman Volume III, pages 128-129, a complete account of the origin of the 1895 Imperforates is quoted from a column by George B. Sloane. We provide excerpts: "At the time they appeared, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing had, but a short time previously, taken over the stamp printing contract from the American Bank Note Co. and were unfamiliar with and inexperienced in quantity production of postage stamps. Gilbert E. Jones, one of the owners of the New York Times, had rendered the Bureau invaluable technical advice and assistance in the organization of their facilities, and the Bureau desired to reward him in some way for his services. Mr. Jones was well-known collector, interested only in stamps in imperforate pairs, and when the subject was broached he suggested that, while he desired no recompense, if the Bureau could give him an imperforate pair or block of each of the stamps then in current use, for his collection, he would feel more than amply repaid."

Sloane then explains that the Bureau was restricted from presenting him with stamps from stock, but did allow him to buy regular perforated stamps on sale at the post office and exchange them for imperforates. Although the Scott Catalogue at first did not recognize the imperforates as regularly-issued stamps, from 1916 they inserted a statement "All denominations of this issue exist imperforate but they were not regularly issued in that condition". (Image)

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$ 10,050.00

CLOSED
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875

50c Orange (275). Mint N.H., intense color, well-balanced margins, Very Fine and choice, with 1994 P.F. certificate for block of 16 (Image)

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$ 775.00

SOLD for $600.00
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876

50c Orange, Imperforate (275b). Horizontal pair, original gum, lightly hinged, radiant color, detailed impression, wide margins, Extremely Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 1,100.00

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction